If there’s one thing around which the entire LGBTQ community can identify — and most of humanity, for that matter — it’s an awkward first date. When Stephen Finkel and Ryan Prindle met for their first ...

Four years ago, Igor Benevenuto became the first active FIFA-ranked male referee from South America to publicly come out as gay. The Brazilian’s courage earned him acclaim from FIFA, with world soccer ...

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Former Premier League referee David Coote has apologised for the actions that led to his sacking last month by English soccer's referees' body PGMOL, saying that the pressure of the ...

Andrea Barone, an openly gay referee in the ECHL, two levels below the NHL, in the locker room at the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto, Sept. 13, 2017. Barone has been trying, often in vain, to ...

David Coote, the former Premier League referee sacked after making derogatory comments about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, has come out publicly as being gay and said that hiding his sexuality ...

Former Premier League referee, David Coote, was recently sacked by PGMOL for shocking behaviour caught on camera, and the reason behind it has now emerged. A video of the former official was widely ...

MADRID (AP) — A gay Spanish soccer referee is giving up the job after repeatedly being the target of verbal abuse at games because of his sexual orientation. "I can't stand it anymore," Jesus ...

June 2 (Reuters) - Scottish referee Craig Napier came out as gay on Thursday, becoming the first openly gay figure in the Scottish game since late Hearts forward Justin Fashanu in the mid-1990s. The ...