US Olympic soccer team member Megan Rapinoe comes out

And urges other gay athletes to do the same.

"Rapinoe, one of the most recognizable and popular players on the United States women's team, came out this week in an interview with Out.com and revealed that she has dated Australian soccer player Sarah Walsh for more than a year.

"I feel like sports in general are still homophobic, in the sense that not a lot of people are out," Rapinoe said. "I feel like everyone is really craving people to come out. People want – they need – to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good old U.S. of A."

Rapinoe was outstanding during the USA's run to the final of the Women's World Cup last year, providing a brilliant cross for Abby Wambach's dramatic last equalizer in the team's heart-stopping quarterfinal victory over Brazil." <snip>

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--u-s--olympic-star-megan-rapinoe-makes-her-homosexuality-public--urges-others-to-come-out.html

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Good for her! News like this, as well as Seventeen using unaltered photos of girls are such positive things for girls and young women.

The Aussies didn't get past the prequal round, so Rapinoe and her GF won't have to compete against one another!