Breaking barriers at the US Open: Historic clash of openly gay tennis stars, Daria Kasatkina and Greet Minnen, sets a new LGBTQ+ milestone. #USOpen #LGBTQ+

Discover the LGBTQ+ triumph at the Women's World Cup 2023 - a celebration of authenticity, success, and inclusivity in sports."

American soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces retirement from professional soccer after illustrious career, leaving a legacy of advocacy and equality.

Football teams, fans, and human rights groups express concern over host country Qatar’s attitudes towards the LGBT+ community

Argentina tennis player Nadia Podoroska has come out, revealing that she's dating fellow Argentina tennis player Guillermina Naya in a social media post.

A young woman slammed a Florida university after the Christian school offered her admission but later withdrew it after they discovered she was a lesbian.

Nesthy Petecio, an out lesbian from the Philippines, dedicated her silver medal in women's boxing at the recent Tokyo Olympics to the LGBTQ community.

Despite the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19, the Pride House Tokyo LGBTQ information center is set to open by October.

Megan Rapinoe, hero of the World Cup and American athlete, has been declared Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year for 2019.

US soccer star Megan Rapinoe cited football quarterback Colin Kaepernick during her acceptance speech as one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year.

The triumphant US women's national soccer team has returned and were given a ticker tape parade by the New York City for their achievement.

UFC fighter Amanda Nunes took down Cris Cyborg in a superfight, proving that she could the first greatest women's MMA fighter of all time.

Our favorite UFC Champ Amanda Nunes is set to claim the featherweight title from current titleholder, Cris Justino, in the first women's MMA superfight.

With the 2018 Winter Olympics about to start in South Korea, we thought it would be great to list down the LGBTQ women athletes on the roster. Here are 10 of them.

The Gay Games has a new venue for 2022 with Hong Kong winning its bid to host the game for that year, beating out the US and Mexico.

Women LGBT athletes representing the US team like Delle Donne and Brittney Griner ruled at the recent Rio Olympics-- but where were the male LGBT athletes?

This year's Summer Olympics in Brazil features a record number of publicly out LGBT athletes at 43, double the number from the 2012 London Olympics.

The slow acceptance LGBT rights worldwide has also led to LGBT athletes coming out of the closet and wearing their sexual or gender identities proudly.

There are consequences if you say something terrible, as Nike drops Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao for giving an anti-gay declaration.

A recent study noted that support for LGBT players and rights by professional sports franchises leads to more favorable feelings toward these sports teams.

Athlete Ally, a sports organization supportive of LGBT, called on MBL teams to stop hazing rookies by cross-dressing them up in women's clothing.

What a difference a decade makes. I remember 15 years ago going to the Sparks games. Our group had the best seats right in the center of the 1st section. We still have those seats. I introduced myself to the media plus anyone that could possibly at the very least help me to get the WNBA to advertise with us. I wore all purple including my shoes managing to make the big TV screen in the middle of the auditorium, everyone cheered.  While it didn’t happen so quickly (does it ever?) when the WNBA decided to embrace its gay fans, it was in a major way: We’re talking Pride Tee-Shirts in the official shop, a full gay site at www.wnba.com/pride, sponsorship of Pride Games (the first Pride game aired back in June) and ads for the LA Sparks WNBA team being placed on well-respected lesbian sites like Lesbian News, North America’s longest running Lesbian publication. Buy LA Sparks tickets: http://www.axs.com/artists/113921/los-angeles-sparks-tickets   With statistics showing that 21%

PHOENIX — Women's basketball stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson are engaged. Griner proposed to Johnson and both posted it on social media, with Griner showing a photo of her on one knee with a ring in her hand in front of Johnson on her Instagram account. Griner plays for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and Johnson for the Tulsa Shock. In the post, Griner wrote: "Last Night was a Night to Remember(,) I became the happiest person on this earth! (almost pass out but when that one word came out I came back to life) Me and my baby @missvol25 are in it for Life!" Johnson also had a photo on her Instagram account of Griner lying in bed with an engagement ring resting on her shoulder. Griner has embraced her role as a prominent gay athlete since finishing a record-breaking career at Baylor. She came out last year and wrote a candid memoir, "In My Skin," that was critical of college coach Kim Mulkey. The 6-foot-8 center, drafted first overall by Phoenix last year, has helped

Two countries (Argentina & Germany) with female leaders will battle it out for the World Cup; in a host country (Brazil) with a female leader.  [caption id="attachment_1969" align="aligncenter" width="750"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Left) and Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Right)[/caption] Perhaps a global teaching moment?