List of LGBT sportspeople
Appearance
This list could be expanded with people from: Category:Bisexual sportspeople, Category:Gay sportsmen, Category:Lesbian sportswomen and Category:Transgender and transsexual sportspeople.
This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender sportspeople.
See also
- Coming out
- European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation
- Federation of Gay Games
- Homosexuality in American football
- Homosexuality in association football
- Homosexuality in sports
- International Gay and Lesbian Football Association
- LGBT Olympians
- LGBT rights protests surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Principle 6 campaign
- Transgender people in sports
- World Outgames
References
- ^ All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender.
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