LGBTQ+ in Sports

[Olympian1010 8,229]

Outsports is doing a series of feature articles on LGBTQ+ olympians this June. I thought the stories might be of interest to some forum members, so thought I’d give them a quick shout.

 

Here’s an example on Emma Twigg  : https://www.outsports.com/2024/6/5/24095323/emma-twigg-rowing-paris-summer-olympics-new-zealand-gold-medal/

[Fer GUA 573]

Yulimar Rojas  

 

Yulimar Rojas 2020 LGBTQ Female Athlete of the year

[vinipereira 3,460]

Arthur Nory (Artistic Gymnastics) and Rayan Dutra (Trampoline) have both qualified for the Olympics.

 

[Olympian1010 8,229]

This story might be of interest to track and field fans on the forum.

 

 

[vinipereira 3,460]

 João Lucas Reis (Tennis) has become the first active male pro player to come out publicly.

 

[Pasolini 276]

Not exactly sports news, but Nicolas Keenan, bi Argentinean hockey player (and bi-Olympian lol) is fiancé to Rob Jetten, expected to be asked to form government in Netherlands in upcoming weeks (or months hahaha)

A cool story on who they are and how they met (in Spanish): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/quien-es-nicolas-keenan-el-deportista-argentino-pareja-del-favorito-a-gobernar-holanda-y-como-se-nid30102025/

[heywoodu 16,000]

9 hours ago, Pasolini said:

Not exactly sports news, but Nicolas Keenan, bi Argentinean hockey player (and bi-Olympian lol) is fiancé to Rob Jetten, expected to be asked to form government in Netherlands in upcoming weeks (or months hahaha)

A cool story on who they are and how they met (in Spanish): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/quien-es-nicolas-keenan-el-deportista-argentino-pareja-del-favorito-a-gobernar-holanda-y-como-se-nid30102025/

As leader of the biggest party, he certainly is the one to lead the formation and take initiative in trying to come up with a government, of which he will very likely become the prime minister. Would definitely be a first in the Netherlands, a non-straight prime minister

[NaBUru38 218]

According to Your Scrumhalf Connection, 40% of players at 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup were openly queer.

 

https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2025/09/02/try-for-love-the-beautifully-queer-heart-of-the-2025-rugby-world-cup/

[heywoodu 16,000]

19 minutes ago, NaBUru38 said:

According to Your Scrumhalf Connection, 40% of players at 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup were openly queer.

 

https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2025/09/02/try-for-love-the-beautifully-queer-heart-of-the-2025-rugby-world-cup/

To be fair, I think most people expected that number to be at least the way it is, if not higher

 

[phelps 8,279]

I think that all team sports (at least, many of them) just favor some kind of relationships, I'm not surprised at all when I see all these coming outs

Edited November 7 by phelps