San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

Canadian Olympian Markus Thormeyer wrote an inspiring essay to Outsports in which he documents his struggle with training and bonding with team members while still in the closet and what it took for him to finally come out. 

Psychotherapist and YouTube personality Matthew J. Dempsey continues his virtual YouTube sessions with his latest talk, "Why Gays Should Be Needy."

Matthew is tackling the subject of relationships and how expressing your needs and adhering to boundaries can lead to something you both want.  

As America mourns the loss of basketball star Kobe Bryant, Brazil has taken the tragedy and made it into something positive for the LGBT community. 

There is an anti-homophobia campaign that is currently in play that takes Bryant's retired Lakers number 24 and charged it with inclusion and inspiration. 

The San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers and made history over the weekend.

Assistant coach of the 49ers Katie Sowers, 33, will take the team to Super Bowl LIV in Miami on Feb. 2 to go up against the Kansas City Chiefs. Along with her victory goes the title of the first female coach and the first openly gay coach to do so. 

Assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, Katie Sowers is being featured in a new Microsoft ad.

The sports trailblazer came out in 2017 and became the first openly gay coach, male or female, for a pro team. She is also only the second female assistant in NFL history.

Popular English footballer Paul Gascoigne may not know his son is bisexual, but he probably does now. 

In an interview for The Mirror, Regan Gascoigne, 23, said he has dated both men and women. 

Body Pride is conducting research into the LGBT community, specifically gay and bisexual men. The study is aimed at body image among that group and ways to improve it. 

Late last month Mattel successfully merged into the 21st century with a new genderless Creatable World doll line, some have praised the toys for their ability to allow children to decide the sex of their dolls if any, but some have said that's not a good thing. 

Alice Joyce “Joy” Galloway, 89, passed away peacefully on October 6th, 2019, in hospice in San Diego. She was born October 29th, 1929, in San Diego to Frederick Francis Swyers and Sylvia Mae Hobbs.

Being open about your sexual orientation in the workplace is beneficial to your overall well-being, according to new research from Rice University.