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Executives at the sporting-goods company said they want to work with the first openly gay professional athlete who remains actively playing for a major U.S. team.

The NHL has teamed up with an LGBT organization in order to fight homophobia in sports.

After a reporter threatened to out her, professional MMA fighter Fallon Fox came out as transgender last Saturday. She hopes it will not compromise her standing among fans.

After a barrage of anti-gay comments, 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver has asked The Trevor Project to educate him on LGBT issues.

Australian Olympic trampolinist Ji Wallace, who recently announced he is HIV-positive, will join the AIDS fundraising team running in the Honda LA Marathon this March.

When pro-bowler Scott Norton kissed his husband Craig Woodward on ESPN after winning the PBA Chameleon Championship in Las Vegas, it was only the latest example of the growing tolerance for LGBTs in sports.

Two ESPN radio hosts have been suspended after making comments about a 50-year-old transgender basketball player who made her college basketball debut earlier this month.

A football player for a college in Minnesota says he quit the team after years of his coach’s verbal abuse, culminating in his calling him "faggot."

Generation Out Athletes has reinvigorated their brand with a new name and website to help student athletes conquer homophobia and stigma and gain increased acceptance in the sports communities for all sexual orientations and gender identities.

The 2012 Olympics will get a Pride House where LGBT athletes and fans can hangout and attend a number of events during the games.