Posts tagged coming out in sport

Three quarters of football fans said they would be comfortable with a player from their county’s team coming out as gay or bisexual.

After being part of Australia’s beloved Matildas squad in two World Cups and appearing in more than 60 international matches, it’s no doubt that Sally Shipard has had a stellar soccer career. But in her private life, her coming out journey has had its ups and downs. Shannon Power caught up with her to get the latest.

It’s been almost two years since Australia’s greatest Olympian publicly revealed he was gay. In his first ever interview with an LGBTI media outlet, Ian Thorpe tells Shannon Power he’s moved back home to find his place in Australia’s LGBTI community.