LGBT+ History Month: The best of BBC Sport's coverage

BBC Sport celebrates LGBT+ History Month

Long reads & more

• Six LGBT+ sportspeople you should know more about
• Lily Parr - the trailblazer with a 'kick like a mule'
• 'They mean everything' - the history of the Gay Games
• Thomas Hitzlsperger says football has made progress since he came out in 2014
• King & Navratilova had 'huge impact' - Greet Minnen & Alison van Uytvanck
• Eudy Simelane - the footballer raped and murdered for being a lesbian
• Paralympian Lee Pearson on making a difference
• 'I wouldn't come out if I was still playing' - former footballer Thomas Beattie
• Mark Bingham - how a 9/11 hero inspired the world's largest amateur rugby tournament
• 'I want to be the first, but never the last' - NFL player Ryan Russell on coming out as bisexual
• 'He just disappeared, completely' - Mike Beuttler, Formula 1's only known gay male driver
• GAA referee David Gough on self-acceptance 10 years after coming out
• The drugs, damage and self-doubt behind Matthew Mitcham's historic Olympic gold
• Gareth Thomas on living with HIV - and dispelling its myths
• Former rugby league player Keegan Hirst sends a message to his teenage self
• Super League referee James Child talks about being gay publicly for the first time
• Renee Richards' journey from tennis outcast to trans pioneer
• The kiss: a seminal moment, a total accident - Gus Kenworthy on iconic image from 2018 Winter Olympics

Listen

• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one on the history of the Gay Games
• Euro Leagues: Thomas Hitzlsperger's 'fantastic journey' since coming out
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - 150th episode - The one with Jack Murley
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one on the Harlequins Pride Game
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one on the Bingham Cup
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one with the Sydney Convicts
• 5 Live Sport Specials - The Inside Track: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one with Sporting Pride
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one on HIV in Sport
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one with Kings Cross Steelers founding chairman Robert Hayward
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one with James Child
• The LGBT Sport Podcast - The one with the best bits of LGBT+ History Month on BBC Sport

Watch

• The Sporting L Word - Clare Balding looks at what it means to be a gay woman in sport

Why LGBT+ History Month matters to athletes

'We need to reclaim the word lesbian and see it as a positive'

'We didn't think about it at the time but representation matters'

LGBT+ History Month: Why is men's football less inclusive than the women's game

I hadn't been taught the reality of living with HIV - Thomas

Being bisexual 'didn't even cross my mind as an option'

'You're stronger than you know' - cricketer Winfield-Hill's letter to her younger self

Matthew Mitcham on being the first openly gay male to win individual Olympic gold

LGBT+ History Month: Nigel Owens

'It was a big deal' - Billie Jean King talks to Sue Barker about coming out

Becoming the first openly gay male Winter Olympics champion made me 'explode with pride' - Radford

LGBT+ History Month: How Stonewall FC are changing misconceptions of football

LGBT+ History Month: Football fans share their experiences

Martina Navratilova talks to Sue Barker about coming out

'Who you choose to be with doesn't change you as a person' - Ireland prop Van Standen

Child wants to 'help educate' people and encourage respect

Thomas Hitzlsperger: The past seven years have been a fantastic journey

You're stronger than you actually are - Hall

How coming out changed footballer Thomas Beattie's life

Best of social media

• What's it like going up against your partner on the field?
• When people ask why visibility matters
• 'Did I make him feel comfortable to come out? I'm not sure I did'