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October 27, 2012

Are gay athletes chicken for not coming out?

Sports news show wonders if cowardice is keeping gay athletes in the closet.

High school children across the US are forming gay and straight student alliances. More and more athletes in colleges and universities are coming out to their teams. The National Basketball Association, National Football League and Major League Baseball all have anti-LGBT discrimination clauses in their contracts with players' unions. Despite all of this, no player in a major US sports has come out. Are they cowards?

May 26, 2012

American football players willing to accept out teammates

American football players will be unfazed by possible gay teammates

A number of American football players insist they will be untroubled if a teammate comes out.

Presently there are no out athletes in the National Football League. However, as reported by the blog Outsports, many players, even those new to the professional game, expressed support for a gay peer.

May 6, 2012

Out male gymnast hopes to make the US Olympic team

Out gymnast Josh Dixon working hard to be on the US Olympics team

If everything goes as planned, the US Olympic male gymnast team will have its first out athlete when the world meets in London this summer. Yesterday (5 May) Josh Dixon finished second out of 72 competitors at the US Men’s Qualifier in Colorado Springs. He also tied for first in the floor exercise and high bar events.