List of LGBT sportspeople

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This list could be expanded with people from: Category:Lesbian sportswomen, Category:Gay sportsmen, Category:Bisexual sportspeople and Category:Transgender sportspeople

This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender sportspeople as well as those who identify as belonging to the broader queer community.

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Boxer – Nicola Adams
Basketball player – John Amaechi
Basketball player – Sue Bird
Footballer – Lucy Bronze
Judoka – Amandine Buchard
Tracker – Balian Buschbaum
Figure skater – Jeffrey Buttle
Volleyball player – J. P. Calderon
Sprinter – Dutee Chand
Boxer – Parinya Charoenphol
Basketball player – Jason Collins
Beach volleyball player – Natalie Cook
Diver – Tom Daley
Swimmer – Alex Di Giorgio
Fencer – Imke Duplitzer
Volleyball player – Paola Egonu
Swimmer – Mark Foster
Mixed martial artist – Fallon Fox
Tennis player – Jan-Michael Gambill
Equestrian – Edward Gal
Footballer – Manuela Giugliano
Handballer – Gro Hammerseng
Figure skater – Jorik Hendrickx
Rugby league player – Keegan Hirst
Footballer – Thomas Hitzlsperger
Footballer – Ursula Holl
Basketball player – Isaac Humphries
Football player – Antonio Hysén
Cross-country skier – Barbara Jezeršek
Basketball player – Glory Johnson
Freestyle skier – Gus Kenworthy
Tennis player – Billie Jean King
Basketball player – Uri Kokia
Swimmer – Dominik Koll
Track and field athlete – Andreas Krieger
Ice hockey player – Charline Labonté
Gymnast – Danell Leyva
Swimmer – Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
Footballer – Chloe Logarzo
Diver – Greg Louganis
Wrestler – Rosa Mendes
Diver – Matthew Mitcham
Footballer – Carolina Morace
American football player – Carl Nassib
Handball player – Katja Nyberg
American football player – Ryan O'Callaghan
Alpine skier – Anja Pärson
Footballer – Megan Rapinoe
Rugby league player – Ian Roberts
Tracker – Yulimar Rojas
American football player – Michael Sam
Footballer – Macarena Sánchez
Basketball player – Will Sheridan
American football player and politician – Brian Sims
Volleyball player – Douglas Souza
Footballer – Casey Stoney
Tennis player – Sam Stosur
Swimmer – Jérémy Stravius
Figure skater – Fumie Suguri
Basketball player – Diana Taurasi
Rugby player – Gareth Thomas
Swimmer – Ian Thorpe
American football player – Colton Underwood
Footballer – Daniëlle van de Donk
Rugby player – Louisa Wall
Footballer – Abby Wambach
Figure skater – Johnny Weir
Footballer – Leah Williamson
Professional wrestler – Darren Young
Rower – Katarzyna Zillmann
Name Lifetime[1] Country Sport Sexual orientation and/or gender identity[2]
Harrison Browne b. 1993  Canada Ice hockey Transgender[3]
Helena Åberg b. 1971  Sweden Swimming Lesbian[4]
Graham Ackerman b. 1983  United States Gymnastics Gay[5]
Nicola Adams b. 1982  United Kingdom Boxing Lesbian[6]
Marilyn Agliotti b. 1979  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[7]
Michelle-Lee Ahye b. 1992  Trinidad and Tobago Track and field Lesbian[8][9]
Jenny Allard b. 1968  United States Softball Lesbian[10]
Kye Allums b. 1989  United States Basketball Transgender[11]
John Amaechi b. 1970  United Kingdom Basketball Gay[12]
Erin Ambrose b. 1994  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Filippo Ambrosini b. 1993  Italy Figure skating Gay[13]
Brian Anderson b. 1976  United States Skateboarding Gay[14]
Eric Anderson b. 1968  United States Coach Gay[15]
Ivana Andrés b. 1994  Spain Association football Lesbian[16]
Ramsey Angela b. 1999  Netherlands Track and field Gay[8]
Filippa Angeldahl b 1997  Sweden Association football Lesbian[17]
Nadine Angerer b. 1978  Germany Association football Lesbian[18]
Alyson Annan b. 1973  Australia Field hockey Lesbian[19]
Kelly Applebee b. 1942  Australia Cricket Lesbian[20]
Gillian Apps b. 1983  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[21]
Jen Armbruster b. 1975  United States Goalball Lesbian[22]
Rebekka Armstrong b. 1967  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[23]
Judith Arndt b. 1976  Germany Cycling Lesbian[24]
Anita Asante b. 1985  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[25]
Asuka b. 1998  Japan Professional wrestling Genderless[26]
Jake Atlas b. 1994  United States Professional wrestling Gay[27][28]
Zeb Atlas [de] b. 1970  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[29][30]
Seimone Augustus b. 1984  United States Basketball Lesbian[31]
Kévin Aymoz b. 1997  France Figure skating Gay[32]
Ramona Bachmann b. 1990  Switzerland Association football Lesbian[33]
Mianne Bagger b. 1966  Denmark Golf Transgender[34]
Clare Balding b. 1971  United Kingdom Jockey Lesbian[35]
Jason Ball b. 1988  Australia Australian rules football Gay[36]
Megan Bankes b. 1997  Canada Biathlon Lesbian[13]
Shawnacy Barber b. 1994  Canada Pole vault Gay[37]
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa b. 1988  Brazil Association football Lesbian[38]
Jim Barnett 1924–2004  United States Professional wrestling promoter Gay[39]
Nicole Bass-Fuchs 1964–2017  United States Professional bodybuilding
Professional wrestling 		Bisexual[40]
Hayley Bateup b. 1980  Australia ironwoman Lesbian[41]
Betty Baxter b. 1952  Canada Volleyball Lesbian[42]
Billy Bean b. 1964  United States Baseball Gay[43]
Shelley Beattie 1967–2008  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[44]
Thomas Beattie b. 1986  United Kingdom Association football Gay[45]
Mack Beggs b. 1999  United States Wrestling Transgender[46]
Alice Bellandi b. 1998  Italy Judo Lesbian[47][48]
Perris Benegas b. 1995  United States Freestyle BMX Lesbian[49]
Lorena Benítez b. 1998  Argentina Association football, futsal Lesbian[50]
Ann-Katrin Berger b. 1990  Germany Association football Lesbian[51]
Ebba Berglund b. 1998  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Kajsa Bergqvist b. 1976  Sweden Track and field Bisexual[52]
Thomas Berling b. 1979  Norway Association football Gay[53]
Mike Beuttler 1940–1988  United Kingdom Motor racing Gay[54][55]
John de Bever [nl] b. 1965  Netherlands Association football Gay[56]
Mark Bingham 1970–2001  United States Rugby Gay[57]
Sue Bird b. 1980  United States Basketball Lesbian[58]
Nathalie Björn b. 1997  Sweden Association football Lesbian[59]
Alex Blackwell b. 1983  Australia Cricket Lesbian[60][61]
John Blankenstein 1949–2006  Netherlands Association football Gay[62]
Carl Blasco b. 1971  France Triathlon Gay[63]
Miriam Blasco b. 1963  Spain Judo Lesbian[64]
Andrew Blaser b. 1989  United States Skeleton Gay[13]
Lucilla Boari b. 1997  Italy Archery Lesbian[65]
Lisa Boattin b. 1997  Italy Association football Lesbian[66]
Brian Boitano b. 1963  United States Figure skating Gay[67]
Nicole Bonamino [it] b. 1991  Italy Ice hockey Lesbian[68][69]
Heinz Bonn 1947–1991  Germany Association football Gay[70]
Tom Bosworth b. 1990  United Kingdom Racewalking Gay[71]
Brittany Bowe b. 1988  United States Speed skating Lesbian[72]
Anthony Bowens b. 1990  United States Professional wrestling Gay[73][74]
Kiara Bowers b. 1991  Australia Australian rules footballer Lesbian[75]
Celia Brackenridge 1950–2018  United Kingdom British Lacrosse Player Lesbian[76]
Sabine Braun b. 1965  Germany Track and field Lesbian[77]
Kelly Brazier b. 1989  New Zealand Rugby Lesbian[78]
Ashleigh Brazill b. 1989  Australia Netball Lesbian[79]
Andy Brennan b. 1993  Australia Association football Gay[80]
Linda Bresonik b. 1983  Germany Association football Lesbian[81]
Belle Brockhoff b. 1993  Australia Snowboard Lesbian[82]
Lucy Bronze b. 1991  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[83]
Giorgia Bronzini b. 1983  Italy Cycling Lesbian[84]
Gayle Broughton b. 1996  New Zealand Rugby Lesbian[85]
Jason Brown b. 1994  United States Figure skating Gay[86]
Panama Al Brown 1902–1951  Panama Boxing Gay[87][88]
Harrison Browne b. 1993  Canada Ice hockey Transgender[89]
Rachele Bruni b. 1990  Italy Swimming Lesbian[90]
Katherine Brunt b. 1985  United Kingdom Cricket Lesbian[91]
Dorien Bryant b. 1985  United States American football Gay[92]
Kadeisha Buchanan b. 1995  Canada Association football Lesbian[93]
Amandine Buchard b. 1995  France Judo Lesbian[32]
Steve Buckley b. 1956  United States Journalist Gay[94]
Anastasia Bucsis b. 1989  Canada Speed skating Lesbian[95]
Brendan Burke 1988–2010  United States Ice hockey Gay[96]
Glenn Burke 1952–1995  United States Baseball Gay[97]
Kris Burley b. 1974  Canada Gymnastics Gay[98]
Savannah Burton b. ?  Canada Dodgeball Transgender[99]
Balian Buschbaum b. 1980  Germany Track and field Transgender[100]
Ivan Bussens 1960–2007  United Kingdom Water polo Gay[101]
Jeffrey Buttle b. 1982  Canada Figure skating Gay[102]
Erin Burns b. 1988  Australia Cricketer Lesbian[103]
Karin Büttner-Janz b. 1952  Germany Gymnastics Lesbian[104]
Latasha Byears b. 1973  United States Basketball Lesbian[105]
Caitlin Cahow b. 1985  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[106]
J. P. Calderon b. 1975  United States Volleyball Gay[107]
Marissa Callaghan b. 1985  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[108]
Ally Carda b. 1993  United States Softball Lesbian[109]
Liz Carmouche b. 1984  United States MMA Lesbian[110]
Alexandra Carpenter b. 1994  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Joe Carstairs 1900–1993  United Kingdom Motor racing Lesbian[111]
Jessica Carter b. 1997  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[112]
Sherry Cassuto 1957-2016  United States Rowing Lesbian[113]
Josh Cavallo b. 1999  Australia Association football Gay[114]
Matt Cecchin b. 1973  Australia Rugby league Gay[115][116]
Isadora Cerullo b. 1991  Brazil Rugby Lesbian[117]
Dutee Chand b. 1996  India Sprinting Lesbian[118]
Parinya Charoenphol b. 1981  Thailand Boxing Transgender[119]
Amanda Chidester b. 1990  United States Softball Lesbian[120]
James Child b. 1983  United Kingdom Rugby league referee Gay[121]
Julie Chu b. 1982  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[122]
Guillaume Cizeron b. 1994  France Figure skating Gay[13]
Emily Clark b. 1995  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Michael B. Clark b. 1973  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[123][124][125]
Dominic Clarke b. 1997  Australia Trampolining Gay[126][127]
Piepa Cleary b. 1996  Australia Cricket Lesbian[128]
Kerron Clement b. 1985  Trinidad and Tobago Track and field Gay[129]
Laura Clemesha b. 1992  Australia Netball Lesbian[130]
Mia-Rae Clifford b. 1986  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[131]
Dennis Coi 1961–1987  Canada Figure Skating Gay[132]
Jason Collins b. 1978  United States Basketball Gay[133]
Sean Conroy b. 1992  United States Baseball Gay[134]
Casey Conway b. 1985  Australia Rugby Gay[135]
Natalie Cook b. 1975  Australia Beach volleyball Lesbian[136]
Jodie Cooper b. 1964  Australia Surfing Lesbian[137]
Rose Cossar b. 1991  Canada Gymnastics Lesbian[138]
Robin Cousins b. 1957  United Kingdom Figure Skating Gay[139]
Roberta Cowell 1918–2011  United Kingdom Motor racing Transgender[140]
Sarah Coyte b. 1991  Australia Cricket Lesbian[141]
Gottfried von Cramm 1909–1976  Germany Tennis Bisexual[142]
Scott Cranham b. 1954  Canada Diving Gay[143]
Toller Cranston 1949–2015  Canada Figure skating Bisexual[144]
Lisa Cross b. 1978  United Kingdom Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[145]
Orlando Cruz b. 1981  Puerto Rico Boxing Gay[146]
Penny Cula-Reid b. 1988  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[131]
John Curry 1949–1994  United Kingdom Figure skating Gay[147]
Donal Óg Cusack b. 1977  Ireland Hurling Gay[148]
Matthew Cusick [pl] b. 1972  United States Gymnastics Gay[149][150]
Søren Dahl b. 1993  Denmark Swimming Gay[151]
Lisa Dahlkvist b. 1987  Sweden Association football Lesbian[152]
Tom Daley b. 1994  United Kingdom Diving Gay/Queer[153][154]
Rachel Daly b. 1991  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[155]
Jake Daniels b. 2005  United Kingdom Association football Gay[156]
Mélodie Daoust b. 1992  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[157]
Tierna Davidson b. 1998  United States Association football Lesbian[158]
Steven Davies b. 1986  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[159]
Liam Davis b. 1990  United Kingdom Association football Gay[160]
Wade Davis b. 1977  United States American football Gay[161]
Brianna Davey b. 1996  Australia Association football Lesbian[162]
Chantal de Bruijn b. 1976  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[163]
Jonathan de Falco b. 1984  Belgium Association football Gay[164]
Anouk Dekker b. 1986  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[165]
Dennis Del Valle b. 1989  Puerto Rico Volleyball Gay[166]
Casey Dellacqua b. 1985  Australia Tennis Lesbian[167]
Elena Delle Donne b. 1989  United States Basketball Lesbian[168]
David Denson b. 1995  United States Baseball Gay[169]
Sonya Deville b. 1993  United States Professional wrestling Lesbian[170]
Abrahm DeVine b. 1996  United States Swimming Gay[171]
Elisa Di Francisca b. 1982  Italy Fencing Bisexual
Chris Dickerson 1939-2021  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[172]
Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ b. 1976  Turkey Association football referee Gay[173][174]
Alex Di Giorgio b. 1990  Italy Swimming Gay[175]
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel b. 1987  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[176]
Stefanie Dolson b. 1992  United States Basketball Lesbian[177]
Sara Doorsoun b. 1991  Germany Association football Lesbian[66]
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos 1954–1995  Brazil Association football referee Gay[178]
Michael Dos Santos b. 1983  Brazil Volleyball Gay[179]
Robert Dover b. 1956  United States Equestrian Gay[180]
Anton Down-Jenkins b. 1999  New Zealand Diving Gay[181]
Frank Dowsing 1951–1994  United States American football Gay[182]
Nancy Drolet b. 1973  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[183]
Michelle Duff b. 1939  Canada Motor racing Transgender[184]
Christian Duffy b. 1961  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[185][186]
Meghan Duggan b. 1987  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[187]
Michelle Dumaresq b. 1970  Canada Mountain biking Transgender[188]
Céline Dumerc b. 1982  France Basketball Lesbian[32]
Jenny Duncalf b. 1982  United Kingdom Squash Lesbian[189]
Katie Duncan (née Hoyle) b. 1988  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[190]
Priscilla Duncan b. 1983  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[190]
Abby Dunkin b. 1995  United States Wheelchair basketball Lesbian[22]
Simon Dunn 1987-2023  Australia Bobsled, rugby Gay[191]
Imke Duplitzer b. 1975  Germany Fencing Lesbian[192]
Dessi Dupuy b. 1993  Bulgaria Association football Lesbian
Abbie Eaton b. 1992  United Kingdom Auto racing Lesbian[193]
Paola Egonu b. 1998  Italy Volleyball Bisexual[194]
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn b. 1977  Thailand Badminton Lesbian[195]
Jason Ellis b. 1971  Australia MMA, skateboarding, boxing, truck racing Bisexual[196][197][198]
Jill Ellis b. 1966  United States Association football Lesbian[199]
Bethany England b. 1994  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[66]
Magdalena Eriksson b. 1993  Sweden Association football Lesbian[200]
Norman Elder 1939–2003  Canada Equestrian Gay[201]
John Epping b. 1983  Canada Curler Gay[202]
Lisa Evans b. 1992  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[203]
Non Evans b. 1974  United Kingdom Rugby, judo, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling Lesbian[204]
Matt Evers b. 1976  United States Figure skating Gay[205]
Jennifer Falk b. 1993  Sweden Association football Lesbian[206]
Janelly Farías b. 1990  Mexico Association football Lesbian[207]
Justin Fashanu 1961–1998  United Kingdom Association football Gay[208]
Freda du Faur 1882–1935  Australia Mountaineering Lesbian[209]
Reine Feldt 1945–1986  Sweden Association football Gay[210][211]
John Fennell b. 1995  Canada Luge Gay[212]
Fabiano Ferreira b. 1998  Brazil Artistic swimming Gay[213]
Michelle Ferris b. 1976  Australia Cyclist Lesbian[214]
Kendra Fisher b. 1979  Canada CWHL Lesbian[215]
Gigi Fernández b. 1964  Puerto Rico Tennis Lesbian[216]
Lucas Fischer [de] b. 1990  Switzerland Gymnastics Gay[217]
Nilla Fischer b. 1984  Sweden Association football Lesbian[218]
Amini Fonua b. 1989  Tonga Swimming Gay[219]
Matthew Forgues b. 1992  United States Track and field Gay[220]
Marc Fortuny b. 1992  Spain Judo Gay[221][222]
Mark Foster b. 1970  United Kingdom Swimming Gay[223]
Fallon Fox b. 1975  United States MMA Transgender[224]
Larissa Franca b. 1982  Brazil Beach volleyball Lesbian[225]
Adrianna Franch b. 1990  United States Association football Lesbian[226]
Larissa Franklin b. 1993  Canada Softball Lesbian[227]
Sidney Franklin 1903–1976  United States Bullfighting Gay[228]
Scott Frantz b. 1996  United States American football Gay[229]
Travon Free b. 1984/1985  United States Basketball Bisexual[230]
Tadd Fujikawa b. 1991  United States Golf Gay[231]
Tracy Gahan b. 1980  United States Basketball Lesbian[232]
Edward Gal b. 1970  Netherlands Equestrian Gay[233][234]
Rudy Galindo b. 1969  United States Figure skating Gay[235]
Vicky Galindo b. 1983  United States Softball Bisexual[236]
Ed Gallagher b. 1958–2005  United States American football Gay[237]
Aurora Galli b. 1996  Italy Association football Lesbian[108]
Jan-Michael Gambill b. 1977  United States Tennis Gay[238][239]
Edda Garðarsdóttir b. 1979  Iceland Association football Lesbian[240]
Melanie Garside-Wight b. 1979  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[241]
Terry Garvin 1937–1998  Canada Professional wrestling Gay[242]
Carol Gattaz b. 1981  Brazil Volleyball Lesbian[49]
Ana Carolina da Silva b. 1991  Brazil Volleyball Lesbian[49]
Jane Geddes b. 1960  United States Golf Lesbian[243]
Dylan Geick b. 1997  United States Wrestling Gay/Bisexual[244][245]
Alan Gendreau b. 1989  United States American football Gay[246]
Makayla Gerken Schofield b. 1999  United Kingdom Freestyle skiing Lesbian[13]
Lewis Gibson b. 1994  United Kingdom Figure skating Gay[247]
Manuela Giugliano b. 1997  Italy Association football Lesbian[38]
Amber Glenn b. 1999  United States Figure skating Bisexual[248]
Bec Goddard b. 1978  Australia Australian Football Lesbian[249]
Bobby Goldsmith 1946–1983  Australia Swimming Gay[250]
Andrew Goldstein b. 1983  United States Lacrosse Gay[251]
Mara Gómez b. 1997  Argentina Association football Transgender[252]
Derrick Gordon b. 1991  United States Basketball Gay[253]
LZ Granderson b. 1972  United States Journalist Gay[254]
Emile Griffith 1938–2013  United States Boxing Bisexual[255]
Lia Grimanis b. 1971  Canada Businesswoman Lesbian[256]
Brittney Griner b. 1990  United States Basketball Lesbian[257]
Inka Grings b. 1978  Germany Association football Bisexual[258]
Rachael Grinham b. 1977  Australia Squash Lesbian[189]
Barbara Guarischi b. 1990  Italy Cycling Lesbian
Joan Guetschow b. 1966  Australia Biathlon Lesbian[259]
Trina Gulliver b. 1969  United Kingdom Darts Lesbian[260]
Michael Gunning b. 1994  Jamaica Swimming Gay[261]
Víctor Gutiérrez b. 1991  Spain Water polo Gay[262][263]
Darcy Guttridge b. 1999  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[264]
Astrid Guyart b. 1983  France Fencing Lesbian[32]
Tom Harald Hagen b. 1978  Norway Association football referee Gay[265]
Peter Häggström b. 1976  Sweden Track and field Gay[266]
Michi Halilović b. 1983  Germany Skeleton Gay[267]
Matthew Hall b. 1970  Canada Figure skating Gay[268]
Nicola Hancock b. 1995  Australia Cricket Lesbian[269]
Alain Hamer b. 1965  Luxembourg Association football referee Gay[270]
Gro Hammerseng b. 1980  Norway Handball Lesbian[271]
Alan Hansford b. 1968  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[272]
Pernille Harder b. 1992  Denmark Association football Lesbian[273]
Kellie Harrington b. 1989  Ireland Boxing Lesbian[274]
Ashlyn Harris b. 1985  United States Association football Lesbian[275]
Kwame Harris b. 1982  United States American football Gay[276]
Todd Harrity b. 1990  United States Squash Gay[277][278][non-primary source needed]
Naomi Hartley b. 2001  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[279]
Gavan Hennigan b. 1981  Ireland Extreme Sports Gay[280]
Kyle Hawkins b. 1970  United States Lacrosse Gay[281]
Bruce Hayes b. 1963  United States Swimming Gay[282]
Sandra Haynie b. 1943  United States Golf Lesbian[283]
Hurley Haywood b. 1948  United States Motor racing Gay[284]
Jayna Hefford b. 1977  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[285]
Mathew Helm b. 1980  Australia Diving Gay[286]
Jorik Hendrickx b. 1992  Belgium Figure skating Gay[287]
Bianca Henninger b. 1990  Mexico Association football Lesbian[288]
Isabell Herlovsen b. 1988  Norway Association football Lesbian[289]
Carl Hester b. 1967  United Kingdom Equestrian Gay[290]
Michelle Heyman b. 1988  Australia Association football Lesbian[291]
Nikki Hiltz b. 1994  United States Track, middle-distance running Lesbian, transgender and non-binary[292]
Fredy Hirsch 1916–1944  Germany Various, incl. gymnastics;
sports teacher 		Gay[293][294]
Keegan Hirst b. 1988  United Kingdom Rugby Gay[295]
Thomas Hitzlsperger b. 1982  Germany Association football Gay[296]
Edel Therese Høiseth b. 1966  Norway Speed skating Lesbian[297]
Ursula Holl b. 1982  Germany Association football Lesbian[298]
Kelly Holmes b. 1970  United Kingdom Track and field Lesbian[299]
Erika Holst b. 1979  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[300]
Wilhelm von Homburg 1940–2004  Germany Boxing, professional wrestling Bisexual[301]
Laurel Hubbard b. 1978  New Zealand Weightlifting Transgender[302]
Karen Hultzer b. 1965  South Africa Archery Lesbian[303]
Corinne Humphreys b. 1991  United Kingdom Athletics Lesbian[304]
Isaac Humphries b. 1998  Australia Basketball Gay[305]
Mia Hundvin b. 1977  Norway Handball Bisexual[306]
Maarten Hurkmans b. 1997  Netherlands Rowing Bisexual[307]
Lina Hurtig b. 1995  Sweden Association football Lesbian[308]
Lisa Hurtig b. 1987  Sweden Association football Lesbian[308]
Svenja Huth b. 1991  Germany Association football Lesbian[66]
Diego Hypólito b. 1986  Brazil Gymnastics Gay[309]
Antonio Hysén b. 1990  Sweden Association football Gay[310]
Facundo Imhoff b. 1989  Argentina Volleyball Gay[311]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz b. 1983  Austria Ski jumping Lesbian[312]
George Ives 1867–1950  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[313][314]
Veronica Ivy b. 1982  Canada Cycling Transgender[315]
Colin Jackson b. 1967  United Kingdom Hurdling Gay[316]
Helen Jacobs 1908–1997  United States Tennis Lesbian[317]
Angela James b. 1964  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[318]
Jakub Jankto b. 1996  Czech Republic Association football Gay[319]
Aleksandra Jarmolińska b. 1990  Poland Skeet Lesbian[320]
Caitlyn Jenner b. 1949  United States Decathlon Transgender[321]
Patrick Jeffrey b. 1965  United States Diving Gay[322]
Brianne Jenner b.1991  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[323]
Dorte Dalum Jensen b. 1978  Denmark Association football Lesbian[324]
Barbara Jezeršek b. 1986  Slovenia Cross-country skiing Lesbian[325]
Glory Johnson b. 1990  United States Basketball Lesbian[326]
Gus Johnston b. 1979  Australia Field hockey Gay[327]
Campbell Johnstone b. 1980  New Zealand Rugby Gay[328]
Rosie Jones b. 1959  United States Golf Lesbian[329]
Steffi Jones b. 1972  Germany Association football Lesbian[330]
Orlando Jordan b. 1974  United States Professional wrestling Bisexual[331]
Natasha Kai b. 1983  United States Association football Lesbian[192]
Chris Kanyon 1970–2010  United States Professional wrestling Gay[332]
Maud Kaptheijns b. 1994  Netherlands Cyclocross Lesbian[333]
Marizanne Kapp b. 1990  South Africa Cricket Lesbian[334]
Ebrar Karakurt b. 2000  Turkey Volleyball Lesbian[335]
Peter Karlsson 1966–1995  Sweden Ice hockey Gay[336]
Nadezhda Karpova b. 1995  Russia Association football Lesbian[337]
Daria Kasatkina b. 1997  Russia Tennis Bisexual[338]
Kathleen Kauth b. 1979  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[339]
Johan Kenkhuis b. 1980  Netherlands Swimming Gay[340]
Gus Kenworthy b. 1991  United States Freestyle skiing Gay[341]
Sam Kerr b. 1993  Australia Association football Lesbian[342]
Isabel Kerschowski b. 1988  Germany Association football Lesbian[343]
Silvio Kersten [pl] b. 1978  Germany Professional bodybuilding,
weightlifting 		Gay[344][345][346]
Emma Kete b. 1987  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[347]
Lotte Kiærskou b. 1975  Denmark Handball Lesbian[348]
Billie Jean King b. 1943  United States Tennis Lesbian[349]
Christopher Kinney b. 1988  United States Bobsled Bisexual[350]
Fran Kirby b. 1993  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[66]
Sandra Kirby b. 1949  Canada Rowing Lesbian[351]
Stine Brun Kjeldaas b. 1975  Norway Snowboard Lesbian[352]
Anna Kjellbin b. 1994  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Ilana Kloss b. 1956  United States Tennis Lesbian[353]
Hilary Knight b. 1989  United States Ice Hockey Queer[354]
Valentina Kogan b. 1980  Argentina Handball Lesbian[355]
Uri Kokia b. 1981  Israel Basketball Gay[356]
Dominik Koll b. 1984  Austria Swimming Gay[357]
David Kopay b. 1942  United States American football Gay[358]
Daniel Kowalski b. 1975  Australia Swimming Gay[359]
Katja Kraus b. 1970  Germany Association football Lesbian[360]
Kelly Kretschman b. 1979  United States Softball Lesbian[109]
Ali Krieger b. 1984  United States Association football Lesbian[275]
Andreas Krieger b. 1966  Germany Track and field Transgender[361]
Janae Marie Kroc b. 1972  United States Powerlifting,
professional bodybuilding 		Transgender, bisexual[362]
Kim Kulig b. 1990  Germany Association football Lesbian[363]
Emma Kullberg b. 1991  Sweden Association football Lesbian[108]
Nataliya Kuznetsova b. 1991  Russia Professional bodybuilding,
weightlifting 		Bisexual[364]
Stephanie Labbé b. 1986  Canada Association football Lesbian[365]
Charline Labonté b. 1982  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[366]
Alexandra Lacrabère b. 1987  France Handball Lesbian[367]
Kim Lammers b. 1981  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[368]
Ghislaine Landry b. 1988  Canada Rugby Lesbian[49]
Jessica Landström b. 1984  Sweden Association football Lesbian[369]
Lauren Lappin b. 1984  United States Softball Lesbian[370]
James Michael Lavigne b. 1963  Canada Professional bodybuilding Gay[371][372][373]
Mark Leduc 1962–2009  Canada Boxing Gay[374]
Timothy LeDuc b. 1990  United States Figure skating Gay[375]
Alisha Lehmann b. 1999  Switzerland Association football Lesbian[376]
Marco Lehmann [de] b. 1993  Switzerland Basketball Gay[377][378]
Evy Leibfarth b. 2004  United States Canoe slalom Lesbian[49]
Phuti Lekoloane b. 1992  South Africa Association football Gay[379]
Diede Lemey b. 1996  Belgium Association football Lesbian[380]
Emma Lennartsson b. 1991  Sweden Association football Lesbian[380]
Mapi León b. 1995  Spain Association football Lesbian[381]
Malin Levenstad b. 1988  Sweden Association football Lesbian[382]
Danell Leyva b. 1991  United States Gymnastics Bisexual, pansexual[383]
Hedvig Lindahl b. 1983  Sweden Association football Lesbian[384]
Ylva Lindberg b. 1976  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[300]
Lori Lindsey b. 1980  United States Association football Lesbian[385]
Elena Linari b. 1994  Italy Association football Lesbian[386]
Matthew Lister b. 1992  United Kingdom Canoeing Gay[387]
Ruesha Littlejohn b. 1990  Ireland Association football Lesbian[388]
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen b. 1989  Finland Swimming Gay[389]
Chester Lockhart b. 1992  United States Dancing Queer[390]
Chloe Logarzo b. 1994  Australia Association football Lesbian[291]
Joanna Lohman b. 1982  United States Association football Lesbian[391]
Lella Lombardi 1941–1992  Italy Motor racing Lesbian[392]
Greg Louganis b. 1960  United States Diving Gay[393]
Tom Luchsinger b. 1991  United States Swimming Gay[394]
Joey Lye b. 1987  Canada Softball Lesbian[227]
Shannon Lynn b. 1985  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[395]
Frida Maanum b. 1999  Norway Association football Lesbian[396]
Cheryl Maas b. 1984  Netherlands Snowboard Lesbian[352]
Yusaf Mack b. 1980  United States Boxing Gay[397]
Jack Mackenroth b. 1969  United States Swimming Gay[398][399]
Angela Madsen 1960–2020  United States Rowing, track and field Lesbian[400]
Liliane Maestrini b. 1987  Brazil Beach volleyball Lesbian[225]
Dalton Maldonado b. 1995  United States Basketball Gay[401][402]
Hana Mandlíková b. 1962  Czech Republic Tennis Lesbian[citation needed]
Robbie Manson b. 1989  New Zealand Rowing Gay[403][234]
Karina Manta b. 1996  United States Ice dancing Bisexual[404]
Patricio Manuel b. 1985  United States Boxing Transgender[405]
Arthur Mariano b. 1993  Brazil Gymnastics Gay
Brian Marshall b. 1965  Canada High jump Gay[406]
Charlie Martin b. 1981  United Kingdom Auto Racing Transgender[407]
Christy Martin b. 1968  United States Boxing Lesbian[408]
Collin Martin b. 1994  United States Association football Gay[409]
Carlo Masi b. 1976  Italy Bodybuilding Gay
Johnny Mathis b. 1935  United States Basketball Gay[410][411][412]
Ian Matos 1989-2021  Brazil Diving Gay[234]
Amélie Mauresmo b. 1979  France Tennis Lesbian[413]
Stephany Mayor b. 1991  Mexico Association football Bisexual[414]
Marnie McBean b. 1968  Canada Rowing Lesbian[415]
Adam McCabe b. 1991  United States Association football Gay[416][417]
Katie McCabe b. 1995  Ireland Association football Lesbian[388]
Martha McCabe b. 1989  Canada Swimming Lesbian[418]
Robert McCall 1958–1991  Canada Figure skating Gay[419]
Haylie McCleney b. 1994  United States Softball Lesbian[420]
Ray McDonald 1944–1993  United States American football Gay[421]
Stewart McKinney 1931–1987  United States Auto racing Bisexual[422][423]
Lindsy McLean b. 1938  United States American football Gay[424]
Erin McLeod b. 1983  Canada Association football Lesbian[425]
Beth Mead b. 1995  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[426]
Linda Medalen b. 1965  Norway Association football Lesbian[427]
Simona Meiler b. 1989  Switzerland Snowboard Lesbian[428]
Ioannis Melissanidis b. 1977  Greece Gymnastics Gay[429]
Rosa Mendes b. 1979  Canada Professional wrestling Bisexual
Conner Mertens b. 1994/1995  United States American football Bisexual[430]
Harriet Metcalf b. 1958  United States Rowing Lesbian[431]
Kristie Mewis b. 1991  United States Association football Lesbian[432]
Kim Meylemans b. 1996  Belgium Skeleton Lesbian[433][434]
Theresa Michalak b. 1992  Germany Swimming Lesbian[435]
Domien Michiels b. 1983  Belgium Equestrian Gay[436]
Vivianne Miedema b. 1996  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[437]
Linda Mienzer b. 1965  Bermuda Cricket Lesbian[438]
Hans Peter Minderhoud b. 1973  Netherlands Equestrian Gay[233][234]
Greet Minnen b. 1997  Belgium Tennis Lesbian[439]
Matthew Mitcham b. 1988  Australia Diving Gay[440]
Cameron Mitchell b. 1973  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[441][442][443]
Eric Mitchell b. 1992  Canada Ski jumping Gay[444]
Renee Montgomery b. 1986  United States Basketball Lesbian[445]
Tara Moore b. 1992  United Kingdom Tennis Lesbian[446]
Chris Morgan b. 1973  United Kingdom Powerlifting Gay[447]
Carolina Morace b. 1964  Italy Association football Lesbian[448]
Jim Morris 1936–2016  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[449]
Chris Mosier b. 1980  United States Triathlon Transgender[450]
Gili Mossinson b. 1978  Israel Basketball Bisexual[451][452]
Bruce Mouat b. 1994  United Kingdom Curling Gay[453]
Hannah Mouncey b. 1989  Australia Handball, Australian rules football Transgender, Lesbian[454]
Valerie Mulcahy b. 1983  Ireland Gaelic football Lesbian[455]
Nadine Müller b. 1985  Germany Discus throw Lesbian[456]
Nina Müller b. 1980  Germany Handball Lesbian[457]
Susann Müller b. 1988  Germany Handball Lesbian[457]
Sandra Näslund b. 1996  Sweden Freestyle skiing Lesbian[13]
Carl Nassib b. 1993  United States American football Gay[458]
Martina Navratilova b. 1956  Czech Republic Tennis Lesbian[459]
Guillermina Naya b. 1996  Argentina Tennis Lesbian[460]
Ondrej Nepela 1951–1989  Slovakia Figure skating Gay[144]
Robert Newton b. 1981  United Kingdom Track and field Gay[461]
Jordan Nobbs b. 1992  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[462]
Bente Nordby b. 1974  Norway Association football Lesbian[324]
Scott Norton b. 1982  United States Bowling Gay[463]
Jana Novotná 1968–2017  Czech Republic Tennis Lesbian
Tegan Nox b. 1994  United Kingdom Professional wrestling Bisexual[464]
Diana Nyad b. 1949  United States Swimming Lesbian[465]
Katja Nyberg b. 1979  Sweden Handball Lesbian[466]
Amanda Nunes b. 1988  Brazil MMA Lesbian[467]
Nina Nunes b. 1985  United States MMA Lesbian[467]
Graeme Obree b. 1965  United Kingdom Cycling Gay[468]
Ryan O'Callaghan b. 1983  United States American football Gay[469]
Jolanta Ogar b. 1982  Poland Sailing Lesbian[470]
Kelley O'Hara b. 1988  United States Association football Lesbian[471]
Inger Pors Olsen b. 1966  Denmark Rowing Lesbian[472]
Paul O'Brien b. 1968  New Zealand Horse riding Gay[113]
Ryan O'Meara b. 1984  United States Ice dancing Gay[473]
Curdin Orlik b. 1993  Switzerland Professional wrestling Gay[474][475]
Brian Orser b. 1961  Canada Figure skating Gay[476]
Kanako Otsuji b. 1974  Japan Karate, Taekwondo Lesbian[477]
Caroline Ouellette b. 1979  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[122]
Nigel Owens b. 1971  United Kingdom Rugby referee Gay[478]
Matt Pacifici b. 1993  United States Association football Gay[479]
Robert Páez b. 1994  Venezuela Diving Gay[480]
Dave Pallone b. 1951  United States Baseball Gay[481]
Dan Palmer b. 1988  Australia Rugby Gay[482]
Šárka Pančochová b. 1990  Czech Republic Snowboard Lesbian[483]
Bob Paris b. 1959  Canada Professional bodybuilding Gay[484]
Sandy Parker b. 1952  Canada Professional wrestling Lesbian[485]
Lily Parr 1905–1978  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[486]
Anja Pärson b. 1981  Sweden Downhill skiing Lesbian[487]
Pat Patterson 1941–2020  Canada Professional wrestling Gay[488][489]
Maartje Paumen b. 1985  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[176]
Lee Pearson b. 1974  United Kingdom Equestrian Gay[490]
Christinna Pedersen b. 1986  Denmark Badminton [491]
Otto Peltzer 1900–1970  Germany Track and field Gay[492]
Mike Penner 1957–2009  United States Journalist Transgender[493]
Carlos Peralta b. 1994  Spain Swimming Gay[494]
Nesthy Petecio b. 1992  Philippines Boxing Lesbian[495]
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin b. 1992  France Association football Lesbian[496][497]
Beate Peters b. 1959  Germany Track and field Lesbian[77]
Erin Phillips b. 1985  Australia Basketball, Australian rules football Lesbian[232]
David Pichler b. 1968  United States Diving Gay[498]
Fernanda Pinilla b. 1993  Chile Association football Lesbian[499]
Aslie Pitter b. 1960  United Kingdom Association football Gay[500]
Jessica Platt b. 1989  Canada Ice hockey Transgender[501]
Brian Pockar 1959–1992  Canada Figure skating Gay[419]
Nadia Podoroska b. 1997  Argentina Tennis Lesbian[460]
Paul Poirier b. 1991  Canada Figure skating Gay[502]
Hope Powell b. 1966  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[503]
Natalie Powell b. 1990  United Kingdom Judo Lesbian[504]
Lauren Powers b. 1961  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[505]
Peter Prijdekker b. 1948  Netherlands Swimming Gay[506][507]
Sedona Prince b. 2000  United States Basketball Lesbian[508]
Luke Prokop b. 2002  Canada Ice hockey Gay[509]
Simon Proulx-Sénécal b. 1991  Canada Figure skating Gay[13]
Mike Pucillo b. 1986  United States Professional wrestling Gay[510][511][512]
Allie Quigley b. 1986  Hungary Basketball Lesbian[513]
Quinn b. 1995  Canada Association football Non-binary[514]
Jocelyn Rae b. 1991  United Kingdom Tennis Lesbian[515]
Eric Radford b. 1985  Canada Figure skating Gay[516]
Chelsea Randall b. 1991  Australia Football Australia Lesbian[517]
Megan Rapinoe b. 1985  United States Association football Lesbian[518]
Jamie Lee Rattray b. 1992  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Javier Raya b. 1991  Spain Figure skating Gay[519]
Lisa Raymond b. 1973  United States Tennis Lesbian[520]
Stephen Rhodes b. 1984  United States Motor racing Gay[521][522]
Renée Richards b. 1934  United States Tennis Transgender[523]
Helen Richardson-Walsh b. 1981  United Kingdom Field hockey Lesbian[163]
Kate Richardson-Walsh b. 1980  United Kingdom Field hockey Lesbian[163]
Lucia Rijker b. 1967  Netherlands Kickboxing Bisexual[524]
Adam Rippon b. 1989  United States Figure skating Gay[525]
Hig Roberts b. 1991  United States Giant slalom Gay[526]
Ian Roberts b. 1965  Australia Rugby league Gay[527]
Dustin Robertson [pl] b. 1975  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[528][529][530]
Ronald Robertson 1937–2000  United States Figure skating Gay[531]
Robbie Rogers b. 1987  United States Association football Gay[532]
Craig Rogerson b. 1965  Australia Diving Gay[533][534][535]
Jeff Rohrer b. 1958  United States American football Gay[536]
Yulimar Rojas b. 1995  Venezuela Track and field Lesbian[537]
Ana Romero b. 1987  Spain Association football Lesbian[538]
Petra Rossner b. 1966  Germany Cycling Lesbian[24]
Devon Rouse b. 1998  United States Motor racing Gay[539][540]
Olivier Rouyer b. 1955  France Association football Gay[541]
Paul Ruggeri b. 1988  United States Gymnastic Gay[542]
Javier Ruisanchez b. 1997  Puerto Rico Artistic swimming Gay[543]
Matthew Rush b. 1972  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[544]
Ryan Russell b. 1992  United States American football Bisexual[545]
Kamilla Rytter Juhl b. 1983  Denmark Badminton Lesbian[491]
Jaiyah Saelua b. 1988  American Samoa Association football Transgender[546]
Senni Salminen b. 1996  Finland Athletics Lesbian[547]
Angela Salvagno b. 1976  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[548][non-primary source needed]
Michael Sam b. 1990  United States American football Gay[549]
Macarena Sánchez b. 1991  Argentina Association football Lesbian[550]
Victoria Sandell Svensson b. 1977  Sweden Association football Lesbian[551]
Lianne Sanderson b. 1988  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[391]
Ilaria Sanguineti b. 1994  Italy Cycling Lesbian
Chip Sarafin b. ?  United States American football Gay[552]
Enrique Sarasola Jr. b. 1963  Spain Equestrian Gay[553]
Jill Saulnier b. 1992  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Ronja Savolainen b. 1997  Finland Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Erik Schinegger b. 1948  Austria Downhill skiing Transgender[554]
Lea Schüller b. 1997  Germany Association football Lesbian[66]
Megan Schutt b. 1993  Australia Cricket Lesbian[555]
Nat Sciver b. 1992  United Kingdom Cricket Lesbian[91]
Dale Scott b. 1959  United States Baseball Gay[556]
Jill Scott b. 1987  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[108]
Caroline Seger b. 1985  Sweden Association football Lesbian[557]
Linda Sembrant b. 1987  Sweden Association football Lesbian[66]
Caster Semenya b. 1991  South Africa Athletics Lesbian, Intersex[558]
Alena Sharp b. 1981  Canada Golf Lesbian[559]
Patty Sheehan b. 1956  United States Golf Lesbian[560]
Will Sheridan b. 1985  United States Basketball Gay[561]
Kate Shierlaw b. 1989  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[562]
Bianca Sierra b. 1992  Mexico Association football Bisexual[414]
Sandra Sigurðardóttir b. 1986  Iceland Association football Lesbian[66]
Jackie Silva b. 1962  Brazil Beach volleyball Lesbian[563]
Rafaela Silva b. 1992  Brazil Judo Lesbian[564]
Nicole Silveira b. 1994  Brazil Skeleton Lesbian[13]
Eudy Simelane 1977–2008  South Africa Association football Lesbian[565]
Georgia Simmerling b. 1989  Canada Track cycling Lesbian[365]
Roy Simmons 1956–2014  United States American football Gay[566]
Brian Sims b. 1978  United States American football Gay[567]
Johan Jimmy Sjödin b. 1977  Sweden Diving Gay[568]
Blake Skjellerup b. 1985  New Zealand Speed skating Gay[569]
Vibeke Skofterud 1980–2018  Norway Cross-country skiing Bisexual[306]
Katarzyna Skorupa b. 1984  Poland Volleyball Lesbian[570]
Rikke Skov b. 1980  Denmark Handball Lesbian[571]
Rivallino Sleur b. 1976  Netherlands Association football Gay[572]
Alana Smith b. 2000  United States Skateboarding Bisexual and non-binary[573]
Jerry Smith 1943–1986  United States American football Bisexual[574]
Emilce Sosa b. 1987  Argentina Volleyball Lesbian[575]
Douglas Souza b. 1995  Brazil Volleyball Gay[576]
Laís Souza b. 1988  Brazil Skiing Lesbian[577]
Judy Sowinski 1940–2011  United States Roller derby Lesbian[578]
Muffin Spencer-Devlin b. 1953  United States Golf Lesbian[459]
Sherida Spitse b. 1990  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[579]
Helen Stephens 1918–1994  United States Track and field Lesbian[580]
James Stephanie Sterling b. 1984  United Kingdom Wrestler Non-binary and Pansexual[581]
Breanna Stewart b. 1994  United States Basketball Lesbian[582][583]
Demi Stokes b. 1991  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[584]
Casey Stoney b. 1982  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[585]
Beth Storry b. 1978  United Kingdom Field hockey Lesbian[163]
Samantha Stosur b. 1984  Australia Tennis Lesbian[586]
Jérémy Stravius b. 1988  France Swimming Gay[32]
Luke Strong b. 1993  United Kingdom Trampolining Bisexual[587]
Martina Strutz b. 1981  Germany Track and field Lesbian[588]
Rennae Stubbs b. 1971  Australia Tennis Lesbian[520]
Tricia Stumpf b. 1970  United States Skeleton Lesbian[589]
Fumie Suguri b. 1980  Japan Figure skating Bisexual[590][404]
Erica Sullivan b. 2000  United States Swimming Lesbian[591]
Zach Sullivan [de] b. 1994  United Kingdom Ice hockey Bisexual[592]
Pia Sundhage b. 1960  Sweden Association football Lesbian[593]
Jan Švub b. 1982  Czech Republic Professional bodybuilding Gay[594]
Emma Swanson b. 1995  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[131]
Stacy Sykora b. 1977  United States Volleyball Lesbian[595]
Blyth Tait b. 1961  New Zealand Equestrian Gay[596]
Nanae Takizawa b. 1987  Japan Volleyball Lesbian[597]
Connor Taras b. ?  Canada Kayak Gay[598]
Diana Taurasi b. 1982  United States Basketball Lesbian[599]
Jodie Taylor b. 1986  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[347]
Penny Taylor b. 1981  Australia Basketball Lesbian[599]
Irma Testa b. 1997  Italy Boxer Queer
David Testo b. 1981  United States Association football Gay[600]
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg b. 1974  Germany Cycling Lesbian[601]
Mark Tewksbury b. 1968  Canada Swimming Gay[431]
Carole Thate b. 1971  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[19]
Gareth Thomas b. 1974  United Kingdom Rugby Gay[602]
Kristen Thomas b. 1993  United States Rugby Lesbian[49]
Markus Thormeyer b. 1997  Canada Swimming Gay[603]
Ian Thorpe b. 1982  Australia Swimming Gay[604]
Bill Tilden 1893–1953  United States Tennis Gay[605]
Ted Tinling 1910–1990  United Kingdom Tennis Gay[606]
Jesús Tomillero b. 1994  Spain Association football referee Gay[607]
Susannah Townsend b. 1989  United Kingdom Field Hockey Lesbian[608]
Jeffrey Trammell b. 1950  United States Basketball Gay[609]
Emma Trott b. 1989  United Kingdom Cycling Lesbian[610]
Esera Tuaolo b. 1968  United States American football Gay[611]
Gabbi Tuft b. 1978  United States Professional wrestling Transgender[612][613]
Ruby Tui b. 1991  New Zealand Rugby Lesbian[85]
Marc Tur b. 1994  Spain Race walking Gay[614]
Emma Twigg b. 1987  New Zealand Rowing Lesbian[615]
Colton Underwood b. 1992  United States American football Gay[616]
Marcus Urban b. 1971  Germany Association football Gay[617]
Brian Vahaly b. 1979  United States Tennis Gay[618]
Sarah Vaillancourt b. 1985  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[306]
Daniëlle van de Donk b. 1991  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[426]
Stefanie van der Gragt b. 1992  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[619]
Sanne van Dijke b. 1995  Netherlands Judo Lesbian[504]
Merel van Dongen b. 1993  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[620]
Michele Van Gorp b. 1977  United States Basketball Lesbian[621]
Sanne van Kerkhof b. 1987  Netherlands Speed skating Lesbian[622]
Ella Van Kerkhoven b. 1993  Belgium Association football Lesbian[623]
Dane van Niekerk b. 1993  South Africa Cricket Lesbian[334]
Alison Van Uytvanck b. 1994  Belgium Tennis Lesbian[624]
Courtney Vandersloot b. 1989  Hungary Basketball Lesbian[513]
Júlia Vasconcelos b. 1992  Brazil Taekwondo Lesbian[355]
Laura Vasilescu b. 1984  Romania Handball Lesbian[625]
Dan Veatch b. 1965  United States Swimming Gay[626]
Anne Veenendaal b. 1995  Netherlands Field Hockey Lesbian[627]
Sebastián Vega b. 1988  Argentina Basketball Gay[628]
Julian Venonsky b. 1993  United States Rowing Gay[629]
Sophie Vercruyssen b. 1992  Belgium Bobsleigh Lesbian[630]
Mike Verschuur b. 1987  Netherlands Motor racing Gay[631]
Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir b. 1982  Iceland Association football Lesbian[240]
Linda Villumsen b. 1985  New Zealand Cycling Lesbian[610]
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari b. 1971  Australia Track and field, boxing Lesbian[632]
Chris Voth b. 1990  Canada Indoor volleyball Gay[633]
Tom Waddell 1937–1987  United States Decathlon; creator of the Gay Games Gay[634]
Kira Walkenhorst b. 1990  Germany Beach volleyball Lesbian[635]
Jackie Walker 1950–2002  United States American football Gay[636]
Louisa Wall b. 1972  New Zealand Rugby Lesbian[637]
Ji Wallace b. 1977  Australia Gymnastics Gay[638]
Michaela Walsh b. 1993  Ireland Boxing Lesbian[639]
Sarah Walsh b. 1983  Australia Association football Lesbian[640]
Abby Wambach b. 1980  United States Association football Lesbian[641]
Jeffrey Wammes b. 1987  Netherlands Gymnastics Gay[234][642]
Danny Watts b. 1979  United Kingdom Auto racing Gay[643]
Kendall Wesenberg b. 1990  United States skeleton racer Bisexual[644]
Ann Wauters b. 1980  Belgium Basketball Lesbian[645]
Saskia Webber b. 1971  United States Association football Lesbian[646]
Johnny Weir b. 1984  United States Figure skating Gay[647]
Rick Welts b. 1953  United States Basketball executive Gay[648]
Peter Wherrett 1936–2009  Australia Motor racing Transgender[649]
Diane Whipple 1968–2001  United States Lacrosse Lesbian[650]
Sue Wicks b. 1966  United States Basketball Lesbian[651]
Marieke Wijsman b. 1975  Netherlands Speed skating Lesbian[652]
Marlon Williams b. 1988  United States American football Bisexual[653]
Hannah Wilkinson b. 1992  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[654]
Leah Wilkinson b. 1986  United Kingdom Field hockey Lesbian[49]
Nicola Williams b. 1982  Australia Association football Lesbian[448]
Stephanie Williams b. 1992  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian
Leah Williamson b. 1997  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[462]
David Wilson b. 1966  Canada Figure skating Gay[655]
Spencer Wilton b. 1973  United Kingdom Equestrian Gay[234]
Keelin Winters b. 1988  United States Association football Lesbian[656]
Paul Wirtz 1958–2006  Canada Figure skating Gay[516]
Chris Witty b. 1975  United States Speed skating Lesbian[601]
Lara Wolf b. 2000  Austria Freestyle Skiing Lesbian[657]
Jack Woolley b. 1998  Ireland Taekwondo athlete Gay[658]
Andrea Worrall b. 1977  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[659]
Ireen Wüst b. 1986  Netherlands Speed skating Bisexual[306][660]
Alissa Wykes b. 1967  United States American football Lesbian[661]
Marta Xargay b. 1990  Spain Basketball Lesbian[583]
Kirsty Yallop b. 1986  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[662]
Tameka Yallop (née Butt) b. 1991  Australia Association football Lesbian[662]
Yoko Yamada b. 1979  Japan Professional wrestling, MMA Bisexual[663]
Kumi Yokoyama b. 1993  Japan Association football Transgender[664]
Darren Young b. 1983  United States Professional wrestling Gay[665]
Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1911–1956  United States Golf, basketball, baseball, track and field Bisexual[666]
Micah Zandee-Hart b. 1997  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[13]
Julia Zigiotti Olme b. 1997  Sweden Association football Lesbian[667]
Katarzyna Zillmann b. 1995  Poland Rowing Lesbian[668]
Sharnee Zoll-Norman b. 1986  United States Basketball Lesbian[669]

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References[edit]

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