Cyd Zeigler, cofounder of the Nike LGBT Sports Coalition, will share key LGBT athlete moments in sports history at his lecture on Oct. 16. 

The lecture, 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union, will focus on LGBT athletes and moments that changed the sports world.

Zeigler is on the advisory board for both GLSEN’s Changing the Game and GO! Athletes.

GO! Athletes is a program that helps train athletes both physically and psychologically.

Changing the Game is a sports project to assist K-12 schools in creating a physical education environment that “is based on the core principles of respect, safety and equal access for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.”

He has appeared on ESPN, CNN, ABC, NBC and TruTV and has been profiled by the New York Times. Zeigler has been quoted as an LGBT sports expert in such media outlets as Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Times, NPR and the BBC.

He writes for Outsports.com, the Huffington Post and SB Nation. He has a degree in communications from Stanford University.