(AP) Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says the conference is likely to move its football championship game out of Charlotte, North Carolina, again if a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people is not repealed or adjusted.
There will be a gay player in the NFL this season.
Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman with the Las Vegas Raiders, made history by being the first active NFL player to come out as gay.
(AP) Three suburban Philadelphia high school football players have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge to settle allegations they sexually assaulted a freshman player with a broom handle on what the team called "No Gay Thursday."
Instead of facing ten years in prison, Marshall University running back Steward Butler may only get up to two years following his recent alleged attack on a gay couple.
Trey McBride is the first NFL player to have same-sex parents, Archie Comics introduces queer characters, and a trans archer was banned from participating in Texas women's competitions.
(AP) West Virginia law doesn't consider violence or threats of violence based solely on a victim's sexual orientation to be a hate crime, a circuit judge ruled Friday.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Michael Sam became the first openly gay player to appear in a Canadian Football League game Friday night, playing sparingly for the Montreal Alouettes in a 26-23 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks.
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League, said he would still be in the NFL if he never came out, the Hollywood Reporter reports.
Michael Sam will make his debut with the Montreal Alouettes in August, but his coach won't give an exact date.
(CNN) -- Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from the University of Missouri, publicly revealed that he's gay Sunday, creating the possibility he'll be the first openly gay player drafted by the National Football League.
As the NFL preseason begins this week, the league’s pioneering gay player remains a free agent.
Carl Nassib, the defensive end who made history as the first gay active player in NFL history last year, will be released by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Craig Napier, a Scottish category one referee, has come out as gay, stating that "we need to see the climate change."
PRINCETON, N.J. — One of college football's oldest programs has its first openly gay player.
(WB) Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib came out June 21, making him the NFL’s only openly gay player.
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian Premier League football team Anzhi Makhachkala has called for an end to “bigotry” in domestic football after its fans were abused by CSKA Moscow supporters.
After coming out only fourteen months ago, Spain’s very first openly gay referee is walking away from his job because he “cannot take anymore” homophobic abuse, he told The Guardian.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State offensive lineman Edward Sarafin has told a local magazine he is gay, making him the first active Division I football player to come out.
It's November, we have “turn[ed] back time” (no I won't sing it), and it is another high season in South Florida. And that means increased real estate activity.
