SAN DIEGO – Professional athletes on the West Coast almost universally think that a gay teammate would be welcome in the locker room and on the field.

Matt Calkins with the UT San Diego informally surveyed players from the San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers and reports that he found only one athlete who appeared resistant to the idea.

America’s major league sports remain places where openly gay athletes are non-existent.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Orlando Cruz, the first openly gay boxer in the world, won his first fight since coming out recently.

Cruz won a decisive and unanimous decision over Jorge Pazos in a featherweight bout at the Kissimmee Civic Center on Friday night. Judges scored the bout 118-110, 116-111 and 118-110.

The crowd cheered Cruz when he entered the ring, and the Puerto Rican boxer told the media after the fight that he was grateful for the support.

Professional hockey players are the most supportive professional athletes on the issue of marriage equality, according to a recently published ESPN poll.

PHILADELPHIA -- Out professional soccer player Joanna Lohman will headlining an event to raise awareness of homophobia and discrimination in sport.

The GO! (Generation Out!) Athletes event will be from 7 to 9 pm EDT on Thursday, Oct. 11, in Bodek Lounge in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

The event will provide opportunities for the scholar athlete community to come together to hear stories by OUT sports role models. GO! Athletes envisions this relaunch as the first of many awareness-building initiatives to occur across the nation.