LGBT Athletes

The two teams facing off — the U.S.A. and the Netherlands — both have the highest number of openly queer players, making their match possibly the queerest pro-soccer game of all time.

As America went crazy for figure skater Adam Rippon and skier Gus Kenworthy, Brittany Bowe was concentrating on her performance.

Jace Anderson, track athlete at the University of Nebraska, admits that he was nervous when the three “gigantic human beings” approached him at a party.

This is not the first time his homophobia has gotten him into trouble.

“We want to help encourage the most respectful, inclusive environments possible across all of soccer.”

“People in China don’t know about the games, and this is the first time there has been a direct link between the games and China.”

He’s outing athletes from countries where homosexuality is punishable by death.

School superintendents in Texas have overwhelmingly approved a change that requires public school officials to use a birth certificate to determine a student-athlete’s gender.

Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in the Olympics and other international events without undergoing sex reassignment surgery, according to new guidelines adopted by the IOC.

And they’re in love, too.