Like a lot of queer boys, Ben Rubinstein steered clear of the locker room in middle school, afraid that he would be teased for being an overweight kid. Whatever it means to be a “sports [...]
LOS ANGELES — It was a long two days. NFL free agent Ryan Russell came out twice in a personal column on ESPN on Aug. 29 and during the subsequent whirlwind of press — first as [...]
More than 10 years ago, I wrote my first “OutField” column. The goal was to offer a mix of stories: national events and trends; profiles of athletes, from high profile to unknown, in sports ranging [...]
In the beginning, there was nothing. If you were an LGBT athlete, coach or fan, you were on your own. You had no idea there were others like you anywhere in the sports world. You [...]
As it does with so many youngsters, sports saved Kaig Lightner. Soccer, basketball, volleyball, softball - all gave him a place to be himself. On the fields, courts and diamonds of suburban Seattle, Lightner found [...]
Growing up in central California an hour and a half west of Yosemite, Jen Ramos was not exactly a sports fan. But one day 10 years ago, Ramos "randomly" watched a post-season Major League Baseball [...]
By Dan Woog Once upon a time, there was no such thing as LGBT sports. No one imagined gay men could be athletes. Besides, weren't all female athletes lesbians? Or so the stereotypes went. Then [...]
By Dan Woog Stephen Alexander was a typical boy. He loved Transformers and Gobots (but did not find out until later that they were a product of Hasbro in Providence, Rhode Island, just a few [...]
By Dan Woog We often talk about the "sports world." It sounds like one big place. Like the real world though, it's made up of many separate countries. There's a mind-boggling variety of sports. There [...]
By Dan Woog We often talk about the "sports world." It sounds like one big place. Like the real world though, it's made up of many separate countries. There's a mind-boggling variety of sports. There [...]
By Dan Woog It's the time of year when we show gratitude -Â and LGBT folks (and their allies) have a lot to be thankful for. Not as much as if the presidential election had gone [...]
By Dan Woog In nearly 10 years of covering sports, "The OutField" has reported on dozens of LGBT athletes and coaches. We've interviewed gay fan groups and referees. We've talked about the Gay Games, and [...]
By Dan Woog Shane Wickes. Photo: Chris Holloman As a high school student, Shane Wickes' life was good. The Reno, Nevada native was an all-state football player (offensive guard) and a state champion discus [...]
By Dan Woog Growing up in Houston as the son of a multi-sport athlete, it felt natural for Jeremy Brener to play sports. He enjoyed them all, especially soccer and basketball. He coached younger kids [...]
By Dan Woog Separated by only 11 miles - and both proudly sporting the color blue - Duke University and the University of North Carolina enjoy perhaps the most intense college athletic rivalry in the [...]
By Dan Woog Separated by only 11 miles - and both proudly sporting the color blue - Duke University and the University of North Carolina enjoy perhaps the most intense college athletic rivalry in the [...]
By Dan Woog Reaction was swift. Major corporations including Charlottebased Bank of America blasted the North Carolina legislation and threatened action. Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert in the state. Charles Barkley told the NBA to [...]
By Dan Woog In a career spent chronicling the lives of LGBT athletes, Cyd Zeigler has discovered one consistent thread: Coming out empowers others to do the same. "No matter what the level, when one [...]
By Dan Woog Kris Wells cut/ Pictured: Kris Wells. According to Kris Wells, Canada is known for two things: "hockey and human rights." If that's true, he has reason to be proud. He's a [...]
By Dan Woog Chris Mosie Growing up in suburban Chicago, Chris Mosier had no FTM athletic role models. There were none at Northern Michigan University either, where - among many other activities - Mosier [...]
By Dan Woog If you're looking for a stereotypical macho sport, you don't have to search further than rugby. A full-contact sport - without much protection - it's got everything: brutal tackling. Dirt and mud. [...]
By Dan Woog Andrew Goldstein (left), Braeden and Courage Game co-founder Nick Welton (right). Andrew Goldstein (left), Braeden and Courage Game co-founder Nick Welton (right). OK, sports fans: Who was the first openly gay [...]
By Dan Woog Anna Aagenes took a girl to her junior prom. Still, she did not feel comfortable being fully out as a bisexual then, especially to her high school track teammates. It was not [...]
By Dan Woog Five-year-old Tedi Bowler was "totally into" sports. But in Duluth, Minn. in the 1980s, she says, "girls were not allowed to do that." So she grew wary of following her passion. Two [...]
By Dan Woog There are many ways for athletes to be fearless. They can stand at the plate with the bases, in the bottom of the ninth. They can attempt a difficult dive. Rocket down [...]
By Dan Woog Jim Buzinski at his alma mater, Penn State. The words ÒNCAAÓ and Òmoral high groundÓ seldom share the same sentence. Yet that lofty peak is exactly where college sportÕs most influential [...]
By Dan Woog The story is current, but you can be forgiven for thinking it's from 10 years ago. Or 50. Shannon Miller was one of the most successful coaches in college athletics - any [...]
By Dan Woog Gay Games 9 took Cleveland by storm this month. Oh, and Akron too. Hold your snickers. Cleveland (and Akron) may not be San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, Amsterdam, Sydney, Chicago or Cologne [...]
By Dan Woog The past year marked a watershed for LGBT sports. Athletes at every level - professional, college, high school and amateur - at first ventured, then flooded out of the closet. Media attention [...]
By Dan Woog Photo courtesy of www.bgfultimate.com So how gay is frisbee? Pretty gay. It's a sport - which is actually called "Ultimate" and played with a "disc," because "Frisbee" is a registered trademark [...]
By Dan Woog When Chris Kluwe began working for same-sex marriage in Minnesota - and then wrote a powerful letter in support of the same issue in Maryland - the reason was simple: It was [...]
by Andrew Collins Encompassing a vast, architecturally and demographically diverse tract of central San Francisco (http://sanfrancisco.travel/lgbt) that extends from the Mission District to the bay, SoMa is most markedly defined by what it stands for: [...]
By Dan Woog Tom Daley. Photo: Shutterstock Another day. Another Olympic diver. Another coming-out story. Tom Daley's recent video was remarkable for its unremarkableness. He never used the "g" or "b" word. He said [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField There are eight million stories in the Naked City. There were also 50,000 runners in this month's Naked City - er, New York City - Marathon. Each of them had [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField In 1936 it was the Nazis. In 1980, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1984 brought retaliation for 1980. This year, it's treatment of gay people. Another year, another threatened Olympic [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField It was big news in April when Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay athlete still active in a major American professional sports league. There were fewer headlines [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField When Jason Collins came out last month, Helen Carroll was furious. The longtime sports project director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights had nothing against the 7-foot basketball center, [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField When Jason Collins came out last month, Helen Carroll was furious. The longtime sports project director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights had nothing against the 7-foot basketball center, [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField A team finds success only through teamwork. That's as true off the playing field as on it. Jay Hayes has earned plenty of success on the volleyball court. A former [...]
By Chris Isidore (CNN) - For years, the assumption in locker rooms and along Madison Avenue has been that an openly gay athlete could kiss his endorsement deals good bye. But when back-up Washington Wizards [...]
By Joe Sterling CNN - It's the biggest move of his career and it's off the court. Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Like most Iowa boys, Jarod Bormann grew up on a wrestling mat. That's the unofficial state sport - the University of Iowa has won 23 national championships, with Iowa State [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Like most Iowa boys, Jarod Bormann grew up on a wrestling mat. That's the unofficial state sport - the University of Iowa has won 23 national championships, with Iowa State [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Like most Iowa boys, Jarod Bormann grew up on a wrestling mat. That's the unofficial state sport - the University of Iowa has won 23 national championships, with Iowa State [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was well-adjusted and happy - except for one thing. For more [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField As a volunteer assistant wrestling coach, Philippe Kahn had an easy relationship with the athletes at South High School in Torrance, Cali. They respected his talents, but like teenagers everywhere, [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField These days, if you can run, you can raise funds. Every weekend, it seems, there are road races to cure breast cancer, build schools in impoverished African villages, and do [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField The "gay soccer" stories come fast and furious. * Major League Soccer sponsors Spirit Day, encouraging players and fans to wear something purple, drawing attention to bullying and LGBT youth. [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Last month, after a two-year, super-secret study by a group of unnamed people, the Boy Scouts of America announced that their next hike would take them all the way back [...]
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