This article was first published in 2022 and is being republished as part of our Pride Pioneer series. In the summer of 2021, I posted on Instagram about being gay. Growing up there wasn’t a lot of ...

Mark Chambers of southern California has been a leader in gay basketball for decades. He's played in multiple Gay Games and is a founder of the National Gay Basketball Association. Now, his dream to ...

For more than three decades, Eureka Valley Recreation Center, with its Mark Bingham Gymnasium and Rikki Streicher Field, has been the hub of LGBT sports in the Castro. But a shift in the city's ...

As I'm a sports fan, my eyes did a double take last month when I saw this title atop a New York Times story: “This Man Turned the Worst Job in College Basketball Into a Slam Dunk,” so I immediately ...

Claudine Gay may have been boxed out of Harvard’s top job by politics and scandal, but nothing will keep the former president from her courtside seat when the Harvard women’s basketball team takes the ...

In a sport where many athletes feel that their careers could be jeopardized by disclosing their sexuality, it takes immense bravery for players to live their truth. Former NBA player Jason Collins ...

Jason Collins, the first openly gay basketball player in NBA history, died Tuesday after a months-long battle with brain cancer. He was 47. Collins died from glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive ...

Curt Miller has lived with no shame or fear as an openly gay basketball coach for years. His authenticity, self-love, and self-acceptance made him a team and fan favorite in basketball. But he didn’t ...