Outsports

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[Outsports @outsports]

Sue Wicks came out as gay in 2002, setting an example for WNBA players going forward. She said she was just tired of dodging questions about her sexuality. 

https://t.co/T6Ar9PrHUc

[Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler]

The SF Giants continue to betray the culture & people of San Francisco with their total mishandling of Pride Night and refusal to apologize or take any responsibility.

Until they do, the @outsports #DearGiants series of letters from fans will continue.

https://t.co/8cUHwxAgXC

[Outsports @outsports]

Over 45% of the players in the 2026 WNBA All Star Game are LGBTQ and publicly out, with one of them named a team captain.

https://t.co/Lg6W0YgOiE

[Outsports @outsports]

Outsports’ ‘Dear Giants’ series has featured devastating letters from fans. It won’t stop until the team apologizes for Pride Night.
#DearGiants
https://t.co/pnhq8NWeHi

[Outsports @outsports]

Outsports poll: Which of these teams would you LEAST hope wins a World Series?

[Outsports @outsports]

That time when an NFL player showed a picture of his playbook … and his junk. ‘I’m so stupid.’
https://t.co/ytB6W0str9

[Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler]

The SF Giants are losing fans and attendance because they've given a big middle finger to even the straight fans who've named their kids after Giants players and gotten engaged at games. #DearGiants

https://t.co/fTxFsLl196

[Jon Holmes @jonboy79]

Here’s our initial @outsports #TeamLGBTQ for the #CommonwealthGames

Fewer sports at Glasgow 2026 also means fewer out athletes compared to Birmingham 2022, but because of the LGBTQ rights situation in 29 Commonwealth nations, representation really matters
https://t.co/NPO2puAzzm

[Outsports @outsports]

The 23rd Commonwealth Games, held in Glasgow, Scotland, features fewer sports and, consequently, fewer out LGBTQ athletes.

https://t.co/chNRQrIFJS

[Outsports @outsports]

This SF Giants fan named her son after a legendary Giants player. Her husband proposed at a game. Now she’s disappointed in the team.

https://t.co/u5f0aa16Z5

[Outsports @outsports]

WNBA player Sophie Cunningham repeated her opposition to trans women in women’s sports, said her comments are ‘common sense.’

https://t.co/8K0S70IVJb

[Outsports @outsports]

The 2026 Commonwealth Games begins in Glasgow on Thursday, and in recent years, a number of out LGBTQ athletes have excelled.

https://t.co/1DV00oOeWA

[Outsports @outsports]

They fell in love as Team Canada teammates. Now these hockey players are engaged.
https://t.co/W7GWPrvNsM

[Outsports @outsports]

In another push against women in sports, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation slams Title IX for making female athletes ‘more aggressive, more competitive, more male, less relational, and less oriented toward the goods of family and motherhood.’

https://t.co/eB5fs9AhMc

[Outsports @outsports]

The SF Giants have still not written a single apology for their Pride Night debacle. So this longtime fan wrote one for them.

https://t.co/hnwYFCIczQ

[Outsports @outsports]

Spain’s winning World Cup players kissed the trophy and each other in a celebration that had gay soccer fans excited.

https://t.co/28ETsNKD18

[Outsports @outsports]

Meet the gay Giants executive caught in the middle of the Pride Night fallout
https://t.co/1CIpbkDm1f

[Outsports @outsports]

This gay Olympian said he came out because ‘the hiding had to stop’
https://t.co/KD2W24dbEl

[Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler]

Anti-gay people like Clay Travis and Ben Shapiro want to "keep politics out of sports" when the gays are trying to build inclusion.

When a player wears a divisive "Jesus Won" shirt? They're silent.

https://t.co/l7KNPUfRom

[Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler]

"Anti-gay? I don't want to kill gay people?"

"Meanwhile, I want to undermine gay marriage, tell Cyd and Dan their relationship isn't marriage and crush all the gays..."