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Breaking the Color Line: 1940 to 1946

By Library of Congress

In 1945, the Jim Crow policies of baseball changed forever when Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs agreed to a contract that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947.

Read on www.loc.gov

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Caste: A Brief History of Racism, Sexism, Classism, Ageism, Homophobia, Religious Intolerance, Xenophobia, and Reasons for Hope

We have inherited a world full of humans who have been healed and hurt by other humans. There was a time, in an age before this one, when ignorance was forgivable. But that time has passed. Now is not the time for the enlightened to sneer at the brutes. Sneering hurts people.

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Press University
2025
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Stories of Discrimination Experienced by LGBTQ Athletes in Sports

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people continue to experience discrimination in sport. Homophobia and transphobia are serious problems and harm children particularly in team sports. This video of personal stories can be used to educate and inform others and inspire them to take action.

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2019
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Megan Rapinoe Calls Out Sports Illustrated During Speech

Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.

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Megan Rapinoe
2019
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03:14

Athletes Fighting for LGBTQ Rights

The Tokyo Games have seen a historic number of publicly out athletes competing—putting a spotlight on LGBTQ+ rights in the sporting world. Professional boxer Makoto Kikuchi, who came out ahead of the Olympics, hopes to encourage more people to accept their identity.

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2021
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Asian and Asian-American LGBTQ Athletes Share Struggles and Triumphs

Outsports hosted a first-of-its-kind conversation with four Asian and Asian-American LGBTQ athletes to elevate understanding about the unique challenges they face.

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2020
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Fighting Sex Discrimination in Sports

Noriana Radwan lost her scholarship for “unsportsmanlike behavior” commonly accepted from male athletes. What happened? How do we make sure that all athletes, female athletes, trans athletes, LGBTQ+ athletes, belong in sports?

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2020
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Forward: A Memoir

Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. At age seven she was put on the boys’ soccer team. At age thirty-five she would become the highest goal scorer—male or female—in the history of soccer, capturing the nation’s heart with her team’s 2015 World Cup Championship.

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Abby Wambach
2017
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Breaking the Surface

Champions aren’t born, they’re made. The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis’ journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world.

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Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus
2025
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Out at Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball’s First Openly Gay Player

Before Jason Collins, before Michael Sam, there was Glenn Burke. By becoming the first—and only—openly gay player in Major League Baseball, Glenn would become a pioneer in his own way, nearly thirty years after another black Dodger rookie, Jackie Robinson, broke the league’s color barrier.

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Glenn Burke, Erik Sherman
2015
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Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports

When Cyd Zeigler started writing about LGBT sports issues in 1999, no one wanted to talk about them. Today, this is a central conversation in American society that reverberates throughout the sports world and beyond.

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Cyd Zeigler
2025
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