In three (so far) linked articles, UCLA's student paper investigates homophobia in college sports.

For women athletes, UCLA sounds, if not perfect on such matters, then pretty good: "Every girl I know that's a lesbian out on a team has had no issues," one straight Bruin player says. Coach Olivier says she'll address sexuality only if players come to her with a problem, which has happened exactly once.

Do some coaches spread malicious gossip about their competitors' sexual orientations in order to gain an edge with potential recruits, or with those recruits' phobic parents? Coach Olivier says they do: "I've heard that it has happened... If some coaches think that's going to make them look better in a recruit's eyes, I think they'll do anything they can, and I don't think that's a good place to be."