Outsports

Outsports is a sports news platform that highlights LGBT topics and figures in both amateur and professional sports. Established in 1999 by Cyd Zeigler, Jr. and Jim Buzinski, the site aims to bring attention to important issues within the sports community.

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Gay soccer coach looks to encourage others who want to come out

2 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Lauren Rosenberg

Peoria City Soccer owner John Dorn is grateful to have told his coming out story on Outsports. Now that it’s three years later, he has a request. He wants to hear from others in sports who need someone they can count on during their coming out process. “I’m kinda sick of telling my story. You know what I mean? It’s done,” he told Outsports with tongue firmly in cheek, “Tell me your story.
Dez Bryant says he has nothing against gays but still insults them

3 days ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is a bit slow on the uptake. Today, he expressed his anger at an NFL video for LGBTQ Pride Month. The video was released in 2021. In an X post, Bryant criticized the NFL Pride message from 2021, which was reposted by a site yesterday. Quoting from the video, which said, “Football is gay, Football is queer, Football is transgender,” Bryant wrote:“These are wild statements to make..excuse my silliness.
Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif ordered to take sex test

3 days ago | outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Brian Bell |Ken Schultz

With her return to competition scheduled later this week, Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has been ordered to submit to sex testing by World Boxing, the newly formed world governing body for amateur boxing. The governing body put forth the pending policy in a statement last Friday.
Let's hope no players try to ruin MLB Pride Nights this year

4 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes

Welcome back to Talkin’ Gaysball where any player who walks up to “Pink Pony Club” in June gets an extra 50 points of Weighted Runs Created Plus…For many reasons, Pride Month is one of my favorite times of year on the MLB calendar. But because I’m also fully aware of…*gestures wildly at everything*…it’s also a bit draining.
Gay baseball player got married and a TV star crashed the wedding

4 days ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski

Matt Kaplon, a trailblazing gay athlete, married his now-husband, Nicolaus Wegrzyn, over the weekend. In a beautiful wedding set in Ashville, N.C., the two men joined in matrimony after nine years of dating. “I married my best friend yesterday in one of the most beautiful places,” Kaplon wrote on Instagram. The couple selected the Grove Park Inn for their special day. The couple’s big day also got a special guest wedding crasher. At one point, Gayle King walked into their event to say hi.
Trans champ Veronica Garcia repeats and claps back on protests

4 days ago | outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Ken Schultz |Jim Buzinski

Veronica Garcia, a senior at Spokane East Valley High School, Wash., successfully defended her WIAA Class 2A state championship at 400 meters on Saturday. The transgender girl was the first trans athlete in Washington state history to win an individual state title with a wire-to-wire win last year. Her repeat win was faster but harder. Garcia won a challenge from crosstown rival Lauren Matthew of Spokane West Valley to win in 55.70 seconds.
PWHL's Erin Ambrose makes Pride statement with new collection

4 days ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler

The PWHL isn’t exactly shy when it comes to showing its queer credentials. But for Erin Ambrose, one of the league’s star players, it always helps to have an icebreaker. “My family always jokes that the first thing I tell somebody when I walk in the room is that I’m gay,” the Montreal Victoire defender tells Outsports. “And yeah, sometimes I do! It’s a good conversation starter! It has the ability to connect people on different levels.” This Pride Month, Ambrose is unambiguous about her mission.
Gay male track stars get Pride Month off to a great start with wins

4 days ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |Mike Ciriaco |Jon Holmes

Out LGBTQ pro track and field athletes, led by two gay men with two wins — including one by “track’s new lover boy” — made for a banner weekend at the third event of Grand Slam Track in Philadelphia. One of the LGBTQ athletes also gave a meaningful shout-out to Pride Month. Maybe the biggest win this weekend was by Nico Young, who won the men’s 3,000 meters in his first Grand Slam Track event.
Trans athlete AB Hernandez win most at girls California state meet

5 days ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski

AB Hernandez — one of the trans athletes who has been a major topic of the national trans athlete conversation — won two California state high school championships. She also tied for second-place in another. That made her the most successful athlete at the California girls track and field state meet. No other athlete won two individual state titles and earned second in another.
Instajocks: Hot jocks with a rope and sliding both ways

6 days ago | outsports.com | Mike Ciriaco |Jon Holmes |Karleigh Webb |Cyd Zeigler

This week’s hot jocks on InstaJocks feature Jake Wild popping booty, Napoleon Jinnies domming a Power Hour and Texas athlete Cooper Tyler getting horn-y. Fitness trainer Jake Wild popped dat booty. Professional cheerleader Napoleon Jinnies dommed a Power Hour. Cooper Tyler got horn-y. Gymnast Tate Costa spread his legs in the air. Skater Connor McDermott slid both ways. Alec Smith celebrated Memorial Day with MURPH. Jake Williamson showed us the ropes.