List of LGBTQ sportspeople

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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.

List

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Boxer – Nicola Adams

Basketball player – John Amaechi

Basketball player – Sue Bird

Footballer – Lucy Bronze

Judoka – Amandine Buchard

Pole Vaulter – 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

Hurler – Dónal Óg Cusack

Diver – Tom Daley

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

Decathlete – Caitlyn Jenner

Cross's-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

Track and field athlete – 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

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]
Laura Aarts	b. 1996	Netherlands	Waterpolo	Lesbian [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]
Adriana	b. 1996	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [3]
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 [16]
Nadine Angerer	b. 1978	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [17]
Alyson Annan	b. 1973	Australia	Field hockey	Lesbian [18]
Tahnai Annis	b. 1989	Philippines	Association football	Queer [19]
Kelly Applebee	b. 1982	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]
Davis Atkin	b. 2001	Australia	Field hockey	Gay [27]
Jake Atlas	b. 1994	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay [28] [29]
Zeb Atlas  [ de ]	b. 1970	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [30]
Amy Atwell	b. 1998	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [3]
Seimone Augustus	b. 1984	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [31]
Rosella Ayane	b. 1996	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [32]
Kévin Aymoz	b. 1997	France	Figure skating	Gay [33]
Ramona Bachmann	b. 1990	Switzerland	Association football	Lesbian [34]
Hergie Bacyadan	b. 1994	Philippines	Boxing	Transgender [35] [36]
Mianne Bagger	b. 1966	Denmark	Golf	Transgender [37]
Hobey Baker	1892-1918	United States	Ice hockey	Gay [38]
Clare Balding	b. 1971	United Kingdom	Jockey	Lesbian [39]
Jason Ball	b. 1988	Australia	Australian rules football	Gay [40]
Megan Bankes	b. 1997	Canada	Biathlon	Lesbian [13]
Shawnacy Barber	1994–2024	Canada	Pole vault	Gay [41]
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa	b. 1988	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [42]
Jim Barnett	1924–2004	United States	Professional wrestling promoter	Gay [43]
Nicole Bass-Fuchs	1964–2017	United States	Professional bodybuilding Professional wrestling	Bisexual [44]
Hayley Bateup	b. 1980	Australia	ironwoman	Lesbian [45]
Betty Baxter	b. 1952	Canada	Volleyball	Lesbian [46]
Billy Bean	1964–2024	United States	Baseball	Gay [47]
Shelley Beattie	1967–2008	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [48]
Thomas Beattie	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay [49]
Jolyn Beer	b. 1994	Germany	Shooting	Lesbian [50]
Mack Beggs	b. 1999	United States	Wrestling	Transgender [51]
Alice Bellandi	b. 1998	Italy	Judo	Lesbian [52] [53]
Perris Benegas	b. 1995	United States	Freestyle BMX	Lesbian [54]
Lorena Benítez	b. 1998	Argentina	Association football, futsal	Lesbian [55]
Ann-Katrin Berger	b. 1990	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [56]
Ebba Berglund	b. 1998	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Kajsa Bergqvist	b. 1976	Sweden	Track and field	Bisexual [57]
Thomas Berling	b. 1979	Norway	Association football	Gay [58]
Emily Bessoir	b. 2001	Germany	Basketball	Lesbian [59]
Mike Beuttler	1940–1988	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Gay [60] [61]
John de Bever  [ nl ]	b. 1965	Netherlands	Association football	Gay [62]
Mark Bingham	1970–2001	United States	Rugby	Gay [63]
Sue Bird	b. 1980	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [64]
Nathalie Björn	b. 1997	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Alex Blackwell	b. 1983	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [65] [66]
John Blankenstein	1949–2006	Netherlands	Association football	Gay [67]
Carl Blasco	b. 1971	France	Triathlon	Gay [68]
Miriam Blasco	b. 1963	Spain	Judo	Lesbian [69]
Andrew Blaser	b. 1989	United States	Skeleton	Gay [13]
Lucilla Boari	b. 1997	Italy	Archery	Lesbian [70]
Lisa Boattin	b. 1997	Italy	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Brian Boitano	b. 1963	United States	Figure skating	Gay [71]
Nicole Bonamino  [ it ]	b. 1991	Italy	Ice hockey	Lesbian [72] [73]
Heinz Bonn	1947–1991	Germany	Association football	Gay [74]
Tom Bosworth	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Racewalking	Gay [75]
Brittany Bowe	b. 1988	United States	Speed skating	Lesbian [76]
Anthony Bowens	b. 1990	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay [77] [78]
Kiara Bowers	b. 1991	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [79]
Celia Brackenridge	1950–2018	United Kingdom	British Lacrosse Player	Lesbian [80]
Sabine Braun	b. 1965	Germany	Track and field	Lesbian [81]
Kelly Brazier	b. 1989	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian [82]
Ashleigh Brazill	b. 1989	Australia	Netball	Lesbian [83]
Andy Brennan	b. 1993	Australia	Association football	Gay [84]
Linda Bresonik	b. 1983	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [85]
Belle Brockhoff	b. 1993	Australia	Snowboard	Lesbian [86]
Lucy Bronze	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [87]
Giorgia Bronzini	b. 1983	Italy	Cycling	Lesbian [88]
Gayle Broughton	b. 1996	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian [89]
Jason Brown	b. 1994	United States	Figure skating	Gay [90]
Panama Al Brown	1902–1951	Panama	Boxing	Gay [91] [92]
Harrison Browne	b. 1993	Canada	Ice hockey	Transgender [93]
Svenja Brunckhorst	b. 1991	Germany	Basketball	Lesbian [59]
Rachele Bruni	b. 1990	Italy	Swimming	Lesbian [94]
Katherine Brunt	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Cricket	Lesbian [95]
Dorien Bryant	b. 1985	United States	American football	Gay [96]
Kadeisha Buchanan	b. 1995	Canada	Association football	Lesbian [97]
Amandine Buchard	b. 1995	France	Judo	Lesbian [33]
Steve Buckley	b. 1956	United States	Journalist	Gay [98]
Anastasia Bucsis	b. 1989	Canada	Speed skating	Lesbian [99]
Saskia Budgett	b. 1996	United Kingdom	Rowing	Lesbian [100]
Brendan Burke	1988–2010	United States	Ice hockey	Gay [101]
Glenn Burke	1952–1995	United States	Baseball	Gay [102]
Jenna Burkert	b. 1993	United States	Wrestling	Lesbian [103]
Kris Burley	b. 1974	Canada	Gymnastics	Gay [104]
Savannah Burton	b. ?	Canada	Dodgeball	Transgender [105]
Balian Buschbaum	b. 1980	Germany	Track and field	Transgender [106]
Ivan Bussens	1960–2007	United Kingdom	Water polo	Gay [107]
Jeffrey Buttle	b. 1982	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [108]
Erin Burns	b. 1988	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [109]
Karin Büttner-Janz	b. 1952	Germany	Gymnastics	Lesbian [110]
Emilie Bydwell	b. 1985	United States	Rugby union	Lesbian [111]
Latasha Byears	b. 1973	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [112]
Caitlin Cahow	b. 1985	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian [113]
J. P. Calderon	b. 1975	United States	Volleyball	Gay [114]
Marissa Callaghan	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Christopher Caluza	b. 1990	Philippines	Figure skating	Gay [115]
Jane Campbell	b. 1995	United States	Association football	Lesbian [116]
Ally Carda	b. 1993	United States	Softball	Lesbian [117]
Liz Carmouche	b. 1984	United States	MMA	Lesbian [118]
Alex Carpenter	b. 1994	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Cecilia Carranza	b. 1986	Argentina	Sailing	Lesbian [119]
Joe Carstairs	1900–1993	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Lesbian [120]
Jessica Carter	b. 1997	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [121]
Sherry Cassuto	1957-2016	United States	Rowing	Lesbian [122]
Josh Cavallo	b. 1999	Australia	Association football	Gay [123]
Timo Cavelius	b. 1999	Germany	Judo	Gay [50]
Matt Cecchin	b. 1973	Australia	Rugby league	Gay [124] [125]
Isadora Cerullo	b. 1991	Brazil	Rugby	Lesbian [126]
Dutee Chand	b. 1996	India	Sprinting	Lesbian [127]
Parinya Charoenphol	b. 1981	Thailand	Boxing	Transgender [128]
Amanda Chidester	b. 1990	United States	Softball	Lesbian [129]
James Child	b. 1983	United Kingdom	Rugby league referee	Gay [130]
Julie Chu	b. 1982	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian [131]
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 [132] [133] [134]
Dominic Clarke	b. 1997	Australia	Trampolining	Gay [135] [136]
Piepa Cleary	b. 1996	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [137]
Kerron Clement	b. 1985	Trinidad and Tobago	Track and field	Gay [138]
Laura Clemesha	b. 1992	Australia	Netball	Lesbian [139]
Mia-Rae Clifford	b. 1986	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [140]
Dennis Coi	1961–1987	Canada	Figure Skating	Gay [141]
Jason Collins	b. 1978	United States	Basketball	Gay [142]
Sean Conroy	b. 1992	United States	Baseball	Gay [143]
Casey Conway	b. 1985	Australia	Rugby	Gay [144]
Natalie Cook	b. 1975	Australia	Beach volleyball	Lesbian [145]
Jodie Cooper	b. 1964	Australia	Surfing	Lesbian [146]
Kahleah Copper	b. 1994	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [147]
Rose Cossar	b. 1991	Canada	Gymnastics	Lesbian [148]
Robin Cousins	b. 1957	United Kingdom	Figure Skating	Gay [149]
Roberta Cowell	1918–2011	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Transgender [150]
Sarah Coyte	b. 1991	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [151]
Gottfried von Cramm	1909–1976	Germany	Tennis	Bisexual [152]
Scott Cranham	b. 1954	Canada	Diving	Gay [153]
Toller Cranston	1949–2015	Canada	Figure skating	Bisexual [154]
Lisa Cross	b. 1978	United Kingdom	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [155]
Orlando Cruz	b. 1981	Puerto Rico	Boxing	Gay [156]
Penny Cula-Reid	b. 1988	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [140]
Ana Marcela Cunha	b. 1992	Brazil	Swimming	Lesbian [157]
John Curry	1949–1994	United Kingdom	Figure skating	Gay [158]
Dónal Óg Cusack	b. 1977	Ireland	Hurling	Gay [159]
Matthew Cusick  [ pl ]	b. 1972	United States	Gymnastics	Gay [160] [161]
Søren Dahl	b. 1993	Denmark	Swimming	Gay [162]
Lisa Dahlkvist	b. 1987	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [163]
Tom Daley	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Diving	Gay/Queer [164] [165]
Rachel Daly	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [166]
Jake Daniels	b. 2005	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay [167]
Mélodie Daoust	b. 1992	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [168]
Tierna Davidson	b. 1998	United States	Association football	Lesbian [169]
Steven Davies	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay [170]
Liam Davis	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay [171]
Wade Davis	b. 1977	United States	American football	Gay [172]
Brianna Davey	b. 1996	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [173]
Chantal de Bruijn	b. 1976	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian [174]
Jonathan de Falco	b. 1984	Belgium	Association football	Gay [175]
Anouk Dekker	b. 1986	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [176]
Dennis Del Valle	b. 1989	Puerto Rico	Volleyball	Gay [177]
Casey Dellacqua	b. 1985	Australia	Tennis	Lesbian [178]
Elena Delle Donne	b. 1989	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [179]
David Denson	b. 1995	United States	Baseball	Gay [180]
Sonya Deville	b. 1993	United States	Professional wrestling	Lesbian [181]
Abrahm DeVine	b. 1996	United States	Swimming	Gay [182]
Margielyn Didal	b. 1999	Philippines	Skateboarding	Queer [183]
Natalya Diehm	b. 1997	Australia	Cycling	Lesbian [184]
Elisa Di Francisca	b. 1982	Italy	Fencing	Bisexual
Chris Dickerson	1939-2021	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [185]
Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ	b. 1976	Turkey	Association football referee	Gay [186] [187]
Alex Di Giorgio	b. 1990	Italy	Swimming	Gay [188]
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel	b. 1987	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian [189]
Stefanie Dolson	b. 1992	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [190]
Sara Doorsoun	b. 1991	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos	1954–1995	Brazil	Association football referee	Gay [191]
Michael Dos Santos	b. 1983	Brazil	Volleyball	Gay [192]
Robert Dover	b. 1956	United States	Equestrian	Gay [193]
Anton Down-Jenkins	b. 1999	New Zealand	Diving	Gay [194]
Frank Dowsing	1951–1994	United States	American football	Gay [195]
Nancy Drolet	b. 1973	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [196]
Michelle Duff	b. 1939	Canada	Motor racing	Transgender [197]
Christian Duffy	b. 1961	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [198] [199]
Meghan Duggan	b. 1987	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian [200]
Michelle Dumaresq	b. 1970	Canada	Mountain biking	Transgender [201]
Céline Dumerc	b. 1982	France	Basketball	Lesbian [33]
Jenny Duncalf	b. 1982	United Kingdom	Squash	Lesbian [202]
Katie Duncan (née Hoyle)	b. 1988	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian [203]
Priscilla Duncan	b. 1983	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian [203]
Abby Dunkin	b. 1995	United States	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian [22]
Simon Dunn	1987-2023	Australia	Bobsled, rugby	Gay [204]
Imke Duplitzer	b. 1975	Germany	Fencing	Lesbian [205]
Rayan Dutra	b. 2002	Brazil	Trampolining	Bisexual [206]
Dessi Dupuy	b. 1993	Bulgaria	Association football	Lesbian
Abbie Eaton	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Auto racing	Lesbian [207]
Kyra Edwards	b. 1997	United Kingdom	Rowing	Lesbian [100]
Paola Egonu	b. 1998	Italy	Volleyball	Bisexual [208]
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	b. 1977	Thailand	Badminton	Lesbian [209]
Jason Ellis	b. 1971	Australia	MMA, skateboarding, boxing, truck racing	Bisexual [210] [211] [212]
Jill Ellis	b. 1966	United States	Association football	Lesbian [213]
Bethany England	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Magdalena Eriksson	b. 1993	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [214]
Norman Elder	1939–2003	Canada	Equestrian	Gay [215]
John Epping	b. 1983	Canada	Curler	Gay [216]
Lisa Evans	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [217]
Non Evans	b. 1974	United Kingdom	Rugby, judo, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling	Lesbian [218]
Matt Evers	b. 1976	United States	Figure skating	Gay [219]
Jennifer Falk	b. 1993	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Janelly Farías	b. 1990	Mexico	Association football	Lesbian [220]
Justin Fashanu	1961–1998	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay [221]
Freda du Faur	1882–1935	Australia	Mountaineering	Lesbian [222]
Reine Feldt	1945–1986	Sweden	Association football	Gay [223] [224]
John Fennell	b. 1995	Canada	Luge	Gay [225]
Fabiano Ferreira	b. 1998	Brazil	Artistic swimming	Gay [226]
Michelle Ferris	b. 1976	Australia	Cyclist	Lesbian [227]
Kendra Fisher	b. 1979	Canada	Ice hockey, Inline hockey	Lesbian [228]
Gigi Fernández	b. 1964	Puerto Rico	Tennis	Lesbian [229]
Lucas Fischer  [ de ]	b. 1990	Switzerland	Gymnastics	Gay [230]
Nilla Fischer	b. 1984	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [231]
Doris Fitschen	b. 1968–2025	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [232]
Amini Fonua	b. 1989	Tonga	Swimming	Gay [233]
Matthew Forgues	b. 1992	United States	Track and field	Gay [234]
Marc Fortuny	b. 1992	Spain	Judo	Gay [235] [236]
Mark Foster	b. 1970	United Kingdom	Swimming	Gay [237]
Fallon Fox	b. 1975	United States	MMA	Transgender [238]
Larissa Franca	b. 1982	Brazil	Beach volleyball	Lesbian [239]
Adrianna Franch	b. 1990	United States	Association football	Lesbian [240]
Larissa Franklin	b. 1993	Canada	Softball	Lesbian [241]
Sidney Franklin	1903–1976	United States	Bullfighting	Gay [242]
Scott Frantz	b. 1996	United States	American football	Gay [243]
Travon Free	b. 1984/1985	United States	Basketball	Bisexual [244]
Tadd Fujikawa	b. 1991	United States	Golf	Gay [245]
Tracy Gahan	b. 1980	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [246]
Edward Gal	b. 1970	Netherlands	Equestrian	Gay [247] [248]
Rudy Galindo	b. 1969	United States	Figure skating	Gay [249]
Vicky Galindo	b. 1983	United States	Softball	Bisexual [250]
Ed Gallagher	b. 1958–2005	United States	American football	Gay [251]
Aurora Galli	b. 1996	Italy	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Jan-Michael Gambill	b. 1977	United States	Tennis	Gay [252] [253]
Edda Garðarsdóttir	b. 1979	Iceland	Association football	Lesbian [254]
Melanie Garside-Wight	b. 1979	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [255]
Terry Garvin	1937–1998	Canada	Professional wrestling	Gay [256]
Carol Gattaz	b. 1981	Brazil	Volleyball	Lesbian [54]
Ana Carolina da Silva	b. 1991	Brazil	Volleyball	Lesbian [54]
Jane Geddes	b. 1960	United States	Golf	Lesbian [257]
Dylan Geick	b. 1997	United States	Wrestling	Gay/Bisexual [258] [259]
Alan Gendreau	b. 1989	United States	American football	Gay [260]
Makayla Gerken Schofield	b. 1999	United Kingdom	Freestyle skiing	Lesbian [13]
Lewis Gibson	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Figure skating	Gay [261]
Kirsty Gilmour	b. 1993	United Kingdom	Badminton	Lesbian [262]
Manuela Giugliano	b. 1997	Italy	Association football	Lesbian [42]
Amber Glenn	b. 1999	United States	Figure skating	Bisexual [263]
Bec Goddard	b. 1978	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [264]
Bobby Goldsmith	1946–1983	Australia	Swimming	Gay [265]
Andrew Goldstein	b. 1983	United States	Lacrosse	Gay [266]
Sophie de Goede	b. 1999	Canada	Rugby	Lesbian [3]
Mara Gómez	b. 1997	Argentina	Association football	Transgender [267]
Tomás González	b. 1985	Chile	Gymnastics	Gay [268]
Derrick Gordon	b. 1991	United States	Basketball	Gay [269]
LZ Granderson	b. 1972	United States	Journalist	Gay [270]
Maddy Grant	b. 2001	Canada	Rugby	Lesbian [3]
Chelsea Gray	b. 1972	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [271]
Ellia Green	b. 1993	Australia	Rugby union	Transgender [272]
Emile Griffith	1938–2013	United States	Boxing	Bisexual [273]
Lia Grimanis	b. 1971	Canada	Businesswoman	Lesbian [274]
Brittney Griner	b. 1990	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [275]
Inka Grings	b. 1978	Germany	Association football	Bisexual [276]
Rachael Grinham	b. 1977	Australia	Squash	Lesbian [202]
Barbara Guarischi	b. 1990	Italy	Cycling	Lesbian
Joan Guetschow	b. 1966	Australia	Biathlon	Lesbian [277]
Trina Gulliver	b. 1969	United Kingdom	Darts	Lesbian [278]
Michael Gunning	b. 1994	Jamaica	Swimming	Gay [279]
Víctor Gutiérrez	b. 1991	Spain	Water polo	Gay [280] [281]
Darcy Guttridge	b. 1999	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [282]
Astrid Guyart	b. 1983	France	Fencing	Lesbian [33]
Tom Harald Hagen	b. 1978	Norway	Association football referee	Gay [283]
Peter Häggström	b. 1976	Sweden	Track and field	Gay [284]
Michi Halilović	b. 1983	Germany	Skeleton	Gay [285]
Matthew Hall	b. 1970	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [286]
Alain Hamer	b. 1965	Luxembourg	Association football referee	Gay [287]
Jude Hamer	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian [288]
Gro Hammerseng	b. 1980	Norway	Handball	Lesbian [289]
Nicola Hancock	b. 1995	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [290]
Alan Hansford	b. 1968	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay [291]
Pernille Harder	b. 1992	Denmark	Association football	Lesbian [292]
Kellie Harrington	b. 1989	Ireland	Boxing	Lesbian [293]
Ashlyn Harris	b. 1985	United States	Association football	Lesbian [294]
Kwame Harris	b. 1982	United States	American football	Gay [295]
Todd Harrity	b. 1990	United States	Squash	Gay [296] [297] [ non-primary source needed ]
Naomi Hartley	b. 2001	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [298]
Kyle Hawkins	b. 1970	United States	Lacrosse	Gay [299]
Bruce Hayes	b. 1963	United States	Swimming	Gay [300]
Sandra Haynie	b. 1943	United States	Golf	Lesbian [301]
Hurley Haywood	b. 1948	United States	Motor racing	Gay [302]
Tobin Heath	b. 1988	United States	Association football	Lesbian [303]
Jayna Hefford	b. 1977	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [304]
Mathew Helm	b. 1980	Australia	Diving	Gay [305]
Jorik Hendrickx	b. 1992	Belgium	Figure skating	Gay [306]
Gavan Hennigan	b. 1981	Ireland	Extreme Sports	Gay [307]
Bianca Henninger	b. 1990	Mexico	Association football	Lesbian [308]
Isabell Herlovsen	b. 1988	Norway	Association football	Lesbian [309]
Laurie Hernandez	b. 2000	United States	Gymnastics	Lesbian [310]
Carl Hester	b. 1967	United Kingdom	Equestrian	Gay [311]
Michelle Heyman	b. 1988	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [312]
Nikki Hiltz	b. 1994	United States	Track, middle-distance running	Lesbian, transgender and non-binary [313]
Fredy Hirsch	b. 1916–1944	Germany	Various, incl. gymnastics; sports teacher	Gay [314] [315]
Keegan Hirst	b. 1988	United Kingdom	Rugby	Gay [316]
Thomas Hitzlsperger	b. 1982	Germany	Association football	Gay [317]
Edel Therese Høiseth	b. 1966	Norway	Speed skating	Lesbian [318]
Ursula Holl	b. 1982	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [319]
Kelly Holmes	b. 1970	United Kingdom	Track and field	Lesbian [320]
Erika Holst	b. 1979	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian [321]
Wilhelm von Homburg	1940–2004	Germany	Boxing, professional wrestling	Bisexual [322]
Laurel Hubbard	b. 1978	New Zealand	Weightlifting	Transgender [323]
Angela Hucles	b. 1978	United States	Association football	Lesbian [324]
Karen Hultzer	b. 1965	South Africa	Archery	Lesbian [325]
Corinne Humphreys	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Athletics	Lesbian [326]
Isaac Humphries	b. 1998	Australia	Basketball	Gay [327]
Mia Hundvin	b. 1977	Norway	Handball	Bisexual [328]
Maarten Hurkmans	b. 1997	Netherlands	Rowing	Bisexual [329]
Lina Hurtig	b. 1995	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [330]
Lisa Hurtig	b. 1987	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [330]
Svenja Huth	b. 1991	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Diego Hypólito	b. 1986	Brazil	Gymnastics	Gay [331]
Antonio Hysén	b. 1990	Sweden	Association football	Gay [332]
Facundo Imhoff	b. 1989	Argentina	Volleyball	Gay [333]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	b. 1983	Austria	Ski jumping	Lesbian [334] [335]
George Ives	b. 1867–1950	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay [336] [337]
Veronica Ivy	b. 1982	Canada	Cycling	Transgender [338]
Colin Jackson	b. 1967	United Kingdom	Athletics	Gay [339]
Helen Jacobs	1908–1997	United States	Tennis	Lesbian [340]
Angela James	b. 1964	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [341]
Jakub Jankto	b. 1996	Czech Republic	Association football	Gay [342]
Aleksandra Jarmolińska	b. 1990	Poland	Skeet	Lesbian [343]
Caitlyn Jenner	b. 1949	United States	Decathlon	Transgender [344]
Patrick Jeffrey	b. 1965	United States	Diving	Gay [345]
Brianne Jenner	b.1991	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [346]
Dorte Dalum Jensen	b. 1978	Denmark	Association football	Lesbian [347]
Dan Jervis	b.1996	United Kingdom	Swimming	Gay [348]
Barbara Jezeršek	b. 1986	Slovenia	Cross-country skiing	Lesbian [349]
Juan Antonio Jiménez	b. 1959	Germany	Equestrian	Gay [50]
Glory Johnson	b. 1990	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [350]
Gus Johnston	b. 1979	Australia	Field hockey	Gay [351]
Campbell Johnstone	b. 1980	New Zealand	Rugby	Gay [352]
Rosie Jones	b. 1959	United States	Golf	Lesbian [353]
Steffi Jones	b. 1972	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [354]
Orlando Jordan	b. 1974	United States	Professional wrestling	Bisexual [355]
Natasha Kai	b. 1983	United States	Association football	Lesbian [205]
Chris Kanyon	1970–2010	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay [356]
Maud Kaptheijns	b. 1994	Netherlands	Cyclocross	Lesbian [357]
Marizanne Kapp	b. 1990	South Africa	Cricket	Lesbian [358]
Ebrar Karakurt	b. 2000	Turkey	Volleyball	Lesbian [359]
Peter Karlsson	b. 1966–1995	Sweden	Ice hockey	Gay [360]
Nadezhda Karpova	b. 1995	Russia	Association football	Lesbian [361]
Daria Kasatkina	b. 1997	Australia	Tennis	Lesbian [362]
Kathleen Kauth	b. 1979	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian [304]
Nicolás Keenan	b. 1997	Argentina	Field hockey	Bisexual [363]
Johan Kenkhuis	b. 1980	Netherlands	Swimming	Gay [364]
Gus Kenworthy	b. 1991	United States	Freestyle skiing	Gay [365]
Sam Kerr	b. 1993	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [366]
Isabel Kerschowski	b. 1988	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [367]
Silvio Kersten  [ pl ]	b. 1978	Germany	Professional bodybuilding, weightlifting	Gay [368] [369] [370]
Emma Kete	b. 1987	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian [371]
Lotte Kiærskou	b. 1975	Denmark	Handball	Lesbian [372]
Billie Jean King	b. 1943	United States	Tennis	Lesbian [373]
Christopher Kinney	b. 1988	United States	Bobsled	Bisexual [374]
Fran Kirby	b. 1993	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Sandra Kirby	b. 1949	Canada	Rowing	Lesbian [375]
Stine Brun Kjeldaas	b. 1975	Norway	Snowboard	Lesbian [376]
Anna Kjellbin	b. 1994	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Ilana Kloss	b. 1956	United States	Tennis	Lesbian [377]
Hilary Knight	b. 1989	United States	Ice Hockey	Queer [378]
Valentina Kogan	b. 1980	Argentina	Handball	Lesbian [379]
Uri Kokia	b. 1981	Israel	Basketball	Gay [380]
Dominik Koll	b. 1984	Austria	Swimming	Gay [381]
David Kopay	b. 1942	United States	American football	Gay [382]
Daniel Kowalski	b. 1975	Australia	Swimming	Gay [383]
Katja Kraus	b. 1970	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [384]
Kelly Kretschman	b. 1979	United States	Softball	Lesbian [117]
Ali Krieger	b. 1984	United States	Association football	Lesbian [294]
Andreas Krieger	b. 1966	Germany	Track and field	Transgender [385]
Janae Marie Kroc	b. 1972	United States	Powerlifting, professional bodybuilding	Transgender, bisexual [386]
Nathalie Kubalski	b. 1993	Germany	Field hockey	Lesbian [59]
Kim Kulig	b. 1990	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [387]
Emma Kullberg	b. 1991	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Nataliya Kuznetsova	b. 1991	Russia	Professional bodybuilding, weightlifting	Bisexual [388]
Stephanie Labbé	b. 1986	Canada	Association football	Lesbian [389]
Charline Labonté	b. 1982	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [390]
Alexandra Lacrabère	b. 1987	France	Handball	Lesbian [391]
Kim Lammers	b. 1981	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian [392]
Ghislaine Landry	b. 1988	Canada	Rugby	Lesbian [54]
Jessica Landström	b. 1984	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [393]
Lauren Lappin	b. 1984	United States	Softball	Lesbian [394]
Lauren	b. 2002	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [3]
James Michael Lavigne	b. 1963	Canada	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [395] [396] [397]
Mark Leduc	1962–2009	Canada	Boxing	Gay [398]
Timothy LeDuc	b. 1990	United States	Figure skating	Gay, Non-binary [399]
Alisha Lehmann	b. 1999	Switzerland	Association football	Bisexual [400]
Marco Lehmann  [ de ]	b. 1993	Switzerland	Basketball	Gay [401] [402]
Evy Leibfarth	b. 2004	United States	Canoe slalom	Bisexual [54] [403]
Phuti Lekoloane	b. 1992	South Africa	Association football	Gay [404]
Diede Lemey	b. 1996	Belgium	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Emma Lennartsson	b. 1991	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Mapi León	b. 1995	Spain	Association football	Lesbian [405]
Malin Levenstad	b. 1988	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [406]
Danell Leyva	b. 1991	United States	Gymnastics	Bisexual, pansexual [407]
Hedvig Lindahl	b. 1983	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [408]
Ylva Lindberg	b. 1976	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian [321]
Lori Lindsey	b. 1980	United States	Association football	Lesbian [409]
Elena Linari	b. 1994	Italy	Association football	Lesbian [410]
Matthew Lister	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Canoeing	Gay [411]
Ruesha Littlejohn	b. 1990	Ireland	Association football	Lesbian [412]
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	b. 1989	Finland	Swimming	Gay [413]
Chester Lockhart	b. 1992	United States	Dancing	Queer [414]
Chloe Logarzo	b. 1994	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [312]
Joanna Lohman	b. 1982	United States	Association football	Lesbian [415]
Lella Lombardi	1941–1992	Italy	Motor racing	Lesbian [416]
Lorena	b. 1997	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [3]
Greg Louganis	b. 1960	United States	Diving	Gay [417]
Robyn Love	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian [418]
Jewell Loyd	b. 1993	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [419]
Tom Luchsinger	b. 1991	United States	Swimming	Gay [420]
Joey Lye	b. 1987	Canada	Softball	Lesbian [241]
Shannon Lynn	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [421]
Frida Maanum	b. 1999	Norway	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Cheryl Maas	b. 1984	Netherlands	Snowboard	Lesbian [376]
Sofía Maccari	b. 1984	Argentina	Field hockey	Lesbian [119]
Yusaf Mack	b. 1980	United States	Boxing	Gay [422]
Jack Mackenroth	b. 1969	United States	Swimming	Gay [423] [424]
Angela Madsen	1960–2020	United States	Rowing, track and field	Lesbian [425]
Liliane Maestrini	b. 1987	Brazil	Beach volleyball	Lesbian [239]
Dalton Maldonado	b. 1995	United States	Basketball	Gay [426] [427]
Hana Mandlíková	b. 1962	Czech Republic	Tennis	Lesbian [428]
Robbie Manson	b. 1989	New Zealand	Rowing	Gay [429] [248]
Karina Manta	b. 1996	United States	Ice dancing	Bisexual [430]
Patricio Manuel	b. 1985	United States	Boxing	Transgender [431]
Arthur Mariano	b. 1993	Brazil	Gymnastics	Gay
Brian Marshall	b. 1965	Canada	High jump	Gay [432]
Marta	b. 1986	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [433]
Charlie Martin	b. 1981	United Kingdom	Auto Racing	Transgender [434]
Christy Martin	b. 1968	United States	Boxing	Lesbian [435]
Collin Martin	b. 1994	United States	Association football	Gay [436]
Jasmine Martin	b. 2000	South Africa	Judo	Lesbian [437]
Carlo Masi	b. 1976	Italy	Bodybuilding	Gay [438] [439]
Johnny Mathis	b. 1935	United States	Basketball	Gay [440] [441] [442]
Ian Matos	1989-2021	Brazil	Diving	Gay [248]
Amélie Mauresmo	b. 1979	France	Tennis	Lesbian [443]
Stephany Mayor	b. 1991	Mexico	Association football	Bisexual [444]
Marnie McBean	b. 1968	Canada	Rowing	Lesbian [445]
Adam McCabe	b. 1991	United States	Association football	Gay [446] [447]
Katie McCabe	b. 1995	Ireland	Association football	Lesbian [412]
Martha McCabe	b. 1989	Canada	Swimming	Lesbian [448]
Robert McCall	1958–1991	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [449]
Haylie McCleney	b. 1994	United States	Softball	Lesbian [450]
Angel McCoughtry	b. 1986	United States	Association football	Lesbian [451]
Ray McDonald	b. 1944–1993	United States	American football	Gay [452]
Stewart McKinney	1931–1987	United States	Auto racing	Bisexual [453] [454]
Lindsy McLean	b. 1938	United States	American football	Gay [455]
Erin McLeod	b. 1983	Canada	Association football	Lesbian [456]
Beth Mead	b. 1995	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [457]
Linda Medalen	b. 1965	Norway	Association football	Lesbian [458]
Simona Meiler	b. 1989	Switzerland	Snowboard	Lesbian [459]
Ioannis Melissanidis	b. 1977	Greece	Gymnastics	Gay [460]
Rosa Mendes	b. 1979	Canada	Professional wrestling	Bisexual
Conner Mertens	b. 1994/1995	United States	American football	Bisexual [461]
Harriet Metcalf	b. 1958	United States	Rowing	Lesbian [462]
Kristie Mewis	b. 1991	United States	Association football	Lesbian [463]
Kim Meylemans	b. 1996	Belgium	Skeleton	Lesbian [464] [465]
Theresa Michalak	b. 1992	Germany	Swimming	Lesbian [466]
Domien Michiels	b. 1983	Belgium	Equestrian	Gay [467]
Vivianne Miedema	b. 1996	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [468]
Linda Mienzer	b. 1965	Bermuda	Cricket	Lesbian [469]
Hans Peter Minderhoud	b. 1973	Netherlands	Equestrian	Gay [247] [248]
Greet Minnen	b. 1997	Belgium	Tennis	Lesbian [470]
Matthew Mitcham	b. 1988	Australia	Diving	Gay [471]
Cameron Mitchell	b. 1973	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [472] [473] [474]
Eric Mitchell	b. 1992	Canada	Ski jumping	Gay [475]
Renee Montgomery	b. 1986	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [476]
Tara Moore	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Tennis	Lesbian [477]
Chris Morgan	b. 1973	United Kingdom	Powerlifting	Gay [478]
Carolina Morace	b. 1964	Italy	Association football	Lesbian [479]
Jim Morris	b. 1936–2016	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [480]
Chris Mosier	b. 1980	United States	Triathlon	Transgender [481]
Gili Mossinson	b. 1978	Israel	Basketball	Bisexual [482] [483]
Bruce Mouat	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Curling	Gay [484]
Hannah Mouncey	b. 1989	Australia	Handball, Australian rules football	Transgender, Lesbian [485]
Valerie Mulcahy	b. 1983	Ireland	Gaelic football	Lesbian [486]
Nadine Müller	b. 1985	Germany	Discus throw	Lesbian [487]
Nina Müller	b. 1980	Germany	Handball	Lesbian [488]
Susann Müller	b. 1988	Germany	Handball	Lesbian [488]
Sandra Näslund	b. 1996	Sweden	Freestyle skiing	Lesbian [13]
Christine Nairn	b. 1990	United States	Association football	Lesbian [489]
Carl Nassib	b. 1993	United States	American football	Gay [490]
Martina Navratilova	b. 1956	Czech Republic	Tennis	Lesbian [491]
Guillermina Naya	b. 1996	Argentina	Tennis	Lesbian [492]
Ondrej Nepela	1951–1989	Slovakia	Figure skating	Gay [154]
Robert Newton	b. 1981	United Kingdom	Athletics	Gay [493]
Cindy Ngamba	b. 1998	Cameroon	Boxing	Lesbian [3]
Jordan Nobbs	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [494]
Bente Nordby	b. 1974	Norway	Association football	Lesbian [347]
Scott Norton	b. 1982	United States	Bowling	Gay [495]
Jana Novotná	1968–2017	Czech Republic	Tennis	Lesbian
Tegan Nox	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Professional wrestling	Bisexual [496]
Diana Nyad	b. 1949	United States	Swimming	Lesbian [497]
Katja Nyberg	b. 1979	Sweden	Handball	Lesbian [498]
Amanda Nunes	b. 1988	Brazil	MMA	Lesbian [499]
Nina Nunes	b. 1985	United States	MMA	Lesbian [499]
Graeme Obree	b. 1965	United Kingdom	Cycling	Gay [500]
Ryan O'Callaghan	b. 1983	United States	American football	Gay [501]
Jolanta Ogar	b. 1982	Poland	Sailing	Lesbian [502]
Kelley O'Hara	b. 1988	United States	Association football	Lesbian [503]
Inger Pors Olsen	b. 1966	Denmark	Rowing	Lesbian [504]
Paul O'Brien	b. 1968	New Zealand	Horse riding	Gay [122]
Ryan O'Meara	b. 1984	United States	Ice dancing	Gay [505]
Curdin Orlik	b. 1993	Switzerland	Professional wrestling	Gay [506] [507]
Brian Orser	b. 1961	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [508]
Kanako Otsuji	b. 1974	Japan	Karate, Taekwondo	Lesbian [509]
Caroline Ouellette	b. 1979	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [131]
Nigel Owens	b. 1971	United Kingdom	Rugby referee	Gay [510]
Matt Pacifici	b. 1993	United States	Association football	Gay [511]
Robert Páez	b. 1994	Venezuela	Diving	Gay [512]
Dave Pallone	b. 1951	United States	Baseball	Gay [513]
Dan Palmer	b. 1988	Australia	Rugby	Gay [514]
Šárka Pančochová	b. 1990	Czech Republic	Snowboard	Lesbian [515]
Bob Paris	b. 1959	Canada	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [516]
Sandy Parker	b. 1952	Canada	Professional wrestling	Lesbian [517]
Lily Parr	1905–1978	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [518]
Anja Pärson	b. 1981	Sweden	Downhill skiing	Lesbian [519]
Pat Patterson	1941–2020	Canada	Professional wrestling	Gay [520] [521]
Maartje Paumen	b. 1985	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian [189]
Lee Pearson	b. 1974	United Kingdom	Equestrian	Gay [522]
Christinna Pedersen	b. 1986	Denmark	Badminton	Lesbian [523]
Otto Peltzer	1900–1970	Germany	Track and field	Gay [524]
Mike Penner	1957–2009	United States	Journalist	Transgender [525]
Carlos Peralta	b. 1994	Spain	Swimming	Gay [526]
María Pérez	b. 1996	Spain	Track and field athletics	Lesbian [527]
Nesthy Petecio	b. 1992	Philippines	Boxing	Lesbian [528]
Babett Peter	b. 1988	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [529]
Alexis Peterson	b. 1995	Germany	Basketball	Lesbian [59]
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin	b. 1992	France	Association football	Lesbian [530] [531]
Beate Peters	b. 1959	Germany	Track and field	Lesbian [81]
Erin Phillips	b. 1985	Australia	Basketball, Australian rules football	Lesbian [246]
David Pichler	b. 1968	United States	Diving	Gay [532]
Fernanda Pinilla	b. 1993	Chile	Association football	Lesbian [533]
Aslie Pitter	b. 1960	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay [534]
Jessica Platt	b. 1989	Canada	Ice hockey	Transgender [535]
Brian Pockar	1959–1992	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [449]
Nadia Podoroska	b. 1997	Argentina	Tennis	Lesbian [492]
Paul Poirier	b. 1991	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [536]
Ish Polvorosa	b. 1997	Philippines	Volleyball	Queer [537]
Hope Powell	b. 1966	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [538]
Natalie Powell	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Judo	Lesbian [539]
Lauren Powers	b. 1961	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [540]
Christen Press	b. 1988	United States	Association football	Lesbian [303]
Chucky Preston	b. 1988	United Kingdom	Snooker	Lesbian [541]
Lauren Price	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Boxing	Lesbian [542]
Peter Prijdekker	b. 1948	Netherlands	Swimming	Gay [543] [544]
Sedona Prince	b. 2000	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [545]
Bev Priestman	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [546]
Luke Prokop	b. 2002	Canada	Ice hockey	Gay [547]
Simon Proulx-Sénécal	b. 1991	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [13]
Mike Pucillo	b. 1986	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay [548] [549] [550]
Janne Puhakka	1995–2024	Finland	Ice hockey	Gay [551]
Allie Quigley	b. 1986	Hungary	Basketball	Lesbian [552]
Quinn	b. 1995	Canada	Association football	Non-binary [553]
Jocelyn Rae	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Tennis	Lesbian [554]
Eric Radford	b. 1985	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [555]
Chelsea Randall	b. 1991	Australia	Football Australia	Lesbian [556]
Rūta Meilutytė	b. 1997	Lithuania	Swimming	Bisexual [557]
Megan Rapinoe	b. 1985	United States	Association football	Lesbian [558]
Jamie Lee Rattray	b. 1992	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Felicitas Rauch	b. 1996	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [559]
Javier Raya	b. 1991	Spain	Figure skating	Gay [560]
Lisa Raymond	b. 1973	United States	Tennis	Lesbian [561]
Stephen Rhodes	b. 1984	United States	Motor racing	Gay [562] [563]
Renée Richards	b. 1934	United States	Tennis	Transgender [564]
Helen Richardson-Walsh	b. 1981	United Kingdom	Field hockey	Lesbian [174]
Kate Richardson-Walsh	b. 1980	United Kingdom	Field hockey	Lesbian [174]
Sha'Carri Richardson	b. 2000	United States	Track and field	Bisexual [565]
Lucia Rijker	b. 1967	Netherlands	Kickboxing	Bisexual [566]
Adam Rippon	b. 1989	United States	Figure skating	Gay [567]
Hig Roberts	b. 1991	United States	Giant slalom	Gay [568]
Ian Roberts	b. 1965	Australia	Rugby league	Gay [569]
Dustin Robertson  [ pl ]	b. 1975	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [570] [571] [572]
Ronald Robertson	1937–2000	United States	Figure skating	Gay [573]
Robbie Rogers	b. 1987	United States	Association football	Gay [574]
Craig Rogerson	b. 1965	Australia	Diving	Gay [575] [576] [577]
Jeff Rohrer	b. 1958	United States	American football	Gay [578]
Yulimar Rojas	b. 1995	Venezuela	Track and field	Lesbian [579]
Ana Romero	b. 1987	Spain	Association football	Lesbian [580]
Nyla Rose	b. 1982	United States	Professional wrestling	Transgender [581]
Petra Rossner	b. 1966	Germany	Cycling	Lesbian [24]
Devon Rouse	b. 1998	United States	Motor racing	Gay [582] [583]
Olivier Rouyer	b. 1955	France	Association football	Gay [584]
Stephanie Rovetti	b. 1991	United States	Rugby Sevens	Lesbian [585]
Lauren Rowles	b. 1998	United Kingdom	Pararowing	Lesbian [586]
Paul Ruggeri	b. 1988	United States	Gymnastic	Gay [587]
Javier Ruisanchez	b. 1997	Puerto Rico	Artistic swimming	Gay [588]
Matthew Rush	b. 1972	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [589]
Ryan Russell	b. 1992	United States	American football	Bisexual [590]
Kamilla Rytter Juhl	b. 1983	Denmark	Badminton	Lesbian [523]
Martina Sáblíková	b. 1987	Czech Republic	Speed skating	Lesbian [591]
Jaiyah Saelua	b. 1988	American Samoa	Association football	Transgender [592]
Senni Salminen	b. 1996	Finland	Athletics	Lesbian [593]
Angela Salvagno	b. 1976	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual [594] [ non-primary source needed ]
Michael Sam	b. 1990	United States	American football	Gay [595]
Macarena Sánchez	b. 1991	Argentina	Association football	Lesbian [596]
Victoria Sandell Svensson	b. 1977	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [597]
Lianne Sanderson	b. 1988	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [415]
Ilaria Sanguineti	b. 1994	Italy	Cycling	Lesbian
Chip Sarafin	b. ?	United States	American football	Gay [598]
Enrique Sarasola Jr.	b. 1963	Spain	Equestrian	Gay [599]
Jill Saulnier	b. 1992	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Ronja Savolainen	b. 1997	Finland	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Tabea Schendekehl	b. 1998	Germany	Rowing	Lesbian [50]
Erik Schinegger	b. 1948	Austria	Downhill skiing	Transgender [600]
Lea Schüller	b. 1997	Germany	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Ralf Schumacher	b. 1975	Germany	Auto Racing	Bisexual [601]
Megan Schutt	b. 1993	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian [602]
Nat Sciver	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Cricket	Lesbian [95]
Dale Scott	b. 1959	United States	Baseball	Gay [603]
Jill Scott	b. 1987	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Lauren Scruggs	b. 2003	United States	Fencing	Lesbian [604]
Caroline Seger	b. 1985	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [605]
Guenter Seidel	b. 1960	Germany	Equestrian	Gay [606]
Linda Sembrant	b. 1987	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Caster Semenya	b. 1991	South Africa	Athletics	Lesbian, Intersex [607]
Alena Sharp	b. 1981	Canada	Golf	Lesbian [608]
Patty Sheehan	b. 1956	United States	Golf	Lesbian [609]
Kailen Sheridan	b. 1995	Canada	Association football	Lesbian [610]
Will Sheridan	b. 1985	United States	Basketball	Gay [611]
Kate Shierlaw	b. 1989	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [612]
Bianca Sierra	b. 1992	Mexico	Association football	Bisexual [444]
Sandra Sigurðardóttir	b. 1986	Iceland	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Jackie Silva	b. 1962	Brazil	Beach volleyball	Lesbian [613]
Rafaela Silva	b. 1992	Brazil	Judo	Lesbian [614]
Nicole Silveira	b. 1994	Brazil	Skeleton	Lesbian [13]
Eudy Simelane	1977–2008	South Africa	Association football	Lesbian [615]
Georgia Simmerling	b. 1989	Canada	Track cycling	Lesbian [389]
Roy Simmons	1956–2014	United States	American football	Gay [616]
Brian Sims	b. 1978	United States	American football	Gay [617]
Johan Jimmy Sjödin	b. 1977	Sweden	Diving	Gay [618]
Yasmin Skene	b. 1998	Australia	Floorball	Gay [619]
Blake Skjellerup	b. 1985	New Zealand	Speed skating	Gay [620]
Vibeke Skofterud	1980–2018	Norway	Cross-country skiing	Bisexual [328]
Katarzyna Skorupa	b. 1984	Poland	Volleyball	Lesbian [621]
Rikke Skov	b. 1980	Denmark	Handball	Lesbian [622]
Rivallino Sleur	b. 1976	Netherlands	Association football	Gay [623]
Alana Smith	b. 2000	United States	Skateboarding	Bisexual and non-binary [624]
Jerry Smith	1943–1986	United States	American football	Bisexual [625]
Emilce Sosa	b. 1987	Argentina	Volleyball	Lesbian [626]
Douglas Souza	b. 1995	Brazil	Volleyball	Gay [627]
Laís Souza	b. 1988	Brazil	Skiing	Lesbian [628]
Judy Sowinski	1940–2011	United States	Roller derby	Lesbian [629]
Muffin Spencer-Devlin	b. 1953	United States	Golf	Lesbian [491]
Sherida Spitse	b. 1990	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [630]
Marianne Steinbrecher	b. 1983	Brazil	Volleyball	Lesbian [631]
Helen Stephens	1918–1994	United States	Track and field	Lesbian [632]
James Stephanie Sterling	b. 1984	United Kingdom	Wrestler	Non-binary and Pansexual [633]
Breanna Stewart	b. 1994	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [634] [635]
Demi Stokes	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Casey Stoney	b. 1982	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [636]
Beth Storry	b. 1978	United Kingdom	Field hockey	Lesbian [174]
Samantha Stosur	b. 1984	Australia	Tennis	Lesbian [637]
Jérémy Stravius	b. 1988	France	Swimming	Gay [33]
Luke Strong	b. 1993	United Kingdom	Trampolining	Bisexual [638]
Martina Strutz	b. 1981	Germany	Track and field	Lesbian [639]
Rennae Stubbs	b. 1971	Australia	Tennis	Lesbian [561]
Tricia Stumpf	b. 1970	United States	Skeleton	Lesbian [640]
Erica Sullivan	b. 2000	United States	Swimming	Lesbian [641]
Zach Sullivan  [ de ]	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Ice hockey	Bisexual [642]
Pia Sundhage	b. 1960	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [643]
Jan Švub	b. 1982	Czech Republic	Professional bodybuilding	Gay [644]
Emma Swanson	b. 1995	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian [140]
Stacy Sykora	b. 1977	United States	Volleyball	Lesbian [645]
Tainá	b. 1995	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [3]
Blyth Tait	b. 1961	New Zealand	Equestrian	Gay [646]
Nanae Takizawa	b. 1987	Japan	Volleyball	Lesbian [647]
Connor Taras	b. ?	Canada	Kayak	Gay [648]
Tarciane	b. 2003	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian [3]
Diana Taurasi	b. 1982	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [649]
Jodie Taylor	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [371]
Penny Taylor	b. 1981	Australia	Basketball	Lesbian [649]
Irma Testa	b. 1997	Italy	Boxer	Queer
David Testo	b. 1981	United States	Association football	Gay [650]
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	b. 1974	Germany	Cycling	Lesbian [651]
Mark Tewksbury	b. 1968	Canada	Swimming	Gay [462]
Carole Thate	b. 1971	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian [18]
Alyssa Thomas	b. 1992	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [652]
Gareth Thomas	b. 1974	United Kingdom	Rugby	Gay [653]
Kristen Thomas	b. 1993	United States	Rugby	Lesbian [54]
Lia Thomas	b. 1999	United States	Swimming	Transgender [654] [655] [656]
Markus Thormeyer	b. 1997	Canada	Swimming	Gay [657]
Ian Thorpe	b. 1982	Australia	Swimming	Gay [658]
Heath Thorpe	b. 2000	Australia	Gymnastics	Gay [659]
Bill Tilden	1893–1953	United States	Tennis	Gay [660]
Ted Tinling	1910–1990	United Kingdom	Tennis	Gay [661]
Jesús Tomillero	b. 1994	Spain	Association football referee	Gay [662]
Susannah Townsend	b. 1989	United Kingdom	Field Hockey	Lesbian [663]
Jeffrey Trammell	b. 1950	United States	Basketball	Gay [664]
Emma Trott	b. 1989	United Kingdom	Cycling	Lesbian [665]
Esera Tuaolo	b. 1968	United States	American football	Gay [666]
Gabbi Tuft	b. 1978	United States	Professional wrestling	Transgender [667] [668]
Ruby Tui	b. 1991	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian [89]
Marc Tur	b. 1994	Spain	Race walking	Gay [669]
Emma Twigg	b. 1987	New Zealand	Rowing	Lesbian [670]
Colton Underwood	b. 1992	United States	American football	Gay [671]
Marcus Urban	b. 1971	Germany	Association football	Gay [672]
Lara Vadlau	b. 1994	Austria	Sailing	Lesbian [673]
Brian Vahaly	b. 1979	United States	Tennis	Gay [674]
Sarah Vaillancourt	b. 1985	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [328]
Daniëlle van de Donk	b. 1991	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [457]
Stefanie van der Gragt	b. 1992	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Sanne van Dijke	b. 1995	Netherlands	Judo	Lesbian [539]
Merel van Dongen	b. 1993	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian [675]
Michele Van Gorp	b. 1977	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [676]
Sanne van Kerkhof	b. 1987	Netherlands	Speed skating	Lesbian [677]
Ella Van Kerkhoven	b. 1993	Belgium	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Dane van Niekerk	b. 1993	South Africa	Cricket	Lesbian [358]
Alison Van Uytvanck	b. 1994	Belgium	Tennis	Lesbian [678]
Courtney Vandersloot	b. 1989	Hungary	Basketball	Lesbian [552]
Júlia Vasconcelos	b. 1992	Brazil	Taekwondo	Lesbian [379]
Laura Vasilescu	b. 1984	Romania	Handball	Lesbian [679]
Dan Veatch	b. 1965	United States	Swimming	Gay [680]
Anne Veenendaal	b. 1995	Netherlands	Field Hockey	Lesbian [681]
Sebastián Vega	b. 1988	Argentina	Basketball	Gay [682]
Julian Venonsky	b. 1993	United States	Rowing	Gay [683]
Sophie Vercruyssen	b. 1992	Belgium	Bobsleigh	Lesbian [684]
Mike Verschuur	b. 1987	Netherlands	Motor racing	Gay [685]
Johnmar "OhMyV33Nus" Villaluna	b. 1994	Philippines	Esports	Queer [686]
Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir	b. 1982	Iceland	Association football	Lesbian [254]
Linda Villumsen	b. 1985	New Zealand	Cycling	Lesbian [665]
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	b. 1971	Australia	Track and field, boxing	Lesbian [687]
Marianne Vos	b. 1987	Netherlands	Cycling	Lesbian [688]
Chris Voth	b. 1990	Canada	Indoor volleyball	Gay [689]
Tom Waddell	1937–1987	United States	Decathlon; creator of the Gay Games	Gay [690]
Kira Walkenhorst	b. 1990	Germany	Beach volleyball	Lesbian [691]
Jackie Walker	1950–2002	United States	American football	Gay [692]
Louisa Wall	b. 1972	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian [693]
Ji Wallace	b. 1977	Australia	Gymnastics	Gay [694]
Michaela Walsh	b. 1993	Ireland	Boxing	Lesbian [695]
Sarah Walsh	b. 1983	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [696]
Abby Wambach	b. 1980	United States	Association football	Lesbian [697]
Jeffrey Wammes	b. 1987	Netherlands	Gymnastics	Gay [248] [698]
Frederic Wandres	b. 1987	Germany	Equestrian	Gay [50]
Haleigh Washington	b. 1995	United States	Volleyball	Bisexual [699]
Danny Watts	b. 1979	United Kingdom	Auto racing	Gay [700]
Kendall Wesenberg	b. 1990	United States	Skeleton	Bisexual [701]
Ann Wauters	b. 1980	Belgium	Basketball	Lesbian [702]
Saskia Webber	b. 1971	United States	Association football	Lesbian [703]
Rowie Webster	b. 1987	Australia	Waterpolo	Lesbian [119]
Johnny Weir	b. 1984	United States	Figure skating	Gay [704]
Rick Welts	b. 1953	United States	Basketball executive	Gay [705]
Peter Wherrett	b. 1936–2009	Australia	Motor racing	Transgender [706]
Diane Whipple	b. 1968–2001	United States	Lacrosse	Lesbian [707]
Sami Whitcomb	b. 1988	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [708]
Sue Wicks	b. 1966	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [709]
Marieke Wijsman	b. 1975	Netherlands	Speed skating	Lesbian [710]
Hannah Wilkinson	b. 1992	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian [711]
Leah Wilkinson	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Field hockey	Lesbian [54]
Laurie Williams	b.1992	United Kingdom	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian [418]
Marlon Williams	b. 1988	United States	American football	Bisexual [712]
Nicola Williams	b. 1982	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [479]
Sharni Williams	b. 1988	Australia	Rugby union	Lesbian [119]
Stephanie Williams	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian
Leah Williamson	b. 1997	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [494]
David Wilson	b. 1966	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [713]
Spencer Wilton	b. 1973	United Kingdom	Equestrian	Gay [248]
Keelin Winters	b. 1988	United States	Association football	Lesbian [714]
Paul Wirtz	1958–2006	Canada	Figure skating	Gay [555]
Chris Witty	b. 1975	United States	Speed skating	Lesbian [651]
Lara Wolf	b. 2000	Austria	Freestyle Skiing	Lesbian [715]
Jack Woolley	b. 1998	Ireland	Taekwondo athlete	Gay [716]
Andrea Worrall	b. 1977	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian [717]
Tyler Wright	b. 1994	Australia	Surfing	Lesbian [718]
Ireen Wüst	b. 1986	Netherlands	Speed skating	Bisexual [328] [719]
Alissa Wykes	b. 1967	United States	American football	Lesbian [720]
Marta Xargay	b. 1990	Spain	Basketball	Lesbian [635]
Kirsty Yallop	b. 1986	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian [721]
Tameka Yallop (née Butt)	b. 1991	Australia	Association football	Lesbian [721]
Yoko Yamada	b. 1979	Japan	Professional wrestling, MMA	Bisexual [722]
Kumi Yokoyama	b. 1993	Japan	Association football	Transgender [723]
Darren Young	b. 1983	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay [724]
Shelina Zadorsky	b. 1992	Canada	Association football	Lesbian [32]
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1911–1956	United States	Golf, basketball, baseball, track and field	Bisexual [725]
Micah Zandee-Hart	b. 1997	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian [13]
Nikola Zdráhalová	b. 1996	Czech Republic	Speed skating	Lesbian [591]
Julia Zigiotti Olme	b. 1997	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian [16]
Katarzyna Zillmann	b. 1995	Poland	Rowing	Lesbian [726]
Sharnee Zoll-Norman	b. 1986	United States	Basketball	Lesbian [727]

See also

• LGBTQ portal
• Sports portal

• Coming out
• European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation
• Federation of Gay Games
• Homosexuality in American football
• Homosexuality in association football
• Homosexuality in modern sports
• International Gay and Lesbian Football Association
• List of LGBT Olympians
• List of LGBT Summer Olympians (1896–2000)
• List of LGBT Summer Olympians (2004–2020)
• List of LGBT Summer Olympians (2024–present)
• List of LGBT Winter Olympians
• List of LGBT women's association footballers
• LGBT rights protests surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Principle 6 campaign
• Transgender people in sports
• World Outgames

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External links

• Media related to LGBT sportspeople at Wikimedia Commons