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Gay Rugby Team Founder Gets Spotlight at World Cup

Cyril Leroy, founder of Les Galliards in France, was official ball carrier for the Rugby World Cup's opening match Friday, and he will appear in TV commercials during the tournament.

Trans Women Could Be Banned From Playing on Women's Rugby Teams

The governing body for 120 national rugby unions claims trans women have "significant" advantages over cis women. 

Remembering Alice Hoagland, Ally Mother of 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham

Hoagland wasn't just a grieving mother, but a force in her own right.

Gotham Knights Win Bingham Cup

The tournament is named in honor of Mark Bingham.

Olympic Rugby Champ Ellia Green Comes Out as Trans Man

"Why not live the rest of your life exactly as you want to be?" said Green, who won gold in 2016 as a member of Australia's women's rugby sevens team.

Why NBC Sports Never Noted Tom Daley Is an Out Athlete

His fiance, Dustin Lance Black, tells The Advocate that being out and visible makes a big difference to young LGBT people.

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Gay Rugby Player Campbell Johnstone on Coming Out

As a rugby player, Campbell Johnstone 'pushed away' his sexuality. Now, he wants to open the door for more people to come out

Campbell Johnson, Former All Blacks Pro-Rugby Player, Comes Out As Gay

Campbell Johnstone is the first member of the famed New Zealand rugby team to come out.

WATCH: Gay 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham Behind the Camera

Before taking on hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, Mark Bingham tackled homophobia in the rugby scrum.

Meet Ian Roberts

The Australian rugby star's coming-out was just the beginning of a journey that has led to Hollywood.

A Mark Bingham history tour

Mark Bingham was a rugby champion; PR firm owner; friend to hundreds; fervent University of California, Berkeley, booster; and gay man. His death--and, when his story hit the wires, his life--gave America an authentic gay hero.

Olympic Rugby Player Nicole Heavirland Comes Out as Gay

"Just over the past year, I've come to terms with who I am," she wrote on Instagram. "I no longer fear what people will think of me when I say I like women."

STUDY: American Sports Are the Most Homophobic

Of all the English-speaking countries surveyed, LGB people are most unsafe in the United States, the study finds.

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