List of LGBT sportspeople

This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender sportspeople as well as those who identify as belonging to the broader queer community.

Name	Lifetime[1]	Country	Sport	Sexual orientation and/or gender identity[2]
Helena Åberg	b. 1971	Sweden	Swimming	Lesbian[3]
Graham Ackerman	b. 1983	United States	Gymnastics	Gay[4]
Nicola Adams	b. 1982	United Kingdom	Boxing	Lesbian[5]
Marilyn Agliotti	b. 1979	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian[6]
Michelle-Lee Ahye	b. 1992	Trinidad and Tobago	Track and field	Lesbian[7][8]
Jenny Allard	b. 1968	United States	Softball	Lesbian[9]
Kye Allums	b. 1989	United States	Basketball	Transgender[10]
John Amaechi	b. 1970	United Kingdom	Basketball	Gay[11]
Erin Ambrose	b. 1994	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[12]
Filippo Ambrosini	b. 1993	Italy	Figure skating	Gay[12]
Brian Anderson	b. 1976	United States	Skateboarding	Gay[13]
Eric Anderson	b. 1968	United States	Coach	Gay[14]
Ivana Andrés	b. 1994	Spain	Association football	Lesbian[15]
Ramsey Angela	b. 1999	Netherlands	Track and field	Gay[7]
Filippa Angeldahl	b 1997	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[16]
Nadine Angerer	b. 1978	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[17]
Alyson Annan	b. 1973	Australia	Field hockey	Lesbian[18]
Tahnai Annis	b. 1989	Philippines	Association football	Queer[19]
Kelly Applebee	b. 1982	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[20]
Gillian Apps	b. 1983	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[21]
Jen Armbruster	b. 1975	United States	Goalball	Lesbian[22]
Rebekka Armstrong	b. 1967	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual[23]
Judith Arndt	b. 1976	Germany	Cycling	Lesbian[24]
Anita Asante	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[25]
Asuka	b. 1998	Japan	Professional wrestling	Genderless[26]
Jake Atlas	b. 1994	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay[27][28]
Zeb Atlas [de]	b. 1970	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual[29][30]
Seimone Augustus	b. 1984	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[31]
Rosella Ayane	b. 1996	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[32]
Kévin Aymoz	b. 1997	France	Figure skating	Gay[33]
Ramona Bachmann	b. 1990	Switzerland	Association football	Lesbian[34]
Hergie Bacyadan	b. 1994	Philippines	Boxing	Transgender[35][36]
Mianne Bagger	b. 1966	Denmark	Golf	Transgender[37]
Clare Balding	b. 1971	United Kingdom	Jockey	Lesbian[38]
Jason Ball	b. 1988	Australia	Australian rules football	Gay[39]
Megan Bankes	b. 1997	Canada	Biathlon	Lesbian[12]
Shawnacy Barber	1994–2024	Canada	Pole vault	Gay[40]
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa	b. 1988	Brazil	Association football	Lesbian[41]
Jim Barnett	1924–2004	United States	Professional wrestling promoter	Gay[42]
Nicole Bass-Fuchs	1964–2017	United States	Professional bodybuilding Professional wrestling	Bisexual[43]
Hayley Bateup	b. 1980	Australia	ironwoman	Lesbian[44]
Betty Baxter	b. 1952	Canada	Volleyball	Lesbian[45]
Billy Bean	1964–2024	United States	Baseball	Gay[46]
Shelley Beattie	1967–2008	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual[47]
Thomas Beattie	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay[48]
Jolyn Beer	b. 1994	Germany	Shooting	Lesbian[49]
Mack Beggs	b. 1999	United States	Wrestling	Transgender[50]
Alice Bellandi	b. 1998	Italy	Judo	Lesbian[51][52]
Perris Benegas	b. 1995	United States	Freestyle BMX	Lesbian[53]
Lorena Benítez	b. 1998	Argentina	Association football, futsal	Lesbian[54]
Ann-Katrin Berger	b. 1990	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[55]
Ebba Berglund	b. 1998	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian[12]
Kajsa Bergqvist	b. 1976	Sweden	Track and field	Bisexual[56]
Thomas Berling	b. 1979	Norway	Association football	Gay[57]
Emily Bessoir	b. 2001	Germany	Basketball	Lesbian[58]
Mike Beuttler	1940–1988	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Gay[59][60]
John de Bever [nl]	b. 1965	Netherlands	Association football	Gay[61]
Mark Bingham	1970–2001	United States	Rugby	Gay[62]
Sue Bird	b. 1980	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[63]
Nathalie Björn	b. 1997	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[64]
Alex Blackwell	b. 1983	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[65][66]
John Blankenstein	1949–2006	Netherlands	Association football	Gay[67]
Carl Blasco	b. 1971	France	Triathlon	Gay[68]
Miriam Blasco	b. 1963	Spain	Judo	Lesbian[69]
Andrew Blaser	b. 1989	United States	Skeleton	Gay[12]
Lucilla Boari	b. 1997	Italy	Archery	Lesbian[70]
Lisa Boattin	b. 1997	Italy	Association football	Lesbian[71]
Brian Boitano	b. 1963	United States	Figure skating	Gay[72]
Nicole Bonamino [it]	b. 1991	Italy	Ice hockey	Lesbian[73][74]
Heinz Bonn	1947–1991	Germany	Association football	Gay[75]
Tom Bosworth	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Racewalking	Gay[76]
Brittany Bowe	b. 1988	United States	Speed skating	Lesbian[77]
Anthony Bowens	b. 1990	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay[78][79]
Kiara Bowers	b. 1991	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian[80]
Celia Brackenridge	1950–2018	United Kingdom	British Lacrosse Player	Lesbian[81]
Sabine Braun	b. 1965	Germany	Track and field	Lesbian[82]
Kelly Brazier	b. 1989	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian[83]
Ashleigh Brazill	b. 1989	Australia	Netball	Lesbian[84]
Andy Brennan	b. 1993	Australia	Association football	Gay[85]
Linda Bresonik	b. 1983	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[86]
Belle Brockhoff	b. 1993	Australia	Snowboard	Lesbian[87]
Lucy Bronze	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[88]
Giorgia Bronzini	b. 1983	Italy	Cycling	Lesbian[89]
Gayle Broughton	b. 1996	New Zealand	Rugby	Lesbian[90]
Jason Brown	b. 1994	United States	Figure skating	Gay[91]
Panama Al Brown	1902–1951	Panama	Boxing	Gay[92][93]
Harrison Browne	b. 1993	Canada	Ice hockey	Transgender[94]
Svenja Brunckhorst	b. 1991	Germany	Basketball	Lesbian[95]
Rachele Bruni	b. 1990	Italy	Swimming	Lesbian[96]
Katherine Brunt	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Cricket	Lesbian[97]
Dorien Bryant	b. 1985	United States	American football	Gay[98]
Kadeisha Buchanan	b. 1995	Canada	Association football	Lesbian[99]
Amandine Buchard	b. 1995	France	Judo	Lesbian[33]
Steve Buckley	b. 1956	United States	Journalist	Gay[100]
Anastasia Bucsis	b. 1989	Canada	Speed skating	Lesbian[101]
Saskia Budgett	b. 1996	United Kingdom	Rowing	Lesbian[102]
Brendan Burke	1988–2010	United States	Ice hockey	Gay[103]
Glenn Burke	1952–1995	United States	Baseball	Gay[104]
Jenna Burkert	b. 1993	United States	Wrestling	Lesbian[105]
Kris Burley	b. 1974	Canada	Gymnastics	Gay[106]
Savannah Burton	b. ?	Canada	Dodgeball	Transgender[107]
Balian Buschbaum	b. 1980	Germany	Track and field	Transgender[108]
Ivan Bussens	1960–2007	United Kingdom	Water polo	Gay[109]
Jeffrey Buttle	b. 1982	Canada	Figure skating	Gay[110]
Erin Burns	b. 1988	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[111]
Karin Büttner-Janz	b. 1952	Germany	Gymnastics	Lesbian[112]
Emilie Bydwell	b. 1985	United States	Rugby union	Lesbian[113]
Latasha Byears	b. 1973	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[114]
Caitlin Cahow	b. 1985	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian[115]
J. P. Calderon	b. 1975	United States	Volleyball	Gay[116]
Marissa Callaghan	b. 1985	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[117]
Christopher Caluza	b. 1990	Philippines	Figure skating	Gay[118]
Jane Campbell	b. 1995	United States	Association football	Lesbian[119]
Ally Carda	b. 1993	United States	Softball	Lesbian[120]
Liz Carmouche	b. 1984	United States	MMA	Lesbian[121]
Alex Carpenter	b. 1994	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian[12]
Cecilia Carranza	b. 1986	Argentina	Sailing	Lesbian[122]
Joe Carstairs	1900–1993	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Lesbian[123]
Jessica Carter	b. 1997	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[124]
Sherry Cassuto	1957-2016	United States	Rowing	Lesbian[125]
Josh Cavallo	b. 1999	Australia	Association football	Gay[126]
Timo Cavelius	b. 1999	Germany	Judo	Gay[127]
Matt Cecchin	b. 1973	Australia	Rugby league	Gay[128][129]
Isadora Cerullo	b. 1991	Brazil	Rugby	Lesbian[130]
Dutee Chand	b. 1996	India	Sprinting	Lesbian[131]
Parinya Charoenphol	b. 1981	Thailand	Boxing	Transgender[132]
Amanda Chidester	b. 1990	United States	Softball	Lesbian[133]
James Child	b. 1983	United Kingdom	Rugby league referee	Gay[134]
Julie Chu	b. 1982	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian[135]
Guillaume Cizeron	b. 1994	France	Figure skating	Gay[12]
Emily Clark	b. 1995	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[12]
Michael B. Clark	b. 1973	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay[136][137][138]
Dominic Clarke	b. 1997	Australia	Trampolining	Gay[139][140]
Piepa Cleary	b. 1996	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[141]
Kerron Clement	b. 1985	Trinidad and Tobago	Track and field	Gay[142]
Laura Clemesha	b. 1992	Australia	Netball	Lesbian[143]
Mia-Rae Clifford	b. 1986	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian[144]
Dennis Coi	1961–1987	Canada	Figure Skating	Gay[145]
Jason Collins	b. 1978	United States	Basketball	Gay[146]
Sean Conroy	b. 1992	United States	Baseball	Gay[147]
Casey Conway	b. 1985	Australia	Rugby	Gay[148]
Natalie Cook	b. 1975	Australia	Beach volleyball	Lesbian[149]
Jodie Cooper	b. 1964	Australia	Surfing	Lesbian[150]
Kahleah Copper	b. 1994	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[151]
Rose Cossar	b. 1991	Canada	Gymnastics	Lesbian[152]
Robin Cousins	b. 1957	United Kingdom	Figure Skating	Gay[153]
Roberta Cowell	1918–2011	United Kingdom	Motor racing	Transgender[154]
Sarah Coyte	b. 1991	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[155]
Gottfried von Cramm	1909–1976	Germany	Tennis	Bisexual[156]
Scott Cranham	b. 1954	Canada	Diving	Gay[157]
Toller Cranston	1949–2015	Canada	Figure skating	Bisexual[158]
Lisa Cross	b. 1978	United Kingdom	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual[159]
Orlando Cruz	b. 1981	Puerto Rico	Boxing	Gay[160]
Penny Cula-Reid	b. 1988	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian[144]
Ana Marcela Cunha	b. 1992	Brazil	Swimming	Lesbian[161]
John Curry	1949–1994	United Kingdom	Figure skating	Gay[162]
Donal Óg Cusack	b. 1977	Ireland	Hurling	Gay[163]
Matthew Cusick [pl]	b. 1972	United States	Gymnastics	Gay[164][165]
Søren Dahl	b. 1993	Denmark	Swimming	Gay[166]
Lisa Dahlkvist	b. 1987	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[167]
Tom Daley	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Diving	Gay/Queer[168][169]
Rachel Daly	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[170]
Jake Daniels	b. 2005	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay[171]
Mélodie Daoust	b. 1992	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[172]
Tierna Davidson	b. 1998	United States	Association football	Lesbian[173]
Steven Davies	b. 1986	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay[174]
Liam Davis	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay[175]
Wade Davis	b. 1977	United States	American football	Gay[176]
Brianna Davey	b. 1996	Australia	Association football	Lesbian[177]
Chantal de Bruijn	b. 1976	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian[178]
Jonathan de Falco	b. 1984	Belgium	Association football	Gay[179]
Anouk Dekker	b. 1986	Netherlands	Association football	Lesbian[180]
Dennis Del Valle	b. 1989	Puerto Rico	Volleyball	Gay[181]
Casey Dellacqua	b. 1985	Australia	Tennis	Lesbian[182]
Elena Delle Donne	b. 1989	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[183]
David Denson	b. 1995	United States	Baseball	Gay[184]
Sonya Deville	b. 1993	United States	Professional wrestling	Lesbian[185]
Abrahm DeVine	b. 1996	United States	Swimming	Gay[186]
Margielyn Didal	b. 1999	Philippines	Skateboarding	Queer[187]
Natalya Diehm	b. 1997	Australia	Cycling	Lesbian[188]
Elisa Di Francisca	b. 1982	Italy	Fencing	Bisexual
Chris Dickerson	1939-2021	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Gay[189]
Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ	b. 1976	Turkey	Association football referee	Gay[190][191]
Alex Di Giorgio	b. 1990	Italy	Swimming	Gay[192]
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel	b. 1987	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian[193]
Stefanie Dolson	b. 1992	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[194]
Sara Doorsoun	b. 1991	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[71]
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos	1954–1995	Brazil	Association football referee	Gay[195]
Michael Dos Santos	b. 1983	Brazil	Volleyball	Gay[196]
Robert Dover	b. 1956	United States	Equestrian	Gay[197]
Anton Down-Jenkins	b. 1999	New Zealand	Diving	Gay[198]
Frank Dowsing	1951–1994	United States	American football	Gay[199]
Nancy Drolet	b. 1973	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[200]
Michelle Duff	b. 1939	Canada	Motor racing	Transgender[201]
Christian Duffy	b. 1961	United States	Professional bodybuilding	Bisexual[202][203]
Meghan Duggan	b. 1987	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian[204]
Michelle Dumaresq	b. 1970	Canada	Mountain biking	Transgender[205]
Céline Dumerc	b. 1982	France	Basketball	Lesbian[33]
Jenny Duncalf	b. 1982	United Kingdom	Squash	Lesbian[206]
Katie Duncan (née Hoyle)	b. 1988	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian[207]
Priscilla Duncan	b. 1983	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian[207]
Abby Dunkin	b. 1995	United States	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian[22]
Simon Dunn	1987-2023	Australia	Bobsled, rugby	Gay[208]
Imke Duplitzer	b. 1975	Germany	Fencing	Lesbian[209]
Rayan Dutra	b. 2002	Brazil	Trampolining	Bisexual[210]
Dessi Dupuy	b. 1993	Bulgaria	Association football	Lesbian
Abbie Eaton	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Auto racing	Lesbian[211]
Kyra Edwards	b. 1997	United Kingdom	Rowing	Lesbian[102]
Paola Egonu	b. 1998	Italy	Volleyball	Bisexual[212]
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	b. 1977	Thailand	Badminton	Lesbian[213]
Jason Ellis	b. 1971	Australia	MMA, skateboarding, boxing, truck racing	Bisexual[214][215][216]
Jill Ellis	b. 1966	United States	Association football	Lesbian[217]
Bethany England	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[71]
Magdalena Eriksson	b. 1993	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[218]
Norman Elder	1939–2003	Canada	Equestrian	Gay[219]
John Epping	b. 1983	Canada	Curler	Gay[220]
Lisa Evans	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[221]
Non Evans	b. 1974	United Kingdom	Rugby, judo, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling	Lesbian[222]
Matt Evers	b. 1976	United States	Figure skating	Gay[223]
Jennifer Falk	b. 1993	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[224]
Janelly Farías	b. 1990	Mexico	Association football	Lesbian[225]
Justin Fashanu	1961–1998	United Kingdom	Association football	Gay[226]
Freda du Faur	1882–1935	Australia	Mountaineering	Lesbian[227]
Reine Feldt	1945–1986	Sweden	Association football	Gay[228][229]
John Fennell	b. 1995	Canada	Luge	Gay[230]
Fabiano Ferreira	b. 1998	Brazil	Artistic swimming	Gay[231]
Michelle Ferris	b. 1976	Australia	Cyclist	Lesbian[232]
Kendra Fisher	b. 1979	Canada	CWHL	Lesbian[233]
Gigi Fernández	b. 1964	Puerto Rico	Tennis	Lesbian[234]
Lucas Fischer [de]	b. 1990	Switzerland	Gymnastics	Gay[235]
Nilla Fischer	b. 1984	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[236]
Amini Fonua	b. 1989	Tonga	Swimming	Gay[237]
Matthew Forgues	b. 1992	United States	Track and field	Gay[238]
Marc Fortuny	b. 1992	Spain	Judo	Gay[239][240]
Mark Foster	b. 1970	United Kingdom	Swimming	Gay[241]
Fallon Fox	b. 1975	United States	MMA	Transgender[242]
Larissa Franca	b. 1982	Brazil	Beach volleyball	Lesbian[243]
Adrianna Franch	b. 1990	United States	Association football	Lesbian[244]
Larissa Franklin	b. 1993	Canada	Softball	Lesbian[245]
Sidney Franklin	1903–1976	United States	Bullfighting	Gay[246]
Scott Frantz	b. 1996	United States	American football	Gay[247]
Travon Free	b. 1984/1985	United States	Basketball	Bisexual[248]
Tadd Fujikawa	b. 1991	United States	Golf	Gay[249]
Tracy Gahan	b. 1980	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[250]
Edward Gal	b. 1970	Netherlands	Equestrian	Gay[251][252]
Rudy Galindo	b. 1969	United States	Figure skating	Gay[253]
Vicky Galindo	b. 1983	United States	Softball	Bisexual[254]
Ed Gallagher	b. 1958–2005	United States	American football	Gay[255]
Aurora Galli	b. 1996	Italy	Association football	Lesbian[117]
Jan-Michael Gambill	b. 1977	United States	Tennis	Gay[256][257]
Edda Garðarsdóttir	b. 1979	Iceland	Association football	Lesbian[258]
Melanie Garside-Wight	b. 1979	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[259]
Terry Garvin	1937–1998	Canada	Professional wrestling	Gay[260]
Carol Gattaz	b. 1981	Brazil	Volleyball	Lesbian[53]
Ana Carolina da Silva	b. 1991	Brazil	Volleyball	Lesbian[53]
Jane Geddes	b. 1960	United States	Golf	Lesbian[261]
Dylan Geick	b. 1997	United States	Wrestling	Gay/Bisexual[262][263]
Alan Gendreau	b. 1989	United States	American football	Gay[264]
Makayla Gerken Schofield	b. 1999	United Kingdom	Freestyle skiing	Lesbian[12]
Lewis Gibson	b. 1994	United Kingdom	Figure skating	Gay[265]
Kirsty Gilmour	b. 1993	United Kingdom	Badminton	Lesbian[266]
Manuela Giugliano	b. 1997	Italy	Association football	Lesbian[41]
Amber Glenn	b. 1999	United States	Figure skating	Bisexual[267]
Bec Goddard	b. 1978	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian[268]
Bobby Goldsmith	1946–1983	Australia	Swimming	Gay[269]
Andrew Goldstein	b. 1983	United States	Lacrosse	Gay[270]
Mara Gómez	b. 1997	Argentina	Association football	Transgender[271]
Tomás González	b. 1985	Chile	Gymnastics	Gay[272]
Derrick Gordon	b. 1991	United States	Basketball	Gay[273]
LZ Granderson	b. 1972	United States	Journalist	Gay[274]
Chelsea Gray	b. 1972	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[275]
Ellia Green	b. 1993	Australia	Rugby union	transgender[276]
Emile Griffith	1938–2013	United States	Boxing	Bisexual[277]
Lia Grimanis	b. 1971	Canada	Businesswoman	Lesbian[278]
Brittney Griner	b. 1990	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[279]
Inka Grings	b. 1978	Germany	Association football	Bisexual[280]
Rachael Grinham	b. 1977	Australia	Squash	Lesbian[206]
Barbara Guarischi	b. 1990	Italy	Cycling	Lesbian
Joan Guetschow	b. 1966	Australia	Biathlon	Lesbian[281]
Trina Gulliver	b. 1969	United Kingdom	Darts	Lesbian[282]
Michael Gunning	b. 1994	Jamaica	Swimming	Gay[283]
Víctor Gutiérrez	b. 1991	Spain	Water polo	Gay[284][285]
Darcy Guttridge	b. 1999	Australia	Australian rules football	Lesbian[286]
Astrid Guyart	b. 1983	France	Fencing	Lesbian[33]
Tom Harald Hagen	b. 1978	Norway	Association football referee	Gay[287]
Peter Häggström	b. 1976	Sweden	Track and field	Gay[288]
Michi Halilović	b. 1983	Germany	Skeleton	Gay[289]
Matthew Hall	b. 1970	Canada	Figure skating	Gay[290]
Alain Hamer	b. 1965	Luxembourg	Association football referee	Gay[291]
Jude Hamer	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian[292]
Gro Hammerseng	b. 1980	Norway	Handball	Lesbian[293]
Nicola Hancock	b. 1995	Australia	Cricket	Lesbian[294]
Alan Hansford	b. 1968	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay[295]
Pernille Harder	b. 1992	Denmark	Association football	Lesbian[296]
Kellie Harrington	b. 1989	Ireland	Boxing	Lesbian[297]
Ashlyn Harris	b. 1985	United States	Association football	Lesbian[298]
Kwame Harris	b. 1982	United States	American football	Gay[299]
Todd Harrity	b. 1990	United States	Squash	Gay[300][301][non-primary source needed]
Naomi Hartley	b. 2001	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[302]
Kyle Hawkins	b. 1970	United States	Lacrosse	Gay[303]
Bruce Hayes	b. 1963	United States	Swimming	Gay[304]
Sandra Haynie	b. 1943	United States	Golf	Lesbian[305]
Hurley Haywood	b. 1948	United States	Motor racing	Gay[306]
Tobin Heath	b. 1988	United States	Association football	Lesbian[307]
Jayna Hefford	b. 1977	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[308]
Mathew Helm	b. 1980	Australia	Diving	Gay[309]
Jorik Hendrickx	b. 1992	Belgium	Figure skating	Gay[310]
Gavan Hennigan	b. 1981	Ireland	Extreme Sports	Gay[311]
Bianca Henninger	b. 1990	Mexico	Association football	Lesbian[312]
Isabell Herlovsen	b. 1988	Norway	Association football	Lesbian[313]
Laurie Hernandez	b. 2000	United States	Gymnastics	Lesbian[314]
Carl Hester	b. 1967	United Kingdom	Equestrian	Gay[315]
Michelle Heyman	b. 1988	Australia	Association football	Lesbian[316]
Nikki Hiltz	b. 1994	United States	Track, middle-distance running	Lesbian, transgender and non-binary[317]
Fredy Hirsch	b. 1916–1944	Germany	Various, incl. gymnastics; sports teacher	Gay[318][319]
Keegan Hirst	b. 1988	United Kingdom	Rugby	Gay[320]
Thomas Hitzlsperger	b. 1982	Germany	Association football	Gay[321]
Edel Therese Høiseth	b. 1966	Norway	Speed skating	Lesbian[322]
Ursula Holl	b. 1982	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[323]
Kelly Holmes	b. 1970	United Kingdom	Track and field	Lesbian[324]
Erika Holst	b. 1979	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian[325]
Wilhelm von Homburg	1940–2004	Germany	Boxing, professional wrestling	Bisexual[326]
Laurel Hubbard	b. 1978	New Zealand	Weightlifting	Transgender[327]
Angela Hucles	b. 1978	United States	Association football	Lesbian[328]
Karen Hultzer	b. 1965	South Africa	Archery	Lesbian[329]
Corinne Humphreys	b. 1991	United Kingdom	Athletics	Lesbian[330]
Isaac Humphries	b. 1998	Australia	Basketball	Gay[331]
Mia Hundvin	b. 1977	Norway	Handball	Bisexual[332]
Maarten Hurkmans	b. 1997	Netherlands	Rowing	Bisexual[333]
Lina Hurtig	b. 1995	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[334]
Lisa Hurtig	b. 1987	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[334]
Svenja Huth	b. 1991	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[71]
Diego Hypólito	b. 1986	Brazil	Gymnastics	Gay[335]
Antonio Hysén	b. 1990	Sweden	Association football	Gay[336]
Facundo Imhoff	b. 1989	Argentina	Volleyball	Gay[337]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	b. 1983	Austria	Ski jumping	Lesbian[338]
George Ives	b. 1867–1950	United Kingdom	Cricket	Gay[339][340]
Veronica Ivy	b. 1982	Canada	Cycling	Transgender[341]
Colin Jackson	b. 1967	United Kingdom	Athletics	Gay[342]
Helen Jacobs	1908–1997	United States	Tennis	Lesbian[343]
Angela James	b. 1964	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[344]
Jakub Jankto	b. 1996	Czech Republic	Association football	Gay[345]
Aleksandra Jarmolińska	b. 1990	Poland	Skeet	Lesbian[346]
Caitlyn Jenner	b. 1949	United States	Decathlon	Transgender[347]
Patrick Jeffrey	b. 1965	United States	Diving	Gay[348]
Brianne Jenner	b.1991	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[349]
Dorte Dalum Jensen	b. 1978	Denmark	Association football	Lesbian[350]
Dan Jervis	b.1996	United Kingdom	Swimming	Gay[351]
Barbara Jezeršek	b. 1986	Slovenia	Cross-country skiing	Lesbian[352]
Juan Antonio Jiménez	b. 1959	Germany	Equestrian	Gay[353]
Glory Johnson	b. 1990	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[354]
Gus Johnston	b. 1979	Australia	Field hockey	Gay[355]
Campbell Johnstone	b. 1980	New Zealand	Rugby	Gay[356]
Rosie Jones	b. 1959	United States	Golf	Lesbian[357]
Steffi Jones	b. 1972	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[358]
Orlando Jordan	b. 1974	United States	Professional wrestling	Bisexual[359]
Natasha Kai	b. 1983	United States	Association football	Lesbian[209]
Chris Kanyon	1970–2010	United States	Professional wrestling	Gay[360]
Maud Kaptheijns	b. 1994	Netherlands	Cyclocross	Lesbian[361]
Marizanne Kapp	b. 1990	South Africa	Cricket	Lesbian[362]
Ebrar Karakurt	b. 2000	Turkey	Volleyball	Lesbian[363]
Peter Karlsson	b. 1966–1995	Sweden	Ice hockey	Gay[364]
Nadezhda Karpova	b. 1995	Russia	Association football	Lesbian[365]
Daria Kasatkina	b. 1997	Russia	Tennis	Bisexual[366]
Kathleen Kauth	b. 1979	United States	Ice hockey	Lesbian[367]
Johan Kenkhuis	b. 1980	Netherlands	Swimming	Gay[368]
Gus Kenworthy	b. 1991	United States	Freestyle skiing	Gay[369]
Sam Kerr	b. 1993	Australia	Association football	Lesbian[370]
Isabel Kerschowski	b. 1988	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[371]
Silvio Kersten [pl]	b. 1978	Germany	Professional bodybuilding, weightlifting	Gay[372][373][374]
Emma Kete	b. 1987	New Zealand	Association football	Lesbian[375]
Lotte Kiærskou	b. 1975	Denmark	Handball	Lesbian[376]
Billie Jean King	b. 1943	United States	Tennis	Lesbian[377]
Christopher Kinney	b. 1988	United States	Bobsled	Bisexual[378]
Fran Kirby	b. 1993	United Kingdom	Association football	Lesbian[71]
Sandra Kirby	b. 1949	Canada	Rowing	Lesbian[379]
Stine Brun Kjeldaas	b. 1975	Norway	Snowboard	Lesbian[380]
Anna Kjellbin	b. 1994	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian[12]
Ilana Kloss	b. 1956	United States	Tennis	Lesbian[381]
Hilary Knight	b. 1989	United States	Ice Hockey	Queer[382]
Valentina Kogan	b. 1980	Argentina	Handball	Lesbian[383]
Uri Kokia	b. 1981	Israel	Basketball	Gay[384]
Dominik Koll	b. 1984	Austria	Swimming	Gay[385]
David Kopay	b. 1942	United States	American football	Gay[386]
Daniel Kowalski	b. 1975	Australia	Swimming	Gay[387]
Katja Kraus	b. 1970	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[388]
Kelly Kretschman	b. 1979	United States	Softball	Lesbian[120]
Ali Krieger	b. 1984	United States	Association football	Lesbian[298]
Andreas Krieger	b. 1966	Germany	Track and field	Transgender[389]
Janae Marie Kroc	b. 1972	United States	Powerlifting, professional bodybuilding	Transgender, bisexual[390]
Nathalie Kubalski	b. 1993	Germany	Field hockey	Lesbian[391]
Kim Kulig	b. 1990	Germany	Association football	Lesbian[392]
Emma Kullberg	b. 1991	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[117]
Nataliya Kuznetsova	b. 1991	Russia	Professional bodybuilding, weightlifting	Bisexual[393]
Stephanie Labbé	b. 1986	Canada	Association football	Lesbian[394]
Charline Labonté	b. 1982	Canada	Ice hockey	Lesbian[395]
Alexandra Lacrabère	b. 1987	France	Handball	Lesbian[396]
Kim Lammers	b. 1981	Netherlands	Field hockey	Lesbian[397]
Ghislaine Landry	b. 1988	Canada	Rugby	Lesbian[53]
Jessica Landström	b. 1984	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[398]
Lauren Lappin	b. 1984	United States	Softball	Lesbian[399]
James Michael Lavigne	b. 1963	Canada	Professional bodybuilding	Gay[400][401][402]
Mark Leduc	1962–2009	Canada	Boxing	Gay[403]
Timothy LeDuc	b. 1990	United States	Figure skating	Gay[404]
Alisha Lehmann	b. 1999	Switzerland	Association football	Lesbian[405]
Marco Lehmann [de]	b. 1993	Switzerland	Basketball	Gay[406][407]
Evy Leibfarth	b. 2004	United States	Canoe slalom	Lesbian[53]
Phuti Lekoloane	b. 1992	South Africa	Association football	Gay[408]
Diede Lemey	b. 1996	Belgium	Association football	Lesbian[409]
Emma Lennartsson	b. 1991	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[409]
Mapi León	b. 1995	Spain	Association football	Lesbian[410]
Malin Levenstad	b. 1988	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[411]
Danell Leyva	b. 1991	United States	Gymnastics	Bisexual, pansexual[412]
Hedvig Lindahl	b. 1983	Sweden	Association football	Lesbian[413]
Ylva Lindberg	b. 1976	Sweden	Ice hockey	Lesbian[325]
Lori Lindsey	b. 1980	United States	Association football	Lesbian[414]
Elena Linari	b. 1994	Italy	Association football	Lesbian[415]
Matthew Lister	b. 1992	United Kingdom	Canoeing	Gay[416]
Ruesha Littlejohn	b. 1990	Ireland	Association football	Lesbian[417]
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	b. 1989	Finland	Swimming	Gay[418]
Chester Lockhart	b. 1992	United States	Dancing	Queer[419]
Chloe Logarzo	b. 1994	Australia	Association football	Lesbian[316]
Joanna Lohman	b. 1982	United States	Association football	Lesbian[420]
Lella Lombardi	1941–1992	Italy	Motor racing	Lesbian[421]
Greg Louganis	b. 1960	United States	Diving	Gay[422]
Robyn Love	b. 1990	United Kingdom	Wheelchair basketball	Lesbian[423]
Jewell Loyd	b. 1993	United States	Basketball	Lesbian[424]
Tom Luchsinger	b. 1991	United States	Swimming	Gay[425]
Joey Lye	b. 1987	Canada	Softball	Lesbian[245]
Shannon Lynn	b. 1985