From the Women's Sports Foundation's "It Takes a Team" page:

Introducing It Takes A Team! Captain-Martina Navratilova!

From the beginning she believed that the Women’s Sports Foundation’s efforts to address homophobia in sport should also include homophobia in men’s sports. She believes, and we agree, that to effectively eliminate homophobia in sport, it is necessary to pay attention to how it affects people of all genders in sport. As team captain, she endorses It Takes A Team! as the premier education resource for addressing LGBT issues in sport and will assist in our fundraising efforts to ensure that It Takes A Team! has the financial resources we need to continue to work toward making sport a safe and respectful place for athletes of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Olympic Softball Silver Medalist Lauren Lappin Comes Out

USA softball player Lauren Lappin recently announced that she is a lesbian — a bold move for any athlete, considering the still-hostile cultural environment of sport. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Lappin talked about what some of the hardest parts for her were and how her family and teammates were a great support. Lappin hopes that her story of learning to embrace and accept herself will help others to see that the transition doesn't have to be hard.

When should media report on the personal life of gay and lesbian athletes?

When NBC Olympic coverage failed to acknowledge that Australian diving gold medalist, Matthew Mitcham, was openly gay, many people wondered if this omission was a sign of homophobia or just an oversight. This omission was notable when the personal lives of heterosexual athletes were routinely included in Olympic TV coverage. Read sports commentator Bob Costas’ interview about media coverage of gay athletes.