List of LGBT 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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See also
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- 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 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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[edit]- ^ All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender.
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