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Paris, France will host the 2018 Gay Games, officials announced Monday night at a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, site of the games' ninth iteration to take place next summer.
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has offered to help the University of Mississippi to reach out to its athletes on LGBT inclusivity.
Puerto Rican boxer Orlando "The Phenomenon" Cruz says his decision to come out gay was about respect.
Olympian Blake Skjellerup opposes a boycott of the Winter Olympics over a Russian anti-gay law.
Texas Rangers pitcher Robbie Ross and his wife Brittany have posed for the NOH8 Campaign, which raises awareness for gay rights causes, including marriage equality.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club LGBT Pride Night Initiative–this year on Sat., Sept. 28 –will again benefit Equality Illinois and the organization's fight for the freedom to marry.
Get ready soccer fans! The Chicago Fire invites you to "come celebrate equality" at their second annual Pride Night, Saturday September 28, for their game against the Montreal Impact at Toyota Stadium in Bridgeview.
Reports that basketball great Michael Jordan's daughter, Jasmine Jordan, has come out gay spread Tuesday on social media and several websites.
British Olympic diver Tom Daley brushed off rumors that he is gay, insisting that he'd come out if he were.
The Chicago Cubs honored the Chicago Force Women's Tackle Football Team for their 2013 perfect season and National Championship title during the Cubs game Tuesday at Wrigley Field.
The Chicago Cubs will honor the Chicago Force Women's Tackle Football Team for their 2013 perfect season and National Championship title during the Cubs game tonight at Wrigley Field.
NFL star and outspoken LGBT-rights ally Brendon Ayanbadejo posed nude for the popular NOH8 campaign.
Outsports, GLAAD, the StandUp Foundation and a number of other organizations are lining up behind a new fundraising campaign to send Blake Skjellerup to the Olympic qualifiers and on to Sochi.
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has come out gay.
LA Galaxy winger Robbie Rogers says he is opposed to a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Sochi over a Russian anti-gay law.
The Chicago Cubs will honor the Chicago Force Women's Tackle Football Team for their 2013 perfect season and National Championship title during the Cubs game on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Wrigley Field.
GLSEN has announced that Emmy-nominated, award-winning actress Kerry Washington, star of the hit ABC-TV series Scandal, and openly gay LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers will serve as Honorary Co-Chairs for this year'
Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), said this week that athletes competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi should "comply" with a Russian anti-gay law.
Puerto Rican boxer Orlando "The Phenomenon" Cruz has proposed marriage to his partner.
WWE wrestler Darren Young (real name Fredrick Douglas "Fred" Rosser) has come out gay, making him the WWE's first openly gay wrestler.
Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, has endorsed New York Times columnist Frank Bruni's idea of nations waving Gay Pride flags during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Russian news anchor Dmitri Kisilev has knocked Russia's controversial "gay propaganda" law, saying that it doesn't go far enough.
Tom Nobbe, executive director of Gay Games 2014, said on Thursday that Cleveland was selected as the host city "to make history."
A petition signed by more than 320,000 people calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to condemn a Russian anti-gay law ahead of the winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia was presented to Olympic bosse