
LGBTQ Sports History I
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Founded by Tom Wadell, it was the landmark in the history of LGBTQ+ participation in sports.

In what year did the Women's Sports Foundation initiate the Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport?

​Olympic and World Cup Champion USA soccer player Megan Rapinoe publicly came out as a lesbian in 2012.

Who was the first openly gay American footballer to be drafted into the NFL?

In which event did John Curry, the first openly gay figure skater from Great Britain, win Olympic gold?

Who was considered the first openly gay athlete to compete at a modern Olympic Games?

​Who was the female athlete to emerge as gay due to a lawsuit in 1981?

Transgender tennis player Renee Richards won a lawsuit for gender discrimination against the US Tennis Association when they barred her from competing as a female player in the 1976 US Open.

It is a committee that mandated gender testing for all female competitors participating in the Olympics in 1968.

In what year did the International Olympics Committee (IOC) ends gender testing?
