Top 15 LGBT sports stories of 2021 from Outsports

Team USA women’s basketball featured at least five publicly out players as well as a coach, Cheryl Reeve, at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. (Photo: Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Looking back at 2021, the presence and accomplishments of LGBTQ athletes were a major part of sports headlines and news. People coming out in sports and athletes excelling on the field were part of every major sport in North America and…