Olympian Bruce Hayes was featured on ESPN's 'The World of the Gay Athlete.' - ESPN

ESPN Outside The Lines (from 1998) article and accompanying TV spot.... Something to possibly follow-up on... take a look. There has always been a lot of expectation and speculations but ESPN did some good legwork almost 20 years ago!!! Is this something that should be revisited in earnest or has enough road been paved for future athletes?

Here are the written pieces that accompanied the TV segment:

The World of the Gay Athlete, Part 1

The World of the Gay Athlete, Part 2

The World of the Gay Athlete, Part 3

There's a full transcript of the show as well, which you can find here.

You can watch a couple minutes of the segment here: