List of LGBT sportspeople

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
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
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]
Helena Åberg b. 1971  Sweden Swimming Lesbian[3]
Graham Ackerman b. 1983  United States Gymnastics Gay[4]
Nicola Adams b. 1982  United Kingdom Boxing Lesbian[5]
Marilyn Agliotti b. 1979  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[6]
Michelle-Lee Ahye b. 1992  Trinidad and Tobago Track and field Lesbian[7][8]
Jenny Allard b. 1968  United States Softball Lesbian[9]
Kye Allums b. 1989  United States Basketball Transgender[10]
John Amaechi b. 1970  United Kingdom Basketball Gay[11]
Erin Ambrose b. 1994  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[12]
Filippo Ambrosini b. 1993  Italy Figure skating Gay[12]
Brian Anderson b. 1976  United States Skateboarding Gay[13]
Eric Anderson b. 1968  United States Coach Gay[14]
Ivana Andrés b. 1994  Spain Association football Lesbian[15]
Ramsey Angela b. 1999  Netherlands Track and field Gay[7]
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]
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[12]
Shawnacy Barber 1994-2024  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[12]
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[12]
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 football 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]
Saskia Budgett b. 1996  United Kingdom Rowing Lesbian[96]
Brendan Burke 1988–2010  United States Ice hockey Gay[97]
Glenn Burke 1952–1995  United States Baseball Gay[98]
Jenna Burkert b. 1993  United States Wrestling Lesbian[99]
Kris Burley b. 1974  Canada Gymnastics Gay[100]
Savannah Burton b. ?  Canada Dodgeball Transgender[101]
Balian Buschbaum b. 1980  Germany Track and field Transgender[102]
Ivan Bussens 1960–2007  United Kingdom Water polo Gay[103]
Jeffrey Buttle b. 1982  Canada Figure skating Gay[104]
Erin Burns b. 1988  Australia Cricket Lesbian[105]
Karin Büttner-Janz b. 1952  Germany Gymnastics Lesbian[106]
Latasha Byears b. 1973  United States Basketball Lesbian[107]
Caitlin Cahow b. 1985  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[108]
J. P. Calderon b. 1975  United States Volleyball Gay[109]
Marissa Callaghan b. 1985  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[110]
Christopher Caluza b. 1990  Philippines Figure skating Gay[111]
Ally Carda b. 1993  United States Softball Lesbian[112]
Liz Carmouche b. 1984  United States MMA Lesbian[113]
Alexandra Carpenter b. 1994  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[12]
Joe Carstairs 1900–1993  United Kingdom Motor racing Lesbian[114]
Jessica Carter b. 1997  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[115]
Sherry Cassuto 1957-2016  United States Rowing Lesbian[116]
Josh Cavallo b. 1999  Australia Association football Gay[117]
Matt Cecchin b. 1973  Australia Rugby league Gay[118][119]
Isadora Cerullo b. 1991  Brazil Rugby Lesbian[120]
Dutee Chand b. 1996  India Sprinting Lesbian[121]
Parinya Charoenphol b. 1981  Thailand Boxing Transgender[122]
Amanda Chidester b. 1990  United States Softball Lesbian[123]
James Child b. 1983  United Kingdom Rugby league referee Gay[124]
Julie Chu b. 1982  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[125]
Guillaume Cizeron b. 1994  France Figure skating Gay[12]
Emily Clark b. 1995  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[12]
Michael B. Clark b. 1973  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[126][127][128]
Dominic Clarke b. 1997  Australia Trampolining Gay[129][130]
Piepa Cleary b. 1996  Australia Cricket Lesbian[131]
Kerron Clement b. 1985  Trinidad and Tobago Track and field Gay[132]
Laura Clemesha b. 1992  Australia Netball Lesbian[133]
Mia-Rae Clifford b. 1986  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[134]
Dennis Coi 1961–1987  Canada Figure Skating Gay[135]
Jason Collins b. 1978  United States Basketball Gay[136]
Sean Conroy b. 1992  United States Baseball Gay[137]
Casey Conway b. 1985  Australia Rugby Gay[138]
Natalie Cook b. 1975  Australia Beach volleyball Lesbian[139]
Jodie Cooper b. 1964  Australia Surfing Lesbian[140]
Rose Cossar b. 1991  Canada Gymnastics Lesbian[141]
Robin Cousins b. 1957  United Kingdom Figure Skating Gay[142]
Roberta Cowell 1918–2011  United Kingdom Motor racing Transgender[143]
Sarah Coyte b. 1991  Australia Cricket Lesbian[144]
Gottfried von Cramm 1909–1976  Germany Tennis Bisexual[145]
Scott Cranham b. 1954  Canada Diving Gay[146]
Toller Cranston 1949–2015  Canada Figure skating Bisexual[147]
Lisa Cross b. 1978  United Kingdom Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[148]
Orlando Cruz b. 1981  Puerto Rico Boxing Gay[149]
Penny Cula-Reid b. 1988  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[134]
John Curry 1949–1994  United Kingdom Figure skating Gay[150]
Donal Óg Cusack b. 1977  Ireland Hurling Gay[151]
Matthew Cusick [pl] b. 1972  United States Gymnastics Gay[152][153]
Søren Dahl b. 1993  Denmark Swimming Gay[154]
Lisa Dahlkvist b. 1987  Sweden Association football Lesbian[155]
Tom Daley b. 1994  United Kingdom Diving Gay/Queer[156][157]
Rachel Daly b. 1991  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[158]
Jake Daniels b. 2005  United Kingdom Association football Gay[159]
Mélodie Daoust b. 1992  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[160]
Tierna Davidson b. 1998  United States Association football Lesbian[161]
Steven Davies b. 1986  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[162]
Liam Davis b. 1990  United Kingdom Association football Gay[163]
Wade Davis b. 1977  United States American football Gay[164]
Brianna Davey b. 1996  Australia Association football Lesbian[165]
Chantal de Bruijn b. 1976  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[166]
Jonathan de Falco b. 1984  Belgium Association football Gay[167]
Anouk Dekker b. 1986  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[168]
Dennis Del Valle b. 1989  Puerto Rico Volleyball Gay[169]
Casey Dellacqua b. 1985  Australia Tennis Lesbian[170]
Elena Delle Donne b. 1989  United States Basketball Lesbian[171]
David Denson b. 1995  United States Baseball Gay[172]
Sonya Deville b. 1993  United States Professional wrestling Lesbian[173]
Abrahm DeVine b. 1996  United States Swimming Gay[174]
Margielyn Didal b. 1999  Philippines Skateboarding Queer[175]
Elisa Di Francisca b. 1982  Italy Fencing Bisexual
Chris Dickerson 1939-2021  United States Professional bodybuilding Gay[176]
Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ b. 1976  Turkey Association football referee Gay[177][178]
Alex Di Giorgio b. 1990  Italy Swimming Gay[179]
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel b. 1987  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[180]
Stefanie Dolson b. 1992  United States Basketball Lesbian[181]
Sara Doorsoun b. 1991  Germany Association football Lesbian[66]
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos 1954–1995  Brazil Association football referee Gay[182]
Michael Dos Santos b. 1983  Brazil Volleyball Gay[183]
Robert Dover b. 1956  United States Equestrian Gay[184]
Anton Down-Jenkins b. 1999  New Zealand Diving Gay[185]
Frank Dowsing 1951–1994  United States American football Gay[186]
Nancy Drolet b. 1973  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[187]
Michelle Duff b. 1939  Canada Motor racing Transgender[188]
Christian Duffy b. 1961  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[189][190]
Meghan Duggan b. 1987  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[191]
Michelle Dumaresq b. 1970  Canada Mountain biking Transgender[192]
Céline Dumerc b. 1982  France Basketball Lesbian[32]
Jenny Duncalf b. 1982  United Kingdom Squash Lesbian[193]
Katie Duncan (née Hoyle) b. 1988  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[194]
Priscilla Duncan b. 1983  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[194]
Abby Dunkin b. 1995  United States Wheelchair basketball Lesbian[22]
Simon Dunn 1987-2023  Australia Bobsled, rugby Gay[195]
Imke Duplitzer b. 1975  Germany Fencing Lesbian[196]
Rayan Dutra b. 2002  Brazil Trampolining Bisexual[197]
Dessi Dupuy b. 1993  Bulgaria Association football Lesbian
Abbie Eaton b. 1992  United Kingdom Auto racing Lesbian[198]
Kyra Edwards b. 1997  United Kingdom Rowing Lesbian[96]
Paola Egonu b. 1998  Italy Volleyball Bisexual[199]
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn b. 1977  Thailand Badminton Lesbian[200]
Jason Ellis b. 1971  Australia MMA, skateboarding, boxing, truck racing Bisexual[201][202][203]
Jill Ellis b. 1966  United States Association football Lesbian[204]
Bethany England b. 1994  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[66]
Magdalena Eriksson b. 1993  Sweden Association football Lesbian[205]
Norman Elder 1939–2003  Canada Equestrian Gay[206]
John Epping b. 1983  Canada Curler Gay[207]
Lisa Evans b. 1992  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[208]
Non Evans b. 1974  United Kingdom Rugby, judo, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling Lesbian[209]
Matt Evers b. 1976  United States Figure skating Gay[210]
Jennifer Falk b. 1993  Sweden Association football Lesbian[211]
Janelly Farías b. 1990  Mexico Association football Lesbian[212]
Justin Fashanu 1961–1998  United Kingdom Association football Gay[213]
Freda du Faur 1882–1935  Australia Mountaineering Lesbian[214]
Reine Feldt 1945–1986  Sweden Association football Gay[215][216]
John Fennell b. 1995  Canada Luge Gay[217]
Fabiano Ferreira b. 1998  Brazil Artistic swimming Gay[218]
Michelle Ferris b. 1976  Australia Cyclist Lesbian[219]
Kendra Fisher b. 1979  Canada CWHL Lesbian[220]
Gigi Fernández b. 1964  Puerto Rico Tennis Lesbian[221]
Lucas Fischer [de] b. 1990  Switzerland Gymnastics Gay[222]
Nilla Fischer b. 1984  Sweden Association football Lesbian[223]
Amini Fonua b. 1989  Tonga Swimming Gay[224]
Matthew Forgues b. 1992  United States Track and field Gay[225]
Marc Fortuny b. 1992  Spain Judo Gay[226][227]
Mark Foster b. 1970  United Kingdom Swimming Gay[228]
Fallon Fox b. 1975  United States MMA Transgender[229]
Larissa Franca b. 1982  Brazil Beach volleyball Lesbian[230]
Adrianna Franch b. 1990  United States Association football Lesbian[231]
Larissa Franklin b. 1993  Canada Softball Lesbian[232]
Sidney Franklin 1903–1976  United States Bullfighting Gay[233]
Scott Frantz b. 1996  United States American football Gay[234]
Travon Free b. 1984/1985  United States Basketball Bisexual[235]
Tadd Fujikawa b. 1991  United States Golf Gay[236]
Tracy Gahan b. 1980  United States Basketball Lesbian[237]
Edward Gal b. 1970  Netherlands Equestrian Gay[238][239]
Rudy Galindo b. 1969  United States Figure skating Gay[240]
Vicky Galindo b. 1983  United States Softball Bisexual[241]
Ed Gallagher b. 1958–2005  United States American football Gay[242]
Aurora Galli b. 1996  Italy Association football Lesbian[110]
Jan-Michael Gambill b. 1977  United States Tennis Gay[243][244]
Edda Garðarsdóttir b. 1979  Iceland Association football Lesbian[245]
Melanie Garside-Wight b. 1979  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[246]
Terry Garvin 1937–1998  Canada Professional wrestling Gay[247]
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[248]
Dylan Geick b. 1997  United States Wrestling Gay/Bisexual[249][250]
Alan Gendreau b. 1989  United States American football Gay[251]
Makayla Gerken Schofield b. 1999  United Kingdom Freestyle skiing Lesbian[12]
Lewis Gibson b. 1994  United Kingdom Figure skating Gay[252]
Kirsty Gilmour b. 1993  United Kingdom Badminton Lesbian[253]
Manuela Giugliano b. 1997  Italy Association football Lesbian[38]
Amber Glenn b. 1999  United States Figure skating Bisexual[254]
Bec Goddard b. 1978  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[255]
Bobby Goldsmith 1946–1983  Australia Swimming Gay[256]
Andrew Goldstein b. 1983  United States Lacrosse Gay[257]
Mara Gómez b. 1997  Argentina Association football Transgender[258]
Derrick Gordon b. 1991  United States Basketball Gay[259]
LZ Granderson b. 1972  United States Journalist Gay[260]
Emile Griffith 1938–2013  United States Boxing Bisexual[261]
Lia Grimanis b. 1971  Canada Businesswoman Lesbian[262]
Brittney Griner b. 1990  United States Basketball Lesbian[263]
Inka Grings b. 1978  Germany Association football Bisexual[264]
Rachael Grinham b. 1977  Australia Squash Lesbian[193]
Barbara Guarischi b. 1990  Italy Cycling Lesbian
Joan Guetschow b. 1966  Australia Biathlon Lesbian[265]
Trina Gulliver b. 1969  United Kingdom Darts Lesbian[266]
Michael Gunning b. 1994  Jamaica Swimming Gay[267]
Víctor Gutiérrez b. 1991  Spain Water polo Gay[268][269]
Darcy Guttridge b. 1999  Australia Australian rules football Lesbian[270]
Astrid Guyart b. 1983  France Fencing Lesbian[32]
Tom Harald Hagen b. 1978  Norway Association football referee Gay[271]
Peter Häggström b. 1976  Sweden Track and field Gay[272]
Michi Halilović b. 1983  Germany Skeleton Gay[273]
Matthew Hall b. 1970  Canada Figure skating Gay[274]
Nicola Hancock b. 1995  Australia Cricket Lesbian[275]
Alain Hamer b. 1965  Luxembourg Association football referee Gay[276]
Gro Hammerseng b. 1980  Norway Handball Lesbian[277]
Alan Hansford b. 1968  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[278]
Pernille Harder b. 1992  Denmark Association football Lesbian[279]
Kellie Harrington b. 1989  Ireland Boxing Lesbian[280]
Ashlyn Harris b. 1985  United States Association football Lesbian[281]
Kwame Harris b. 1982  United States American football Gay[282]
Todd Harrity b. 1990  United States Squash Gay[283][284][non-primary source needed]
Naomi Hartley b. 2001  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[285]
Gavan Hennigan b. 1981  Ireland Extreme Sports Gay[286]
Kyle Hawkins b. 1970  United States Lacrosse Gay[287]
Bruce Hayes b. 1963  United States Swimming Gay[288]
Sandra Haynie b. 1943  United States Golf Lesbian[289]
Hurley Haywood b. 1948  United States Motor racing Gay[290]
Jayna Hefford b. 1977  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[291]
Mathew Helm b. 1980  Australia Diving Gay[292]
Jorik Hendrickx b. 1992  Belgium Figure skating Gay[293]
Bianca Henninger b. 1990  Mexico Association football Lesbian[294]
Isabell Herlovsen b. 1988  Norway Association football Lesbian[295]
Carl Hester b. 1967  United Kingdom Equestrian Gay[296]
Michelle Heyman b. 1988  Australia Association football Lesbian[297]
Nikki Hiltz b. 1994  United States Track, middle-distance running Lesbian, transgender and non-binary[298]
Fredy Hirsch 1916–1944  Germany Various, incl. gymnastics;
sports teacher 		Gay[299][300]
Keegan Hirst b. 1988  United Kingdom Rugby Gay[301]
Thomas Hitzlsperger b. 1982  Germany Association football Gay[302]
Edel Therese Høiseth b. 1966  Norway Speed skating Lesbian[303]
Ursula Holl b. 1982  Germany Association football Lesbian[304]
Kelly Holmes b. 1970  United Kingdom Track and field Lesbian[305]
Erika Holst b. 1979  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[306]
Wilhelm von Homburg 1940–2004  Germany Boxing, professional wrestling Bisexual[307]
Laurel Hubbard b. 1978  New Zealand Weightlifting Transgender[308]
Karen Hultzer b. 1965  South Africa Archery Lesbian[309]
Corinne Humphreys b. 1991  United Kingdom Athletics Lesbian[310]
Isaac Humphries b. 1998  Australia Basketball Gay[311]
Mia Hundvin b. 1977  Norway Handball Bisexual[312]
Maarten Hurkmans b. 1997  Netherlands Rowing Bisexual[313]
Lina Hurtig b. 1995  Sweden Association football Lesbian[314]
Lisa Hurtig b. 1987  Sweden Association football Lesbian[314]
Svenja Huth b. 1991  Germany Association football Lesbian[66]
Diego Hypólito b. 1986  Brazil Gymnastics Gay[315]
Antonio Hysén b. 1990  Sweden Association football Gay[316]
Facundo Imhoff b. 1989  Argentina Volleyball Gay[317]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz b. 1983  Austria Ski jumping Lesbian[318]
George Ives 1867–1950  United Kingdom Cricket Gay[319][320]
Veronica Ivy b. 1982  Canada Cycling Transgender[321]
Colin Jackson b. 1967  United Kingdom Athletics Gay[322]
Helen Jacobs 1908–1997  United States Tennis Lesbian[323]
Angela James b. 1964  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[324]
Jakub Jankto b. 1996  Czech Republic Association football Gay[325]
Aleksandra Jarmolińska b. 1990  Poland Skeet Lesbian[326]
Caitlyn Jenner b. 1949  United States Decathlon Transgender[327]
Patrick Jeffrey b. 1965  United States Diving Gay[328]
Brianne Jenner b.1991  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[329]
Dorte Dalum Jensen b. 1978  Denmark Association football Lesbian[330]
Dan Jervis b.1996  United Kingdom Swimming Gay[331]
Barbara Jezeršek b. 1986  Slovenia Cross-country skiing Lesbian[332]
Glory Johnson b. 1990  United States Basketball Lesbian[333]
Gus Johnston b. 1979  Australia Field hockey Gay[334]
Campbell Johnstone b. 1980  New Zealand Rugby Gay[335]
Rosie Jones b. 1959  United States Golf Lesbian[336]
Steffi Jones b. 1972  Germany Association football Lesbian[337]
Orlando Jordan b. 1974  United States Professional wrestling Bisexual[338]
Natasha Kai b. 1983  United States Association football Lesbian[196]
Chris Kanyon 1970–2010  United States Professional wrestling Gay[339]
Maud Kaptheijns b. 1994  Netherlands Cyclocross Lesbian[340]
Marizanne Kapp b. 1990  South Africa Cricket Lesbian[341]
Ebrar Karakurt b. 2000  Turkey Volleyball Lesbian[342]
Peter Karlsson 1966–1995  Sweden Ice hockey Gay[343]
Nadezhda Karpova b. 1995  Russia Association football Lesbian[344]
Daria Kasatkina b. 1997  Russia Tennis Bisexual[345]
Kathleen Kauth b. 1979  United States Ice hockey Lesbian[346]
Johan Kenkhuis b. 1980  Netherlands Swimming Gay[347]
Gus Kenworthy b. 1991  United States Freestyle skiing Gay[348]
Sam Kerr b. 1993  Australia Association football Lesbian[349]
Isabel Kerschowski b. 1988  Germany Association football Lesbian[350]
Silvio Kersten [pl] b. 1978  Germany Professional bodybuilding,
weightlifting 		Gay[351][352][353]
Emma Kete b. 1987  New Zealand Association football Lesbian[354]
Lotte Kiærskou b. 1975  Denmark Handball Lesbian[355]
Billie Jean King b. 1943  United States Tennis Lesbian[356]
Christopher Kinney b. 1988  United States Bobsled Bisexual[357]
Fran Kirby b. 1993  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[66]
Sandra Kirby b. 1949  Canada Rowing Lesbian[358]
Stine Brun Kjeldaas b. 1975  Norway Snowboard Lesbian[359]
Anna Kjellbin b. 1994  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[12]
Ilana Kloss b. 1956  United States Tennis Lesbian[360]
Hilary Knight b. 1989  United States Ice Hockey Queer[361]
Valentina Kogan b. 1980  Argentina Handball Lesbian[362]
Uri Kokia b. 1981  Israel Basketball Gay[363]
Dominik Koll b. 1984  Austria Swimming Gay[364]
David Kopay b. 1942  United States American football Gay[365]
Daniel Kowalski b. 1975  Australia Swimming Gay[366]
Katja Kraus b. 1970  Germany Association football Lesbian[367]
Kelly Kretschman b. 1979  United States Softball Lesbian[112]
Ali Krieger b. 1984  United States Association football Lesbian[281]
Andreas Krieger b. 1966  Germany Track and field Transgender[368]
Janae Marie Kroc b. 1972  United States Powerlifting,
professional bodybuilding 		Transgender, bisexual[369]
Kim Kulig b. 1990  Germany Association football Lesbian[370]
Emma Kullberg b. 1991  Sweden Association football Lesbian[110]
Nataliya Kuznetsova b. 1991  Russia Professional bodybuilding,
weightlifting 		Bisexual[371]
Stephanie Labbé b. 1986  Canada Association football Lesbian[372]
Charline Labonté b. 1982  Canada Ice hockey Lesbian[373]
Alexandra Lacrabère b. 1987  France Handball Lesbian[374]
Kim Lammers b. 1981  Netherlands Field hockey Lesbian[375]
Ghislaine Landry b. 1988  Canada Rugby Lesbian[49]
Jessica Landström b. 1984  Sweden Association football Lesbian[376]
Lauren Lappin b. 1984  United States Softball Lesbian[377]
James Michael Lavigne b. 1963  Canada Professional bodybuilding Gay[378][379][380]
Mark Leduc 1962–2009  Canada Boxing Gay[381]
Timothy LeDuc b. 1990  United States Figure skating Gay[382]
Alisha Lehmann b. 1999  Switzerland Association football Lesbian[383]
Marco Lehmann [de] b. 1993  Switzerland Basketball Gay[384][385]
Evy Leibfarth b. 2004  United States Canoe slalom Lesbian[49]
Phuti Lekoloane b. 1992  South Africa Association football Gay[386]
Diede Lemey b. 1996  Belgium Association football Lesbian[387]
Emma Lennartsson b. 1991  Sweden Association football Lesbian[387]
Mapi León b. 1995  Spain Association football Lesbian[388]
Malin Levenstad b. 1988  Sweden Association football Lesbian[389]
Danell Leyva b. 1991  United States Gymnastics Bisexual, pansexual[390]
Hedvig Lindahl b. 1983  Sweden Association football Lesbian[391]
Ylva Lindberg b. 1976  Sweden Ice hockey Lesbian[306]
Lori Lindsey b. 1980  United States Association football Lesbian[392]
Elena Linari b. 1994  Italy Association football Lesbian[393]
Matthew Lister b. 1992  United Kingdom Canoeing Gay[394]
Ruesha Littlejohn b. 1990  Ireland Association football Lesbian[395]
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen b. 1989  Finland Swimming Gay[396]
Chester Lockhart b. 1992  United States Dancing Queer[397]
Chloe Logarzo b. 1994  Australia Association football Lesbian[297]
Joanna Lohman b. 1982  United States Association football Lesbian[398]
Lella Lombardi 1941–1992  Italy Motor racing Lesbian[399]
Greg Louganis b. 1960  United States Diving Gay[400]
Tom Luchsinger b. 1991  United States Swimming Gay[401]
Joey Lye b. 1987  Canada Softball Lesbian[232]
Shannon Lynn b. 1985  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[402]
Frida Maanum b. 1999  Norway Association football Lesbian[403]
Cheryl Maas b. 1984  Netherlands Snowboard Lesbian[359]
Yusaf Mack b. 1980  United States Boxing Gay[404]
Jack Mackenroth b. 1969  United States Swimming Gay[405][406]
Angela Madsen 1960–2020  United States Rowing, track and field Lesbian[407]
Liliane Maestrini b. 1987  Brazil Beach volleyball Lesbian[230]
Dalton Maldonado b. 1995  United States Basketball Gay[408][409]
Hana Mandlíková b. 1962  Czech Republic Tennis Lesbian[citation needed]
Robbie Manson b. 1989  New Zealand Rowing Gay[410][239]
Karina Manta b. 1996  United States Ice dancing Bisexual[411]
Patricio Manuel b. 1985  United States Boxing Transgender[412]
Arthur Mariano b. 1993  Brazil Gymnastics Gay
Brian Marshall b. 1965  Canada High jump Gay[413]
Charlie Martin b. 1981  United Kingdom Auto Racing Transgender[414]
Christy Martin b. 1968  United States Boxing Lesbian[415]
Collin Martin b. 1994  United States Association football Gay[416]
Carlo Masi b. 1976  Italy Bodybuilding Gay
Johnny Mathis b. 1935  United States Basketball Gay[417][418][419]
Ian Matos 1989-2021  Brazil Diving Gay[239]
Amélie Mauresmo b. 1979  France Tennis Lesbian[420]
Stephany Mayor b. 1991  Mexico Association football Bisexual[421]
Marnie McBean b. 1968  Canada Rowing Lesbian[422]
Adam McCabe b. 1991  United States Association football Gay[423][424]
Katie McCabe b. 1995  Ireland Association football Lesbian[395]
Martha McCabe b. 1989  Canada Swimming Lesbian[425]
Robert McCall 1958–1991  Canada Figure skating Gay[426]
Haylie McCleney b. 1994  United States Softball Lesbian[427]
Ray McDonald 1944–1993  United States American football Gay[428]
Stewart McKinney 1931–1987  United States Auto racing Bisexual[429][430]
Lindsy McLean b. 1938  United States American football Gay[431]
Erin McLeod b. 1983  Canada Association football Lesbian[432]
Beth Mead b. 1995  United Kingdom Association football Lesbian[433]
Linda Medalen b. 1965  Norway Association football Lesbian[434]
Simona Meiler b. 1989  Switzerland Snowboard Lesbian[435]
Ioannis Melissanidis b. 1977  Greece Gymnastics Gay[436]
Rosa Mendes b. 1979  Canada Professional wrestling Bisexual
Conner Mertens b. 1994/1995  United States American football Bisexual[437]
Harriet Metcalf b. 1958  United States Rowing Lesbian[438]
Kristie Mewis b. 1991  United States Association football Lesbian[439]
Kim Meylemans b. 1996  Belgium Skeleton Lesbian[440][441]
Theresa Michalak b. 1992  Germany Swimming Lesbian[442]
Domien Michiels b. 1983  Belgium Equestrian Gay[443]
Vivianne Miedema b. 1996  Netherlands Association football Lesbian[444]
Linda Mienzer b. 1965  Bermuda Cricket Lesbian[445]
Hans Peter Minderhoud b. 1973  Netherlands Equestrian Gay[238][239]
Greet Minnen b. 1997  Belgium Tennis Lesbian[446]
Matthew Mitcham b. 1988  Australia Diving Gay[447]
Cameron Mitchell b. 1973  United States Professional bodybuilding Bisexual[448][449][450]
Eric Mitchell b. 1992  Canada Ski jumping Gay[451]
Renee Montgomery b. 1986  United States Basketball Lesbian[452]
Tara Moore b. 1992  United Kingdom Tennis Lesbian[453]
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