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"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."

Abby Wambach and Sarah Huffman's celebration after Team USA's win is a BFD.

A Christian private school is requesting to forfeit to Dallas Academy and apologizing for the girls' basketball game score which, 'clearly does not reflect a Christ-like and honorable approach to competition.'

Tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams are in final negotiations to become co-owners of the Miami Dolphins. Now there are a couple of names even the most sports-deficient lesbian can remember! Plus, and update on Caster Semenya and her preliminary tests.

Minnesota Lynx basketball star Seimone Augustus says her future nuptials with LaTaya Varner encouraged her to come out publicly as a lesbian, and the two are planning a summer wedding.

Former New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree lobbied against the marriage equality bill on Monday in Albany, where he said that passage of the measure would lead to social instability and called instead for "a people's vote" on the issue. His stance against marriage equality puts Tyree at odds with other professional athletes including the NBA’s Steve Nash, the NHL’s Sean Avery, and Michael Strahan, also formerly of the New York Giants.

I’m watching the All Star Game as I write this, but to be honest with you, I find it a little boring—too many guys, not enough girls. So I’ve decided to submit my own All Star Team to SheWired and see how they perform. They will be in no particular order and won’t be holding a bat, but I’m sure you’d want them all to score a homerun with you, including Venus Williams, Dara Torres, Paula Creamer, Natasha Kai and Caster Semenya.

What Dinah Shore Weekend Shore Weekend is a golf tournament? This week Helen Wortham talks Dinah Shore tournament winner Brittnay Lincicome. Plus the UConn Huskies' women make history. C. Vivian Stringer makes the Basketball Hall of Fame! And more...

Why are we scared of female athletes who question the narrow views of what it means to be female?

Opponents of marriage equality are pursuing last-minute efforts to stop the growing momentum for a bill that could receive a vote in the New York state legislature this week.

Forty-two professional athletes and figures in pro sports have sent a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court supporting marriage equality in a case next week challenging California's Proposition 8. The brief was spearheaded by Brendon Ayanbadejo of the Baltimore Ravens and Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings, who were both honored by GLAAD last weekend for their outward support of LGBT rights. Supporters of the brief include openly gay retired athletes, Robbie Rogers, Esera Tuaolo, Wade Davis, Jr., David Kopay, as well as out Minnesota Lynx player Seimone Augustus.

Meet Caitlin Cahow, one of the three openly gay delegates, representing the United States this month in Sochi, Russia at the Olympic games.

Violence against lesbians and bisexual women is on the rise.