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Campbell Johnstone comes out as first gay member of New Zealand’s national rugby team
He discussed “living a lie” and a “double life” in a recent national TV interview.
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Beloved gay Olympic athlete Simon Dunn has died at 35
Simon Dunn was the first out gay person to compete in Olympic bobsledding and was known for his LGBTQ+ activism.
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Anthony Bowens is the first out gay All Elite Wrestling champion
“Nana, I made it!” Bowens wrote on Twitter while celebrating the win.
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Gay high school basketball player attacked on the court by homophobic rivals
The gay basketball player was allegedly pinched so hard by an opponent that it left bruises.
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Athlete Denis Finnegan comes out as gay
The 10-time national track and field champion said that he’s coming out publicly to give young people “more confidence.”
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Gay swimmer claims antigay Stanford coaches kicked him off team
“I was kicked off the Stanford swim team,” the NCAA championship swimmer wrote. “I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that I am gay.”
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2 secret Santas helped a gay asylum seeker pay his tax bill
A gay man from Kenya is applying for asylum so he couldn’t work.
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Gay gold medal Olympian Eric Radford announces retirement from skating
Radford and his partner, Meagan Duhamel, are leaving on top after winning a second medal in the Winter Olympics.
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Gay Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy reflects on his journey in emotional Instagram post
This will be Kenworthy’s second Olympic games, but the first as an openly gay man.
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Watch the moment a TV presenter anxiously comes out to his soccer club
They know he’s working on a piece about grassroots sports, but they don’t know it’s about homophobia, nor that he is gay. That’s about to change.
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Texas school’s only gay football player accepted by everyone except his parents
“The best faces to watch were those of the other teams and their parents,” writes Austin Hodges, “the gay kid who wears makeup and does the splits…”
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First openly gay pro baseball player David Denson retires from the game
Leaving the game had nothing to do with his coming out. If anything, the pressure to be a positive role model for gay athletes inspired him to stick it out as long as he did.