LGBTQ Sports Podcast: Recent Episodes
LGBTQ Sports Podcast
We highlight the stories of LGBTQ athletes, coaches and other people in sports who show us all that Courage Is Contagious.
After a month away to reassess and regroup.
WE. ARE. BACK!!!!!
Our host Karleigh Webb is rested and ready for TDoV was special report to tell some stories from voices in sports you may not have heard of
Julie Ann Curtiss -- When England's Rugby Football Union banned transgender women for playing at all levels of the sport, Curtiss decided to fight for her right play. She is suing the RFU and she was beamed up to talk about why she getting in the scrum and why she loves to play.
Lex Horowitz -- A a varsity squash player at NCAA Division III Bowdoin College, Horowitz was one of 34 out transgender collegiate athletes. Their experiences being non-binary in a sporting landscape that is all-too binary are the catalyst for they are doing as an inclusion consultant who is actively working to make spaces in sports safer, inclusive and has their eye on the games of the tomorrow.
Charlotte McEachern -- Wrestling is who she is and it has her studying hard on the art of the grapple at the iconic Monster Factory. Legendary heroes and heels have made their beginnings there, and the finishing school is the subject of a new Apple TV documentary series. McEachern, a trans woman in the squared circle, talks about being a part of the film, a part of the school, her budding career path, and she even gave us one of those cool pre-match intros!
Arthur Webber -- On TDoV, TRUK United FC ("The Official Association Football Side of the Trans Sporter Room") will continuing making history. In 2022, TRUK United fielding the first-ever all-transfeminine eleven in the history of FA and UEFA competition against Fifth Division Dulwich Hamlet FC. This week, TRUK United will again field an all-trans woman side, and in a doubleheader event, they will field a first-ever all-transmasculine side to battle with a team of Dulwich Hamlet supporters. Webber, a young trans man who lives and breathes the pitch, will wear the captain's armband and lead the lads into the fray. His story is a comeback story. Last year, after giving up sport in frustration while finding his truth, he return to play after 11 years away.
Also This Week
- Tears In Nashville
- Florida to legislate bathrooms. Yes, they really are.
- The World Athletics ban
- Protest And Deny: Posie Parker
- "The Nature Girl" Karleigh Webb?
Oh by the way, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Lamar Jackson's reaction to blowback he received after tweeting an anti-gay insult, and how the LGBTQ Group of Death is faring in the World Cup.Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week's episode is bittersweet as we welcome Without A Cause Wrestling co-founder Max Zaleski to the show. WAC recently announced that its Dec. 4 event will be its last, ending a four-year run as one of the more beloved Pacific Northwest promotions and the rare one led by LGBTQ people. Max and Brian Bell discuss why WAC is closing, the struggles and triumphs over WAC's existence, what the company's legacy will be for both wrestlers and fans and much more. Follow Max Zaleski on Twitter: @MaxInThePNW Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Whew! What a weekend! A stunner in Columbus, a slate of championship games ahead. The last month of the NFL season. Football is in the frenzy, so we beamed up our expert analyst team Chelsea Poe -- When she's not making sizzling films, she getting fired up about college football. She's also quite happy. Her Michigan Maize and Blue just may have a date with destiny. Shauna Adkison -- Our NFL analyst has her eyes on the Super Bowl LXVII, and who may make it there, even if it isn't the time for her Browns yet. Karleigh Webb -- The host has had a rough football season. How bad was it? If it wasn't for her CFL team, it would be really dismal. I'm just sayin' Also this week:
Team USA moves to the knockout round
Marriage Equality moves to the House
Emily Bridges: Hero on hot wheels
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D.Gil shares and discusses some of his favorite written articles from the past couple of weeks that you may have missed during the Thanksgiving holiday. These topics are so juicy you'll read them twice too. Isaac Humphries Jai Vidal Campbell Harrison One Love Ban Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's a special Monday edition of the podcast as we sit down with IMPACT Wrestling's newest signee, Jai Vidal. He and Brian Bell chat his reaction to the contract offer, becoming the first out gay male wrestler ever signed by IMPACT, his partnership with Gisele Shaw and why being a source of representation holds special meaning for him. Follow Jai Vidal on Twitter: @TheJaiVidal Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Weirdo Hero" Randy Myers to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his emotions as he prepares for his in-ring return to Defy Wrestling on Nov. 26 after winning the Defy World title over two and a half years ago, using the pro wrestling stage to promote mental health awareness, building the wacky promotion BOOM! Pro Wrestling in Vancouver and his evolution over 20-plus years in the ring! Follow Randy Myers on Instagram: @theweirdohero Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's Thanksgiving, which means another chance to gorge ourselves on the best in off-the-wall pro wrestling! This year, Brian Bell and their spouse, KC, take in Max The Impaler's Tokyo Joshi Pro debut against Pom Harajuku. They unpack the moments of humor, menace and courage packed into the match, the personal connections they share with it and the spirit of "Ganbatte" within this battle! Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TRAGEDY -- Club Q. Colorado Springs, Colorado 11:53pm MST Saturday November 19, 2022. Hate and heroism. CONTROVERSY -- FIFA World Cup 2022. Qatar. Rainbows met resistance as soccer's world championship continues RESILIENCY -- Karleigh Webb sits down with noted policy researcher, media analyst and influencer Erin Reed (aka "Erin In The Morning) to look at the legislative outlook for trans rights, how the media has covered the issues including this weekend's shooting in Colorado, and her formidable work in the community. VICTORY -- You could say she was the "sleeper hit" of 2022. Karleigh's last call looks at how a trivia whiz won a lot of heart and was someone we were thankful for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Nasser Mohammed, a native Qatari who broke barriers and publicly came out as gay earlier this year. Alex and Dr. Mohammed talk about being LGBTQ in Qatar, the World Cup sportswashing Qatar's dismal record on LGBTQ rights, and the Purple Maroons, the only LGBTQ Qatari soccer fan group.
There will be no show next week due to Thanksgiving. The next episode of "The Sports Kiki" will be published on Saturday, Dec. 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestler Joshua City to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his 9 year journey back to the ring after being diagnosed with HIV in 2013, grappling with his diagnosis and now his desire to use pro wrestling as an avenue to educate the public and raise awareness of the realities of living with HIV. City also shares stories about training under Lance Archer, linking up with Full Queer and stepping into the ring again when he never thought he'd get the chance to do so again. Follow Joshua City on Instagram: @joshuacity91 Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In December 2018, Patricio Manuel stepped into a boxing ring at a California casino for his first professional fight. He won in a decision. He also made a piece of sports history. The former amateur champion and Olympic Trials hopeful became the first transgender man to card a professional boxing win. The win was the end of a long road back to the ring, two years after he stepped away from something he loves to heal someone he loves -- himself. Throughout 2022, we've been fortunate to beam up trans titans in sport, and this week Karleigh Webb sits down with another one, and Manuel says he's far from done. He hasn't stopped training. He hasn't stopped preparing for next chance. He talks about the elation, the frustration, the pride, the hope, and about a special pair of gloves that carried him from dream to dream, and how those gloves will be a part of a special volume of a tome of transgender history.
Also this week:
I'm an anti-trans bill, yes I'm an anti-trans bill.
Team USA to rock rainbow in Qatar
2022 U.S. Trans Survey: If you haven't taken it, YOU SHOULD!
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This Trans Awareness Week episode highlights the life of athlete Wren Pyle. Wren discusses with D.Gil her love for Skimo, her personal story of overcoming adversity, Everesting for the Trevor Project, and why trans athletes deserve to compete in athletic sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about how the election results show that Republican attempts to fear-monger about LGBTQ people failed. Alex also discusses Qatari officials not even hiding their disdain for gay people, and Brittney Griner getting transferred to a Russian penal colony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling's own "Starrfire," Ashton Starr, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss Ashton opening up about the trials and peaks of his pro wrestling journey in the documentary "Starrfire," the full circle moment of facing Sonny Kiss in AEW, notching multiple firsts in pro wrestling history and helping to put the Southeast back on the independent wrestling map. Starr also opens up about his new tag team, The Re-Up, with Rico Gonzalez and why he takes so much joy in seeing those around him succeed! Follow Ashton Starr on Twitter: @AshtonIsAStarr Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During a hearing at the emergence of the national anti-trans legislation tsunami in 2021. A transgender woman in Montana stepped to a microphone at a hearing and told a story of person who loved a sport, grew to love themselves, and wanted that path open to another young person who was like themselves.
The forces for exclusion had her angered and determined. That young woman decided to just raise her voice, but also to stand on the ballot.
On the Trans Sporter Room in August 2021, Zooey Zephyr said she'd make a run for the state legislature in Montana.
On Election Night 2022, she became Montana's first-ever openly trans lawmaker in a landslide, and she beamed up to tell Karleigh Webb all about it. Her victory was one of three in for openly trans people in races for a place in state legislatures in the country on what was a razor-thin vote nationwide. Also this week:
Election 2022: The Big Picture
Qatar and The Critics: Where both get it wrong
Karleigh's Last Call: A thought while voting
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The Powerball is 1.9 billion and D.Gil shares what type of sports-related purchases would be made if he had the lucky winning numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris have become a force not just in women's soccer, but in the push for the inclusion of women and LGBT people across sports. Having come out publicly in 2019, the two wives now have two kids, two dogs and continue to compete at the highest levels of women's soccer. They talk with us this week about their recent endorsement of Align Woman’s Dual Action Probiotic, and how the idea of them being publicly out and embraced by brands like Align just a few years ago seemed impossible. Plus they talk about how exactly they manage those two careers, two kids and two dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Noel Ruiz of Impulse Group, an LGBTQ advocacy organization, about their viral drug chart and how it applies to the health and wellness of gay men. Alex also talks about FIFA telling its teams to stay silent about social justice issues at the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Ahead of his main event match at Pro Wrestling Vibe Prime Time Vibes on Sunday, "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy returns to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his Cassandro Cup victory, musically invading the PWI office and the continued evolution of The Goons' cinematic work. McMurphy also delves into the inspiration and motive behind his "Gay President" era and exploring the absurdities of homophobia through it. Also Sonic the Hedgehog. Follow Killian McMurphy on Twitter: @TheShooterKM Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we're delving back into NLS territory as Kota Holliday returns to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her experience helming NLS Is For Everyone, facing Ziggy Haim, her impromptu commentary appearance at Wrestle Queerdom and how her transition has impacted her pro wrestling career. Holliday also chats her desire to explore sports journalism, including her love for women's MMA. Follow Kota Holliday on Twitter: @KotaHolliday Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It began as a play in an early season high school volleyball match in the small town of Highlands, North Carolina. A skilled girl for Highlands got a perfect set, laid down a hard spike, and the opposing player wasn't ready to handle it. The ball hit the girl in the face causing an injury the forced her to leave the match. Something that happens in the sport. A few weeks later, a school board meets on what happened in the game, and it lead to a decision for all the county high school to forfeit against Highlands. The official reason was "safety concerns". But underneath there was hearsay about the player who dropped that scoring hit. A noted right-wing bias website blared out that the student-athlete was a transgender girl, even though her identity was never revealed publicly. Once again, trans sport panic would strike. This time the in a small town in western North Carolina. Or would it? A journalist named Brittney Lofthouse, founder of a small local news blog, didn't take the school board or the clickbait sites at face value. She asked questions and dug in amid the hysteria of certain media which have never hid anti-trans sentiment. Her prime question was the school board kept the kids' identity out of this, why are you reporting hearsay? Karleigh Webb sat down with Lofthouse to look at what is actually known, what was speculation and how this could affect how recent stories have been covered, and how future stories like this may be. Also This Week:
Affirming care at high risk in Florida
One less homophobe/transphobe as a head of state
Karleigh's Last Call: The Value Of Free Speech
Disc Golf to ban trans women for competing?
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the Human Rights Watch's latest report about the disturbing treatment of LGBTQ people in Qatar, and how it should be discussed heading into next month's World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 3 year anniversary! And what better way to celebrate than chatting about the queer wrestling movement coming to a brand new city! Cincinnati Pride board member and former pro wrestler Heather Owens sits down with Brian Bell to chat Power! Pride! Pro Wrestling!, Cincinnati's first queer pro wrestling event. Follow Heather Owens on Twitter: @H2Owens Follow Cincinnati Pride on Twitter: @CincinnatiPride Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666, from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last week, Karleigh Webb was asked to come to down to a studio in New York City for an interview for a documentary project. She ended up meeting MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin, and from there we boldly go where this podcast hasn't gone before. Trans Women In Cars Getting Coffee! September 10, 2021 was the day where a fighter headed into the cage with a defiant look, and a trans flag...and ended up the winner. We caught up with McLaughlin in the middle of building a documentary on that debut fight to talk about where she's been, where she's looking good, and her take on a year where transgender Americans have been a news item and a political issue.
Also This Week
Brittney Griner Update
Elections 2022: What the candidates say about trans rights
Karleigh's Last Call: The kids are alright, and their grandparent are too!
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Scott Ureta joins this special LGBTQ+ history month episode to discuss his gay sports Instagram page, how fortunate we are to post gay content, and we breakdown why we love what we do as content creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the inspiring coming out stories of college football player Byron Perkins and TV sports reporter Arielle Orsuto. He also discusses pro soccer player Jaelene Daniels being cut from the North Carolina Courage, and whether she deserves to be blacklisted from the NWSL for her anti-LGBTQ views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rio Pearlstein is a 17-year-old golfer at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and has been a rising star in youth golf since he was 11. Two years ago, he was his region's player of the year. That was the same year he came out as a trans boy while pushing through being at the top of his game, and continuing to press toward a goals of playing golf in college which has been his dream. It is a dream that has him willing to put his other life goal on hold for in a sense. He is delaying the next stage of transition to reach that summit, with all the difficulties therein. Karleigh Webb sat down with this young talent to look at navigating sport as a trans boy playing a girls team, navigating being trans in a sporting structure that is cis-centered, and finding the love of the game and competition through it all.
Also This Week
The Comedy News Anchors Strike Back
What's The Matter With Michigan?
Still Talking About Trans People, Without Talking To Trans People
The Latest Anti-Trans Boycott
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Happy Saturday! To commemorate National Coming Out Day, Alex looks at the lack of out male LGBTQ athletes, and some of the surprising real reasons why. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Spice Ranger" Kayla Sparks to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the 20th anniversary of her pro wrestling debut at age 14, coming back to the ring after 14 years away, coming out and how she advocates for the LGBTQ through pro wrestling. Sparks also chats her appearances with AEW and WWE, and living her dream by wrestling in a WWE ring for the first time. Follow Kayla Sparks on Twitter: @KaylaSparks247 Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"You have to be out in the world to let people know that you are in the world." One of the mentors of our host Karleigh Webb told her that at the start of her own journey. Last week, a young television reporter in Des Moines, Iowa acted on that axiom boldly. Nora J.S. Reichardt, a bright-eyed 24-year-old working up through the ranks at WOI-TV not just covered the news, last week she was the news. Reichardt stepped into her truth as a transgender woman and shared the story with most of the nation's 72nd-largest television market. Her step forward made national and global news...and she sat down with Karleigh, a former local reporter-anchor herself, to talk about coming out, inviting in, trans joy, local television news...and being a fan of your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman! ALSO THIS WEEK
Coach Ingram meets Dr. Phil
A Spidey Smackdown?
Karleigh's Coming Out Journey
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Avid Mets fan Paul Sanders joins D.Gil to discuss the Mets and Braves 2022 season. Did the Mets collapse or did the Braves just want the division more? Listen to hear our hot takes on the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Eyal Feldman, CEO of Boy Butter, about why his lube company is now advertising during NFL games. Alex also gives his review of "Bros." He wasn't that impressed.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/3 of The Caution (caution), "The Link to the Future" Anton Voorhees, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his work with Hoodslam, how The Caution was formed and helping build Hoodslam's sibling promotion GLAM. Anton also discusses his coming out post from earlier this year and why it was personally difficult for him to make it. Follow Anton Voorhees on Twitter: @link2futureftf Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
So one of America's favorite docs, Dr. Phil, wants to talk about trans inclusion in sports and brought in some voices who are decidedly antagonistic to the discussion. Thankfully, he also called in Pioneer award-winning college basketball Layne Ingram to the fray. With his national television appearance coming up, we beamed up the head women's basketball coach at Lansing Community College (MI), and host of The Reconstructed Man podcast to talk about the debut and the continuation discussions about trans inclusion in sport especially for young people as the issue move forward in recent judicial action and how its making an impact as the 2022 campaign season speeds to Election Day.
And coach is gonna brag about his Michigan Wolverines as well. 😉 Also This Week:
A Locker Room In Vermont
It's not Halloween yet, but it getting creepy in Florida
Karleigh on Caitlyn
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D.Gil and Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zigler share their experiences at this year's 2022 Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Mackenzie Dunford, an out bisexual and non-binary Canadian junior football player about how they're trying to make the gridiron a more inclusive place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Among the hundreds who have told their coming out stories through the power of sports in Outsports was a collegiate Ultimate Frisbee player in 2017 named Jenna Weiner. At the time when a trans woman was making her first step toward her truth and her game, she sought to open the door for other like her to follow, by asking the tough questions of USA Ultimate and then bringing forth suggestions and solutions. Many of her solutions are a major part of her sport's policies now and she and her sport aren't done innovating. This week, Karleigh Webb sits down with Weiner and looks at how its the so-called "fringe" sports that are fast becoming sport equity's "in crowd".
Also This Week:
Natalie Ryan battles in a wild final round of one of disc golf's elite events
Campaign 2022 Update: Gaines on the plains became a pain.
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NBA giving Anthony Edwards a light punishment for anti-gay language, UMass Football hosting Liberty for its Pride Day and a Wall Street Journal story about why girls are fleeing high school basketball. Is it because women's basketball has the reputation of being a "gay" sport?
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "Cannonball" Justine Ward to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss their journey into pro wrestling, learning the ropes during Covid and the personal triumphs Ward has found during their young career in the ring. Ward also chats about their first main event match against their trainer Covey Christ and how their long-distance swimming talents transferred into the ring! Follow Justine Ward on Twitter: @CannonballJW Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This Week we have Aces, Races, Spaces, and a Deep Dive on some different ideas about inclusion. ACES -- How 'bout WNBA Los Vegas Aces. A young team in the image of a go-getter head coach, and why they may be the team to beat for a while. RACES -- We are heading into the fall running season and that means some major races ahead, and two more of the premier marathons have decided to move into the future by offering non-binary divisions for 2023 SPACES -- The state of Virginia is the latest to join the line trying to restrict and prohibit transgender school students from certain spaces, and they may have put forth the most draconian set of policies yet THE DEEP DIVE -- Noted journalist/analyst at intersections of sport, gender, sex and society Maggie Mertens put up an interesting set of views, ideas and prospect for what inclusion could look like on the pages of The Atlantic and some didn't what they read. Karleigh dives inside and looks at what the article said, what it didn't say, and put forth some thought of her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Sheri Johnson, the CEO of Strong Voices Television, the only LGBTQ-focused streaming service. Alex and Sheri talk about her motivation for starting the network and her desire to broadcast LGBTQ sports to the masses. Alex also talks about Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards' anti-gay social media post, and the muted reaction from the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Just a few days removed from CasGayDia, we welcome back 1/2 of that show's main event a triple champion Keita to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss how his rise in Without a Cause came to be, his rivalry with PrideStyle anchor Da Shade over the Princex of Pride title and his redeveloping himself into one of the West Coast's most intense and high profile stars. Keita also shares his thoughts on Relentless Wrestling, sharing the ring with Ashton Starr at CasGayDia and why he called out the QWI 200 during his battle with Billy Dixon at Big Gay Brunch Dallas! Follow Keita on Twitter: @KEiTAyourHeart Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week's Trans Sporter Room with Karleigh Webb features two mavericks who set their own mark. Skateboarder Leo Baker: Art Above All. Heading into 2020, Leo Baker was one of the top skateboarders in the world. A 6-time X Games medalist, Baker was selected to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team for Tokyo. That was before the COVID crisis hit and postponed the games. But a few weeks before, Baker made a different decision. For years, they had pushed up the ranks of the sport from the sidewalks and sky parks to the biggest stages while also dealing with a lot of dysphoria and questioning. In February 2020, Baker decided the being themselves was greater than gold. They came out as transmasculine and non-binary, left Team USA and began pursuing their life. That story is now the subject of a documentary called Stay On Board: The Leo Baker Story. Baker beams up to talk about his path, the decision, and why skateboarding in the wild is greater than skating in grandest stage in sport.
Cyclist Molly Cameron: Riot Grrls, Gravel and Gravitas Molly Cameron has been riding and racing since the late 90s. Before that she was a musician bashing through the punk/riot grrl scene of the era. It was also the era that she found herself as she also found the love for being on a bicycle and being fast on the road, on the gravel or in a cyclocross of many type of terrain. She was competing as a transgender woman in the days prior to the Stockholm Statement, the "tipping point", and long before the tenuous turmoil is the present day. Her travels through sport are a tale of doing whatever in love with and respect for their sport. In her 40s, she continues to race but has also found a place to speak out for inclusion in her sport and among her industry. In 2021, with a major world championship coming to a place in the USA that has passed one of the over 200 pieces of anti-trans, anti-lgbtq legislation that has cut-and-pasted across the political landscape, Cameron has been a leader in getting the cycling industry to get up to speed as an activist and used competition as a mean to support and build space beyond the "cycling as a toy specifically for the white and well-to-do. That push lead to the formation of Respect Inclusion Diversity and Equality (RIDE), an organization Cameron help found as a educational sounding board about gears manufacturers, bike manufacturers and those who ride. Also this week: A special anniversary at the intersection of sport and inclusion in an MMA cage. History was made September 10, 2021, but why is Alana McLaughlin still stuck at a record 1-0-0 and why this plays into the anti-trans emboldened to get more riled up to push the hysteria up and force lgbtq to folks down.
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Gay equestrian athlete joins the podcast to give us insight into the equestrian sports world and how he conquers it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! To celebrate the start of the NFL season, Alex talks about every gay football fan's favorite topic: hot quarterbacks! He runs down a ranking of the most attractive quarterbacks in the game, and then discusses a study that seeks to answer whether QBs are actually the hottest.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're talking all things Big Gay Brunch this week as Patches Chance (Let The Wrestle) returns to help break down the 5th edition of the queer-focused pro wrestling event. They and Brian Bell discuss Jeyla Jay's return to the North American stage, throwdown featuring Ashton Starr, Sandra Moone, Devon Monroe and Jai Vidal, Parrow demolishing Kidd Bandit and intense fights with Dark Sheik, Max The Impaler and Jordan Blade! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022 has been another rough year, but this week we saw good news. The anti-trans website Kiwi Farms was shut down, for the moment, thanks to a challenge led by a Twitch titans who was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Keffals, you done good. You done real good. But that was a small part of a much larger fight that has intensified over the last three years. Karleigh Webb sits in with two guests with unique views of the challenge ahead. Morgan Artyukhina is a journalist, historian and activist who discusses how the anti-trans hysteria at a number of levels affects a great deal of policy for all community and how trans liberation pays dividends for all. We also check in on the "official official" of the Trans Sporter Room, Jacqueline Harper-Grubb. The soccer official has seen of change since we beamed her up to the TSR two years ago. She's become one of the growing number of transgender Americans who voted against legalized discrimination with her feet and rebuilt in a more-affirming place and added a team uniform to her ref uniform -- In roller derby. Also this week
Two trans women talking about racin'
TSR BingeWatch: What are you checking out?
Karleigh's commentary: After Kiwi Farms, what's next?
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Happy Labor Day! On this week's show, Alex reviews the Netflix documentary about Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend, and how the media shamefully turned the victim into a laughingstock. Alex also talks about Jon Gruden's first public comments since his anti-gay emails were unearthed 10 months ago, and NBA great Tim Hardaway reflecting on his homophobic past.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "La Bruja" Abigail Warren to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her familial wrestling origins, having her first match at age 9, transitioning during her wrestling career and how her relationship with her pro wrestler father strengthened throughout the time. Warren also discusses her YouTube and podcast content, including her delving into horror and what spooked her as a kid! Follow Abigail Warren on Twitter: @bruja_beeb Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
College Football is off and running with the first full slate ahead after a wild "Week Zero" that made our host quite happy!
The NFL has 32 teams each with final rosters of 53 readying for the race to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona This week the TSR Gridiron Girls team of analysts provide the ins and outs on the down and outs of the 2022 football season. Karleigh Webb is joined by award-winning adult film auteur/TSR College Football Analyst Chelsea Poe, and but dodgeball demon/TSR Pro Football Analyst Shauna Adkison. It addition to breaking down who will take home football's crown, we also discuss being athletes, being fans and being trans. Also This Week:
TSR meets "The L Word"
Transphobia: It's why we can't have nice things
Alma Mater, praise by thine. May thy name forever shine. Hail to Purple! Hail to White! Hail to thee, NORTHWESTERN!
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with John Edward Heath, an amputated veteran who's training to compete in his first Paralympics. Alex and John talk about experiencing tragedy and how to not only overcome, but stay strong.
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Hello, Lovelies! Following Brian Bell and KC's wedding, the celebration of queer love continues as we welcome Elizabeth Brei, Kira Okamoto, Danny Djeljosevic and pro wrestler Razerwyng, the creative team behind the upcoming queer love/pro wrestling comic book "Rubber Match." The panel discusses the inspiration for the book, how they got the wrestling right and why this story could only be told as a masculine queer male love story! Follow the team on Twitter: @peachchild, @kirameks, @djeljosevic, @Razerwyng Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stephanie Helms probably could hoist mainsail before she could walk. The 68-year-old competitive sailor has been competing on the seas for most of her life and now is a key member of U.S. Sailing's diversity, equity and inclusion effort in a time were sporting governing bodies worldwides are deciding such issues intensely. True to form, she has much to say about climate in her sport, and a lot of other sports, and is a voice that needs to be heard. Also this week:
Thank you for many well wishes from Outsports and throughout Trans Sporter Room Galaxy with the recent passing of grandmother! I made a voyage to my own homeworld to pay my respect and to step out into the light to the people I love most. Ian McKellen was spot on when he said, "Coming out is good for you. It is good for yourself. It is good for your community. It is good for your society."
Dumb and Dumber in Deseret. We of the transgender sports community warned you about this.
FAAFO Moment: Andrew Castle meets Felix Fern, and Mr. Castle found out.
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Laurie Essig, a professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College, and the co-author of the provocative Boston Globe op-ed: "Bachelorette parties in P-town often destroy safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people." Alex and Laurie talk about the phenomenon of bachelorette parties, and what their ubiquity says about gay nightlife today.
Alex also celebrates the Buccaneers signing Carl Nassib. This could be the biggest moment in LGBTQ sports history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome IMPACT Wrestling's "Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw to the show. She and Brian Bell chat what led up to her coming out as trans during Pride month 2022, taking ownership over her journey through life and how that new confidence has manifested in the ring. She also touches on her immaculate trans pride flag gear, the support of the IMPACT Knockouts locker room and Lone Star Stampede on August 26-27. Follow Gisele Shaw on Twitter: @GiseleShaw08 Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pharrell Shaymar joins D.Gil to discuss what it means to be a boxer, his transition journey in the midst of boxing, LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the boxing community, and what it means to be an all-around good human being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 1992 Summer Olympics were particularly historic for many reasons. It was the first Olympics after the fall of the Soviet Union. Professional athletes were first able to compete, leading to the creation of the Dream Team. Sports writer Zachary Draves is revisiting those Games this summer on their 30th anniversary, and he joins the podcast this week to talk about the big storylines and some of the athletes he's been able to interview, including Mary Joe and Gigi Fernandez, Robert Dover, Keith Frostad and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NFL training camp is in full swing, and Carl Nassib remains unsigned. On this week's show, Alex chats with Fox Sports NFL writer Henry McKenna about Nassib's status, and when it's time to legitimately wonder whether his sexuality is keeping him on the market. Alex also talks about Pitcher Solomon Bates publicly coming out as gay, and his inspiring self-confidence.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the "Belle of the Brawl" Bryn Thorne to the show! As she prepares to challenge Sandra Moone for the PrideStyle title on Aug. 12, Thorne and Brian Bell discuss Thorne's start in pro wrestling when she was still a teenager, the Arizona independent wrestling scene, Party Hard Wrestling's final show and her relationship with Dark Sheik! Follow Bryn Thorne on Twitter: @BrynofThornes Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week in theconversation.com, a thought-provoking article called "Polarising, sensational media coverage of transgender athletes should end – our research shows a way forward" was front and center, discussing how the press covers the issue inclusion, where they get it wrong and how they can do better. One of the authors of the scholarly examination is Dr. Jaimie Veale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology; Director, Transgender Health Research Lab, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr. Veale has been outspoken in the past, especially as fellow Kiwi Laurel Hubbard was making her run to the Tokyo Olympics. In the weeks leading up to last year's Summer Olympics, Veale was beamed up to for a deep dive with our house Karleigh Webb on the Hubbard situation, and the greater of issue of how it was covered and how it affected trans communities. This week's podcast will be a rewind of that interview, provided additional context to the article she co-wrote and bringing a sharp focus into what has been a predominant discussion that has only grown alongside the regulatory and legal actions among sporting governing bodies and society. ALSO THIS WEEK
Thanks, Team Outsports and Thanks, Trans Sporter Room Nation!
World Triathlon gets its right, and gets it wrong
Charging Charlie Martin: Championship Bound?
My Pronouns Are: Support/Kids
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we're chatting Wrestle Queerdom, a historic show for trans and gender-diverse pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, discuss the event's highs and lows, including a stellar main event between Edith Surreal and Veny, Candy Lee's double defense of the Paris Is Bumping Grand Prize championship and Aiden von Engeland introducing himself to the world! They also delve into the controversies and missteps that occurred in the leadup to the event and the uncertain future of the Trans Graps brand going forward. Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Brittney Griner's absurd 9.5-year prison sentence, and the sickening gloating that's going on at her expense in some right-wing circles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Friday July 29, 2022 was a day where trans inclusion in sports took two hits in a matter of minutes. England's Rugby Football Union voted to ban transgender women from competition in the contact sport all level, and within minutes, Rugby League revealed similar policy publicly. The reaction at any levels of the game was critical. A number of grassroots clubs across the UK condemned the bans that have been latest to join world governing bodies in swimming and cycling, and British Triathlon in near-draconian restrictions or outright blanket bans. One of those who vocally stood opposed was Bristol Bison head coach Sasha Acheson. Her views echoed many women in the grassroots game who opposed a ban. A key difference: Acheson holds caps. From 2014-2019 she was a part of England's national side, in addition successful career in league play. In prior to the vote she was speaking out, including a 6-minute scholarly Instagram Live teach-in that went viral. Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with Acheson as they discuss standing up, speaking out and how to step forward as an ally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Another NFL season is upon us and D.Gil dishes out the tea on what he thinks may happen in the 2022 NFL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back wrestler and creator of Black Girl Magik Spice Spiegel to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the return of Black Girl Magik on Aug. 19, continuing its mission of showcasing Black female wrestlers and proving that they are deserving of equal spotlight. Spice details the lessons she learned from jumping into promotion before even finishing wrestling training, why the event is moving to Brooklyn and her own quest to get Dr. Pepper to sponsor her. Follow Spice Spiegel on Twitter: @spicespiegel Follow Black Girl Magik on Twitter: @CatchMagik Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Imagine a team who is a hit on the field with a coach who has been there and won that, a group of players gelling together with an unbeaten record and the cup in sight. Imagine that same team undercut by an owner who talks about winning on the field, but working against the goal by how they are running the club. Sounds like a sports movie script? It played out this past season with Austin Elite FC in United Women's Soccer. The team was in the middle of the season with an unbeaten team and was a national title contender when the team's owner fired the head coach without warning or reason. Further investigation saw a horror show of bad business decisions, abuse, and players and coaches paid late when they are paid at all. Those actions led to a player boycott, a league investigation, a season ending abruptly and a team adrift. In the scrum of it all is Bethany Cyrtmus, a team member will versed in the challenge of change. She always loved sports, especially the beautiful game. Her love led her to take sabbatical from a job in finance to take a stab at playing soccer professionally. it was also at the same time she was pursuing her transition. She held her own in a tryout in the NWSL which led to playing overseas in Spain and ended up at Austin Elite where now she is leading a charge to from the rubble of the past, and could end up as part of an ownership group. Karleigh Webb sat down with a trans pioneer in the making to talk about rebuilding, rebranding, rebirth, rise -- and lengths she'd go for the Legend of Zelda Also this week:
BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge stiff-arms Indiana trans-student athlete ban
England's Rugby Football Union to vote on trans participation this week
Past Guest Update: The Pronouns nail a goal down
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Charles Barkley's strong support of LGBTQ people, including his latest salvo against anti-LGBTQ bigots, and his negotiations with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Can he still be an LGBTQ ally while taking money from the Saudis? Alex also talks about Carl Nassib's "Good Morning America" interview and why out gay Russian tennis star Daria Kasatkina is the bravest athlete going today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Maybelle Blair became one of the sensations of the Tribeca Film Festival recently when the former All American Girls Professional Baseball League player was on a panel to discuss the upcoming A League of Their Own TV series. During which she came out publicly for the first time. At age 95. As you might have guessed, she's an amazing person and a credit to Team LGBTQ. During my interview, she spelled out exactly why her coming out seemed so spontaneous and demonstrated her passion for keeping the history of the AAGPBL alive through the upcoming International Women's Baseball Center. This is a remarkable interview and you're really going to enjoy it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back Trans Graps founder Sally to the show to chat all things Wrestle Queerdom! She and Brian Bell discuss how North America's first all trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming pro wrestling event came together, bringing Japanese trans wrestling star Veny to the U.S. for the first time and a full preview of the card set for Aug. 6! Follow Trans Graps on Twitter: @TransGraps Follow Wrestle Queerdom on Twitter: @W_Queerdom Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Across the National Football League, training camps will be opening this week. The college game will also follow suit. America's 100-yard obsession is back again -- at least for the fellas Women's gridiron football ended their season last week as the nation's oldest and largest women's league held their championship and all-star games last week. Among those who earn All-Star status is Pittsburgh Passion guard Jacqueline Cook, and she did it in her rookie year. And her return to football began with the disappointment of being told she couldn't play on a different team and a different sport because she is a trans woman. That wasn't a problem in the inclusive WFA, and each game week she make a 2-hour trek from her home in Canton, Ohio (the Hall Of Fame City) to Pittsburgh (The Steel City) and open holes for the Passion, and perhaps open minds as well. Karleigh Webb sat down with Cook to talk about a winning first season, being trans between the white lines, and the joys of 20-sided dice. Also The Week:
Team LGBTQ at the World Track and Field Championships: Track City 2022
The transphobes are picking on Lia Thomas, again
A hero leaves the stage. Goodbye Allyson Felix, and thanks for all the fish
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Pat Gotham joins the podcast to discuss his love of recreational sports, what's it like to play in the Pride Sports USA league, and what community LGBTQ+ sports mean to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the federal government's disastrous response to the Monkeypox outbreak with Christopher Vasquez, the comms director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national civil rights organization for all LGBTQ people.
Alex also talks about Carl Nassib, and why it's way too premature to say his sexuality is the reason he's still unsigned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This we welcome ring announcer/commentator/all-around beacon of positivity Val Capone to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss how she accidentally got her start in pro wrestling, her love for all things Chicago and how her approach to voicing pro wrestling is working to normalize trans and gender diverse people within its world. They also discuss experiences with bi erasure, roller derby and Val's connection to Chicago's own Capone family! Follow Val Capone on Twitter: @valcapone Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week's Trans Sporter Room has our Karleigh Webb sitting down with two blokes who are getting things done in the sporting arena and making the case for inclusion. Verity Smith: The wheelchair rugby ace is currently a frontline player for the Leeds Rhinos in the Wheelchair Super League in the UK. The Rhinos are at the top of the table, and closing in on all the trophies this season. When not helping the Rhinos add to the trophy case, Smith is pushing for greater inclusion in sport for trans youth as the Director for Sports and Inclusion for Mermaids.UK. He's also been a voice within the halls of sporting governing bodies in making the case against the recent slate of restrictive actions against transgender people competing in sport. Ness Murby: The Canadian Paralympian has had a busy last two years. In 2020, Murby came out as unapologetically trans and queer and mounted a drive toward being the first out trans Paralympian. His bid fell just short, but his resolve has only grown. The goal is now Paris in 2024, and the chance to step on the biggest stage in adaptive sport competing in his truth. But the medals, records, and the title of champion pale compared to the titles he treasures most: Husband and Dad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Today is a special day for LGBT In The Ring as we announce our largest project to date: CasGaydia. The queer pro wrestling movement is coming to the Pacific Northwest on September 11 thanks to LGBT In The Ring, Without A Cause Wrestling and PrideStyle Pro, and Brian Bell is joined by Max Zaleski (WAC) and Milhouse Malott (PrideStyle) to talk about the event publicly for the first time and announce CasGaydia's first match! Casgaydia tickets are available now at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia! All profits from Casgaydia will be donated to The Trevor Project! Follow Without A Cause on Twitter: @WithoutACauseWA Follow PrideStyle Pro on Twitter: @PrideStylePro Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex begins this week's show with an ode to Provincetown, where he spent an incredible 4th of July Weekend. Then on a much more upsetting note, Alex discusses the shamefully muted reaction to Brittney Griner's detention in Russia. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pride has past. America celebrates a Birthday. LGBTQ communities are gearing up for the fights to come, and its looks like there will be many. With so much upheaval and concern the Trans Sporter Room will lock in on a critical issue within the larger context: "You Know Your A Transphobe When...." This week, we dig into the recent discourse for a better handle on the memes, bites and talking points that influencing policy and opinion. We also who are putting these thoughts forth and why, in addition at looking at some of the headlines of this past week. Also This Week
Some big voices speak out on newly-formed trans-negative sporting policy in sports from rugby to bowling
Brittney Griner goes to trial in Russia, and she could be facing a stacked deck
"Why do you have to mention that?" We have to explain this...again.
Courage has no age restriction
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Briana Scurry was the only black woman on the famous 1999 USWNT that won the women's soccer World Cup at the Rose Bowl and launched women's soccer into the national conscience. She was also the rare (at the time) out lesbian. This week she joins us to talk mostly not about that, but about her book, My Greatest Save, and saving herself from a career-ending injury and the years that followed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with out pro soccer player Collin Martin about his coming out and why it was a "living nightmare" when his team forfeited a game after he was called an anti-gay slur by an opponent.
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Hello, Lovelies! Pride month is coming to a close, but we're making a special trip across the Atlantic to welcome "The Dark Prince" Jensen Ryan to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his journey to overcome presumed homophobia to take a chance on his wrestling dreams, how the British wrestling scene has changed amid the wider LGBTQ pro wrestling movement and his fascination with ghosts and hauntings! Follow Jensen Ryan on Twitter: @jensenryanpw Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The final weekend of Pride 2022 saw representative of many group claiming to lobby for women's sports meet in Las Vegas, and affirm an the aggressive anti-transgender posture that has attempted to set policy and public opinion both in the U.S. and abroad. This week's podcast will feature a recap of this weekend's convention of the newly formed Independent Council of Women's Sports. Trigger Warning: Many speakers and panelist said the quiet parts aloud. Also this week, Karleigh Webb sits down with Mallory Moore. The UK based researcher has been on the trail of the figures and the finance behind a good deal of the anti-trans propaganda that seems to draw support and ire, and they share their insights and their research. She also talks about what drives her to dig deep, and how roller derby has been a place to release and recharge. Pride month may be ending, the fightback continues. Also This Week:
Ness Murby Makes More History
Verity Smith Clutches The Cup
Charlie Martin At The Glen
Erica Smith and the Meaning of Team
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LGBTQIA+ sports advocate and newly appointed LinkedIn Top LGBTQIA+ Voice Micah Porter joins D.Gil to chat about his career focused on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back for the second time this week covering the second night of Pro Wrestling VIBE Pride & VIBE Weekend, Paris Is Bumping: The Legends Ball. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, discuss the historic night, including the first all-trans-femme main event ever, the return of the most sexual and sweatpants-laden match, and a new class of Paris Honors! Follow Pro Wrestling VIBE on Twitter: @PWVibe Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex talks about FINA's cruel and unjust ban on transgender women from competing in elite international swimming competitions, shutting down Lia Thomas' Olympic hopes. He also gives a commentary on the Supreme Court overturning Roe, and how LGBTQ rights are next.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're all still basking in the revelry that was Pro Wrestling VIBE's Pride & VIBE Weekend, so let's talk about it some more! Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, sit down after being live in the building to recap and discuss the weekend's first event, Cassandro Cup 2. A supreme battle between Edith Surreal and Trish Adora, the PWV Tag Team title picture coming into focus and Kidd Bandit getting spanked with a spatula: it was a lot. Plus the first queer royal rumble for the Cassandro Cup and Billy Dixon's intense final battle with Darius Carter before retirement. Emotional doesn't even begin to describe the night! Follow Pro Wrestling VIBE on Twitter: @PWVibe Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In March the IOC's much-discussed Framework for Fairness went into effect. Within the last 5 days, the world governing bodies for cycling and swimming essentially ignored those guidelines. FINA's new guideline is harsh. A lowered testosterone limit, and a mandate that a potential competitor would have to transition by age 12 to be eligible to take a chance at a world or Olympic Championships. Karleigh Webb host and extended Trans Sporter Room filled with news, views and analysis along with a group of guests who speak to the multi-sided facets of the discussion.
Alejandra Caraballo is a lawyer specializing in trans right and the Clinical Instructor at the Harvard University Law School. She'll touch on the legal aspect and will look at the issue from the eyes of her experience as a competitive swimmer.
Shauna Adkisson is a super sports fan, a queer sports leader in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, and she's also a special correspondent to the Trans Sporter Room. She'll have the fan perspective.
Dr. Juniper Simonis is a champion on their wheels and in the laboratory. They hold a Ph.D. in ecology and a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, the founder of their own research firm. They are also an activist/researcher who is studying chemical weapons, and they are a 4-time World Flat Track Derby Association World Champ. She's one part of a science and sport roundtable alongside
Erica Smith. Already published and accomplished as a medical ethicist, philosopher and has her sights on medical school. She is also a two-sport athlete for Sweet Briar (Va.) College. She is the other half the roundtable, and the subject of an Outsports feature and how she, as a trans woman student-athlete pushed for and drove a lot of positive change at her school, with teammates standing and acting in solidarity
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Angela Ruggiero has the Olympic medal trifecta: gold, silver and bronze. Since retiring from ice hockey, she's focused on becoming a successful businesswoman. That has taken her to the board room in 'The Apprentice' and now CEO of Sports Innovation Lab, which examines market research to help brands figure out the behavior of sports fans. While she's built a successful business, she has had to navigate a business world dominated by straight men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex praises the words of straight MLB allies Liam Hendriks and Kevin Youkilis, and expresses his concern over the venomous pushback to Red Sox Pride Night on social media.
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Hello, Lovelies! With only one day until Pro Wrestling VIBE's Pride & VIBE Weekend festival, we welcome another icon that carved a path for LGBTQ people in the wrestling world, Eddy McQueen. He and Brian Bell discuss the LGBTQ pro wrestling festival, his upcoming induction into Paris Honors and his fight to be taken seriously in pro wrestling in a less LGBTQ-friendly era. McQueen also touches on the mental toll wrestling takes on those in it and how he found balance through beauty. Follow Eddy McQueen on Twitter: @Thefabulouslif3 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Since becoming the chief technology correspondent at Axios in 2017 Journalist Ina Fried has been a voice in covering the biggest pieces of what is coming next. It should be no surprise in a nearly 30-year journalism, she's always been ahead of curve. She even pursued her truth ahead of curve, as a journalist at CNET 20 years ago. Last summer, she was on the scene at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. As perhaps the only trans journalist covering the games, she covered some of key people that made these games the gayest, queerest, most transtastic in history. Fried sits down with out Karleigh Webb to talk about Tokyo, tech and the state of being trans in a tenuous time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nicholas Spadaro is loud, proud, and a gay athlete. Listen as he joins D.Gil to discuss his sports background, his journey as a Soulcycle instructor, and what pride means to him personally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kristie Mewis was one of the most-discussed athletes at Outsports ahead of and during the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The question we wrestled with was whether she was publicly out as an LGBTQ athlete. Because we couldn't find a definitive answer to her being out, we decided she was not; Yet she considered herself publicly out because she was living her life openly. When her girlfriend, Sam Kerr, posted an image of them kissing shortly after the Olympics, all questions were answered. Mewis joins us this week to talk about that, the Olympics and her Title IX promotion with Six Star Nutrition celebrating female athletes and giving away jerseys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! This week, Alex chats with Michael Powell of the New York Times, who recently wrote the feature story, "What Lia Thomas could mean for women's elite sports." Alex asks Michael about his approach towards reporting on a divisive topic and where he sees the debate going from here. Alex also admonishes the Rays for their Pride Night fiasco.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're going to the Subspace Division this week as we welcome "Lightning in a Bottle" Sandra Moone to the show. She and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming match against Papa Jace to crown the first PrideStyle Pro champion, the importance of breaking out of your comfort zone and her growing national presence on the independent pro wrestling scene. Moone also talks about coming out as pansexual during Pride month one year ago and the unique approach she and #S4TB take with their own promotion, Graphouse. Follow Sandra Moone on Twitter: @SandraMoonepie Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pride 2022 is in Week Two, and our host Karleigh Webb is tanned, rested, ready and rather upset at the landscape -- especially Florida and Ohio But the guest this week make up for it, one is future voice making her mark, the other is a pioneer back in the saddle The Future: 14-year-old Emily Williams has spoken out for trans kids like herself in the UK since came out, teamed up with her loving mom Emma, they been a family in resistance, even while dealing with a piece of the current anti-trans media crush there. Also, Emily lived a dream last weekend, with a little help from Truk United FC The Pioneer: Savannah Burton made history in 2015 as the first transgender Canadian to earn a place on a national team for an international competition when she made Team Canada Dodgeball and helped the team win a silver medal at the world championships that year. She also fought a successful fight to take down archaic regulations that hampered trans participation in the sport, which affect policy in other. With her leading one of the favorites in next week's Canadian national championship, we beam her up to talk about her past, the coming present, and her other passion -- acting!
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Eli Danielson joins the podcast to discuss his background in sports, his coming out story, and why it's important to share coming out stories such as his. Happy Pride Month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex credits the New England Patriots for publicly rebuking homophobic fans, and former NFL tight end Desmond Clark for posting a heartfelt message addressed to his transgender son. To close out the show, Alex shares what he's most thankful for this Pride Month. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off Pride month in supreme fashion as IWTV World champion AC Mack returns to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his historic title win in Jan. 2022, making pro wrestling history as the first out LGBTQ male world champion and the continued impact of that moment some five months later. They also discuss Mack's episode of IWTV's "The Life Of" docuseries, bringing Uncharted Territory to the South and finding love. Follow AC Mack on Twitter: @AC_Mack Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The first show of Pride 2022 sees Karleigh Webb fresh off a birthday, Hailey Davidson set to tee off and fresh new face comes back to the Trans Sporter Room. This week, Hailey Davidson, the first solo guest of the Karleigh Era, comes back for a preview of the upcoming Colorado Women's Open. It will be the biggest tournament of her career thus far and she talks about the work she's put in to upgrade her game to be ready, the success she has found in the '22 season, and why being a role model matters. Also joining us is a 12-year-old swim star in the making, who told us about a research project they put together on popular perceptions of the issue of transgender participation in competitive sports. We beam them up again to present their findings. HAPPY PRIDE!!!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! On this week's show, Alex talks about U.S. soccer officially banning anti-LGBTQ chants, and Warriors reporter Mark Haynes getting caught with at least 56 hateful tweets from his past. But the way they were uncovered is pretty odious.
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It's time for Dodgers Pride Night! My guest on today's episode is Dodgers Senior Vice President Erik Braverman and he takes us through the growth of his team's Pride promotion into the most popular event of its kind in Major League Baseball. We also highlight the history making game with the arch-rival Giants where both teams will be taking the field in rainbow insignia caps. And perhaps most importantly, we celebrate the return of Glenn Burke's family to throw out the Pride Night first pitch and reconnect the Dodgers to one of the most important trailblazers in team history. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @ErikBraverman Insta: @kenthinguy @erik_braverman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This one is going to be emotional, y'all. "The Business" Billy Dixon returns to the show one more time before they close this chapter in their pro wrestling journey. Dixon and Brian Bell discuss what factored into their decision to retire, the mental health and self-worth issues pro wrestling presents and what they want young wrestlers to learn from their example. Dixon also chats Pride & Vibe Weekend, Paris Honors, dropping the Chocolate City championship to Andino and his final match against Darius Carter at Cassandro Cup II. Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Pro Wrestling VIBE on Twitter: @PWVibe Tickets for Pride & Vibe Weekend are available here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A lot of history in this week's transporter room. This week, three years ago, a transgender woman walked into court in Connecticut, and walked out with the name she chose to represent who she is. Three days after that she saw CeCé Telfer make NCAA history and a few weeks later she was writing for Outsports. Around that same time, a freshman softball pitcher at the University of Scranton was battling on the field, while continuing wrestling who they were as a person. In that same moment, a young woman who had ambitions with pro golf was navigating a year in Law School. In this last year, these three lives have intertwined. The pitcher, now Scranton senior E Kerr, left the game because identity meant more. and explained why on the Trans Sporter Room in October. In January, with the intense scrutiny surrounding Lia Thomas, the tour hopeful-turned-law student, Maya Reddy organized a mass response of support for the senior student-athlete who was seeking to make the history Telfer did. Interviewing them both was Karleigh Webb. This week we revisit both interviews in celebration of Kerr and Reddy each graduating this past week. And we look back at two large step forwards 2019 the galvanized a friendship at set a tone for themselves and a community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about 17-year-old English pro soccer Jake Daniels coming out, and how he's been widely embraced. But is he being embraced because he presents as heteronormative? Alex weighs in on the conversation. Plus, sports broadcaster Megan Barnard speaks out after being outed by a now-fired co-worker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! "Out In The Ring," the documentary chronicling the history of LGBTQ identities in pro wrestling, has a premiere date, so it's only natural that we welcome back the film's director, Ry Levey, to chat about making the film and its significance ahead of its debut June 3 at the Toronto Inside Out Film Festival. Follow Out In The Ring on Twitter: @outinthering Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Seattle, Washington. A city that seems to groove to a beat all its own. It seems to zig when much of country zags. It's known for grey flannel skies with a soundtrack of raw grunge. It the place where a space needle once took up space on the jersey of the city's first winner. Its the town that gave us Supersonics, Kid Griffey, Ichiro...and "Baby Got Back" It's the sports town that dared to embraced the beat of the Sounders, that welcomes the Storm, and now releases the Kraken. In this city lives a proud lady named Brittney Miller. steeped in Seahawk blue-silver and Cougar crimson-grey fiercely worn through many Apple Cups, she loves to the hit and field in softball, and she can play. Just ask her ;) A year ago , Miller decided to celebrate her game and her journey by starting a team built to bring those usually left on the bench into the fray. She picked quite the name for this squad: Puget Sound Pronouns For real. The Pronouns. But as she as founder/manager and her front office right hand in team videographer Jerrica Moore told our Karleigh Webb, this team is not a snowflake venture. This team knows their power and knows their responsibility to make a difference on the field and off Also This Week
Requiem for Buffalo
Jake Daniels Comes Forward
Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous
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Happy Saturday! Alex talks about some enraging topics on this week's show, including more allegations of homophobia against Mark Jackson and outrageous comments from golf legend Greg Norman about discrimination against LGBTQ people.
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Hello, Lovelies! This we're taking a trip to the nerdy side of life as we welcome "The Punk Rock Poindexter" Darwin Finch to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss them finding a home at Santino Bros. in Los Angeles, their journey in defining their gender, fighting back against stereotypes and expanding the definition of a nerd. Finch also speaks about their close relationship with Kidd Bandit and the recent match between the two that framed Finch as an inspirational force at Santino Bros. Follow Darwin Finch on Twitter: @DarDarFinch Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Beautiful Game. The World's Game. Football, or Soccer to us North American types has not only been a vehicle of entertainment, but has often been a vessel for advocacy, activism, protest and progress. From anti-racist and anti-fascist efforts born of the 1980s and 1990s to the more recent struggle between democratization and unfettered monetization of the sport, the pitch has often been political. In 2010, Football v. Homophobia was started in response to the sporting culture that was seen as unwelcoming, especially in the sports ancestral home, Britain. The effort, much like the Kick It Out anti racism movement a generation before spread across world. In 2019, a effort along this same line was started, Football v. Transphobia. The goal is to make a dent in growing transphobia within the UK, that was showing up on the street as well as the stadium terraces. At person has the lead is Natalie Washington, a football-loving trans woman who is at home discussing why inclusion and representation matters even at the highest level of the game, as she is organizing a midfield with the ball at her foot. Washington sits down with Karleigh Webb to talk about the impact FvT has had on the sport at all levels and where such an effort need to move toward next. Also This Week:
No Trans Land: Alabama
An apology on ice
Players, Supporters and Allies 1, Transphobes 0
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Rhys Moore joins the podcast again to discuss what it means to be a good role model, how queer role models are needed, and the impact good role models can be in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex covers several topics on this week's show, including the latest on Brittney Griner, and his outrage over the commentary about Madison Cawthorn's leaked videos.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're back after a week off, and who better to brighten your spirits than the "Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar. Pollo and Brian Bell discuss her growing presence within GCW, her relationship with GCW owner Brett Lauderdale and accompanying Dark Sheik to the ring during GCW's San Francisco debut. They also discuss Pollo's growing presence in the NWA and her upcoming lip sync battle against Washy Heights at Pride & Vibe Weekend! Follow Pollo Del Mar on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When Danielle McLean was a high school hockey player, growing up in hockey-mad Boston, she fought a 7-game series against Hodgkin's lymphoma. Her favorite game is what helped pull her through. A few years later, she skated forward to embrace her truth and forge through her transition. Hockey was her canvas. A safe space. A place to belong. On April 20, she put words to emotions to CNN.com and gave her view and her story, with the backdrop of the continuing "debate" over trans people in sport, and what position they should play. She wrote of a person who found acceptance between the blue lines, and comrades in the creases. Those comrades include those in the Team Trans Hockey locker room. McLean sat down with Karleigh Webb to talk about her story, her Boston Bruins, and her view of what we are seeing. This conversation came as the larger issues loomed with gathering storm clouds with the news of the leak on a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade that could greatly change the structure of life for a lot of Americans. Also This Week:
The Big Leak: What some are thinking right now
How low can transphobes go
A new friend of the podcast makes their debut
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Keith Frostad wasn't out publicly in the media around the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but he was known to be gay in the elite swimming world. When he talked about all of this with Zachary Draves of Nuts & Bolts Sports, he shared publicly for the first time intimate details of being harassed repeatedly by male swimmers on Team USA and at the University of Texas. He also found strength in the support he received from some swimmers, including many on the women's teams. And his attempt to reach the 1996 Olympics gave him a heart-warming story of support that remains with him to this day. He shares with us details of his experiences, including apparent pressure from representatives of the US Olympic Committee to stay quiet about being gay at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Alex welcomes on Couper Gunn, captain of the men's soccer team at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. Couper shares his sexual assault survivor history and talks about why he's going public with his experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As Americans ponder upcoming primary elections and the off-year campaigns in fall 2022, Australians will held to the polls for a general election on May 21. You'd figure issues like the COVID, climate change, taxation, inflation and the Ukraine crisis would be front and center. Would you believe, all of those are jockeying for position with...wait for it.... "THOSE TRANS ATHLETES WHO ARE THREATENING WOMEN'S SPORTS!" In recent weeks as more as more anti-trans legislation piles up across America, and you are seeing the face of Lia Thomas in more campaign ads, Australia's threatened ruling party has gone all-in on transphobia, American style, right up to naming names and spreading blame. Among those names being thrown around to sell fear are pioneers in sport and trans rights. One of those, rugby and track athlete Caroline Layt sits in with Karleigh Webb to give a picture of how a desperate ruling party is trying to sell transphobia, that is many ways was made in the USA. Also this week:
Transphobes are gonna transphobe in Kansas
Gay men can't ski?
Charlie Martin: Racin' In The USA
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D.Gil discusses yet why LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports is necessary after experiencing homophobic and transphobic rhetoric this past weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the #FlippingExhausted campaign to protest anti-trans sports ban, and his spot on a very desirable list. Alex also discusses NHL player Andrew Shaw's self-described evolution on LGBTQ issues, the WWE making light of same-sex marriage and more.
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What's this? A new 3 Strikes, You're Out episode?! As Vin Scully would say, "The impossible has happened!" This week, retired major league umpire Dale Scott is back to discuss his excellent new memoir The Umpire Is Out. We talk about some of the professional challenges he overcame during his career and how it felt to endure them while remaining in the closet publicly. Dale also tells the truly excellent story of meeting his husband Mike and how their relationship really helped him get through the difficulties of establishing himself in the big leagues. As always, Dale is very funny and immensely likable and you'll really enjoy the conversation! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DaleScottMLB5 Insta: @kenthinguy @das5mlb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling creative and one of the best ring announcers in the game J-Rose back to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his new promotion, Naptown All-Pro, its focus on community outreach and building spaces for Black and queer fans in his hometown of Indianapolis. J-Rose also discusses the deeply personal motivations for connecting Naptown All-Pro to efforts to curtail gun violence in the city and build a pro wrestling presentation that honors the spirit of the city he calls home. Follow J-Rose on Twitter: @thisisjrose Follow Naptown All-Pro on Twitter: @NaptownAllPro Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the legislative and regulatory tidal wave against trans people in and out of sports rises, those who are causing that wave are getting bolder. From anti-trans groups backed by anti-trans organizations with deep pockets to politicians from the Beltway to Brisbane trying to win votes, this wave is greatly affecting trans communities with negative results. The recent situations in the sports world have been at the center of strategy for this wave. What accelerated with American college swimmer Lia Thomas has now at warp speed with the recent situation surrounding British cyclist Emily Bridges. This week Karleigh Webb shines the TSR Spotlight on this heightened level of aggression, the theories behind it, and how fans, supporters and athletes must come step up and speak out to confront it, with aid of voices across the vast spectrum of the issue. Warning: Some of those voice are not friendly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's a little late, but we're closing the book on our WrestleMania week coverage by discussing GCW For The Culture, a celebration of Black pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, team up to discuss the entire card, from AJ Gray and Darius Lockhart's clash of styles to Trish Adora and MJ Jenkins' stellar outing. They also delve deep into the historic deathmatch main event between Billy Dixon and Hoodfoot, the first all-Black deathmatch in pro wrestling history. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! This week, Alex talks about an interview Magic Johnson and his gay son, EJ, gave about their evolving relationship, and how their story shows the complexities of people. Alex also talks about the Texas Rangers yet again not holding an LGBTQ Pride Night and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In January Danish trans woman volleyball player Nadia Jacobsen and cybersecurity specialist/podcast host Maia Kahlke Lorentzen were beamed up to the Trans Sporter Room to discuss sports, inclusion and fighting the transphobes as their homeland's sports confederation revamped there transgender inclusion policies. In April, they gave us a virtual welcome to Denmark via a conversation as part of Talk Town, a conference on feminism in equality held in Copenhagen each spring. With the 2022 conference coming up in May, TSR host Karleigh Webb was invited to be a part of a discussion on inclusion looking at where we've gone and what comes ahead as this issue is becoming global in the time since Lia Thomas' NCAA triumph and with the next person will debated looming, even with the decision not to allow Emily Bridges to compete in the last week. Also this week:
A Good Man In Alabama
The latest on Brittney Griner
How You Tell When Transphobes Just Wanna Transphobe
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about MLB Opening Day, and the special relationship baseball teams seem to enjoy with their cities' LGBTQ communities. Pride Nights in baseball just seem to mean more. Alex also discusses some of the more curious aspects of Lia Thomas' NCAA Championship performance and highlights a young gay field hockey star who's also a makeup enthusiast.
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Hello, Lovelies! Night two of WrestleMania 38 is the topic today, and we welcome back Darnell Mitchell to unpack a wild night in Dallas. He and Brian Bell discuss Triple H's retirement, Pat McAfee's glorious himbo energy, Sami Zayn and Johnny Knoxville delivering the most fun WWE match in years and a solid Women's Tag Team title match. Also, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns. Follow Darnell Mitchell on Twitter: @fabulousdnell Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's time to make Texas queerer! We welcome Divine Diana Ramsey to the show to discuss EFFY's Big Gay Brunch Dallas. She and Brian Bell discuss violent clashes between Max The Impaler and Edith Surreal, Dark Sheik and Parrow and Keita and Billy Dixon. They also discuss Kidd Bandit's BGB debut, celebrate the legend Pimpinela Escarlata and so much more from the queerest show of WrestleMania week! Follow Divine Diana Ramsey on Twitter: @DivineDiRamsey Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! WrestleMania week is over, which means it's time to relive and unpack it all on LGBT In The Ring! We kick off our coverage by welcoming Patches Chance (Let Them Wrestle) to chat night one of WrestleMania 38. From Bianca's conquest of Becky Lynch to Cody Rhodes' return to Stone Cold's final match, they and Brian Bell hit the highs and lows of the first of two wild nights in Dallas! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
She has the nickname, "Her Thighness". A plain-speaking Ph.D. from Canada with a dash of snark, a lot of heart, and a love for what she calls "chess and dueling on bikes" Dr. Veronica Ivy has won two UCI masters track cycling world championships and is training for a attempt to win another with the return of the championship event after a 2-year COVID hiatus. From her first title in 2018, she has stood out and spoke out from trans rights in sports, and she does without apology. She's given master classes at the intersection of sporting policy and human rights in classrooms, lecture halls, and in some of the toughest rooms in news media. This week she gets beamed up to our room for a sit down with Karleigh Webb that gets underneath the aero helmet for a probing interview that gets into the athlete, the activist, and a self-described "chick who just want to play sports". Also this week
Anti-trans attorney general threaten Biden Administration over trans student-athletes
After Lia: Emily Bridges left out of competition by the UCI
Karleigh's Shout-Outs
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Emily Bridges, the transgender cyclist who won championships against men, and is now slated to compete against women. This promises to be an even bigger story than Lia Thomas. Alex also provides an update on the Brittney Griner situation and asks when the NFL will mandate that teams must hire LGBTQ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! In a special WrestleMania week bonus episode, we welcome WWE's Sonya Deville to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the big two-day event this weekend, LGBTQ visibility in WWE and pro wrestling as a whole, Deville's work with LGBTQ advocacy organizations and her heavily memed moment from Total Divas. Follow Sonya Deville on Twitter: @SonyaDevilleWWE Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's WrestleMania week, which means the return of GCW's The Collective and EFFY's Big Gay Brunch! So it's only natural that we welcome EFFY back to the show to chat about making Texas gayer. He and Brian Bell discuss Saturday's Big Gay Brunch card, including EFFY's match against lucha leyenda Pimpinela Escarlata, his "Terry Funk-esque" run over the last year and why using the Big Gay Brunch to raise money for the Transgender Education Network of Texas is vital to the event's mission. Follow EFFY on Twitter: @EFFYlives EFFY's Big Gay Brunch airs live on FITE this Saturday, April 2, at 12pm ET/9am PT Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On Thursday night March 31, 2022 at a small stadium south of London, England, there will be a rather special match on fixture. The match will make soccer history on Transgender Day of Visibility. Dulwich Hamlet FC, a women's squad at the top of a league table in the fifth division will meet TRUK United FC, the soccer team organized by Trans Radio UK. The TRUK United FC side will be composed entirely of players who are transgender women. Perhaps the first such side organized in the English FA, and possibly in the entire world. Joining Karleigh Webb to give a preview of this special match are one of the key voices for sport and inclusion in the UK and a trans pioneer in "The Beautiful Game". Lucy Clark is the team's manager and the teams midfield "Number 10" playmaker. In 2018 she became the first out transgender person of officiate an FA league game, and now is a referee in the third level of the women's pyramid. Natalie Washington is the head of the Football v. Transphobia campaign, that has sparked a great deal of discussion and change across the sport as high up as the high-dollar, high-attention English Premier League, perhaps the most star-studded league in the world. A special discussion on the run up to Transgender Day of Visibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil spills the tea on a variety of epic sports topics that happened this month that truly encompassed the term "March Madness", Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Cyd Zeigler's feature story on Thom Brennaman, and whether he deserves a second chance after uttering a gay slur on-air 18 months ago. Cyd spoke solely to other LGBTQ people, who rightfully were the ones telling the story. They all say Brennaman is doing the work, and it sure looks like it.
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Hello, Lovelies! It's west coast all day this week as we welcome back the High Priestess of the Church of Wrestling, Dark Sheik! She and Brian Bell discuss her rise in GCW over the last year, including memorable battles with Nick Gage and Allie Katch, and bringing the influential promotion she founded, Hoodslam, back to crowds of thousands in the Bay Area. Sheik also discusses her upcoming Wrestlemania weekend matches against Charles Mason and Parrow and being named to the second class of Paris Honors! Follow Dark Sheik on Twitter: @darksheikftf Follow Hoodslam on Twitter: @HOODSLAM Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last week, pride, prejudice and history came together at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. It was end of the line in the Lia Thomas saga. It ended with some bittersweet success, and with controversy that parachuted in from the U.S. and the UK. What followed was a run of records, cheer, tears, a dominant Virginia, Iszac Henig with the tattoo of the week and move over, Ms. Telfer, make room for Ms. Thomas as trans student-athletes who can also call themselves National Champions And look who returned to this bridge from the "away team" in Atlanta. Our old captain and podcast co-founder Dawn Ennis, now of Forbes, RETURNS!!! and talks about a week of history, destiny...and dust up with an infamous TERF. Welcome back aboard, Captain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nicole Heavirland had told herself for many years that she couldn't be gay and certainly could never come out. Growing up in Montana, it just wasn't done. Now the Olympic rugby player for Team USA is coming out and finding love and accolades from family and friends. She hopes to inspire other athletes to be their true selves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the complexities of the Brittney Griner case, and why raising widespread outrage may not be the best way to pressure Russia. Alex also talks about Lia Thomas' success at the NCAA Championships and why Carl Nassib's release has NOTHING to do with homophobia.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Fat, Femme Asian Sensation" Mateo Valentine to the show! Valentine and Brian Bell chat transitioning from theater to pro wrestling, NLA Is For Everyone and his continued advocacy for queer POC and Asian-American representation. Follow Mateo Valentine on Twitter: @mateovalentine8 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One of the points of discussion of those who have been adversaries of transgender women in sport specifically is how a person body is used against them as evidence that they "don't belong". In the current discourse leading into this week's NCAA Division Swimming and Diving championships, the bodies of both transgender student-athletes competing, Penn's Lia Thomas and Yale's Iszac Henig, have been studied, discussed and in some cases weaponized . It is something seen before in sport, but this case seems hit some more raw places, especially when Lia Thomas, as a transgender woman, is the center of this conversation To get a perspective on it, Karleigh Webb sits down to have a discussion on this critical underlying issue with someone for whom such issues are her business, and question on justice surrounded anthem has been her cause. Chelsea Poe is fast becoming a top-drawer erotic filmmaker and performer, with a global performer of the year award to her credit in 2021, and she's only 30. She also been one to be unspoken to make her space and many spaces safer from transgender people to navigate. As a relative rookie in the game she was speaking out and helping stamp out slurs and fetishization in the craft, and as a youngster made an impact while also making her own name. In she also manages to squeeze in something about something that moves her as much as creating content and speaking up for trans rights. She's a rabid Michigan Wolverines fan. Oh by the way, did someone say "bracket"? With "March Madness" opening this week, both Karleigh and Chelsea present their bracket as the 2022 Final Four awaits! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil is joined by Drexel University student Zeke Goldsmith to share his thoughts on marketing in sports, his plans post-graduation, and innovative programs for LGBTQ inclusion at Drexel University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Outsports' expose into old anti-gay tweets from 40 NBA players, and why their words matter -- regardless of when they were written. Alex also examines the shameful lack of coverage surrounding Britney Griner's Russian detainment.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're talking AEW Revolution this week with FanFyte's own Colette Arrand. She and Brian Bell discuss their favorite moments from the show, including the significance of CM Punk and MJF's dog collar match, Eddie Kingston topping Chris Jericho and Sting's balcony dive. They also discuss how the battle of Adams solidified Adam Page as a champion in our eyes. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow FanFyte on Twitter: @FanFyte Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Paul Poirier came out publicly as gay last year, and then competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics. He and ice dance partner Piper Gilles has a top-10 finish, dressed in stunning outfits for both programs. Now they are focused on professional figure skating, even while Poirier keeps a third Olympics in his sights. Production note: Please excuse the static that clicks from time to time through the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex is refreshed and recharged after his vacation, and ready to talk to the people. This week, he applauds the Red Sox for immediately releasing a racist and homophobic prospect, and condemns MLB owners for their selfish lockout. Alex also discusses Sports Illustrated's interview with Lia Thomas, and why it's a shame nuance gets lost in the debate.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/3 of the Next Level Soldiers Kota Holliday to the show. She and Brian Bell discuss NLS' first foray into promoting, NLS Is For Everyone, building queer presence within the Chicago independent wrestling scene, how she discovered her inclusion in the QWI 200 and the perils of imposter syndrome. Follow Kota Holliday on Twitter: @KotaHolliday Follow the Next Level Soldiers on Twitter: @NLSisforever Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sports history and the modern reality of the current anti-trans legislation fight collide in a state where women's sport mattered for decades before Title IX. Since 1920, girl's high school athletics was administered by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. The IGHSAU is recognized as one of the oldest confederations dedicated to opening doors in sports for girls in the world. It began with its well-known, and well-attended annual state girls high school basketball tournament, but it grew over the decades to build a full slate of competition for Iowa girls pre-dating the passage of Title IX “I take a lot of pride that every girl walks down every main street in every town in Iowa just as tall as the boy.” -- IGHSAU executive secretary/legend E. Wayne Cooley Jr., 2002 In 2014, IGHSAU was among the first states in the USA to form policy for the inclusion of transgender girls into high school sport. Again, Iowa leading the way. The next year, a soccer player name Kyla Paterson donned the colors of Iowa City High and proudly hit the pitch as who she is. That legacy is under fire right now as the Hawkeye State is one of more than 30 debating a ban on transgender students in scholastic sports. The measure, HF2416 is now on the floor of the state senate, and step away from the governor's desk. This week Karleigh Webb sits down with Paterson, now a budding activist but a then a trailblazer in high school, as we hear a story from one of the frontlines of the current fight raging from Maine to Maui. Also this week:
Sports responds to the Ukraine crisis
WNBA Charter-Gate?
When lobbying goes wrong
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Cyclist Josh Jones joins D.Gil on this episode to discuss his work with ALL IN Racing, a new initiative within competitive cycling to increase visibility and inclusion for LGBT+ riders and which aims to become a standard for championing diversity in amateur and professional racing. ALL IN RACING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Get your freak flags ready because we have the Proud Papa, Papa Jace, joining us this week! Jace and Brian Bell discuss how and why Papa Jace completely reinvented his wrestling persona over the last year on his way to becoming the biggest heel in the Las Vegas scene. He dishes on his admiration for Jody, his journey to put more of himself into his in-ring self-expression and merging how his character interacts with cultural ideals of masculinity. Also, trash cinema. Follow Papa Jace on Twitter: @TheBattleBrand Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The swim saga reached the first postseason test. The Ivy League Championship featuring a rare first. Two out transgender student-athletes competing...and in one race competing against each other. Penn's Lia Thomas and Yale's Iszac Henig both chased and caught some dreams in a great weekend at Harvard, but both are also catching flak from those who'd rather exclude them from competition. Alejandra Caraballo, trans right lawyers and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, took a break from legal briefs to take in the championship and cheer for two champs. Karleigh Webb beams her up and gets her impression on the competition and the controversy surrounding their participation. She has a lot to say about that, and about evolution of the story in a "Galaxy Far Far Away".
Also the week:
Team LGBTQ finishes strong in Beijing
Ivy League Swimming Championship Recap
Trans Shaming Is NOT An Argument
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D.Gil shares his thoughts on some of his favorite black LGBTQ athletes to celebrate Black History Month. You probably heard some of these names, but some names might just surprise you. Happy Black History Month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex spends the bulk of the show this week discussing the Kamila Valieva doping scandal, and how the phenom teenage Russian skater was failed by the adults around her. Alex also praises the commentary work of Johnny Weir, who should win an Emmy already! Also, the Aaron Rodgers gay jokes are starting up again. Ugh.
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Hello, Lovelies! We're late. We know. But this week's show is worth the wait as we welcome Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling champion Trish Adora to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming title match against Big Swole at F1ght Club's In Grapitol We Trust event on Feb. 20, returning to Hoodslam in March and what she learned from her time with Ring of Honor. Adora also chats about overcoming mental health issues and figuring out what she wrestles for as the landscape of pro wrestling continues to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Ivy League Swimming and Division Championships open Wednesday on the campus of Harvard University, and Penn's Lia Thomas will be there... to compete. Looming in the background is what happens in regard to her eligibility for the NCAA championship meet in March. The new NCAA policy is a derivative of the International Olympic Committee guidelines that will go into effect in March. Yet question remains in regards to why the NCAA took this step, what it could mean, and will it need to be fixed. This week, Karleigh Webb sits down with three guests each seeing the issues and questions from different vantage points.
University of Colorado professor Roger Pielke Jr. is an expert in the study of sports governance and look at both the NCAA and IOC frameworks and looks at where they could work and what the sore spots could be.
Ursinus College professor Dr. Johanna Mellis, also cohost of the End of Sports Podcast teaches sports history in relation to sport in society. She also was a competitive swimmer at the NCAA Division I level as an undergrad. She looks at issue through prism of history and from her viewpoint as an athlete.
Erica Smith is an active 2-sport collegiate athlete in lacrosse and field hockey at Division III Sweet Briar College (VA). She's also the first transgender woman to ever be a student at the all-women's college. This weekend she takes the field for the first time as a Sweet Briar Vixen (no kidding, that's their school mascot) as they open their lacrosse season. She gets beamed up to talk about how she got here, her chance to play here, and why those who says she shouldn't get play have it wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, Alex dedicates his show this week to talking about the struggles of being a gay football fan, and his experience navigating sports fandom and gay life. He also talks about NBC's straight-washing of the Olympics and previews the big game.
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Hello, Lovelies! All rise for your gay president because "The Business" Billy Dixon is back on LGBT In The Ring! He and Brian Bell dish on Pro Wrestling Vibe's Pride and Vibe Weekend, the largest celebration of queer pro wrestling to date. Dixon also discusses nearly quitting wrestling before his iconic Pup Collar match with AJ Gray, the significance of AC Mack's historic title win and his two-year journey to conquer O'Shay Edwards at F1ght Club Pro Wrestling's In Grapitol We Trust. Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Pro Wrestling Vibe on Twitter: @PWVibe Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Fire up your Rei-Gun because we've got The Protagonist of Pro Wrestling Kidd Bandit on the show! Bandit has built a large following less than a year into their in-ring career through their candid online presence and infectious personality, and they and Brian Bell unpack that growth and the pressures that come with it. They also discuss Bandit's variants, including Waifu and Edgelord Bandit, and the example they want to set for pro wrestling and the LGBTQ fans that enjoy it. Follow Kidd Bandit on Twitter: @kiddbanditpro Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the current season of Netflix's Queer Eye, a young trans woman powerlifter from Texas was subject of QE's regal remake, and Angel Flores' story, strength, talent, and drive goes deep. This week the Trans Sporter Room beamed up this dynamo for a chat with our Karleigh Webb on the strength lift up the weight, lift up her truth, and her goal to help lift up a community. She also got deep into the parts of the trans sports inclusion issue and the derma of being trans and being an athlete in context with the continuing news surrounding transgender people in sports in recent months. Also this week:
Winter Olympic Update
The Ivy League came up roses for what's right
Super Bowl LVI preview with Alex Reimer, the host of The Sports Kiki
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Happy Saturday! The Winter Olympics are underway, and it's another banner event for LGBTQ athletes, with at least 35 competing. But sadly, it's hard to get past the IOC awarding the Games to China, given its government's raft of human rights abuses. On this week's show, Alex talks about balancing geopolitics with the Games themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! AC Mack's IWTV World title victory at Southeast First is still on our minds, so Brian Bell and their partner, KC, decided to give it the time it deserves. From their reactions to AC Mack winning the title to the implications and significance of his post-match speech, they run through all of their emotions around the crowning of pro wrestling's first out LGBTQ male world champion. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Maxwell Nagle is young promising journalist covering the his favorite game. He's a high school basketball writer for Novahoops.com, based one of the nation's basketball hotbeds, the DMV (District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia) But he's only a few years remove from his time as a three-point bombardier at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. As Nagle was helping Hollins through the difficult Old Dominion Athletic Conference, he was also working through finding his place as a transgender man on the court and off, while playing ball at an all-women university. The examination led to a choice entering senior year between love for self and a love for the game. Nagle sit in with Karleigh Webb to look at how sport influenced his journey, what he took from the experience and how sports could adapt and grow to help trans student-athletes in the years ahead. Also this week:
The Hints and Allegations just don't stop
Kwame Brown: Really, bruh?
Why Avatar: The Last Airbender is an underrated gem
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Sean Cosgriff joins D.Gil to discuss what it's like to join an LGBTQ+ sports community at the age of 53. Swimming, running, and participating in triathlons are the go-to sports for this gay athlete who shares how special being in a community is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Outsports contributor Karleigh Webb, who's one of the most passionate and knowledgeable journalists in the country about trans issues in sports. They talk about the hysteria over Lia Thomas, the problems with the NCAA's hastily mandated new trans policy and more.
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Hello, Lovelies! We wrap up Journo January by bringing back the Mother of LGBTQ wrestling media, The Nobodies' DJ Accident Report. He and Brian Bell discuss the origins of Nobodies Watching Wrestling, being part of LGBTQ pro wrestling's rise and the issues with the current digital media climate. They also chat the Mx. Nobody pageant and DJ Accident Report's Substack, Judgement! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Strap Daddy himself, the Princex of Pride champion Da Shade! He and Brian Bell discuss his journey through the Las Vegas pro wrestling scene, winning the Princex of Pride title at Full Queer, the definition of Yeet Season and his title defense against Kidd Bandit at PrideStyle 2 this Friday. Follow Da Shade on Twitter: @DaShade_ Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On January 19, the NCAA Board of Governors voted to replace its 10-year-old Transgender Student-Athlete Inclusion policy with a completely new policy based loosely on the forthcoming International Olympic Committee set to take effect in March. The NCAA's new policy instituted immediately in the middle of a competitive season and it will immediately have to be used. A transgender woman in the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas has two confirmed A-cut qualifying marks in the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta in March. But the questions are on the table: What will the next policy look like, and how it will affect Thomas competing, and how will this affect in issue with is raging from college athletic departments to 38 state legislatures. Joining Karleigh Webb this week is a pair of guest coming from different sides of the issue. Sports Illustrated Copy Chief and writer Julie Kliegman has been on this beat as a reporter for the last year, and will look at how the new policy will affect sports, and how media has affected perceptions about issues and the trans community in greater detail. Also sitting in: Oberlin College (OH) diver Lucas Draper. Young trans man competing at the college level who recently wrote an editorial at swimmingworldmagazine.com clapping back on the brickbats and venom thrown in Thomas' direction. Draper took a great deal of criticism and open transphobia for his views. He'll talk about why her took a stand as a student and as an athlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wyatt is the first openly gay college football player to catch a touchdown. Now he's a grad student studying Behavior/Mental Health at the University of Dayton. Listen in as D.Gil catches up with Wyatt to discuss his sports journey from a child to now an adult. A story you'll want to hear again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lewis Gibson first shared his love for his now-husband with the world on Valentine's Day two years ago with a cute Instagram post. Since then he and his ice dancing partner, Lilah Fear, have risen the world rankings. Now they are poised to represent Team Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NCAA's sudden changes to its transgender policy, and how one of the most influential sports organizations in the world essentially punted on this important issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's Southeast First day, and we've got the man challenging for the IWTV World title, AC Mack, on the show to chat all about it. Mack and Brian Bell trace his path to the IWTV World title, winning the SCI tournament, making Southeast First a statement to the wrestling world and the chance to become the first out LGBTQ male world champion in pro wrestling history! Follow AC Mack on Twitter: @AC_Mack Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Like wrestling media itself, Journo January evolves this week as we sit down with the creator of the new pro wrestling fan community Trans Graps, Sally. Trans Graps is a space for trans wrestling fans made by trans wrestling fans and is quickly growing into a platform for trans and gender-diverse people to discuss pro wrestling, queerness and everything in between. Sally and Brian Bell chat what led her to create Trans Graps, watching it blow up, her love for Candy Lee and Veny and cool dad Luther. Follow Trans Graps on Twitter: @TransGraps Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sporting federations around the world are taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee and looking at their policies regarding transgender athletes, and recent Denmark did as well. The European nation had an inclusive process in many respects, but it is also dealing with a media that has trended towards anti-trans slants and is dealing with some dedicated sectors of resistance to inclusion. Sound familiar? At the intersection of this are people like Nadia Jacobsen. Three years ago she came out, while at the same time being in the game as a volleyball player. Through her transition, sports wasn't just a diversion, it was a lifeline. And that lifeline ended up golden at last year's WorldPride and EuroGames in Copenhagen. She was part of a gold medal-winning squad in her volleyball division. Through it all, Jacobsen and many others have been targets of emerging harassment on online, and that has been a focus of an investigative series that Maia Kahlke Lorentzen has taken on as part of her popular podcast "Cybernaume". Lorentzen is a cybersecurity consultant and has done extensive research in regard to online extremism and is taking a focus on anti-trans extremism. One of her examinations in her coming series will be centered on the trans sports issue. Both sat down with Karleigh Webb to look at how the issues in America has influenced the debate in their homeland, and how trans people and allies are fighting through it and fighting back.
Also this week:
Debate on the IOC's new groove
JayCee Cooper powerlifts curling
Michael Phelps speaks, but what did he really say?
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Happy 100th episode! We've made it! On this week's show, Alex celebrates the Outsports community, and the importance of staying connected throughout this hellacious pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Journo January continues with the Paul Pratt (Wrestling Inc.), aka "The Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar. He and Brian Bell discuss how decades of work in drag, pro wrestling and entertainment paved the way for his breakout 2021, accomplishing his dream of writing for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the connection wrestling built between him and his father. Plus, some fun Dustin Rhodes and Stone Cold Steve Austin stories! Follow Paul Pratt on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we're welcoming back pro wrestling's Hitman for Hire, Mr. Grim. One year after coming out as pansexual, Grim and Brian Bell reflect on how things have changed for him, his stellar 2021 and the importance of being the role model he didn't have growing up in Washington, D.C. They also discuss Grim's packed early 2022, including matches at Wrestlers Lab, Enjoy Wrestling and F1ght Club Pro Wrestling. Follow Mr. Grim on Twitter: @MRGRIM_IS4_HIRE Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Maya Reddy was a girl with a fairway dream in 2016. A three-time NCAA All-American was set step on an opening tee in the Symetra Tour. She ran into was a brick wall of prejudice on the links. A South Asian, queer woman in a sport that seems to have no space for either identity. Her piece of mind demanding walking away from the game, but not from the greater fight for inclusion Fast forward to now. Reddy is on track to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a law degree this coming spring, but even in this arena, she still in the game. With the continuing controversy surrounding Penn swimmer Lia Thomas raging, she rallied a group of law student to speak out against the cacophony of voice that have tried to demean this kid, to affirm her right by NCAA rule to take her mark and swim. This week Karleigh Webb sits down with Reddy to talk about a fighting through, fighting back, missing the game she loved...and why the Star Wars prequels were actually really good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rhys Moore joins The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss what is Martial Arts Tricking, being a queer athlete, and LGBTQ representation in Tricking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Roger Brigham became the first out gay editor for a metropolitan daily when he came out while working as sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News in 1982. Brigham retired this week after 46 years in journalism, spending the last 16 years at the Bay Area Reporter. Through the way, Brigham has battled serious health ailments, beginning with an HIV infection in 1982. Alex asks Roger about his life, career and lessons learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's Wrestle Kingdom time once again, which means Rachel Giuliani is back to help Brian Bell break down all the action from Wrestle Kingdom 16! They discuss Katsuyori Shibata's return and evolution, Stardom featuring on the card for the first time, Sho's sad boy energy and Hiromu Takahashi's next great look. They also put El Desperado, Kenta and Hiroshi Tanahashi's bloody hardcore battle and Kazuchika Okada's IWGP World title odyssey under the microscope! Follow Rachel Giuliani on Twitter: @EffingBoring Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off 2022 with the return of Journo January! This week, QWI Award-winning writer Lizzy Flanagan, aka LizzyLucha, joins the show. She and Brian Bell discuss her love of lucha, her goal to work in a major promotion and how her "Come Tuesday" meme came to be! Follow Lizzy Flanagan on Twitter: @lizzyxlucha Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021 was another year were the Trans Sporter Room boldly went to tell stories at the intersection of sports, transness, sci-fi, all things nerd and geek and other stuff. It was a year of Biden, COVID, a tide of anti-trans legislation and the Olympics that had no fans, but had Rainbow and Gold. It was a year of kudos for Carl, Jonquel, Raven, Luke, Quinn, and Alana who made up Outsports' awards Olympus in '21 It was also a year where titans, authors, ultra distance runners, activist, jesters and and a lot of everyday people who love to play, compete and put together a win where beamed up. It began with a story untold, and continued through many stories that would unfold, and we ended 2021, with a master and a protegé sharing our bridge. And it also featured a Number One moving into the Captain's Chair, and Karleigh found out the chair is rather comfy. Also this week
I'll take "Transphobes are at it again for $1000, Mayim"
Karleigh's Resolution for '22
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Happy New Year! On this week's show, Alex talks about why 2021 was the biggest year ever for gay athletes, and how the stigma around being LGBTQ and in sports is finally being erased once and for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On September 13, 2014, Fallon Fox fought her final professional MMA bout and scored a win. It took a long time for someone to follow in the imposing footstep of a pioneer that Outsports' Cyd Zeigler dubbed "The Bravest Athlete Ever". On September 10, 2021, nearly seven years to the day that Fox left the cage, a protegé entered the cauldron draped in trans pride azure-salmon-cream. Alana McLaughlin showed her fire and her heart in a victory and provided another galvanizing touchstone in winning year for inclusion in sports This week, our final episode of the The Trans Sporter Room is proud to bring you a special conversation among three proud transgender women on sports, life, trans joy, the journey, the roads they've travelled, the road ahead, and Karleigh Webb doing some special poetry, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Merry Christmas! On this holiday edition of the show, Alex talks about the NFL Network's segment on Carl Nassib's impact, and why it was so great to see out football players highlighted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! With Xms two days away, Brian Bell is in the giving mood this week. Specifically, giving feedback on your feedback after last week's inaugural QWI Awards. Brian addresses the most common critiques, including some of their own, regarding the QWI Awards nomination process and ballot. Why were no WWE wrestlers nominated? Why did it feel like voting took on an American focus? What categories could be added for next year and which need a much deserved tweak? Brian gets into it all this week as they prep for the holiday season! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For the second straight year, Pull For Pride co-headed by Breanna Diaz and trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper have put together a scholarship program for LGBTQ athlete seeking aid for their pursuit of strength sports. Training, equipment and competition fees can be an expensive proposition for those seeking to compete in the sport and that often prices out many with potential and many other seeking the physical and emotional health and wellness benefits. In 2020, the opening year, the scholarship had a $2,000 budget to give grants out. Six athletes were able to get aid, there where more that the group wanted give to,. In 2021, the scholarship fund grew to over $10,000 in donations, many coming from other grassroots athletes.. The grants were awarded in November to 24 titans of all ages, races, and identities. Three grant winners, D'Auriel Epiphany, Taylor Selman and Afton Brooks join Karleigh Webb for one of most trans joyful conversations since this podcast became a podcast. All three are strong, ambitious, queer, and had a lot to say about a lot of subjects especially how sports and fitness bring them that elusive, beautiful trans joy. Also This Week:
The awards are coming
Swimming writer goes from "reasonable" to "Rowlingesque"
Karleigh's Christmas Wishes
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about WNBA legend Candace Parker publicly coming out, and what her announcement says about athletes who stay closeted. Also, can Colton Underwood just go away? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're rounding out the QWI season with the fan-voted QWI Awards ceremony! Brian Bell, along with Grit & Glitter's Em Fear and Val Pancakes, announce the winners in 14 categories celebrating LGBTQ pro wrestling in 2021, including a number of QWI 200 honorees. From Wrestler of the Year to Best Look, we celebrate and honor those who you voted the best in QueerWres in 2021! Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Follow Val Pancakes on Twitter: @ValPancakes Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Every so often the Trans Sporter Room sends out an "away team" (okay, just Karleigh) do hopefully do a "home and home" with another podcast. In November Karleigh went to the road to appear on Phoebe Rose's "Transition Stories" podcast where they talked about trans life, their journeys and geeked out on Formula 1 racing. This week UK-based Phoebe Rose gets beamed up to talk about her series now entering its 3rd year, the impact it's had on her and on a community in a place gaining a distinction as "TERF Island", And yes, they are still going to geek out on Formula 1. Can you blame them after last weekend in Abu Dhabi? Also this week
Anti-trans group protests USA Cyclocross Nationals
Why the NCAA needs to stand up and speak out for their own inclusion policy
Yeeted at Yas Marina
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the successes of UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, who's shattering Ivy League records as a trans woman. The LGBTQ media has largely been quiet about Thomas, allowing bad faith right-wing pundits to control the narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! As QWI 200 week reaches its end with the release of the top 20 today, Brian Bell welcomes a panel from Pro Wrestling Illustrated to discuss the list of the top 200 LGBTQ pro wrestlers of the year! "Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar (Wrestling Inc., PWI), Black Wrestlers 500 curator Righteous Reg (Fightful, PWI), Women's 150 curator Kristen Ashly (BellToBelles, PWI) and PWI Editor-in-Chief Kevin McElvaney break down this year's list, including a stacked top five, and open up about why lists highlighting underrepresented communities in pro wrestling are vital. Follow Pollo Del Mar on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM Follow RIghteous Reg on Twitter: @RighteousReg Follow Kristen Ashly on Twitter: @KristenAshly Follow Kevin McElvaney on Twitter: @wackelvaney Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Britni de la Cretaz has written some of most important journalism in the last couple years at the intersection of sports, gender, culture, queerness. In the middle of groundbreaking articles on nonbinary inclusion in sports and the hidden stories of trans men in the continuing transgender athletic inclusion "debate", they found time to team up with standout sports writer Lyndsey D'Arcangelo and wrote a book. Their effort Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League would be a sizzling piece of period fiction of sport coming in the cusp of the changes of the 1970s... But the thing is, It's not fiction. In 1973, after a prehistory full of sideshows, and barnstorming, a group of teams, investors, and women with athleticism, spark, and a dream got together and formed the National Women Football League. This is a story of the history of a league filled with a cast of characters that including a tough Texas-born quote machine, glamour teams from glamour towns, gritty women who just wanted to play ball, a running back who scored more touchdown than a number of NFL superstar, and a dynasty team from....Toledo? This history, largely buried in newsprint, attics and memories who those still here to tell the story, comes to life in these pages, and this week we are proud to bring you one of the authors. Oh by the way: This book is a Karleigh Webb Sports Book Club MVB (Most Valuable Book). She has a copy, and you should get a copy, too! https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/britni-de-la-cretaz/hail-mary/9781645036623/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! The NFL is running its annual "My Cause My Cleats" campaign this weekend, and only two players are supporting LGBTQ-related causes. On this week's show, Alex shares why that annoys him, and also talks about 49ers QB Trey Lance supporting an anti-gay Christian organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome PrideStyle founder and VERSUS Pro co-booker Milhouse Malott to the show. Malott and Brian Bell discuss what led to the creation of Malott's new all-inclusive promotion and the bangers only level card planned for its debut on Dec. 10. Malott also delves into his coming out as pansexual on National Coming Out Day, the growth of the Las Vegas wrestling scene in 2021, Graphouse and running wrestling shows in a mall. Follow PrideStyle on Twitter: @PrideStylePro Follow Milhouse Malott on Twitter: @HeyMilhouse Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh Webb returns from the holiday weekend to interview outspoken Australian athlete and transgender advocate Kirsti Miller who had a lot more to say, show and teach on the IOC policy based on her experiences in sport that reach back four decades. Also , she delves into the systemic issues beyond the sporting issue, in addition to talking what keeps her advocating and sometimes, agitating in the world of sport and in the Australia she calls home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olympic silver medalist Raven Saunders made a name for herself at the Tokyo Summer Olympics with her big personality, her died hair and her refusal to stop expressing her true self. When she received her silver medal, she held her arms over her head as an expression of solidarity with all people. Now several months later she has endorsement deals and the companies she's working with aren't interested in toning her down, they're looking to support all of who she is. She talks with us this week about all of that, and about her struggles with mental health and why that issue has become a big part of her platform. You can follow Raven on Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Colon Underwood's upcoming Netflix series, and why he finds the concept to be toxic. In addition, Alex speaks about the importance of racing champion Lewis Hamilton wearing rainbow colors when he won the Qatar Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving in the only way we know how: beautifully goofy pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their partner KC are back to discuss a true classic - The Invisible Man vs. The Invisible Stan from GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1. How do you have a match when only the referee is visible to all in attendance? Let referee Bryce Remsburg suck you into one of the greatest one-man shows pro wrestling has ever seen. Watch the match on YouTube here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rachel Willis grew from just a kid in Georgia finding her way to a community organizer, fighter and journalist leading the way. The proud and studious 30-year-old activist has been strong, steady voice through a turbulent period for trans communities and his emerged among a new generation of LGBTQ leaders for today and tomorrow. This week Karleigh Webb sits down with Willis to talk about her work, her story, her determination, and her hopes for the movement now and into the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil has a Thanksgiving message for everyone that's ever played sports. Think deep as you listen to this episode and get ready to send a text or make a much-needed phone call. Happy Thanksgiving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The International Olympic Committee has announced it will end its trans-athlete policy in March, just after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Instead, the Olympics are offering a 10-point framework to encourage each individual sports' governing body to create its own policies around who can compete in the women's category. Kirsti Miller joins us this week from Australia to talk about the new policy. The trans athlete has advocated for changes to sporting policy for trans athletes for years. This new policy reflects some of what Miller has been pushing for years, namely a framework that is built around each individual sport and athlete. She talks about the effects that transitioning has had on her, and why she is so encouraged by the new IOC policy. You can follow Kirsti Miller on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex tackles two topics on this week's show, including how the phrase "who cares?" has become code online for "I hate gay people." Homophobes are more clandestine than they used to be, but their message is the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Roll out the red carpet and protect your neck because hard-hitting legend Mercedes Martinez is on the show! Ahead of her Impact Knockouts title match against Mickie James at Turning Point Saturday, Martinez sits down with Brian Bell to chat the significance of stepping into the ring with James, how LGBTQ and female visibility has improved during her career, wrestling Cassandro at Rise Pride & Joy and overcoming anti-LGBTQ stigmas that existed early in her career. Follow Mercedes Martinez on Twitter: @RealMMartinez Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting AEW Full Gear 2021 this week with Fanfyte's Colette Arrand! She and Brian Bell break down the highs and lows of the event, including Hangman Page's coronation as AEW World champion, Eddie Kingston and CM Punk delivering perfection and the genius of MJF and his jocks. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Fanfyte on Twitter: @FanFyte Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trans Sporter Room beams up views from two of the biggest stories affecting trans people in 2021. On November 16, the International Olympic Committee unveiled a major shift in its transgender eligibility policy which is a marked departure from the Stockholm Statement. We look at the change and what it could look like. And our guest this week, comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle, put herself front and center in the Dave Chappelle/Netflix controversy with a stinging commentary written in the U.S. edition of Guardian as the news on the special grew. We beam her up to talk about fierceness, fame, comedy, activism, and the funny side of trans life as a rising stand-up star.
Also this week Shout Outs and Three Stars
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D.Gil shares Team USA athlete Chris Mosier's transgender basics terminology education on this podcast episode. Listen and Learn! Check out the transgender basics Instagram post to follow along with the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Andrew Blaser was a decathlete in college, finding his way to the little-known sport of skeleton after graduating. Now he's one of the top skeleton racers in the United States and aiming for a spot in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Blaser joins us this week to talk about coming out in a conservative Mormon family and finding more acceptance there, and in his sport, than he thought he would. If you can help financially support Blaser's quest for a spot at the Olympics, you can check out his gofundme here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It may seem like a small gesture, but Carl Nassib posting a picture of him and his boyfriend on Instagram this week is a big deal. It shows that Carl is comfortable to show intimate aspects of his gay life to the world, even in the aftermath of Jon Gruden's homophobic emails being leaked. That's awesome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling's one true fucker of moms Sazzy Boatright to the show! While she is less than a year into her in-ring career, Sazzy has rapidly risen in popularity due to her unapologetic presentation of queerness and comedic roots. She and Brian Bell discuss how improv comedy led her to pro wrestling, coming out and embracing her full self during the pandemic and how she came to be called "The Real Motherfucker." Follow Sazzy Boatright on Twitter: @sazzyboatright Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with British trans pro wrestler The Notorious Angel Amber Jo, as she prepares for a run for a championship belt. Last year, she made her debut becoming the trans woman to step in the ring for one of the UK's largest pro wrestling promotions
And then along came COVID-19. With the venues filling back up in 2021, she's made her return to the ring, and it could reach a climax in Immortal Wrestling UK's first-ever women's championship bout between The Notorious Angel and Bunny Mallow. Added incentive also comes from the day the championship match will take place -- November 20th. Transgender Day of Remembrance. Amber Jo gets beamed up to talk about her rise, her motivation, being the confident possibility model, the cool nerd...and the cool aunt.
Also this week:
A Reckoning For Rocky Top
Special Wedding Bells in the NWSL
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D.Gil's hometown team the Atlanta Braves are 2021 World Series Champions. Listen to D.Gil and some friends and family express just what this World Series win means to them. For once, an Atlanta Sports team didn't choke in the big moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Gay Twitter was buzzing this week about another twink who was bragging about partying sick. How ... sick! Alex chats with NYC-based writer and editor Mark Peikert about this story and other pieces of gay culture news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Well, that World Series turned out to be pretty good! Pretty pretty pretty...pretty good! If you could ignore most of the stuff surrounding the teams playing in it, that is. As continuing the 3SYO postseason tradition, I'm joined by OG friend of the pod Kevin McCaffrey to break down the major events in Games 3-6 of the Fall Classic. We pick up where last week's episode left off toasting Series MVP Jorge Soler and cringing our way through the unforgivably racist tomahawk chop that provided a soundtrack to his otherwise magnificent at bats. Then we celebrate the Max Fried and what he accomplished for starting pitchers everywhere by proving that they...you know...still exist. Finally, we ponder what might have been with Ian Anderson's five no-hit innings in Game 3 and conclude that even though lifting him was probably the right thing to do, sometimes the right thing to do still sucks. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's #JaiSeason this week on the show as we welcome breakout pro wrestler Jai Vidal to the show. After a whirlwind 2021, Vidal joins Brian Bell to discuss his Impact Wrestling debut, opening eyes at EFFY's Big Gay Brunch and how it all came together. Vidal also chats why becoming the source of representation he didn't see in pro wrestling growing up has impacted him so much and how he hopes to continue LGBTQ pro wrestling's expansion through his work with Impact. Follow Jai Vidal on Twitter: @TheJaiVidal Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Karleigh does a little time travel to dig in the archives of our interviews with transgender athletes around the world to answer a question: "What are ten things that those who may not know need to know about trans people." Some voices you know had some nuggets to share, along with voices you may not have heard from, and includes a special voice that need to be heard far and wide.
Also this week:
Kyle Beach: Profile In Courage
A shout out, a coming out, and look who has a new book that's out
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It's an LGBTQ+ Halloween and D.Gil channels his inner Joan Rivers and dishes out some tea on which LGBTQ+ athletes "killed" their looks. Outsports Halloween Article Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert Dover is a legend in the equestrian community. The dressage rider was a key part of bringing the United States onto the world stage as a top competitor for the last 30 years. Now in his new book, The Gates of Brilliance, he opens up about the life lessons he's learned being an out gay athlete at the top of his game.
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Alex discusses two important stories on this week's show: former Blackhawks defenseman Kyle Beach stepping forward as the "John Doe" in the team's sexual assault case, and how sports can respond to Texas' abhorrent new restrictions on trans athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can a World Series be exciting with the games themselves being one-sided? That's where we find ourselves with the 2021 Fall Classic. As per 3SYO tradition, Adam Mamawala (Away Games Podcast) returns to break down Games 1 & 2 of the Series and there are no shortage of storylines even without much drama between the white lines. We toast the badassery of Charlie Morton throwing 10 pitches on a broken leg, admire Jorge Soler's studly magnificence, and wonder whether Martín Maldonado's RBI single was a sign of the apocalypse. Plus we let any lingering 2003 bitterness go in tribute to Dusty Baker, especially as we've learned more about his decades of empathy and allyship with Glenn Burke and LGBTQ ballplayers. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're keeping it local this week as we welcome Pacific Northwest favorite wrestler/promoter "The Black Sheep" Dave Turner. In addition to wrestling, Turner also co-owns Washington-based promotion Without A Cause, which celebrates its third anniversary Halloween night. He and Brian Bell discuss WAC's journey, how the PNW wrestling scene is building back to vibrancy and how it all aligns with Turner's wrestling goals. Turner also gets personal in sharing his coming out story and how past ups and downs built him into the person he is today! Follow Dave Turner on Twitter: @TheBlackSheepDT Follow Without A Cause Wrestling on Twitter: @WithoutACauseWA Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 2019, a group of transgender hockey players from across North America turned what started as emails written about a dream into a team -- Team Trans. They met up in Boston to play a select squad from Boston Pride Hockey, and what happened was a series of two hard-fought games. The impact, the inspiration and the symbol of a group of seventeen players was priceless. In November, Team Trans plans to head back to the ice. The venue will be the stomping grounds of "Badger Bob" Johnson -- Madison, Wisconsin. Karleigh Webb sits down with Team Trans center Avery Cordingley and goalie Mason LeFebvre for a conversation about what this team and this sport has meant in their lives as trans athletes and as people. Also this week..
Abbott, Chappelle and the BBC
Charlie Martin's season of success
The Great Droid Debate: R2D2 vs. BB8
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D.Gil is over the moon as the MLB team Atlanta Braves did not choke and advanced to the world series. Listen to how D.Gil describes how important this win is for the city of Atlanta, the past choke jobs of Atlanta sports, and his promise follow-up episode that he intends to make after the world series is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jenna Burkert didn't want to be the stereotype of a female wrestler. Growing up always wrestling boys, she saw how people portrayed girls and women in the sport as masculine and, yes, possibly gay or lesbian. As Burkert has come out of the closet she has embraced who she is and found love with her wife. She's also found acceptance not just across her sport, but in rural Michigan, where she went to high school. Recently she won a bronze medal at the World Championships, and now she's got her eyes on a medal at the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024.
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Martin Stark, the creator of the World Gay Boxing Championships. They talk about the WGBC and Martin's relationship with boxing. He's gone from laying in ICU beds to finding solace in the squared circle. Incredible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode was recorded immediately after Game 5 of the NLCS which means that D.Gil was hoping it would be a Braves pennant-clinching celebration. As you can tell by the title, that didn't happen. Instead, we dive headlong into D.Gil's wounded Atlanta sports fan psyche and wonder if the Braves could possibly blow a 3-1 lead to the Dodgers in consecutive years. Along the way, we express our doubts about the team's leadership, suggest Brian Snitker could lose his job over another epic collapse, and castigate Max Fried for a horrific pitching performance in a potential clinching game. All this for a team that's still leading the series. Yikes. At least the Braves already clinched the title of most racist chant in sports. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DGilTM @TheGAMEDAYTEA Insta: @kenthinguy @dgiltm @thegamedaytea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week is all about Money, Power & Respect this week as we welcome MarcoMania to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss Marco's role in creating Full Queer, Marco's journey since coming back to pro wrestling two years ago and why highlighting west coast LGBTQ talent is important to him. Marco also chats about the role Pollo Del Mar played in bringing him back to wrestling and how they linked up to form the Money Power Respect and The Agenda factions that have been tearing up the Bay Area over the last few months! Follow MarcoMania on Twitter: @MarcoMania51 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’ theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Inclusion in sports has had a lot of winning moments in 2021, but it hasn't come without a fight and one of the battleground has been the state of Texas and now 5 attempts to legalize discrimination of transgender students who just want to play. Karleigh sat down with Texan legislative analyst and activist Ash Hall, who gives us an inside view of all those messes down in Texas. Hall also delves into a sci-fi "What If". What if Doctor Who was a Lone Star? Then we look an ambitious step to make the fitness and training spaces better spaces. Karleigh interviews Meghan Crutchley, a non-binary trainer and queer health advocate who is building a curriculum with the goal of making learning about LGBTQ inclusion a piece of the process to certify trainers and fitness pros. Also This Week
A trophy for Tifanny
All Hail The Sky
A new direction for women's pro hockey
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David Palumbo joins D.Gil to discuss the awesome work that the You Can Play Project is doing for the LGBTQ+ community. Listen to David discuss why he is so passionate about the project and find out how you can help so many that could benefit from You Can Play. You Can Play Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Michael Spencer is a legend in the world of action-sports agents. He has represented some of the most successful athletes, including Olympic champions and one Gus Kenworthy. He's been with Kenworthy since the early days of the star skier's career. He joins us this week to talk about how he "stumbled" into representing world-class skiers, and why he - a straight man - has been so passionate about elevating Kenworthy and supporting him through his coming-out process. Spencer now represents two other gay athletes, including Olympic speed skating hopeful and US Champion Conor McDermott-Mostowy. And he offers sage advice to any gay athlete whose agent tells them to stay in the closet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden's leaked emails exposed him as a homophobe, as well as many other negative things. On this week's show, Alex breaks down the scandal that's rocked the NFL and LGBTQ sports world from all angles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Throughout the 2021 season, the White Sox appeared to be living up to the hype: an über-talented fun-loving juggernaut of a roster that was bludgeoning its way through the American League. It felt like they were taking the next step in their development as a genuine World Series contender as the calendar turned to October. Four games later, they gone. Friend of the pod Fritz Nothnagel is back to figure out what just happened and tell me how far the Sox really are from competing with a potential dynasty like the Astros. You know what this asterisk is for. We break down how Lance Lynn & the pitching staff fell apart against Houston's relentless lineup, the emergence of important role players like Leury García, and Tony La Russa's doddering bullpen management. Ultimately, though, Fritz still feels good about this season and where his team is headed in the future--as well he should! Plus: an update on my gay kickball adventures! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @FNComedy Insta: @kenthinguy @punchesandpunchlines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is back again with their partner, KC, this week as they recap their experience at two recent wrestling events from Pacific Northwest promotions Without A Cause and DOA. They discuss WAC Rise of the DRGN 2, including stellar matches featuring Nick Wayne, Billie Starkz, Keita and Daniel Makabe. They also chat about Portland-based promotion DOA's 13th anniversary show, including matches featuring Jaiden, the Bash Bros, Ethan HD and Sonico! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week's Trans Sporter Room continues our deeper look into trans athletes stories that many haven't heard, but need to hear. In 2011, the NCAA began their transgender student-athlete policies. That same year, a volleyball player at Division III Purchase College in New York stepped into their truth as a transgender man, and said that they want to play on the men's team in the sport -- After playing two years on the women's team. The NCAA provided a pathway, and Taylor Edelmann walked it, not only becoming a player, but also a team captain. Save a few articles his senior year, including one by Outsports, what happened largely flew under the radar. Edelmann was among the first. Karleigh Webb sat down with Edelmann in a far-reaching interview that looks back, but also looks at how making a piece of collegiate sports history as affected him as an LGBTQ health care advocate, husband and father.
Also this week
Jon Gruden's "Email-Gate", and how its an opportunity for the NFL's push to foster inclusion
The fallout from Dave Chappelle's Transphobia Fest '21
Tifanny and DT are in the Finals
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This month is LGBTQ History month and D.Gil highlights the career and coming out story of four-time WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes.
Sheryl Swoopes Sheryl Swoopes
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Karina Manta is one of the few publicly out LGBTQ athletes in women's figure skating. Along with her out gay ice dancing partner, Joe Johnson, they make up a particularly prideful duo. Now Manta is sharing the story of her journey in a new book, On Top Of Glass: My Stories As A Queer Girl In Figure Skating. She joins us this week to talk about coming out and being out in figure skating, body-image issues she has faced and how being different sometimes felt dangerous and how that contributed to the title of the book. On Top Of Glass is available at Barnes & Noble and other booksellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Outsports' recent "Out in Sports" survey, which reveals LGBTQ player are usually accepted and embraced by their teammates when they come out.
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Last week, in an ESPN article advocating for better living conditions for minor leaguers, Giants farmhand Kieran Lovegrove came out publicly as bisexual and revealed that he had been out to teammates since 2019. Needless to say, this was a huge thrill to discover. Today, Kieran joins me for a a fascinating, intellectual, and inspiring discussion about his coming out experience while riding the buses in Minor League Baseball. After hearing about how many of Lovegrove's teammates responded positively and encouraged his journey toward embracing his true self, I have never felt better about the direction in which baseball is headed. But in order for the sport to fully realize its potential, it's also going to have to start paying its minor leaguers a living wage and providing more humane living and training conditions for its next generation. We also delve into Kieran's work with The Fair Ball Campaign and Advocates for Minor Leaguers to achieve these goals. You can visit that important organization here. All that and a game of Classics Reference Throwdown: Marcus Aurelius vs. Lysistrata Edition! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @Lovegrove19 Insta: @kenthinguy @lovegrove38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we're delving into the world of "The Final Girl" Ziggy Haim! She and Brian Bell discuss the significance of her upcoming hair vs. mask match against Edith Surreal at Enjoy Wrestling's Night Moves event, her full circle path to defining herself in pro wrestling and her emotional Ryse Grand championship win at MV Young's Polyam Cult Party 3. They also delve into Haim's love for Twin Peaks and all things David Lynch! Follow Ziggy Haim on Twitter: @ziggyhaim Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Starting with this edition of the Trans Sporter Room, we closely examine a critical piece of the issue of transgender inclusion in sport too often ignored: The people most affected and how they navigate the intersection of transness and sport.
Karleigh sits down with E Kerr, an aspiring softball pitcher at the University of Scranton (Pa.), until they reached a crossroads. Kerr is trans and non-binary and earlier this year had to make a choice, continue to play or start masculinizing hormones, which would make the ineligible under NCAA regulations in their sport. In the grapple, Kerr choose their next step forward, but didn't leave sport behind and they talked about their struggle, their story and their successes and how this can change a paradigm
Also this week,
Another anti-trans bill in Texas, REALLY?
WNBA Semifinals sprints to a possible climax
The NWSL abuse scandal and what a player directly affected felt about it
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The GAMEDAY TEA turned one year old today with Outsports. D.Gil goes down memory lane as he talks about what sparked his podcasting career, some of his favorite episodes, and his gratitude towards having the ability to create a podcast based on the one thing he loves so dearly which is sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about minor league baseball pitcher Kieran Lovegrove's coming out, and exposes the impoverished conditions that players have to withstand.
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Well, just as everyone expected, a California-based team has won over 100 games and is about to begin their playoff run with homefield advantage. And that team is... The San Francisco Giants?????? JonStewartWHAAAA-dot-gif With 104 wins as of this recording, the Giants are approaching their all-time team record and almost no one in America knows it. So today I welcome Ray Novotny and Paul Sanders (Gay San Francisco Giants Fans Facebook Group Founders) so that we can learn more about our new NL West overlords. We meet a pitching staff of improbable aces, toast the ageless Brandon Crawford & Buster Posey, and I continue to miss Kris Bryant like the deserts miss the rain. Then we break down SF's possible playoff matchups, Paul hates on the Cardinals, and I realize that we're all going to get along just fine. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Insta: @kenthinguy @gay_san_francisco_giants_fans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week, Brian Bell welcomes rising Paradigm Pro Wrestling heavy hitter "Mad Dog" Connelly to the show! They discuss Connelly's coming out moment from earlier this year, how he incorporated his own mental health struggles into his in-ring persona as a message of ownership and how he's found more of himself through Paradigm's UWFi Rules division. He also discusses his upcoming match against Davey Richards, the positives and negatives of his first persona and why he keeps quote tweeting Montez Ford! Follow Connelly on Twitter: @mdcon420 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh loves the WNBA and the playoffs reach a pair of compelling best-of-5 semifinals, so we go one-on-one with Swish Appeal and Boston Globe sportswriter Zack Ward. This week's podcast features an in-depth look at the Connecticut/Chicago and Las Vegas/Phoenix clashes, a look at the highlights of the 25th anniversary season of the league, and ponders why even with so much momentum, why the league still struggles for respect. Also this week:
Sue Bird: One more year, please!
I flew in to play a WNBA playoff game, and my arms are tired
Caitlyn is gonna Caitlyn
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D.Gil challenges his listening guest to identify what lights their fire? Also, are you truly free? With everything going on in this world, do we stick to our sports to keep us going, or is something else waiting to be lit inside of you to make the best version of you? What lights your fire? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! In a special weekend episode, Brian Bell welcomes Em Fear (Grit & Glitter) and Kate Foray (Girl Wrestling Fan Will You Marry Me?) to the show to discuss the latest episode of Vice's Dark Side of the Ring focused on the life of Chris Kanyon. They chat about the clear absence of LGBTQ voices in the documentary before looking at key moments in Kanyon's life and discussing the tragedy and empowering legacy that endures from his story. Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Follow Kate Foray on Twitter: @makeitloud Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital!
Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex recounts how Patriots owner Robert Kraft stopped by his flag football league's opening day to schmooze with football-loving gays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're getting a touch of class this week as the Tea Time champion Theo Ivory joins the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his journey in pro wrestling, all the laughs and joy at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 and Ivory's YouTube series "Tea Time." They also discuss the growth and diverse presentations of queer identities in pro wrestling and why visibility is so important to Ivory. Ivory also shares his thoughts on his upcoming "Gay or Stay 3-Way" match at Pro Wrestling After Dark Taste The Rainbow! Follow Theo Ivory on Twitter: @thee_theoivory Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we look in on yet another attempt to pass a transgender student-athlete ban in Texas, but this week through the prism of what seems to be the key argument of anti-trans crowd, "What if some kids transition because they wanna be champ, or get a scholarship or whatever." Karleigh Webb looks inside myths used to sell codified discrimination and why it makes for some horrid, toxic public policy along with highlights from inside the latest round of special session hearing, along with other voices in the fray with something to say.
Also this week:
Athletes speak out for women's health care and reproductive rights
The WNBA Playoffs...and why representation STILL matters
Karleigh the poet on triumph, transition and the truth
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D.Gil talks with Charlton Invicta FC player Gary Ginnaw discussing how it feels to be a proud gay man playing football, his not so brave days when he was younger, Charlton Invicta FC, and so much more. Gary reminds us that it is never to late to be prideful and to follow your dreams. Always remember "You can play". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Devin Heroux of CBC Sports about his experiences covering the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He was one of the few reporters who stayed for both events -- a combined 51 straight days of living under semi-quarantine. Devin shares how he survived, and didn't wind up losing his mind.
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This week's title implies hope that the Cincinnati Reds can someday win a World Series for a legendary player like Joey Votto. And don't get me wrong--that would be a really good idea! But the way they've been playing over the past month, you should take that title more literally. Win ONE. One game. Any game. Comedian and friend of the pod Mark Chalifoux is back to ruminate over the predicament the Reds find themselves in. Seemingly flying high and looking playoff bound as recently as mid-August, the Reds have lost series to abominations like the Marlins, the Pirates, and even my beloved Cubs. Now they find themselves fighting and clawing for a shot at the second wild card and nothing is guaranteed. Which sucks because they still have Votto. And he rules. Thankfully the rest of Cincinnati and all of baseball has started to realize it. Hopefully they'll have a chance to see more of him in October. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MarkChalifoux Insta: @kenthinguy @markchalifoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is solo this week because there is so much that happened in the wrestling world this week. From Big E's monumental WWE championship victory to Butch vs. Gore cancelling its 2021 events to Jake Atlas stepping away from pro wrestling, there is a lot to unpack. Brian also discusses their feelings around the misgendering of a wrestler at the latest Pro Wrestling Magic event and workers' rights in pro wrestling! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh Webb had her hands full this week. To quote Ed Sullivan, "IT'S A REALLY BIG SHOW!" Fallon Fox, the pioneer. Fallon Fox, the legend. Fallon Fox, the studio analyst? Yep, she sits in to break down Alana McLaughlin's MMA debut, and the part she played in making the history happen. Also this week: Karleigh goes one-on-one with the host of TERFWars, British YouTube dynamo and aspiring rocker Katy Montgomerie. We'll get a up close perspective on being trans in perhaps one of the roughest environments in the world for transgender people right now. The United Kingdom, a.k.a. "TERF Island" Also this week: Carl Nassib: Monday Night Hero!
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D.Gil gives his thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and hero Mark Bingham.
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The 2021 NFL season is officially underway! On this week's show, Alex talks about the league's praiseworthy LGBTQ outreach efforts, and why it's OK for the cynics to give the NFL some credit.
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Hello, Lovelies! A Big Gay Brunch went down in Chicago on Sunday, so grab a pastry, a mimosa and relive the chaos of one of the gayest wrestling events of the summer! Brian Bell welcomes his close friend and former co-host Andrew Clough to the show for a queer-het connection break down of the event. They chat about standout competitors, matches and Andrew's own journey into understanding why queer and other underrepresented groups' presence in pro wrestling matters so deeply. Also, listen to the end for the latest on this year's QWI list! Follow Andrew Clough on Twitter: @achater3283 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! After a week off, we're back to tackle AEW's best event yet: All Out 2021. Brian Bell welcomes Phil Lindsey (Bleacher Report, Daily DDT) and Patches Chance (Daily DDT, RealSport101) to the show help break it all down. From CM Punk's return to the Lucha Brothers' steel cage of emotion to an appearance from Murder Daddy himself, Minoru Suzuki, All Out packed so many memorable moments into a 4-hour package. And that's even before we get to Adam Cole, Ruby Soho, Brian Danielson and Paul Wight going deep on a chokeslam! Follow Phil Lindsey on Twitter: @PhilDL616 Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The episode marks the 100th episode of the Trans Sporter Room, and it comes in a week that had some breaking news, and for an MMA hopeful, a big break at last.
We say goodbye to emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams, the force behind one of the most iconic LGBTQ characters on American television, and what his presence and talent meant to many, including this show's host
Inclusion completes a winning time in Tokyo with Team LGBTQ Paralympians setting a standard for tomorrow
A women's pro league decided to take "women" out of the name
And after a COVID delay, MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin is just days away from a debut, and history. A special encore excerpt from Karleigh Webb's interview with her in July
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The 2021 NFL season is here and D.Gil shares his thoughts on each divisional NFL teams, his picks on divisional winners, and his locked in Super Bowl winning team. Spoiler* They've won the Super Bowl recently! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Labor Day Weekend! On this week's show, Alex talks about a variety of LGBTQ sports stories, including Carl Nassib making the Raiders' roster. So far, the biggest story about the first active openly gay player in NFL history is that it hasn't been a story. Now the question is, will that continue into the regular season?
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Mets fans have spent most of the past month booing their own players--and their frustration is understandable. It was a rough August! But then Mets fans and the media decided to turn Javy Báez into the biggest villain in New York for having the temerity to boo them right back. And that's when your humble podcaster goes full-on Ash vs. Evil Dead and tells all of Queens to "Come get some." Friend of the pod Sara Sanchez returns and we leap to Javy's defense the way he leaps after literally any line drive that has the misfortune to cross his path. We explain why neither of us likes booing the home team and how doing so doesn't make you a smarter or more sophisticated fan. Even if Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo insists it does. (And honestly, should you really be taking sophistication lessons from a grown man who insists on sticking "Mad Dog" in the middle of his name?) Plus we dig into the biases of baseball media power brokers and how quickly they turn a deaf ear to marginalized voices. NOTE: My apologies that the audio is occasionally a little glitchy. My zoom connection was wonky but I hope you agree it's worth the occasional hiccup. Our discussion gets pretty deep! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @BCB_Sara Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week we talk to someone who helps keep some threads together when COVID frayed them out. The COVID pandemic affect in terms of keep many apart was especially difficult on LGBTQ communities. Many meeting places, safe spaces, and support spaces were shutdown and some of those haven't come back despite the effort to reopen. Such situations hit trans communities hard, especially trans youth. At the same time, the coordinated assault on trans rights but power anti-LGBTQ concerns also grew to be nearly as virulent as coronavirus. In this breach stepped New England-based DJ Xandra Xero. For the last year, she's been locked out of the clubs due to the pandemic, but locked in on giving shut-in people and virtual space to get down, and along the way she's used her virtual sets, dubbed "Trans Dans" to raise money for a bevy of national trans-related causes. She has another fundraising, and planed back-to-school bash via Twitch.Tv and sat down with our Karleigh Webb to discuss how she got her groove flowing through the pandemic, how music is a part of her own journey, and how she is combining turntables, mixers and beats into a heartbeat to keep things together in a tough time. Also this week
Paralympic Update: Team LGBTQ makes their move, including some golden moves
More on the New York Times and all the news that's fit to cis
Trans Joy: A Pride put their foot down on TERFS, Shon Faye's first book hits the shelves, and CeCé Telfer
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Cuoper Gunn shares his coming out journey with D.Gil along with sharing insight on an average day in college and what it means to be an out queer soccer player.
Wearing a Pride shirt inspired a gay college soccer captain to come out - Outsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How did our Hot Gay Summer turn into our Hot Mess Summer? On this week's show, Alex chats with Boston Globe columnist Christopher Muther, who argues that Summer 2021 has been one big rainbow letdown. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the "Punk Rock Qween" Jamie Senegal to the show! Senegal is set to make history at Saturday's NWA Empowerr event, becoming the first out trans woman ever to compete in an NWA ring. She and Brian Bell discuss what that moment means to her and why it is so significant. They also chat about her infatuation with deathmatch wrestling, working with No Peace Underground and how she and other LGBTQ pro wrestlers are keeping the memory of the Divas era of pro wrestling alive! Follow Jamie Senegal on Twitter: @thejamiesenegal Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The state of Texas has seen a lot of hearings, debates and deliberations through dozens of proposals to curtail the rights of transgender youth. The Hearing on Senate Bill 2 scheduled for August 24 went beyond the pale. It stretched to sunrise on August 25, We checked in on the whole thing. The first shots in the continuing national battle over trans rights which plans to stretch into fall legislative sessions in more than 30 states Also
Team LGBTQ gets off to a flying start at the Paralympics with a first-day medal
World Athletics' most controversial rule meets a reckoning
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D.Gil shares his thoughts on the upcoming college football season which includes his college football playoff picks, national championship winner, NIL, and the need for a football player to come out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
John Dickinson-Lilley didn't imagine himself skiing the slopes of Switzerland and Austria as a blind man. Yet that's where he found himself after friends invited him on a trip. Dickinson-Lilley quickly took to the sport, dedicating himself to losing over 100 pounds and training to be one of the best blind skiers in all of Europe. He talks about his journey, the mechanics of blind skiing, and the importance of able-bodied people recognizing their own fascination with "inspiration porn" in and around the Paralympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After enduring everything that happened in the past year and a half, there was nothing I wanted more than to treat myself to a baseball roadtrip. So this past week, I met up in Denver with longtime friends of the pod and real life besties Kevin McCaffrey & Adam Mamawala and we took in two games at Coors Field for the first time. This short episode was recorded at the end of the trip when we were all actually in the same room together--a 3 Strikes, You're Out first! All of us fell head over heels for this beautiful ballpark and we'll happily tell you why. Coors Field: So good, it's worth watching the Rockies. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're still gagging over Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21, and who better to unpack everything from the melding of ballroom and pro wrestling than The Nobodies' DJ Accident Report! He and Brian Bell discuss the magically queer atmosphere at the show, the emotional displays during the event and what they want from further blends of queer culture and pro wrestling. They also chat reclamation through pro wrestling and the celebration of trans identities at the show! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Support The Nobodies on Patreon Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury enter the 100 meter backstroke final as a contender. 53 seconds later, he was a gold medalist, an Olympic record holder and the toast of his homeland.
He was also a man in hiding.
That changed when he came out in 1998. Coming out involved some pain, but it gave way to a great deal of pride and a new pursuit as a champion for change in sport and society as a strong voice on inclusion and human rights issues in sport and society.
Today, he's Vice President of Canada's Olympic Committee, and presided over a Team Canada effort in Tokyo that yielded one its best showing in a Summer Games ever. Team Canada won 24 medals, including 7 gold. The effort also featured 16 of its number as a part of the largest "Team LGBTQ" contingent in Olympic history, including the first-ever trans non-binary Olympian, who was part of an historic run in women's soccer that ended up golden.
Karleigh Webb went one-on-one with Tewksbury and looks at where's he been, the hope we are seeing amid this "Inclusion Summer" in sports today and our challenge toward inclusion tomorrow.
Also in this week's show:
The New York Times took on the trans sports issue, and gave out all the news that's fit to cis.
Q-School is in session for Hailey Davidson
Karleigh made a television debut
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D.Gil discusses the impact Covid-19 will have on the future of sports such as proof of vaccination, proof of negative Covid-19 test, and team protocol's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's been a about 30 years since the Summer and Winter Olympics were held about six months apart, but that's exactly what we're going to see as the Beijing Winter Olympics are coming this February, after just ending the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Amazin LeThi joins us this week to talk about the impact this is having on the Asian and Asian-LGBTQ communities, as well as what it means to have the Gay Games set for late next year in Hong Kong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex is riding solo this week. He tackles a few LGBTQ sports topics, including tennis player Fabio Fognini wearing rainbow accessories for his first match since yelling an anti-gay slur at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a gap year spent exploring the exotic cultures of Buffalo and Dunedin, the Blue Jays have returned to Toronto. Just in time to make a charge for a playoff spot! Which means it's time to check back in with friend of the pod A.J. Andrews (Locked on Jays) who just happens to be returning to Toronto herself next week to catch her beloved Jays in action! One of the most exciting times to be a baseball fan is realizing a talented young core has come together and is about to embark on a long run of contention. Between Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, and Teoscar Hernández, there's a lot to be excited about! Politely, of course, because this is Canada. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @A_J_Andrews Insta: @kenthinguy @neoaj18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! With the Olympics coming to a close, Brian Bell leans back and takes listeners through a preview of Billy Dixon's latest Pose-meets-pro wrestling event, Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21!. Brian and their partner were live in the building for the show, and Brian takes some time talking about what that night and various moments meant to them. Don't worry, this is a spoiler-free zone! Listen in and get ready for Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21's premiere at 8pm ET on independentwrestling.tv! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Zooey Zephyr is a grad student and administrator at the University of Montana. She grew up as a high-level amateur who is now speedy on a soccer pitch.
She's also one of the voices rising and activists working against the coordinated wave of legislation currently targeting trans youth in more than 30 states in the last year.
Karleigh Webb got the chance to sit down one of the many activists, supporters and allies mounting a determined resistance to this surge, including getting involved in the process on electoral front. They also explore loving sports and how it became a pathway to finding oneself and why the body politic could use a few good gamers and anime fans.
Also the week:
Team LGBTQ Olympic Recap: A top ten finish in every metric, including the "Karleigh Olympic Index"
Eddy Demarez: SHUT UP FOOL!
A call to the red, white and blue on Team LGBTQ
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The Olympics are over and now its time to bring attention to "Team LGBTQ+" by sharing some of their accomplishments in the games. These Olympics saw a lot of first including the first non-binary and trans athletes competing at the highest level. With at least 180 out LGBTQ+ athletes its safe to say the LGBTQ+ community was well represented in Tokyo. Check out all related LGBTQ+ Olympic Stories at Outsports.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Andrew Mortensen, a gay cyclist who biked across North America and South America during the height of Covid and raised $17,000 for The Trevor Project. He has an incredible story to tell.
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This isn't a podcast. This is a therapy session. The Cubs have been gutted and my soul has been crushed. As you might expect, I need to talk this out. So this is another crossover with Kevin McCaffrey & Adam Mamawala of the Away Games Podcast because we all need to vent. A lot. Tom Ricketts is trash. Jed Hoyer is a liar and a coattail rider. To rescue the Cubs, we need to expel those two reprobates from Chicago as soon as possible. Instead, they just traded away all the guys people actually like. Sigh. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @adammamwala @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back to wrestling this week with one of the most popular and authentic creators going in independent wrestling today, J-Rose. He and Brian Bell discuss his five-year wrestling anniversary, building Paradigm Pro Wrestling into an example of inclusivity for other promotions, creating spaces for Black and queer voices in the industry and who inspired his ring announcing style. J-Rose also delves into the creation of Paradigm Pro Wrestling's No Hook project, a melding of pro wrestling, hip hop and magical realism born from his mind! Follow J-Rose on Twitter: @thisisjrose Follow Paradigm Pro Wrestling on Twitter: @ParadigmProWres Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"There's been no openly transgender women at the top level, until now, I think the threat to women's sports in general is probably overstated," The IOC's medical and scientific director said those words this week as LGBTQ history continues to unfold at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The IOC is set to revamp its policies on transgender participation after these Games end. What could it look like? What effect could it have? What should be considered in these changes? Dr. R. Nick Gorton is trans, a physician, and has been a consultant on trans health and sports since 2005. He was a consultant to the NCAA when they built their policy in 2011. Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one for an interview that looks into where the issue has been, where it could go, and what is the next direction in the continuing wave of anti-trans legislation in the United States.
Also on this week's podcast
Team LGBTQ mines more Gold in Tokyo
A look back at an historic day for transgender athletes
And a Karleigh Commentary on the Castor Semenya Rule, and why it has to go
The Trans Sporter Room. Powered by Outsports: Your Olympic Rainbow Connection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil has had ENOUGH of the Simone Biles slander. This episode addresses the backfire from the decision made by the Olympian Biles to back out of several gymnast events due to stated mental health concerns. Mental Health is real and Simone Biles deserves respect. Do you agree? Tune in now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex celebrates the Rainbow Wave at the Olympics, and how the record number of out athletes are PROUD to be LGBTQ. So awesome to see. On the negative side, Alex also discusses the disturbing story about athlete being outed on Grindr in the Olympic Village.
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Hello, Lovelies! In a special episode, we're putting pro wrestling to the side (partially) this week to discuss historic non-binary representation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. American skateboarder Alana Smith and Canadian soccer player Quinn made history this week, becoming the first trans non-binary athletes to ever compete at the Olympics, but their moments were overshadowed by misgendering on international broadcasts. Brian Bell and de la Cretaz have both been covering the event and come together to discuss the fallout, what the Olympics and its broadcasters can do to better respect non-binary identities and the joyful moments from both athletes that the reporting on their misgendering has overshadowed. They also sneak in a bit about the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers! Follow Britni de la Cretaz on Twitter: @britnidlc Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week is a Trans Sporter Room SPECIAL REPORT: Meet Alana McLaughlin. She's an artist, she's a blacksmith, she's a special forces combat veteran, and next week she'll be the first transgender competitor to step in to a professional mixed martial arts arena since Fallon Fox's last fight in 2014. Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with an heir to the legacy of the "Bravest Athlete Ever" Also:
Team LGBTQ is on a tear in Tokyo it's only been a week since competition started. We recap out and proud on the podium,
A special tribute to British diver Tom Daley, who finally took home the gold, and afterwards spelled out how much it means to the LGBTQ world,
Pronouns: They're what you get right.
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D.Gil sends his congratulations to gay gold medal Olympian Tom Daley after he and his diving partner Matty Lee took Gold in the 10-meter synchronized diving in Tokyo, Japan. Outsports Story
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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Brock McGillis, the first openly gay pro hockey player in North America, about Luke Prokop, the NHL prospect who publicly came out as gay this week.
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As if to spite their name, the Padres have been hell to watch over the past two decades. But the rise of some of the game's finest young talent coupled with expeditious free agent signings and trades has made the 2021 Padres one of the most sublime teams in the game. Friend of the pod and San Diego superfan Jono Zalay returns this week to bask in his team's glory...from third place. (Baseball is weird!) Jono has attended one of the Padres/Dodgers games at Petco Park and he can confirm that they've lived up to the enthusiasm I've been describing them with all year. As you'd expect, we dig into the genius of Fernando Tatís Jr. and the underrated brilliance of Jake Cronenworth. But as Jono explains, the arrival of this incredible team has combined with the abandonment of the Chargers to enable the Padres to claim the hearts of San Diegans everywhere. As a baseball fan, you love to see it. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JonoZalay Insta: @kenthinguy @jonozalay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Its time to tread into the Gooniverse this week as we welcome "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss behind-the-scenes details on McMurphy's recent Killianvision event with Camp Leapfrog, the formation of his stable The Goons and how embracing all facets of his personality helped him reach new heights in recent years. They also chat extensively about one of McMurphy's favorite subjects: Sonic the Hedgehog. Strap in for plenty of chat on the furry blue rat! Follow Killian McMurphy on Twitter: @TheShooterKM Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Light the flame! It was a year late, but Tokyo 2020 is off and running and this week's edition previews a marquee team sport. Can anybody stop Team USA from a seventh straight Olympic gold medal in women's basketball? Will Australia's Opals finally shine golden? And who could come from the shadows to make a "Miracle On Hardwood"? Karleigh Webb sits in with Fans Only Sports' Women's Basketball Analyst Lauren Rosenberg on the ins and outs of the Olympic Draw, the WNBA at the Olympic break, and why the deep talent pool should have the WNBA thinking "expansion". Also in this week's edition:
Olympic update: Soccer and softball get underway
History in Sapporo: A Canadian trailblazer makes an Olympic first
Big Ups: To a hockey player on the rise, and to a legal eagle taking wing for what's right.
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Hello, Lovelies! We kick off the next 100 episodes by welcoming Texas favorite and Pride Championship Wrestling founder Madness to the show! The "Texas Hellhound" details his experiences as an out gay wrestler working all over Texas, establishing Pride Championship Wrestling in San Antonio and his own quest to finding peace through pro wrestling. Madness also discusses implementing kink into his pro wrestling persona and what is left on his bucket list before he calls it a career. Follow Madness on Instagram: @pup_madness Follow Pride Championship Wrestling on Instagram: @pridewrestlingtx Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about why the Olympics are the most gay-friendly sporting event, and how he's changed his views on the Games over the years. Plus, Alex rails against unvaccinated Americans for selfishly putting the rest of us in danger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Guess who's back? Back again? Dawn is back! Tell a friend! When Pete Alonso went off during the Home Run Derby, there was one person I knew I had to bring on the show. And so it is an absolute joy to welcome Outsports editor emeritus Dawn Ennis back to the pod! And lo and behold, her beloved Mets are in first place and getting healthy so that's not the only thing she's excited about... We discuss the All Star Game and how after the latest AL victory, National League fans have begun to view it as the Midsommar Classic. Then we dive deep into the causes of social justice that Henry Aaron symbolized, speculate over whether any random LGBTQ broadcaster can do a better job than Joe Buck (SPOILER ALERT: Yes, yes, sweet Jesus yes!), and go over plans to make Jacob deGrom the first pitcher to be cryogenically frozen between starts. As I try to make clear at the end of the show, having Dawn back means a lot and I'm thrilled to talk baseball with her again! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LifeAfterDawn Insta: @kenthinguy @lifeafterdawn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The center of the news has been around Austin, Texas. A Governor seeking to take away voting rights and pick on transgender youth, again. An opposition putting up a walk-out, and a hearing on two bills that would legalize discrimination of trans youth features some of the most outlandish and somewhat unhinged things you'll ever hear, even directly in the faces of parents of trans children. Karleigh Webb put together a special look inside the farce and the fury within this fight over trans rights.
On the good foot, we dug in the archives to two interviews from last October that gave us a glimpse of the future. In the space of two week we had special sit down with Canadian soccer midfielder Quinn and American BMX freestyle ace Chelsea Wolfe. Both are currently packing their bags for a little trip to Japan -- for the Summer Olympics! Also this week -- Caitlyn catcalled at CPAC and Transgender athletes break another barrier. They now have their own bubblegum cards!
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Today besties Bradley and Rich join D.Gil to discuss the 2020-2021 Atlanta Hawks NBA season that saw the team reach the conference finals for the first time since 2015. We discuss what it was like going to the games, our emotions leading up to the playoff run, first hand experiences during the playoffs, and we spill the tea on our Atlanta Hawks crushes. Enjoy!! #TruetoAtlanta Follow D.Gil, Bradley & Rich on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nick Wagman has worked for this spot on the United States Olympic team for a long time. Even as a kid, struggling with being gay and his classmates harassing him for it, he found solace in the sport of equestrian, and dressage in particular. Now he's married to his husband and living his best life. In this interview he talks to the media for the first time about being a gay athlete and representing the United States as an out athlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! Alex bounces around a few topics on this week's show, including the Covid state of emergency in Japan, and it's impact on the Games. Alex also rails against the IOC's idiotic policy for not handing out condoms during the Games in the name of Covid safety, which in reality, will just introduce unprotected sex.
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Hello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 100th episode! To commemorate hitting triple-digits, regular host Brian Bell scoots into the guest chair to answer questions from their partner and past guest, KC. They discuss Brian's history with pro wrestling dating back to 1995, coming out as non-binary and showing emotional vulnerability on the air and their path to joining Outsports and starting the podcast. They also reflect on the path to 100 episodes, touching on the boom of LGBTQ pro wrestling, the highs and lows of the podcast to date and why producing the show remains so important to Brian. Also, there is a special surprise at the end, so make sure you listen til the final bell! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's been a week that intersections collided on The Road To Tokyo. A budding superstar suspended, swim caps became a controversy, and two teen titans from Namibia with red-hot times ended up out in the cold by running afoul of perhaps track and field's most contentious rule, The "Caster Semenya" Rule regarding regulation of naturally occurring testosterone. Karleigh Webb digs into this issue looking at the past and present with views from athletes, press, experts and scholars delving into the the well-known regulation and how its affecting the sport, and how it affecting the two of the fastest at 400 meters who may have been looking primed for a massive upset and maybe the first-ever Olympic gold for a nation that has never won one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil shares his thoughts on the USADA suspending Sha'Carrie Richardson for one month following a positive drug test for marijuana after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in the 100m race. Should marijuana be a banned substance? Is this even a big deal? Did she smoke due to anxiety? What can athletes learn from this? Get the tea piping hot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's Independence Day Weekend, which means one thing in the gay community: jockstraps! OK, maybe not quite, but there's no doubt jockstraps are having a moment. On this week's show, Alex speaks with journalist Louis Staples, who wrote recently about how jockstraps evolved from sportswear to an indelible part of gay culture. Follow Louis on Twitter, @LouisStaples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's the Friday before July 4th weekend and most of you are probably taking the day off so I wanted to do a short "Quick Hits" episode before doing so myself. And you know who should also take the day off? And the week, month, and year? Trevor Bauer. Hell, take the rest of your career off too, jagbag. It turns out this serial harasser of women online is also a raging abusive misogynist in real life and hell, who could have seen this coming? Everybody except the Dodgers. I also take a moment to assess the Cubs going up in flames over the past week and how weird it is that so many people who watched Jed Hoyer botch the Yu Darvish trade now want him to oversee a complete rebuild. Hope you like players who can't legally drink because that's the only qualification ol' Jed is apparently looking for. Siiiiiiigh. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Roll out the red carpet, because we've got LGBTQ pro wrestling royalty on the show this week as Mariah Moreno joins the show! Moreno and Brian Bell discuss her groundbreaking career, including learning under and building close friendships with deathmatch legends Supreme and Angel The Hardcore Homo, wrestling Nyla Rose in her final pre-AEW match and the growth of the LGBTQ pro wrestling community in her wake. Moreno also discusses her historic main event match against Edith Surreal at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 and what it means to her to be part of the initial Paris Honors class. Follow Mariah Moreno on Instagram: @Mariah_Moreno82 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With the Tokyo Olympics coming in July, some are looking at August 2 with a weather eye. That will be the day of the women's 87+ kg weightlifting competition. It will also be the day that New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard will step into Olympic history as possibly the first transgender athlete to participate in an individual event at the games. It is a moment she has been working for since 2015. It is also a moment that some don't want to see happen. Amid the growing "debate" over transgender rights is the often forgotten human variable. Transgender athletes are often casted in a light that dehumanizing. Dr. Jaimie Veale, a senior lecturer in psychology at Waikato University has studied such issues at length as a board member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), and a founding president of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA). Most recently Veale has organized an effort to quantify the state of transgender New Zealand toward building better human rights and health care policy. Veale has been outspoken on the press coverage toward Hubbard and also notes the high level of positive support she is getting in the small Pacific nation that loves their sports and came in to sit down with TSR's Karleigh Webb to look at the deeper story beyond the headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Flag football player Marc Withrow joins D.Gil to discuss his coming out journey, his sports background growing up, his love for football, and all things flag football. This podcast episode will make you want to sign up for your local flag football team ASAP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris Voth has played volleyball internationally across North America and Europe. Now he's coaching in Canada and starting work on a study looking at the experiences of LGBTQ professional athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
So, is there anything to talk about this week? Alex spends the bulk of today's episode talking about Carl Nassib's announcement, and the widespread support he's received across the NFL. It shows the NFL is ready for an openly gay active player, just like we've always said. Later in the show, Alex touches upon the debate surrounding Nassib's masculinity, and whether that's one of the reasons for the overwhelmingly positive reaction. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As 27 world championships would indicate, the Yankees do some things right. But when it comes to Pride Nights, they're still in a rebuilding effort. With that in mind, I'm joined on this episode by Yankees blogger Joshua Diemert (Pinstripe Alley) to discuss the Bronx Bombers' efforts to celebrate their LGBTQ fanbase. The Yanks have only been holding Legacy of Pride since 2019 and, as Josh testifies, their lack of experience shows. This year, Yankee broadcasters awkwardly offered up the toothless euphemism "the events at Stonewall" when discussing the riot that kickstarted the Pride movement. We dive into what that means about how the team still can't confront the un-Yankeeish aspects of LGBTQ history and how their approach to Pride is more about checking off a box on their baseball to-do list. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JoshuaDiemert Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back "The Business" Billy Dixon to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his upcoming sequel to 2020's ballroom-meets-wrestling event Paris is Bumping, Paris is Bumping: Solid Gold '21, and provides insight into Butch vs. Gore's plans for the rest of the year. Dixon also gets personal on asserting himself as a pro wrestler, how his Pup Collar match against AJ Gray at EFFY's Big Gay Brunch convinced him to continue his career and honoring LGBTQ pro wrestling's foundation. Tickets for Paris is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 are available here Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Paris is Bumping on Twitter: @ParisIsBumping Follow Butch vs. Gore on Twitter: @ButchVsGore Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Monday June 21, 2021 will be known as a watershed date in LGBTQ sporting annals.
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announces his coming out. The first active NFL player to do so.
Laurel Hubbard is selected to represent New Zealand Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She joins American Chelsea Wolfe is the first transgender athletes to make their nation's Olympic teams. Hubbard could be the first out trans women to compete in the Games
We'll take a look at the sounds and news of history in the making.' Among our guests this week are Suzanne Abair and WNBA standout and UConn All-American Renee Montgomery. They are also co-owners of the Atlanta Dream, and they sit down with Karleigh Webb to look back at how last year's fightback against police brutality also powered a fight that led to them both becoming teams owners by standing up for human rights and making an investment in women's sports. We also have producer Charlie Hano and director Regina Victor from one of the nation's most innovative theatre companies, the Actors Theatre of Louisville. On June 29, they will unveil a performance of the acclaimed sport-themed stage play "The Wolves", with a twist: A cast composed entirely of trans thespians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ken Schultz joins D.Gil for this special Father's Day podcast episode. They discuss their favorite sports moments with their dads growing up, their coming out stories, and a special message to their dads. This is a very heartwarming episode that will pull right at your heart strings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Emma Twigg is about to compete in her fourth Summer Olympic Games. That's an amazing feat. When Outsports started tracking the out LGBTQ athletes at the Olympics, it was her first Olympics: 2008. Now, 13 years later, it will be her first Olympic Games on our list of out athletes. She talks about the importance of being out as she approaches her fourth Games and using her platform to inspire LGBTQ people to be their true selves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex welcomes in Olympic figure skater Randy Gardner, who publicly came out as gay in 2006. Randy talks about the influx of out LGBTQ Olympians today and the challenges of discovering himself as a gay man at the start of the AIDS epidemic.
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There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando! And by "that night," I mean "all of 1981." Today, we're throwing back to one of the greatest seasons in baseball history: Fernando Valenzuela's rookie year with the Dodgers! And as MLB.com reporter Jesse Sanchez enthuses, it was about so much more than just great pitching. Valenzuela was an international sensation. Seemingly arriving out of nowhere, Valenzuela became a focal point for the Mexican and Latinx communities--at the beginning of the Reagan era, no less. He seemed to top himself every start with a streak of dominating performances, eventually leading the Dodgers to a World Series championship. And with every shut out, he opened the door wider for the Mexican community to become lifelong fans and showed the baseball establishment that a Latin American could become the biggest star in the game. Click here to read Jesse's excellent piece about reliving the Fernandomania phenomenon. You can still hear the awe and excitement in Jesse's voice as he talks about meeting and interviewing his favorite player. Forty years later, it's what remains great about Fernando and baseball. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JesseSanchezMLB Insta: @kenthinguy @jessesanchezmlb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're so peachy to have "Black Sexcellence" Devon Monroe on this week's episode! Monroe sits down with Brian Bell to chat his quick rise on the independent pro wrestling scene, why competing at Black Wrestlers Matter 2 means so much to him and his admiration for Arik Cannon. They also speak on his upcoming match at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 against Eel O'Neal! Follow Devon Monroe on Twitter: @TheDevonMonroe Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trans Sporter Room host Karleigh Webb was a part of an excellent panel discussion on PRIDE in sports sponsored by Vanderbilt University, moderated by New York Time best selling author Andrew Maraniss (author of Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke). Alongside our host was Shawn Kelley, one of the founders of the Gay Games, and a key director of the first Gay Games held outside of the United States (Vancouver, 1990) and recent Vandy grad Braeden Abrahamsen, a trans non-binary standout on perennially-strong Commodores bowling team during the college career. In 2018, Abrahamsen came out and later told their story, co-written by Maraniss (check it out here). It was an excellence look back and look forward, and special thanks to Vanderbilt University for letting us be a part of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil brought his bestie Harold Brown on this episode to discuss our past memories going to Pulse nightclub while in college, our condolences to the victims, and answer the question if should we feel safe going to nightclubs presently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kayla Miracle started wrestling when she was just 4. Women's wrestling wasn't even an Olympic sport at the time. Yet she dreamed early on of competing for Olympic gold. After a successful high school career competing against boys, and a college career competing against women, she is poised to live out her dream in Tokyo. She'll do it while being completely out in her life and with a girlfriend. She is believed to be the first publicly out LGBTQ athlete to compete in wrestling at a Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about an Outsports panel he moderated about being young and openly LGBTQ and working in sports. Every participant had a similar story: They were afraid coming out would harm their careers, but when they did, it was the best feeling ever.
In addition, Alex talks about why this year's Pride Nights are especially festive, and why kink belongs at Pride. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This was looking to be a rough week for the Chicago Cubs with seven games on the west coast against teams with the two best records in the league. But they weathered the storm and held their own thanks to discovering baseball's newest market inefficiency... Wisdom. Patrick Wisdom, to be precise. Today, I'm joined by friend of the pod Adam Mamawala for a crossover episode with the Away Games Podcast and we're talking about the kind of Wisdom that has lifted the Cubs through their most difficult stretch. Specifically: if you hit eight home runs in your first 15 games, you are very wise. We also break down Anthony Rizzo holding steady through a home run drought and still putting up very good production, Kris Bryant remembering that he's one of the best damn players in MLB, and Javy Báez being a genius even on days when he doesn't get a hit. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it might be a good idea to lock up one or three of these guys to a long term deal and pay them what they're worth. Which is why I don't own the Cubs. Sigh. Stick around to the end as we also reflect on the Giants taking the field against the Cubs in rainbow Pride caps! It was a sensational look and a genuinely significant moment for LGBTQ representation on the field in MLB. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Taye, the mind behind the upcoming Black Girl Magik event, to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss what led her to create the showcase wrestling event for women of color, how Chyna and Bull Nakano inspired her to step into the ring and the importance of creating spaces for underrepresented communities and building support systems in wrestling. Taye also discusses ideas for Pro Unapologetic Wrestling beyond Black Girl Magik! Check out Black Girl Magik on June 26! Follow Taye on Twitter: @aloha_taye Follow Black Girl Magik on Twitter: @ProUnapologetic Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lansing (MI) Community College women's basketball head coach Layne Ingram started his coaching career and his transition at the same time, all while being that "local kid" who made good in a storied run in high school and college basketball. He sat down with Trans Sporter Room host Karleigh Webb for a rich conversation about finding one's life, coaching the game he loves fiercely and the current contentious fight over transgender rights in athletics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode highlights MLS Atlanta United allied supporter group All Stripes. Founding member David Prophitt joins D.Gil to discuss how All Stripes was founded, the purpose of All Stripes, and the potential future for All Stripes. Make sure you check out this support group if you're ever in the Atlanta area for an ATL United match. "Y'all Means All". All Stripes Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games will swell to over 100 if the Games are held. And that last part is the question. Will the Olympic Games be held? Cyd Zeigler says they will be held, and the Olympics are ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex looks at whether Pride celebrations are too corporate, and discusses the controversy in New York City over the banishment of uniformed police officers from the Pride parade.
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The Mookie Betts trade sucked. In fact, the last time Boston had suffered such an incalculable loss of valuables was the Gardner Museum heist. And in the immediate aftermath, the 2020 Red Sox sucked too. This year? Not so much. The Olde Towne Team is hitting the hell out of the ball and through two months, they've got one of the best records in the American League. But can Boston learn to love its Prodigal Sox? Hell, can Boston learn to love anything? Today, friend of the pod and The Sports Kiki's own Alex Reimer is back to answer those questions and live up to his Mr. Boston title that he was completely unaware of until I sprung it on him at the beginning of the episode. We go off on weird billionaire John Henry, identify a surprising new face of 2021 the Red Sox, and compare Sox/Yankees to MLB's newfound love affair with Dodgers/Padres. Along the way, we also hit conversational detours like reminiscing about favorite hockey brawls, analyzing the Ricketts family's relations with the LGBTQ community, and comparing Boston and Chicago sports fan personalities. Essentially it boils down to Will Hunting vs. George Wendt--featuring the two most pleasant accents in human speech history. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AlexReimer1 @SportsKikiPod Insta: @kenthinguy @areims12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBTQ powerhouse Parrow joins the show this week! "The Twink Hunter" chats about his experiences in pro wrestling, his upcoming Pride deathmatch event Fear The Gay Agenda and the event's connection to the 5th anniversary of the Pulse shooting. Parrow and Brian Bell also discuss the placement of LGBTQ pro wrestlers on cards and how to move past stereotyping of LGBTQ pro wrestlers! Check out No Peace Underground's Fear The Gay Agenda on June 11, 8pm ET, live on independentwrestling.tv Follow Parrow on Twitter: @Parrow_ Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with two episodes! First up, Fanfyte's Colette Arrand returns to discuss AEW's latest pay-per-view event Double or Nothing. She and Brian Bell run recap two stellar women's matches, the "F+" Ogogo-Rhodes nationalist clash, Sting taking off his shirt and why this should be the final Stadium Stampede match despite Tully Blanchard's Pride fit. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Fanfyte on Twitter: @FanFyte Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
David Roche and Megan Roche are top ultra distance runners and trail runners. Both have won national championships and have represented the USA on the world stage. As founding coaches of Some Work All Play, they have dedicated themselves to running for all and they have been steadfast cisgender voices in athletes for inclusion for transgender people in sports and have spoken out extensively against the current anti-trans surge that added Florida to the roll call of backlash. Karleigh Webb beamed them up to discuss the misconceptions, the issues, and with both being coaches based on science, why the science also points to inclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode is geared towards bringing attention to racism in rugby as D.Gil is joined by Mark Jordan and Devin Ibañez to get a first hand listen on this subject matter. Mark and Devin discuss their own personal experiences with racism within rugby, experiences within gay rugby organizations, why the issue of racism starts at the top, what's being done now, and how to combat racism in rugby in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex welcomes in Alex Schmider, one of the producers for the Hulu documentary "Changing The Game," which allows transgender athletes to take back their narratives. Alex and Alex (love it!) talk about the making of the powerful film and the importance of restoring humanity to marginalized communities. "Changing The Game" premiers on Hulu June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As of this recording, the A's are currently in first place. And the A's are currently still playing in Oakland. Which feels like a bigger miracle. Friend of the pod and friend of Outsports Randy Boose is back to talk about what it's like when a good team's terrible ownership decides it's time to flirt with Vegas in order to extort a new stadium out of their current home. Oakland has seen this movie before and it doesn't end well. On the positive side, the A's are doing well on the field--their dilapidated, occasionally sewage filled field. Despite this, Matt Olson and Ramón Laureano are giving it their all to try and get Oakland back to the postseason. And nothing bad ever happens after that, right? Don't answer that. Finally, we pay tribute to Outsports expatriate editor Dawn Ennis at the end of the episode. She's the best and we miss her enormously. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RandyB_SC @LPFPod Insta: @kenthinguy @lpfpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hailey Davidson is a 28-year-old Floridian by way of Scotland who made a piece of golf history. With a win in a National Women's Golf Association mini-tour event on May 13, she became the first transgender woman to earn a professional golf tourney victory. She made the history by 1 stroke while outlasting a current LPGA tour pro. The win is next step in a goal she worked toward for last 5 years, She sat down with Outsports' Karleigh Webb to tell a story of high hopes amid some long odds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Well, as the "Ep. X" implies, this week was originally supposed to be a break for LGBT In The Ring host Brian Bell. But an eventful week pulled them back into the home studio for an "unofficial" episode! Brian runs through all the amazing Pride month wrestling events lined up, outlines the podcast's scheduled guests for Pride month, reveals the special nature of the show's 100th episode in July and shares some thoughts about limiting queer pro wrestling identities to Pride month. Spoiler: it's bad and there are no more excuses for doing so. Make sure to submit your questions for LGBT In The Ring's 100th episode role reversal extravaganza at lgbtringpod100@gmail.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indiana University has yet another graduate from their university. That's Thomas Vanderbrook, Bisexual swimmer from New Orleans. Thomas joins D.Gil to discuss his years at IU, what's upcoming in his life, and a message to closeted swimmers. This episode was very lively and you'll here birds letting us know just how lively they can be too. Thomas will leave you wanting to know more about him after listening to this episode. Check out his Outsports interview here: Indiana University swimmer finds peace and purpose after coming out - Outsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joanna Lohman played soccer for the US Women's National Team and professionally for many years. Now, along with soccer dad and author Paul Tukey, she has written a book taking the lessons learned from the USWNT and women's soccer to empower girls through the sport. She shares her favorite stories from the book and some of the athletes who most impacted her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex is back with a fresh Kiki this week! He's spent the last couple of weeks speaking to LGBTQ college activists about what they're currently fighting, and relays his findings. Despite all of the progress, they're fighting for what they've always fought for: Visibility.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Exhibition of Intrigue" Edith Surreal back to the show! Surreal and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming episode of IWTV's reality series "The Life Of..." which gives a glimpse into the lives of top independent pro wrestlers. Surreal's episode is poised to be significant in terms of trans visibility and displaying a slice of the trans experience for all audiences. The two talk about the vulnerable nature of filming those experiences, her relationships with Solo Darling, Willow Nightengale and Dark Sheik and what she hopes audiences take away from the episode. They also chat about Surreal's breathtaking entrance at IWTV Family Reunion during WrestleMania week! Check out "The Life Of Edith Surreal" when it debuts June 1 on IWTV Follow Edith Surreal on Twitter: @edithsurreal Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week we beam up Breanna Diaz, Co-chair of Pull For Pride, to the Trans Sporter Room, to talk about their strength sports grant program for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex athletes who need assistance in paying for costs related to participation in strength sports. Also joining the conversation are transgender powerlifters Val Schull (they/them) and Scott Percy (he/him) to talk about the grant program, inclusion in their sport and being trans athletes in a time of hope and backlash. You can follow Pull For Pride on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Adan is a surfer and hooper living in Sayulita, Mexico striving to be the best athlete he can be. We discuss what it's like being a gay surfer in Sayulita, his future in surfing, how he can pay it forward to the local community, and why hula hooping gives him so much freedom. Adan's story will leave you rooting for him to succeed in and out of the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex welcomes Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler to talk about two issues that court absolutely no controversy: trans inclusion and COVID-19 restrictions. As an Olympics aficionado, Alex asks Cyd about how the possibility of eight openly transgender athletes competing in this year's Olympics, and whether we'll even have the Olympic Games at all. Cyd also issues a valiant defense of LA gays.
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It's been 73 years since the Cleveland Baseball Team won a World Series. And while it might be little consolation to the Cleveland faithful, that 1948 team was worthy of a compelling book. So on today's episode, I'm joined by baseball author Luke Epplin who has written the compelling book that squad deserves. It's called Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball. In it, Epplin recounts the three-team pennant race that summer, the one game playoff victory over the Red Sox that gave Cleveland the pennant, and how they became the first integrated team in baseball to win a World Series. But more than that, it's a story about four of the most fascinating Hall of Famers in history. Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier the previous year and 1948 is when he put his name on the map. 42 year old Satchel Paige had spent his entire career journeying through the Negro Leagues and that summer, he proved to the nation that he still had it. After creating his own legend as the all-American success story, Bob Feller saw his reputation start to dim in the year of his team's greatest triumph. And through it all, Bill Veeck ran the show and made baseball a better game for everyone. You'll really love this discussion and you'll love the book! Order Our Team here. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LukeEpplin Insta: @kenthinguy @lepplin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Sprout your wings and take to the heavens as we welcome "The Notorious Angel" Amber Jo to the show this week. Amber made history last year, becoming the first trans woman ever to wrestle under the banner of top British wrestling promotion Rev Pro. She and Brian revisit that moment, which was also one of her first matches ever, as well as providing representation to trans and autistic communities, learning from trans pro wrestling trailblazers and her Chyna body goals! Follow Amber Jo on Twitter: @TheAmberJo_Pro Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week former Disney employees Dawn and Karleigh reconnect with another former castmember: Clayton Sandell who reported on some of the biggest stories of the last decade for ABC News. Among his most memorable are his reports on Star Wars, which number more than a dozen! Watch them all at this link: https://claytonsandell.com/star-wars-stories Follow Clayton on Twitter by clicking here: https://twitter.com/Clayton_Sandell and on Instagram by clicking here: https://www.instagram.com/claytonsandell Follow us on Twitter @TransSporterRm, Dawn is @lifeafterdawn and Karleigh is at @chardonnayM and on Instagram at @rocketdyne1965 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DJ Guate joins D.Gil for this special Mother's Day addition of The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss her personal journey about becoming a mother and what motherhood means to her. This is a personal and raw episode that will leave you having more respect for so many women out there who are moms. Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There has never been an out transgender athlete to qualify for, or compete at, an Olympic or Paralympic Games. Until now. With the announcement that New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has qualified for the Games, we turn our attention to all of the trans athletes who are hoping to compete in Tokyo. And we know of at least seven of them, competing in volleyball, track and field and other sports. How many will we see at the Tokyo Olympic Games? We'll find out in the coming weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex catches up with sports radio host Jared Max, who came out publicly as gay on ESPN New York in 2011. Alex and Jared talk about the changing climate of sports media, how to keep sports radio interesting, and the allure of radio overall. These two radio geeks most certainly geek out!
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I'll be honest, I didn't have "Mets fans booing Francisco Lindor by the end of April" on my 2021 baseball bingo card. But so far, the highlight of his season has been wearing Eddie Murphy's Coming to America jacket to Spring Training. And all of Queens has been responding to him as if he just shouted "Good morning, my neighbors!" On today's episode, Youtuber and Friend of the Pod Melody Maia Monet is back to figure out what on earth has led to Lindor's hellacious early season slump and what he can do to get out of it. Take some $300 million contract pressure, add some good old fashioned New York sports fan rage, mix in a little deadened baseball, and simmer it in a swing that suddenly look as coordinated as Elaine Benes on the dance floor and you have Mr. Smile's current predicament. We also talk about Jacob deGrom's astounding dominance, the Mets' lineup's equally astounding ability to make it look like they're somehow facing deGrom every time he pitches, and the team's weird run of sad sack second basemen. And if you bring the kiddies, bring the wife, you're guaranteed to have the time of your life hearing me butcher "Meet the Mets!" Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MaiaMonet Insta: @kenthinguy @melodymaia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Em Fear and Meg Fair from the Grit & Glitter podcast to the show to relive all the majesty of MV Young's Polyam Cult Party 3! They and Brian tackle everything from the ridiculousness of the Brothers of Digestion to the tearjerking culmination of Ziggy Haim's championship quest and LGBTQ Pride bubbling over the pansexual fence. They also discuss the significance of MV Young vs. Jody, the birth of Athrun Amada and and the simp-filled Scrumble match! Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @Forkedpgh Follow Meg Fair on Twitter: @glitterxgoblin Follow Grit & Glitter on Twitter : @gritglitterpod and Patreon Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our guest Dr. Bethany Grace Howe knows Caitlyn Jenner better than anyone we know. She reacts to hearing the wanna-be-candidate in her own words, from an interview with Dawn Ennis for this podcast in April 2020: “I think every trans person, if they’re into athletics, should have an opportunity to compete and to improve themselves. I think sports is such a great way to learn a lot about yourself. And yeah, I want to, hopefully they’ll have the opportunity in the future to do whatever they can do. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.” Follow the anti-trans bills sweeping the country by going to trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier's excellent site: https://www.transathlete.com/take-action Read about Dr. Howe's efforts to help her neighbors in Oregon who have been devastated by wildfires here: https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/nonprofit-for-fire-relief-appoints-new-director/article_86aa3a6a-4bc9-11eb-af7b-4f7ab75ed42f.html and please consider making a donation by clicking here: https://echo-mountain-fire-relief.square.site/product/donate-to-the-echo-mountain-fire-relief-fund/1 Follow Bethany on Twitter https://twitter.com/BethanyGraceHow and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethany.grace.howe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 2021 NFL draft was this past weekend and D.Gil has all the tea to spill. D.Gil discusses "draft grades" while stating favorite draft picks from each team and throws shade along the way. You'll learn information about certain players and he even gives his way to early Super Bowl picks (shocker Tom Brady is mentioned). This guy knows his stuff. Be You, Be True, and Be Fierce! Instagram Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With the Tokoo Summer Olympics approaching, romance novelist Rachel Spangler wanted to share with her fans a story about an Olympic athlete falling in love with her coach. Spangler wrote 'Thrust' in the hopes of capturing the imagination of people looking to watch the upcoming Olympic Games. The story centers on a world-class fencer who falls in love with the coach who aims for coaching her athlete to Olympic gold. Spangler talks with Five Rings To Rule Them All about her own sports background and why she chose to center her latest novel around the world of the little-known sport of fencing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with Julie Kliegman of Sports Illustrated about coming out as non-binary and asexual, and what those identities mean to her. They also talk about the importance of supporting diversity in sports media. Follow Julie on Twitter, @jmkliegman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During the offseason, there was one dream match-up every baseball fan had circled on the schedule: Padres vs. Dodgers. And after the first two series between those teams, this reborn rivalry has exceeded everyone's expectations. Friend of the pod Kevin McCaffrey (Away Games Podcast) is back because this is the kind of series that makes you want to talk to awesome people about how awesome baseball is. To borrow from my Outsports colleague Brian Bell, there's nothing more compelling than a good Face vs. Heel match. The Padres have a whole roster of babyfaces: Fernando Tatís Jr, Yu Darvish, Eric Hosmer, Victor Caratini... And the Dodgers have one giant heel: Trevor Bauer. As if to emphasize his Trevor Bauerness, this week he decided to go after Tatís on twitter with a "You and Manny Machado are so gay HUR HUR HUR" joke. In 2021. Watching Tatís troll Bauer in multiple unique and distinct ways should earn him a unanimous MVP. Or at the very least, a Presidential Medal of Freedom. To top it off, I also propose a solution to Jacob deGrom's run-support woes that I will modestly call the greatest baseball idea of the past 20 years. Make it happen, Manfred! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We embrace chaos this week as "The King of Chaos" Logan Black joins the show. In his first interview since coming out as LGBTQ, Black goes in-depth on what spurred him to come out, how feeling he wasn't "queer enough" kept him closeted and why wrestling on the inaugural Butch vs. Gore event impacted him. Black and Brian Bell also discuss his 15-year career, training the next generation of wrestlers, Black's own podcast, The Year One Wrestling Podcast, and working to change the culture of pro wrestling! Follow Logan Black on Twitter: @KingOfChaosNYC Follow The Year One Wrestling Podcast on Twitter: @Year1Pod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The author of the seminal book on the transgender experience, Whipping Girl, Excluded, and a debut novel, 99 Erics, Julia Serano is our guest this week. She discusses her essay on Medium, The Dregerian Narrative, exploring anti-trans hate and the labeling of trans people as "activists" simply for being. Plus, Serano shares her appreciation for Sci-Fi and talks about her experience as a musician, songwriter and spoken word poet. Karleigh and Dawn also have news of more trans murders, the dismissal of a lawsuit by an extremist Christian legal group that sought to ban trans girls from competing with cisgender girls as student-athletes in Connecticut, and a big win for out trans racer Charlie Martin in the U.K. Follow Julia Serano on Twitter @JuliaSerano This is a special expanded episode given our special guest so click here so you can also watch the unedited raw video of our conversation on YouTube! https://youtu.be/UR1ptQuHkC0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Continuing with our baseball theme for the month, Texas Rangers media writer Alex Plinck joins D.Gil to discuss his unique coming out story on this weeks episode. Alex shares his ups and downs while giving listeners a somewhat familiar feeling on what its like going through a LGBTQ+ coming out journey. Read more about Alex's coming out story here: For gay Texas Rangers writer, life turned sweet after he hit bottom - Outsports Instagram: TheGAMEDAYTEA (@thegamedaytea) Twitter: The GAMEDAY TEA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aoife Cooke, who already has a national championship, officially qualified for the Olympics in the marathon at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. The Irish athlete, who competed collegiately in the United States for Arkansas Tech, punch her ticket over the weekend. For Cooke, being an out athlete is important as she understands the impact visibility has on other athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex welcomes back soccer writer Jeff Rueter of The Athletic to the show this week. They talk about the MLS' delayed suspension of Sebastian Lletget and the disturbing prevalence of hate speech throughout soccer. Alex also shares why the Super League blow up is his favorite sports story in a long time.
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Baseball is a game of traditions and this baseball podcast is no different. One of the biggest 3SYO traditions is that every time the White Sox throw a no-hitter, I invite friend of the pod Fritz Nothnagel (Punches and Punchlines) to celebrate it. EXTREMELY ZERO MOSTEL VOICE: Tradition! Tradition! This time, the honors went to Carlos Rodón, a former first round pick who has struggled to find consistency at the major league level. But the beauty of baseball is that sometimes it all comes together for one special game--and Rodón was almost perfect until hitting a batter in the ankle with two outs to go. We also discuss Tony LaRussa's attempt to answer the question "What is bullpen?" as well as the seemingly effortless brilliance of Luis Robert and the surprise emergence of Yermin Mercedes, a player who was seemingly born to sign a luxury car endorsement. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @fncomedy Insta: @kenthinguy @punchesandpunchlines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're going international again this week as we welcome Leo London to the show. London and Brian Bell chat about his work in Winnipeg's Premiere Championship Wrestling, being a favorite of Kenny Omega and his World of Sport wrestling origins. He also shares how wrestling reconnected him with his brother and tag team partner and how his in-ring work helped him find his voice to come out publicly as LGBTQ! Follow Leo London on Twitter: @LeoLondon23 Check out Leo London's YouTube channel here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Our coverage of WrestleMania week comes to a close as Brian Bell welcomes back their partner, KC, to chat about Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit. The event highlighted some of the brightest women in pro wrestling today, including Dark Sheik, Edith Surreal and Allie Kat herself! Brian and KC share their favorite matches, laud Brooke Valentine's acting chops and marvel Billie Starkz' level of talent at only 16 years old! And, of course, there is the Grey Sweatpants Battle Royal: Faye Jackson's last gift to pro wrestling and a truly unique, unapologetic reframing of sexualization in pro wrestling in the best way. Are you trying to see something? Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're putting a bow on WrestleMania week today, starting with a chat about GCW For The Culture. Brian Bell and their partner, KC, recap AJ Gray's showcase of BIPOC pro wrestling talent. They touch on the return of Darius Lockhart, Lio Rush and Lee Moriarty's wrestling clinic and the electricity of Fire & Flava vs. Thick & Juicy 2.0! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In her first interview with a transgender journalist since being sworn-in as assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Rachel Levine talks about bans on trans student-athletes, restricting gender affirming care, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and Covid-19. Read Dawn's article at forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis Also hear about an uptick in calls to suicide hotlines by trans youth in Arkansas, transphobia in Wookieepedia and Karleigh and Dawn rave about a fabulous piece of journalism in Sports Illustrated by friend of the podcast, trans nonbinary journalist Britni de la Cretaz! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil is joined by his college buddy Patrick Faerber to discuss all aspects of being an openly gay umpire. You'll hear what it was like coming out in umpire school, what it's like actually being an umpire, and so much more. Instagram & Twitter: patrickfaerber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There's lots of chatter today about boycotts. When Major League Baseball decided to pull its 2021 All Star Game out of Atlanta, some people cheered while others jeered. This week we look at various conversations about sports boycotts from the past, including the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2015 Men's Final Four in Indianapolis. And we look ahead to calls for boycotting the 2022 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, while contrasting that with the quieter calls to boycott the Tokyo Olympic Games over LGBTQ and other human rights issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with gay basketball player Jallen Messersmith, who's carved out a second life in New York City and Fire Island after playing basketball at Benedictine College, a small Christian school in Kansas. Alex and Jallen talk about his time as an out player at a religious institution and his gay awakening on Fire Island.
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The Los Angeles Angels are an enigma. For one thing, they insist on being called the Los Angeles Angels despite the fact that they clearly play in Anaheim. No Angeleno ever says, "Well sure, the San Gabriels are nice...but have you seen SPLASH MOUNTAIN?" Today, I'm joined by Angels superfan Jim Allen to talk about his team's most perplexing conundrum: the Angels have the consensus best player in baseball in Mike Trout. They have the most exciting player in baseball in Shohei Ohtani. They have the most fascinating manager in baseball in Joe Maddon. And come June every season, they have no chance. How does this happen? Jim has a few ideas and they're called Arte Moreno and Mike Scioscia. We also reminisce about the joy of 2002 and the heartbreak of 1986. And finally, Jim tells an important story about what it was like to be a gay man who had an ambition to break into broadcasting in the 1970s and 80s. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back to chat about the first night of WWE WrestleMania 37 with returning guest Darnell Mitchell (Pro Wrestling Mothership, Queer Nerd Podcast)! Darnell and Brian Bell discuss the historic main event pitting Bianca Belair against Sasha Banks, Cesaro finally getting his due on WWE's largest stage and all the other emotional highs from a mostly stellar first night under Tampa's stormy skies! Follow Darnell Mitchell on Twitter: @fabulousdnell Follow Pro Wrestling Mothership on Twitter: @pwmothership Follow the Queer Nerd Podcast on Twitter: @thequeernerdz Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting everything WrestleMania week across multiple episodes this week, kicking off with Without A Cause Pro Wrestling co-founder Max Zaleski joining Brian Bell to chat all about the stellar week in independent pro wrestling. From the technical prowess of Edith Surreal and Lee Moriarty to the abundance of deathmatch shows from No Peace Underground and ICW NHB, Max and Brian run through everything that left a lasting memory coming out of pro wrestling's largest week of the year! Follow Max Zaleski on Twitter: @MaxWrestlingWA Follow Without A Cause on Twitter: @WithoutACauseWA Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Our WrestleMania week coverage continues as the original Glamazon, Pollo Del Mar, joins the show to talk all things EFFY's Big Gay Brunch. Pollo shares the experience of hosting WrestleMania week's gayest event, the significance of EFFY and Ace Perry's Soul on a Pole match and the statement made by Billy Dixon and AJ Gray's bloody main event battle! Follow Pollo Del Mar on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Our final WrestleMania week recap show of the week sees Patches Chance (Daily DDT, RealSport) return to help Brian Bell recap the second and final night of WWE WrestleMania 37! From The Fiend's return to Tamina's shining moment to a wonderful triple threat main event, Patches and Brian share their thoughts on the capper to an amazing week of pro wrestling! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week The Trans Sporter Room beams up Adrienne "Ace" Billings-Smith: the Black queer athlete, former coach and the president and founder of the Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford, Conn., who is also co-chair of the Town of West Hartford Human Rights Commission, an attorney and a flight attendant. Topics this week: the NCAA gives notice to states banning trans student-athletes, but whiffs when they could have swung for the fences. Sebastian Lletget promises to do better after sharing a post on Instagram of him uttering an anti-gay slur. We also discuss a topic near and dear to the heart of Lima City, Ohio's assistant boys basketball coach, Warren Pughsley. Plus, find out about the new NABJ scholarship to honor the memory of award-winning trans blogger, activist and friend of the podcast, Monica Roberts. Follow Ace on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ALBS33 Watch her on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4rBgwXlYIwY and visit her website: https://albillingssmith.wixsite.com/albslaw/attorneys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ever met anyone that could knock a guy out in the ring and put on a drag show the next day? Well MMA/Bare knuckle fighter Diego Garijo (he/they) is the guy you'll want to meet. Diego beautifully collides his passion for the ring and his heels to express himself in ways that most people can't fathom. Listen to Diego discuss what it's like to be a fighter, drag artist, content creator, husband, and father. This is one knockout drag show podcast you CAN'T miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sheena Lawrick was out to family and friends when she played softball for the Univ. of Nebraska and represented Canada in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Yet through it all, she never talked to the media about being gay. In her first interview about being an LGBTQ Olympian, Lawrick opens up about her love of softball, her journey as a gay athlete, raising a family, both winning and losing bronze medals, and why she decided to not pursue a spot in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex catches up with gay surfer Nick Vallejo, who wrote his coming out story with Outsports in 2017. Alex talks to Nick about his sexual journey, and what prompted him to recently start his own OnlyFans account. Follow Nick on Twitter, @nickdvallejo1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Next week on April 15th, MLB will be celebrating Jackie Robinson Day. And they'll be doing so after taking a social justice stand that Jackie Robinson would have supported for the first time in...checks notes...ever? Today, friend of the pod and Outsports Podcast Network cohort D.Gil (The Gameday Tea) is back to talk about MLB moving the All Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's new voter suppression laws. It's a very important discussion because D.Gil comes at this issue from the perspective of both a Black and gay Atlanta native as well as a former Braves gameday employee. And we break down what moving the All Star Game means as a public rebuke of a racist law and how it effects the people who depend on baseball to make a day-to-day living. After digging into that very weighty topic, we lighten the mood a bit by overreacting to the Braves' season opening four game losing streak. They'll be fine! And I even find a way to work in a discussion of Love, Simon--perhaps my favorite thing to come out of Atlanta... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DGilTM @TheGAMEDAYTEA Insta: @kenthinguy @dgiltm @thegamedaytea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Before sitting down to watch all of the WrestleMania week festivities, Brian Bell welcomes "The Real Mutha Trucker" Dewey Murray to the show. A known name within the northeast, Murray details how growing up around the ECW locker room pushed him to enter pro wrestling, how the influence of the late Brodie Lee affected him beyond the ring and the pride he takes as an advocate with the National Psoriasis Foundation. They also get into Murray's 15-plus year in-ring career, including the birth of "Dewdust!" Follow Dewey Murray on Twitter: @realmuthatrucka Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we react to Arkansas Republicans overriding Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto and making their state the first in the nation to outlaw affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The new law bans puberty blockers and gender transition surgery for anyone under 18. We also examine the Outsports investigation into the Women's Sports Policy Working Group and beam up trans ally and "quite gay" educator, social media maven and former powerlifter, Justin Gibson aka Jangles ScienceLad. Follow Justin on Twitter @sjwdebates and subscribe to JanglesScienceLad on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JanglesScienceLad And stay tuned for Karleigh's sneak peek at the next episode of For All Mankind and Dawn's review of WandaVision! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex Hulisz joins D.Gil to discuss the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. We talk about all the upsets, the interesting story lines, and why we love all the madness. Was your bracket busted? Of course it was! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nancy Hogshead-Makar has won Olympic gold medals in swimming. She has fought for the inclusion and protection of women in women's sports for decades. Now her Women's Sports Policy Working Group is focused on finding the best-possible policies for the inclusion of trans girls and women in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex talks about the exhausting Twitter spat between Kevin Durant and Michael Rapaport, and why it's hypocritical for Durant to call himself an ally while using anti-gay insults with impunity -- even during a private conversation. Alex also talks about MLB moving its All-Star game From Atlanta, and says it's long past time for the NCAA to take a similar stand for trans athletes.
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The 2021 Season is officially underway! So I guess I'd better get to previewing it... It's time for 3SYO's annual crossover pod with Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala of the Away Games Podcast! As per tradition, we took an in depth look at the 2021 Cubs on Kevin and Adam's show (Click here to listen!) and on today's episode, we're examining the rest of the MLB landscape. Over the next 50 minutes, the three of us dive into the burgeoning Dodgers/Padres rivalry, ponder whether Tony LaRussa's douchebaggery is powerful enough to sink the White Sox juggernaut, toast Juan Soto's dominance, and mull over which team possesses the most compelling postseason drought. Plus, we make our yearly fearless predictions at the end of the show. Last year, I bravely went out on a limb and guessed the Dodgers would win the World Series. As for this year's prediction? Let's just say that Outsports Podcast Network colleague D.Gil is going to consider this a must-listen. Play Ball! Extend Rizzo! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @adammamalway @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! The wait for Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup is finally over and Brian Bell welcomes DJ Accident Report (The Nobodies, Judgement) back to the show to break down all the hard-hitting LGBTQ action. DJ Accident Report gives his insights as a commentator in the building for the show, including Edith Surreal's powerful tournament win, the beauty in how uncomfortable Billy Dixon and Darius Carter's clash made audiences and why this event embodied its namesake, the legendary luchador Cassandro. Plus all the tea from the Britney Spears Invitational! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Check out The Nobodies Patreon and Judgement Check out the Cassandro Cup on-demand at IWTV Get your copy of the limited edition Cassandro Cup zine at edithsurreal.bigcartel.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This is Part 2 of our episode for the Transgender Day of Visibility. Karleigh and Dawn continue their conversation with Erica Vanstone, about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation began in part one, Episode 76A. Yes, A.. As in 1701-A! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility and Karleigh and Dawn discuss what it means for them, and announce the final winner of the Outsports Triumph Awards, Fallon Fox, for being a pioneer! This is a two-part episode, in which Erica Vanstone beams up to talk about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation continues in part two, Episode 76B. B... As in Barricade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MLB opening day is finally here as D.Gil is joined by Paul and Ray to discuss the new upcoming 2021 season. We share our best free agent acquisitions, our picks to win the world series, Covid-19 guidelines at MLB parks, and so much more. Also listen to find out out more about our MLB pride fan groups on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex begins this week's show with his thoughts on Cyd Zeigler's op-ed on sports' embrace of suspensions instead of cancellations to correct regretful tweets and statements from athletes. Much like Cyd, Alex agrees that education is the best way to fight bigotry. Ahead of the men's Sweet 16, Alex also highlights underdog Oral Roberts University's history of anti-LGBTQ policies. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's less than a week until Opening Day! Am I doing my hair toss and checking my nails? Because I'm feeling good as hell! This is like an advent calendar where every door contains a full day's supply of serotonin... And after the year we've all lived through, this year's Opening Day is going to feel extra special with actual fans in actual ballparks. So this week, Royals Sr. Manager of Special Events and Promotions Matthew Schulte is on the podcast to talk about how Kansas City's front office has gone about preparing to welcome fans back to Kauffman Stadium. No more cardboard cut-outs! Actual baseball noise besides fountains splashing! KC just resigned 2015 World Series MVP Salvador Pérez to an extension...and Pride Night 2021 is on the schedule! All in all, not a bad offseason for Matthew's team--and he's looking forward to that moment just after first pitch when it sinks in that everyone's work has all come together to make another baseball season happen. One that's going to be historic for (hopefully) all the right reasons. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @Schulte_Matthew Insta: @kenthinguy @schulte58 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies. Brian Bell goes solo this week to unpack his feelings around a week of events in pro wrestling that unfortunately touched on personal past traumas and internal struggles. Brian discusses the accusations against this week's previously scheduled guest, Joshua Wavra, the Will Ospreay angle from NJPW's New Japan Cup Final and why the personal connections to these events sent him into a mental health haze this week. It isn't all dour though. Brian has something special to share with all of the lovelies as well. Check out Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup on Sunday, March 28, at 7pm ET on independentwrestling.tv Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kenra Stansbury wrote a letter to her 3-year-old daughter, for the hypothetical day that she might compete in sports and lose to a transgender girl. As a straight cisgender LGBTQ ally, daughter of coaches and former athlete, Stansbury asked Outsports to share that letter with our readers, and joined Karleigh and Dawn to talk about the lessons of losing, the importance of supporting trans athletes and yes, her memories of watching Star Trek. She was a fan of The Next Generation and grew up watching The Original Series with her mom, who headed her school's Gay Straight Alliance. Follow Kendra @kendralynnwrite Read Stansbury's letter here: https://www.outsports.com/2021/3/11/22324468/trans-women-in-sports-a-mother-s-letter-to-her-daughter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode features Heidi Wiesenfarth, a Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai fighter who holds back nothing in this episode. Find out what Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai mean to Heidi, her struggles growing up being adopted, and how fighting helps her "knockout" so many potential obstacles in and out of the gym. Heidi is a wonderful example of a #lesbianathlete Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Proud to Play is a new book highlighting some of the LGBTQ athletes who have helped pave a path toward inclusion in Canada. Erin Silver, the author, joins us this week to talk about some of her favorite stories in the book and how she went about selecting who would be included. Several Olympians are featured, including Eric Radford, Mark Tewksbury and Anastasia Bucsis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex is joined by Sarah Crowley, an out All-American lacrosse player and all-around badass. Sarah talks about how her coming out led to a "rainbow avalanche" among her lacrosse teammates, and her evolution as a sexually fluid woman. Alex and Sarah also talk about her new podcast, "Tombabe."
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This week, I wrote a review of a wonderful new Glenn Burke biography called Singled Out. It's the most comprehensive examination to date of the life and times of the first openly gay player in MLB history and the numerous difficulties he faced during his all too brief career. On today's pod, I'm joined by Singled Out's author Andrew Maraniss to examine Burke's trailblazing legacy and the tragedies he endured in order to be true to himself in the conservative and close-minded world of late-70s baseball. Andrew recounts the incredible impact Burke made on teammates who embodied a range of personality types from Dusty Baker's coolness to Steve Garvey's "wholesome" image consciousness. We also discuss Burke's bravery in living an open gay life as a celebrity in San Francisco's Castro District at the same time Dodgers management did everything possible to keep it under wraps. Finally, Maraniss details the many prominent moments of post-Stonewall LGBTQ history that intersected with Burke's career. It's a fascinating conversation. And it's important that we tell all of Glenn Burke's story to pay proper tribute to his life--both the heroic and tragic aspects. You can purchase Singled Out here. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @trublu24 Insta: @kenthinguy @amaraniss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Technicolor Technico" Erica Leigh to the show! Host Brian Bell and Leigh discuss the diversity of queer representation in pro wrestling, straight wrestlers portraying LGBTQ characters, the importance of authenticity in wrestling personas and Leigh's stream of consciousness approach to Twitter. They also discuss Leigh's banner 2020 and returning to Butch vs. Gore for the Cassandro Cup on March 28! Check it out and drop those twee twees! Contribute, learn and donate to combat anti-Asian sentiments at anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co Follow Erica Leigh on Twitter: @EricaWrestles Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stephanie Byers is an out transgender woman who represents her Kansas hometown in the State House of Representatives. She shared her coming out story and her fight for recognition as a Native American with Dawn and Karleigh as well as her ongoing work to protect the rights of trans student-athletes. Stephanie is also a big fan of Star Wars! We chat about the past, present and future of that galaxy far, far away. Follow Rep. Byers online here and on Twitter. If you are considering suicide and age 24 and younger, contact the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is available to people of all ages and identities. Trans Lifeline, for people who are trans, non-binary or gender-nonconforming, can be reached at 877-565-8860. All are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This Women's History Month episode highlights women in the National Football League. From the front offices to the field, women are prominent fixtures in the NFL. Listen as D.Gil spills some history on some of the women who make the NFL possible. Happy Women's History Month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Conor McDermott-Mostowy is a speed skater on the rise. After a strong performance representing the United States at the 2021 World Championships in February, and then following up with a double-title-winning performance at the U.S. Championships last week, he’s at the top of his game. Now he talks for the first time about being gay and aiming for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The cruel war against trans athletes continues to heat up, with Mississippi enacting a law this week that will ban trans females from playing girl's and women's sports. On this week's show, Alex speaks with someone who's been on the front lines of the battle for inclusion: trans MMA fighter Fallon Fox. Alex and Fallon talk about the discrimination she's faced, and the gross lies that are continually spread about her.
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Let's face it...the Yankees are going to be real good in 2021. You're probably not happy about this. After all, you have a soul. So as a public service, I'm welcoming back friend of the pod and nicest damn Yankee fan on the planet Chris Calogero to talk about his team heading into the upcoming season. The Yanks playing well makes Chris happy like few things outside of Bruce Springsteen volunteering to be his own personal dog walker. And if Chris is happy, the rest of us should feel a little better. Weirdly, today's episode sounds an awful lot like the discussion we had about last year's team. Are they going to have enough starters behind Gerrit Cole? Will any of those starters have functioning arms by June? Can the hitters strike out a little less when it matters most? Will this agonizing eleven year championship drought ever end? OK, now you really hate the Yankees again. I don't blame you. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RealChrisCal Insta: @kenthinguy @realchriscal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell welcomes Colette Arrand (Fanbyte/Fanfyte) back to the show to unpack AEW Revolution. The exploding barb wire deathmatch produced AEW's first true brush with pro wrestling infamy, but there was plenty to get behind on this show. From Maki Itoh's surprise debut, a superb Women's World title match and the Sonic ring being elevated to the prize that it truly is, join Brian and Colette for all the big scoops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joanna Harper’s new research shows why trans athletes should be able to compete in women’s sports. The acclaimed researcher’s latest paper explains why transgender female athletes don’t hold a sustained competitive advantage. She spoke with Karleigh Chardonnay Webb recently from London. Read about Karleigh's interview with Joanna here: https://www.outsports.com/2021/3/9/22321015/joanna-harper-transgender-athlete-research And read the full paper here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/28/bjsports-2020-103106.long Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
San Jose State University assistant women's gymnastics coach Jeffrey Langenstein joins D.Gil to discuss his gymnastics background growing up, how he came out, what it's like coaching, and some interesting topics related to gymnastics. Who knew so much went into the life of a gymnast? Listen to this tea! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don't Ask Don't Tell was an insidious policy implemented by President Bill Clinton and continued by Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama that forced LGBTQ members of the military into hiding. Coast Guard Academy rower John Olbrys joins us to talk about the underground network of gay and lesbian military members during that time, as well as his hopes of competing for a spot in the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex catches up with Outsports contributor Ken Schultz. They discuss one of Ken's recent stories about the dearth of openly LGBTQ sports broadcasters, and weigh in on the big unpaid internship debate that took over Media Twitter this week.
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The Milwaukee Brewers have a unique strategy for contending in 2021: playing in the National League Central. An entire division made out of "So you're saying there's a chance..." Brewers fan and friend of the pod John Egan (Wisconsin Sports Heroics) returns and he's completely on board with the Crew this year. With the return of Lorenzo Cain and anticipated bounce backs from Christian Yelich and Keston Hiura, John thinks they'll be able to score checks notes multiple runs per game on some days. We also discuss Milwaukee's hellacious bullpen led by Devin Williams, one of the most exciting young pitchers and most admirable people in all of MLB. But I'm burying the lede here. The real scoop in this episode is: Bernie Brewer is based on a real guy! You mean to tell me that a dude wearing lederhosen who slides into a giant beer stein is patterned after an actual native of Wisconsin? MIND BLOWN. And by "MIND BLOWN," I mean "Yeah...actually, I can totally see that..." Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JohnEganComedy @BrewersRaptor Insta: @kenthinguy @johnegancomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Let the ice run through your veins this week as we welcome "The Hitman for Hire" Mr. Grim! Grim came out as pansexual at the turn of the year, and he sits down with Brian Bell to discuss the experience, how Nyla Rose helped shepard him throughout it and how it has changed him. They also discuss Grim's work with Wrestlers Lab and new upstart Enjoy Wrestling, including bodybagging an opponent in perhaps the most interesting venue to date. Hitmen can be heartwarming too! Follow Mr. Grim on Twitter: @MRGRIM_IS4_HIRE Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Author, transgender rights advocate and Navy veteran Brynn Tannehill gives us a sneak peek at her latest book, American Fascism: How the GOP Is Subverting Democracy. Tannehill, an experienced researcher, analyst, statistician and historian, walks us through the political landscape past, present and future, and why she sees trans Americans as collateral damage of a coming shift toward totalitarianism. Plus, she teaches a master class in responding to opponents of transgender inclusion in sports. Also find out about Tannehill's sword-fighting hobby and her love of Star Trek and other sci-fi and fantasy pop culture. Find her at brynntannehill.com. follow her at @BrynnTannehill and check out her page at Amazon.com. Also note: Trans Lifeline can be reached at 877-565-8860. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode takes D.Gil back to his high school days with the softball standout Nikki Goodson. Find out what challenges we endured in our high school years, homophobia at the high school level, Nikki's own personal viewpoints on discrimination while in high school, the change we hope to see for LGBTQ+ people at the youth level, and so so much more. The tea is served piping hot so do not miss this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jon Holmes has been a powerful force in British sports media advocating for coverage of LGBTQ athletes and inclusion in sports. An editor at SkySports, Holmes has dramatically increased coverage of the issues at his own publication. He's also created an organization designed to bring together LGBTQ people in sports media to further advance the conversations. He shares some of his insights working with LGBTQ athletes and advocacy organizations, in addition to some of the stories that have meant the most to him in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex dives into the tantalizing world of OnlyFans with Chance Wheeler, or we should say, "Hunter Dalton." Chance talks about his transformation from college volleyball player to OnlyFans creator, and how the platform has reconnected him to the gay community. Find Hunter on OnlyFans, @next_hunterd.
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On last week's episode, I talked to former umpire Dale Scott about his inspiring coming out story. For Part 2, we're talking about his career on the field! An elimination playoff game. The go-ahead run scoring on an obscure rule without the ball being hit. Managerial arguments from both sides. Calls for a rule clarification. Two ejections. Four instances of fans throwing trash on the field. Three consecutive errors. Two bench clearing incidents. And an iconic home run that became one of the greatest moments in Blue Jays history. All of this took place in ONE INNING of Game 5 of the 2015 Blue Jays/Rangers ALDS--more commonly known as The Jose Bautista Bat Flip Game. And Dale Scott was there behind the plate for the whole thing. He takes us on the field through every moment as that seventh inning went more and more off the rails. The inside stories of Scott's interactions with both managers alone make this episode a must-listen! We also discuss catcher framing and it turns out Dale Scott is an umpire who hates it too! I should've called this one "The Vindication Episode." Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DaleScottMLB5 Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell's partner, KC, returns to the show this week as the two recap and discuss the recent 60-minute Iron match between Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Champion Trish Adora and Tony Deppen. Brian and KC unpack one of the most talked about matches of the year so far with plenty of admiration and appreciation along the way. They also discuss mixed-gender wrestling as a whole and the significance of this mixed-gender match in particular. Then, Brian shares his thoughts on recent reports of Marty Scurll's involvement with New Japan Pro Wrestling after allegations of sexual assault and his exit from Ring of Honor. CW: Sexual assault Check out the Adora v. Deppen Iron Match here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jen Fry of Jen Fry Talks is our guest this week, plus Dawn and Karleigh respond to the haters coming for retired MMA fighter Fallon Fox and the Republicans who insist on inserting transphobia into Senate Confirmation Hearings on Capitol Hill. And Karleigh recommends "For All Mankind." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Drag Queen Poly Poptart joins The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss her past experiences playing sports, experiences with homophobia, her story of becoming a drag queen, how doing drag translates to playing sports and other topics. This is a must listen!! Drag and sports, who knew? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For decades the Olympic Games have forbidden protests and demonstrations of any kind from Olympic athletes. Now the Olympics in 2021 face a tidal wave they cannot quiet. How will they adjust to a new normal for athletes? Plus, I talk about the history of struggles faced by black people in the United States and the history of people protesting racial bias in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex goes where he's never gone before: the world of auto-racing. Alex chats with openly gay auto-racing phenom Devon Rouse about his coming out experience and love for the pavement. Follow Devon on Twitter, @MrRouse16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode marks the longest conversation I've ever had with an umpire without yelling "THAT'S NOT A STRIKE!" To be fair, every previous exchange I've had with an umpire consisted entirely of that phrase. With an occasional extra adjective or six. This week, I'm joined by retired MLB umpire Dale Scott who donned the gear from 1986 to 2017. For many years, I knew him mostly as "the guy who steps back when he calls a strike." Then in the offseason of 2014, Dale came out to the baseball public as gay. In the first episode of a two parter, he takes me through that process--what changed about his life, what didn't, and the effects he still feels today after leaving such a positive legacy on the sport. It's a phenomenal discussion and as you'll agree when you listen to his story, MLB is better because Dale Scott was a part of it. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DaleScottMLB5 Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're getting loud and proud this week as "The Loudmouth" AC Mack stops by the show. In his first interview since the end of his 798-day reign as Action Wrestling champion, Mack reflects on his rise and the detail and emotion on display during his battle with Arik Royal at Action's Eyes On The Throne event. Mack and Brian Bell also discuss the growth of Atlanta's independent wrestling scene, who Mack sees as the Dungeon Family of independent pro wrestling and why Mack is honored to be a source of representation for LGBTQ and Black populations within pro wrestling. The two also chat a bit about Butch vs. Gore's upcoming Cassandro Cup event. This is what we give you. Follow AC Mack on Twitter: @AC_Mack Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Mack Beggs beams up from college in Texas — where he's been wrestling with the men's team — and his friend and comrade Tori Gleason joins us from Kansas. Together they're working to defend trans girls and women against 20 states trying to make it illegal for them to compete, and in some cases, criminalize affirming healthcare and supportive parenting. Plus Mack comes out as a Star Wars fan, and we discuss our favorite films from the franchise. If you could fly, drive or operate any vehicle in the Star Wars universe, which one would you choose? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil catches up with Fergus Wade, the oh so loving partner to Devin Ibañez, whos the first openly gay USMLR player. On this surprise Valentine's Day episode Fergus spills all the tea on how he and Devin met, what's it like dating an athlete, his viewpoint on Devin's coming out journey, and a very special intimate moment that will have you grabbing a tissue. These two make it work even though they are so many miles away from each other. Open your ears and enjoy this special Valentine's Day edition of The GAMEDAY TEA. You can also listen to The GAMEDAY TEA episode with Devin Ibañez on Outsport's podcast page published on Jan 18th.
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Matt Rittenhouse was struggling with being gay as he was trying to compete at the Olympic Trials, aiming for a spot in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Even while Russia was pushing anti-LGBTQ laws, Rittenhouse kept that at the back of his mind, focused on racing. He talks with us this week, sharing with the media for the first time that he's gay and giving us insight into the life of an international-level athlete trying to find support in his sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex talks about a true gay icon: Britney Spears. He welcomes on Jordan Miller, the founder of the Britney fan site BreatheHeavy, and leader of the #FreeBritney movement. They review "Framing Britney" and talk about the importance of female pop icons in the gay community. Alex also asks Jordan about his past as an elite gymnast and current CrossFit obsession.
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Trevor Bauer is getting $40 million from the Dodgers. Which is good news if and only if you happen to be Trevor Bauer. On this episode, friend of the pod Sara Sanchez (Bleed Cubbie Blue) is back to explain why this is bad news if you happen to be a woman. Or trans. Or a Dodgers teammate. Or Gerrit Cole. Or a fan of players who don't cheat. Or humanity in general. Bauer desperately wants to be the face of baseball. And baseball should be just as desperate to prevent that from happening. We also delve into the culture of harassment within the game. Unfortunately, Bauer fits into that culture all too well. Plus, we mull over MLB's weird announcement that they're deadening the ball for 2021 and how nobody actually knows what that's going to do. Baseball 2021: it's chaos! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @BCB_Sara Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're throwing caution to the wind this week with our guest Don't Die Miles! The burgeoning star joins Brian Bell to discuss why he made the decision to reclaim his wrestling identity, how coming out as pansexual in October tied into that decision and why staying positive in front of all adversity is one of his defining characteristics. Miles also details the significance of his Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship match against Trish Adora at OWA Good Trouble (with a run-in from JtheFan) and to who he dedicated his NWP Crossroads title victory. Drink some water and check it out! Follow Don't Die Miles on Twitter: @DontDieMiles Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital!
Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last time Chris Johnson talked to Outsports, he was the only out LGBTQ journalist covering the Trump White House,. What's changed now that the Biden administration has moved in? Johnson is an award-winning correspondent for the Washington Blade and a GLAAD Media Award nominee. He's also a fan of Star Trek and we talk about his favorite series! Follow Chris on Twitter at @chrisjohnson82 and on Instagram @ccjohnso82 and follow the Blade @WashBlade @LosAngelesBlade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil catches up with Canada's first openly gay volleyball national team athlete, Chris Voth. On this episode we discuss Chris's coming out story, homophobia in Canada sports, what it was like playing the sport after coming out, and LGBTQ inclusion in volleyball. Catch this tea served right up for your informative listening pleasure. Twitter & Instagram: @thegamedaytea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta were bombed by a domestic terrorist, it shook the city of Atlanta and the entire country. Darius Gilchrist was only 7 years old in Atlanta at the time, and he joins us this week to talk about the harrowing hours waiting for his father to come home from Centennial Park. Plus he also shares his love for raves and EDM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Just in time for the Super Bowl, Alex speaks with gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo about his coming-out story, and experiences as a closeted gay man in the NFL. Esera also talks about his Fourth Annual Inclusion Party, which is making the Super Bowl nightlife scene a lot more welcoming. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's that time of year again...one of the most exciting moments on the sports calendar...10 days until pitchers and catchers! Oh yeah, I guess that other sport is playing its championship game too, huh? So it's time for my second annual (or should that be "IInd annual?") Super Bowl Cliff's Notes episode for baseball obsessives. Friend of the pod and 3SYO Football Correspondent Brian McGuinness (Playable Characters Podcast) is back to talk us through all the storylines in the Big Game. We delve into Brian's hate/more hate relationship with Tom Brady and his surprisingly strong Patrick Mahomes impression. But most importantly, we also take up the football cause closest to my heart: Bringing back Tampa Bay's Bucco Bruce! If the Buccaneers' old mascot were any more fabulously gay, their helmets would be stamped with a Sean Cody logo. Make it happen, Roger Goodell. #TeamBuccoBruce4Lyfe Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LaughAtBrian @PlayablePodcast Insta: @kenthinguy @laughatbrian @playablepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Journalist January comes to an end this week as we welcome regular guest Colette Arrand (Fanbyte) back to the show. She and Brian discuss her unique approach to wrestling critique, how finding herself through wrestling-based poetry and roleplay benefited her academic career and how The Great Khali helped rekindle her love of pro wrestling. They also chat a little current news, including the GCW Fight Forever sponsor debacle and why Arrand has stopped watching independent wrestling during the pandemic. Check it out! Note: This interview was recorded before EFFY's statement regarding the sponsor of Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit and before GCW Fight Forever took place. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod We Speak Out tickets can be purchased here The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Following up on Cyd Zeigler's moving story of Zoe, a 10-year-old trans girl from Arizona who just wants to play soccer and make friends, Dawn and Karleigh welcome her and her parents to The Trans Sporter Room for an exclusive podcast interview. Zoe has a message for those who don't want to see her play girls' sports and also encouraging words to other trans kids who are afraid to come out. Her parents, Jen and Mike, explain how they came to recognize that their daughter is trans and offer their help other parents struggling with this. Email them at raisingtrans@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jamaican competitive swimmer Michael Gunning, who is no stranger to Outsports, joins D.Gil as his Black History Month guest. Michael catches listeners up on what he's been up to during the pandemic, black representation in swimming, and so much more. You'll want to "dive" into this podcast ASAP. Twitter & Instagram: @thegamedaytea & @dgiltm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
By the time British national champ trampolinist Luke Strong came out to his coach and teammates, he'd already been through a lot. The world-class athlete shattered his leg, and nearly lost his leg. He wasn't ever going to compete again. Yet less than a year later he was back on the world stage. He talks with us about that incredible journey, plus the reaction in his sport to his coming out, as well as the labels of bisexual and gay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex dives into the TikTok world with Josh Leafer, the founder of the popular @closeted_fratguy account. Alex asks Josh about his coming out journey, and the community of closeted gays he's found on TikTok. Josh is also one of many LGBTQ athletes who's contributed to the Sports Equality Foundation TikTok account, @sportsequalityfdn. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Normally, I like to celebrate when players make the Hall of Fame. But this week, with unrepentant transphobe and sedition fanboy Curt Schilling at the top of the ballot, the baseball writers pitched the greatest shutout since 2016 NLCS Game 6. And it's time for some schadenfreude! A word Schilling definitely knows because it's German. Friend of the pod A.J. Andrews (Locked on Jays podcast) is back to toast Schilling missing election and spell out why it's so important to keep him out of Cooperstown. She and I have had enough of cis white hetero male grievance and wingnuts who confuse consequences of their actions with censorship. At this point, Schilling's moral compass is so bankrupt, it might as well be his video game company. On happier topics, A.J. is thrilled for the prospects of her Blue Jays in 2021 and we dive into the additions they've made this offseason. First off, the fact that the Jays are a Major League Baseball team that's actually making offseason additions in AD 2021 is, in and of itself, huge news. They've imported some big names--George Springer and Marcus Semien--to complement an impressive young core and look like they could challenge the Yankees for the AL East. Somebody tell Tom Ricketts that such a thing is still not against the rules. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @A_J_Andrews Insta: @kenthinguy @neoaj18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring's Journalist January continues with UK pro wrestling announcer and WrestleTalk contributor Dave Bradshaw! He and Brian discuss his recent piece looking at the history of LGBTQ representation in pro wrestling in which Bradshaw also came out publicly as gay for the first time and what made him feel like now was the right time to do so. Bradshaw also details his experiences voicing top promotions (NJPW, AAA, CMLL, GWF), the rise and fall of Defiant Wrestling and how pro wrestling is blossoming in Europe beyond the British wrestling scene! Follow Dave Bradshaw on Twitter: @davebradshaw Check out Dave's article on LGBTQ representation in wrestling at wrestleshop.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
While much of the conversation about trans athletes in sports centers on trans girls and women, there are also many trans boys who yearn to compete against other boys. Sports journalist Britni de la Cretaz joins us to talk about their new InsideHook article interviewing some of these trans boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Out professional wrestler Jai Vidal is vibrant, outgoing, and can whoop some butt in the ring. Find out about Jai's coming out story, what drives his love for wrestling, and why a certain female rapper gives him the inspiration he needs to be his true authentic self inside the ring. Let the "Future Star of Wresting" products personality shine through your ears and see just why he's one of the most SPECTACULAR wrestlers around. THATS ON PERIOD! Instagram & Twitter: @thegamedaytea/@dgiltm/@thejaividal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Tewskbury was one of the first Olympic gold medalists to come out publicly as gay, when the swimmer from Canada decided to share his story publicly in 1998. He talks with us this week about the events that led to his coming out and the avalanche of attention he received. It was a very different time then, and he has gone on to find increasing acceptance for LGBTQ people in sports. He's been a powerful force, particularly in Canada, building toward that acceptance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex interviews WNBA champion Natasha Cloud. Alex and Natasha talk about her political activism, coming out story, and the inauguration of Joe Biden. Follow Natasha on Twitter, @T_Cloud4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I scheduled this recording on Inauguration Day. And everyone was in such a good mood, I thought, "What better time to talk about the Mets?" For real?! Um...kinda... On this episode, I'm joined by Outsports' own Dawn Ennis (The Trans Sporter Room) and writer and Youtuber Melody Maia Monet. And they're feeling...not completely down on the Mets' chances this year! Which means it's still January. There's actually good reason for this: the Metropolitans just traded for Francisco Lindor who combines being one of the most fun players in baseball with being one of the best. And new owner Steve Cohen is supposedly going to spend more money on the roster and maybe not get caught up in the biggest pyramid scheme of the century! So there's that. We also have an in depth discussion of creepy as hell former GM Jared Porter and how he's not only a Mets problem but also a Cubs problem and a pox upon baseball culture in general. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LifeAfterDawn @MaiaMonet Insta: @kenthinguy @lifeafterdawn @MelodyMaia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! The Journalist January train makes its next stop as Kate Foray (Girl Wrestling Fan Will You Marry Me) joins the show. Kate and Brian discuss what inspired the creation of her pro wrestling zine, the role zines and zine culture play in wrestling media and why pro wrestling provides avenues to build and explore human relationships and complex emotions. They also discuss Kate's experience at Wrestlemania 30, the OKCupid origins of her zine's title and her passion for powerlifting! Download & listen, Lovelies! Follow Kate Foray on Twitter: @makeitloud Check out Girl Wrestling Fan Will You Marry Me at gumroad.com/zoeybugstudio Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Professional gay rugby player Devin Ibanez recently came out as gay and joins D.Gil to discuss his coming out story. You'll gain insight on how Devin began to play rugby, what caused him to come out, how his partner played a big role in his coming out story, and the reception of his peers now that he has come out as gay. Of course we had to talk about World Rugby's trans ban and LGBTQ inclusion in Rugby. Devin's Outsports Coming Out Story: U.S. pro rugby player Devin Ibañez comes out as gay - Outsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hig Roberts came out publicly as gay a few weeks ago and broke ground as the first male alpine skier at the international level to come out publicly. We visited with Hig, minutes after he finished a big move, and he shared his thoughts on the reaction to his coming-out story, and how it was nothing like what he feared years ago when he was competing for a spot on the United States Olympic team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex tackles a question posed in USA Today: Will Joe Biden's presidency lead to more LGBTQ athletes coming out? Alex doesn't think so; the number of open LGBTQ athletes surged under Donald Trump. Coming out is a personal journey, separate from partisan politics. Alex also discusses Justin Thomas' gay slur, and explains why his apology falls short. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How's the Cubs offseason going? Well, the first words out of my mouth on this episode are "Can we impeach Tom Ricketts?" Woof. It's time to work some Cubbie angst out of my system and friend of the pod Ryan Thomure (Cubs Insider) is back to join in the festivities. We're actually both in agreement that trading Yu Darvish at this point in his career isn't the worst idea in the world. Unfortunately, acquiring a bunch of players fresh out of American Legion ball and Henry Rowengartner Jr. in return kind of is. We also welcome Jon "Boog" Sciambi to the Cubs TV booth--a legit win of a hire and one of the best broadcasters in the game today. To celebrate, I recount my odd moment of Twitter beef with Boog during last year's postseason. The lesson: Don't @ anyone when the Cubs are losing in the playoffs. Even when I'm right. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RyanThomure Insta: @kenthinguy @ryanthomure87 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Today marks the beginning of Journalist January, a theme month highlighting LGBTQ voices within pro wrestling media and journalism. First up is DailyDDT's Patches Chance! Patches chats his path into the profession, what informs his desire to cover independent pro wrestling and how his bisexual identity factors into that passion. He and Brian also discuss the current state of pro wrestling journalism and how it can continue to improve. This might also be the first time e-feds are discussed, so don't miss out! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, The Trans Sporter Room beams up baseball fan and Star Trek actor Noah Averbach-Katz, who played Ryn the Andorian in three episodes of season three of Star Trek: Discovery. He’s married to actress Mary Wiseman, who plays Tilly on the show. In addition to sharing the inside story behind the series, Noah weighs in on the controversy surrounding the late Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who never acknowledged the gay identity of his only son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gay San Francisco Midnight Runners captain Dez Douglas joins D.Gil to discuss being a runner in San Fran, his coming out story, his experience dealing with his own sexuality growing up, and LGBTQ inclusion in sports. Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @thegamedaytea & host: @dgitlm Dez Douglas: @rundezzyrun Midnight Runners: www.midnightrunners.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Corinne Humphreys came to sprinting relatively late in life. She was a teenager before she got her first coaching session, and now in her late 20s she's aiming for her first Olympic Games. She talks with us about how coming out as gay has helped her enjoy her sport more, as well as the difficult impact COVID has had on her training, trying to come back from injury. But maybe most insightful are her thoughts on the importance of empowering LGBTQ youth in a world where ending the use of slurs and bullying is likely impossible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with Matt Lynch, the Division 1 men's college basketball coach who penned his viral coming-out story for Outsports last year. Alex and Matt talk about his instant ascension to gay celebrity and the lessons he's learned along the way. This season, Matt is an assistant coach for the UNC Wilimington women's team.
Alex also shares his thoughts on the insurrection at the Capitol. Now the question is, why did police allow the terrorists to enter? Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Outsports Managing Editor Dawn Ennis and I talk through our feelings in the wake of the attack on the US Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off 2021 with a rundown of New Japan Pro Wrestling's two-night premier event, Wrestle Kingdom 15. Rachel Giuliani joins Brian Bell to discuss every memorable moment, highlighted by Kota Ibushi completing his quest to become God by winning the IWGP World & Intercontinental titles, the existential Evil v. Sanada battle and the lasting image of Jay White's vulnerability. Also, Tama Tonga's cheeks, a breakdown of thighs and our king Toru Yano rules the Tokyo Dome! Follow Rachel Giuliani on Twitter: @EffingBoring Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Karleigh shares the story behind the wedding of UK Netball athletes Stacey Francis and Sara Bayman. Then, we welcome Kate Gardner, the out, queer non-binary editorial assistant and contributor to StarTrek.com, who shares stories of their work at the site, as we await the season 3 finale of "Star Trek: Discovery." What was it like interviewing actor Noah Averbach-Katz, who played Ryn on "Discovery"? By the way, he's next week's guest on this podcast! Kate also tells us the story of their coming out, their engagement and all about their love for the J.J. Abrams cult classic TV show, "LOST." You can subscribe to their substack about the series at https://kategardner.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Highschool classmate Sitha Lam chats with D.Gil about what's it like to be a gay man participating in Bodybuilding and LGBTQ inclusion in the sport. You'll find out some information about Bodybuilding that will leave you more informed and may make you view Bodybuilding a little differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When we had public health expert Stephanie Zaza, from the American College of Preventive Medicine, on the podcast in March 2020, she laid out what the summer of 2020 would look like. She was spot-on. We talked with her again in July 2020 about what to expect for rest of the year and 2021, including businesses shutting down and opening up, the chances of a vaccine and whether intentionally trying to build "herd immunity" is a good idea. Plus, she lays out what has to happen to see high school and college football, as well as other sports, played this fall. And she gives us the one thing we need to see if the 2020 Summer Olympics are going to be held this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy New Year! If you're reading this episode description, that means you survived 2020. That is an accomplishment worth celebrating. On this week's show, Alex looks at the landscape of LGBTQ sports heading into 2021. On the positive side, there is more LGBTQ support and inclusion than ever, and that will lead more athletes to come out. The Outsports Revolution is happening.
Unfortunately, there will be fewer opportunities afforded to LGBTQ athletes in 2021, due to the widespread eliminations of non-revenue college sports. It doesn't have to be this way. College sports are broken, and LGBTQ athletes are being needlessly harmed.
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Happy New Year, everybody! Let's ring in the first day of 2021 by celebrating a move MLB should have made in 1951! The Cleveland Baseball Team will finally finally be getting a new non-problematic name...next year. I know I've typed this way too many times but in baseball terms, that counts as progress! And today, friend of the pod and Cleveland baseball fan Michael Palascak (The Tonight Show) returns to celebrate his team's greatest achievement since the 1948 World Series. Chief Wahoo is no more and we haven't seen racists this sad since Curt Schilling's video game company went bankrupt. That's worth a civic party! We also talk through options for the team's new name...Spiders, Naps, Rockers...and then randomly stumble upon the best choice in tribute to The Land's greatest athletic hero. (No, not Joe Charboneau...) It's not even baseball related but we are all witnesses to its brilliance. Make it happen, Tito Francona! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MichaelPalascak Insta: @kenthinguy @michaelpalascak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's Thursday. You know what that means. Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is closing out 2020 with a very emotional solo edition of the show. First, Brian shares his thoughts on the passing of AEW's Brodie Lee, reflecting on his impact not just as a wrestler but as simply a wonderful human being. He also touches on AEW's tribute show to Brodie Lee on Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite. Brian then takes time to discuss the QWI 100: the impact of its construction, the criteria used to build it and the powerful response the list has generated post its publishing. RIP Brodie Lee 1979-2020 Check out the entire QWI 100 here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For our last episode of 2020, Karleigh and Dawn beam up Outsports co-founder Jim Buzinski for a look at the Outsports Awards and how they were chosen. Plus, Jim tells us how his story about Rep. Tulsi Gabbard came about, how he deals with members of the LGBTQ sports community who refuse to accept transgender inclusion and shares his own coming out story! If you are an out LGBTQ person in sports and want to tell your story, email Jim: kandreeky@gmail.com Check out our archive of coming out stories. And if you’re an LGBTQ person in sports looking to connect with others in the community, head over to GO! Space to meet and interact with other LGBTQ athletes, or to Equality Coaching Alliance to find other coaches, administrators and other non-athletes in sports.
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D.Gil is joined by his best friend J.Mac to discuss sports in the year 2020. The year 2020 gave us heartache, laughter, and much needed entertainment through the pandemic. These best friends will have you howling as they take a tour down memory lane in arguably the most interesting sports year ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Breakdancing is going to be an Olympic sport in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Yes, you read that right. And no, apparently breakdancing didn't die with MC Hammer's parachute pants. Athletes will be breakdancing from the Eiffel Tower to the Marais, all looking for Olympic gold, silver and bronze. While it may sound like an odd, nontraditional addition, you might be surprised to hear what some of the events were at the Olympic Games as early as 1900. The addition is designed to drive Olympic interest amongst a younger generation. Will it work? We'll see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"The Sports Kiki" is all about good conversations, and with that spirit, Alex welcomes on champion high school track & field coach Micah Porter for the final show of 2020. Micah, an Outsports mainstay, talks about coming out later in life, and for the first time, discusses his battle with alcoholism. Read Micah's birthday letter to his 17-year-old self on micahporter.com. Follow Micah on Twitter, @micahaporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
If there are two things I love more than anything else, it's baseball and the greatest comedy routine ever. And today's episode combines them both! Special guest Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny) joins me to break down the timeless genius of Abbott & Costello's Who's On First. No matter how old you are or what else you might be doing, Bud & Lou always win you over with their mastery of timing and unprecedented ability to play off each other. It's the funniest five minutes of all time. We also relive Michael Jordan's unfortunate attempt to play baseball and Jimmy rightly calls me out on my even more unfortunate effort to put together a fantasy team. The only thing keeping me from becoming the Marlins of fantasy baseball is a crappy sculpture. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JimmyPardo @NeverNotFunny Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's Christmas Eve, which means everyone gets to open one present early! And we have the perfect gift for you: an in-depth chat with "The Anklebreaker" and 1/2 of the Kings of the District Jordan Blade! She and Brian discuss her comeback from a devastating leg injury in 2019, how a stop-and-start 2020 produced lasting memories for her both in and out of the ring and what inspired her to don the bisexual Pride flag at Butch vs. Gore! We also get giddy over her recent bout with Trish Adora and how her jiu-jitsu background makes her prime for Paradigm Pro's UWFI Rules division! Follow Jordan Blade on Twitter: @Jordan_Blade92 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trans rugger and equality advocate Verity Smith beams up from the U.K. to talk about the World Rugby ban, his shift to wheelchair rugby and the continued fight for transgender inclusion in sports. Plus, we cover the latest news about USAPL, yet another horrific murder of a gender non-conforming person. And we wrap things up discussing the season finale of the Mandalorian, the future of Boba Fett and this week's big episode of Star Trek: Discovery which features great performances from actors Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil is joined by MMA Cody Galloway on this episode to discuss what being a gay MMA fighter means to him, if being a gay MMA fighter is rare, his life growing up as a gay male, the impact fighting has on his life, and LGBTQ inclusion in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meghan Duggan retired from playing ice hockey recently and said that her work fighting for equality and access for women in sports has been more important to her personally than her Olympic gold medal. That's quite a statement, as that Olympic gold eluded the three-time Olympic medalist for a decade. She talks with us about being married to a former rival, the dynamics that brings to the relationship, and why working with the Women's Sports Foundation is her "favorite topic to talk about." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gay men were prohibited from donating blood at the height of the HIV-AIDS epidemic. The ban was whittled down to three months at the start of the pandemic, but now, the FDA is finally undergoing a study to repeal the ban outright. On this week's show, Alex talks with openly gay ABC reporter Tony Morrison, who's broken the story about the FDA's landmark study.
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As you know from listening to any of the past 54 episodes, it doesn't take much to get me talking about Ted Williams. That comes with the territory of doing a baseball show but it would also be true if I hosted a podcast about collecting scrimshaw or the life of Rutherford B. Hayes. Seventy years ago, Williams homered in his final at bat as a major leaguer. It was only fitting that The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived authored the greatest ending to a ballplayer's career in history. This week, I'm joined by Boston sports columnist Steve Buckley (The Athletic), who wrote a wonderful story in September interviewing all of the living players from that momentous day in Red Sox and baseball lore. We do a deep dive about what the piece revealed about the cantankerous legend's numerous acts of surprising kindness and respect toward his fellow ballplayers. Additionally, Buckley shares a great anecdote of a hotel lobby conversation he had with The Splendid Splinter and I sincerely hope my expression of slack-jawed awe in response is somehow audible. Ted Williams forever. You can read Steve Buckley's excellent Williams story by clicking here or by copying this link: https://theathletic.com/2090569/2020/09/25/ted-williams-final-at-bat-60-years-later/?article_source=search&search_query=Ted%20Williams And here is the amazing Love Story/Harvard hockey piece Buckley mentions at the end: https://theathletic.com/2245001/2020/12/14/love-story-harvard-hockey-50th-anniversary/ Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @BuckinBoston Insta: @kenthinguy @buckinboston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're getting a second chance to chop things up with All Elite Wrestling's Nyla Rose this week! She and Brian discuss diversity within AEW and pro wrestling as a whole, Rose's experience working with grammy-nominated director Director X on AEW's "Be Boundless" campaign and the changing landscape of pro wrestling in the wake of AEW's working relationships with IMPACT and the NWA. They also touch on AEW's recently announced videogames division and the rad Mega Man gear she donned at AEW Full Gear. Download and listen now, Lovelies! Follow Nyla Rose on Twitter: @NylaRoseBeast Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial.
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Dr. Sheree Becker beams up from Bath, England, with her new research into sports science, focusing on exclusionary policies, transphobia and transgender athletes, a study which includes our Karleigh Webb. We also chat with her about women with doctorates and the title of "Dr." Plus Dawn has a clip from her one-on=one interview with "Star Trek: Discovery" actress Mary Wiseman for Forbes.com. Wiseman plays Ensign Sylvia Tilly, as well as Captain Killy of the Mirror Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Etienne Aduya joins D.Gil on The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss what it's like being a gay athlete, his coming out story, LGBTQ inclusion in sports and more. BTW there's a Beyoncé and Serena Williams reference in the pod as well. Can never talk enough about Beyoncé. Follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @TheGAMEDAYTEA If you are considering suicide and age 24 and younger, contact the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is available to people of all ages and identities. Trans Lifeline, for people who are trans, non-binary or gender-nonconforming, can be reached at 877-565-8860. All are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amanda Chidester and Anissa Urtez may be fiancees, but that doesn't mean they aren't also fierce competitors on the field. While they are spending time prepping one another for next Summer's Olympic Games, they also each want to win gold. With Urtez playing for Mexico and Chidester playing for Team USA, they will be facing off against one another in Tokyo. They talk about all of that, plus Amanda gives us the inside scoop on how she proposed to Anissa just a few weeks ago, and they both open up about why it's important to them to be so open about their relationship on social media and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's Alex's birthday today! He celebrates with a new edition of "The Sports Kiki," where he interviews Alison Gill of American Atheists. Alex and Alison talk about the group's recent survey of nonreligious youth, and some of the biggest LGBTQ takeaways. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When you think of cursed MLB fanbases, the Braves aren't usually the first team that springs to mind. But as their unceremonious exit from the NLCS after leading the series 3-1 illustrates, they've put their fans through a fair amount of hurt over the past couple decades. And as a Cub fan since the mid-80s, I practically have a doctorate in baseball pain. So this week, I've invited the Outsports Podcast Network's D.Gil (The Gameday Tea) to break down all the things his team has done to him. From what he describes, the Braves appear to suffer from a misfortune that psychologists refer to as "Playing in Atlanta." This condition lies dormant for most of the season but once the calendar shifts to October, it suddenly results in baserunning snafus, 10 run first innings, and BS infield fly rules. Side effects of Playing in Atlanta include sudden craving for Waffle House, over-blessed heart, and kissing your e-mail crush on a ferris wheel. My promise to you the listener: this is the only podcast you'll hear all week that includes discussions of Troye Sivan's mullet AND former Braves mascot Chief Nac-A-Homa. You're welcome. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DGilTM @TheGAMEDAYTEA Insta: @kenthinguy @dgiltm @thegamedaytea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week Brian welcomes pro wrestling's priceless work of art Still Life with Apricots & Pears to the show. They discuss the humble origins of the Still Life persona in CHIKARA, their emotions around leaving CHIKARA after the company's demise as a result of the #SpeakingOut movement and how pro wrestling's existing structures can improve when it comes to including and interacting with trans and non-binary populations. The two also get into Still Life's relationship with Dark Sheik and evolving the Still Life persona into their own vision! Follow Still Life with Apricots & Pears on Twitter: @apricotspears Follow Still Life with Apricots & Pears on Pintrest: @apricotspears Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh Chardonnay Webb and Dawn Ennis discuss the Sports Illustrated selections for Sportspersons of the Year — namely the selection of Breanna Stewart, a white WNBA player who earned recognition but not at the expense of every Black player — plus Tucker Carlson’s unending transphobia. We also welcome newly out trans amateur bowler Christine Rebstock to The Trans Sporter Room! She tells her moving coming out story. And later, I have a SPOILER ALERT about this week’s Star Trek: Discovery episode! If you are a trans or gender-nonconforming person considering suicide, ages 24 and younger, contact the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is available to people of all ages and identities. Trans Lifeline can be reached at 877-565-8860. All are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil chats with professional soccer player Anton Hysén about what it's like being a gay soccer player, experiences with homophobia, bullying in the LGBTQ community, and how there can be improvements made with LGBTQ inclusion in sports. Bonus* find out something you may have NOT know about Anton..( so cool)! Follow The GAMEDAY TEA on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @TheGAMEDAYTEA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sex testing has been a part of the Olympic Games for decades. Sixty years ago it targeted women in the Eastern Bloc. Today women in the Global South seem to be the target. Minky Worden of the Human Rights Watch joins us to talk about their new report on the topic and the toll it takes on the women targeted by this practice. Worden also discusses the push for LGBTQ equality in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. You might be surprised by how few protections LGBTQ people have in Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex looks back at the legacy of WWE legend Pat Patterson with Outsports contributor Brian Bell, host of the "LGBT in the Ring" podcast. Though Patterson didn't come out publicly until 2014, he was openly gay in the world of pro wrestling for decades -- dating back to the late 1950s and 60s. Alex and Brian talk about Patterson's legacy, and wrestling's overall LGBTQ culture. Follow Brian on Twitter, @WonderboyOTM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There's no place on earth I'd rather be than a big league ballpark. I've been visiting them on vacation ever since I was nine years old and have always tried to plan road trips around taking in a game somewhere. Sometimes I think I'd run through Hell itself to go to a ballpark. And then I remember I've already gone to St. Louis. I've been to 21 of the current MLB parks and on this episode, I'm joined by Yankee fan Theo Rabinowitz (CBS Sports) who's been to even more. So we decided to compare our Top 10s of all time. There's a few you'd expect (Wrigley, Fenway, San Francisco) and a few that will probably surprise you. We also discuss our all-time underrated and overrated parks as well as where our favorite places for food are. If you're a fan of baseball travel or an MLB owner who just wants to recall the days when actual people showed up to fork over a second mortgage for nachos, this is the episode for you! Speaking of cheap-ass owners, we recorded this on the night the Cubs non-tendered Kyle Schwarber. As you might expect, I had a sizable case of the feels about Schwarbs and talked my way through them. Cue Boyz II Men... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @TheoTweetsStuff Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! 2020 is nearly over, but the shows only get hotter as we enter winter, starting this week when Brian Bell welcomes "The Psycho Dyke" Rebel Kinney to the show. Kinney is brash about representing the lesbian community in pro wrestling and beyond. You'd have to be to tattoo it on your body. The two discuss what inspired her to enter the ring, how she nearly missed out in participating in Kris Wolf's final match & her time with Pro Wrestling Eve. Follow Rebel Kinney on Twitter: @rebelgrrlpk Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Dawn and Karleigh welcome Scott Turner Schofield — the Emmy-nominated actor from the soap operas Sin City and Bold and the Beautiful. His one man show special, Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps is becoming a film! In addition to discussing drama, we talk about his activism, his achievement in trans history and his love of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Plus, Dawn's dog Dahlia — who Scott helped us adopt through GLAAD and the reality show, Ready Set Pet — makes a surprise guest appearance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil is joined by Ozzy Luna and Erick Anderson of the LGBTQ inclusive Los Angeles Rugby Football Club to discuss LA Rebellion rugby, the impact of Covid-19 on the club, LGBTQ inclusion in rugby, and their thoughts on World Rugby's stance on trans players. Follow D.Gil on Twitter: dgiltm Follow The GAMEDAY TEA on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: TheGAMEDAYTEA To learn more about the LA Rebellion Rugby Football club: larebellion.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olympic medalist Ji Wallace joins us to talk about his incredible run at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a silver medal the first time trampoline was part of the Olympic Games. We also talk about him coming out as gay a few years later, then sharing that he's HIV-positive. Plus, suffering an injury that left him unable to walk... and now training the next generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Happy Thanksgiving! On this week's show, Alex talks about what he's thankful for in LGBTQ sports, and Barack Obama admitting he used gay slurs on the basketball court as a teenager. Obama's admittance shows growth is possible, and why we shouldn't ostracize people for what they said as kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Here is an encore presentation of the Outsports podcast, 3 Strikes You're Out As this special episode's title indicates, I'm joined by Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. It's one of the very best museums in the country and an essential visit for every baseball fan! The NLBM is about amplifying the careers of Negro Leagues greats as well as the story of the leagues themselves. Bob brings amazing stories about all-time legends like Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, and Buck O'Neil but he also enlightens us on stars who also deserve a place in the pantheon like Martín Dihigo, Leon Day, and Bullet Rogan. We also reflect on an important roundtable discussion on race and baseball in the era of Black Lives Matter with six MLB players that Bob recently led. You can watch it here. It's essential viewing. Become a member of the NLBM! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @nlbmprez Insta: @kenthinguy @nlbmprez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This Thanksgiving (or, as Brian refers to it, mac & cheese mountain day) we're taking a detour into the fun and chaotic realms of pro wrestling. Brian and his partner, KC, watched a battle royal between a number of Japanese regional mascots known as Yuru-Chara, including the baseball bat-wielding legend Chiitan. And New Japan Pro Wrestling legend Masahiro Chono was there cheering them on. It's such a gratifying 15 minutes of chaos that we had to chat about it. Consider this your pro wrestling topping for your post-meal pie! Check out the match here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXSzqEofaY&t=61s Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Karleigh and Dawn. It's become an annual holiday tradition: We've dug through the Starfleet archive and found seven guests who have beamed up to share their stories: Lindsay Hecox of Boise State in Idaho, Mitch Harrison of the Titan Games, Alice Soper of New Zealand, Katie Barnes of espnW, Coach Curt Miller of the Connecticut Sun, Caitlyn Jenner and Kamora Herrington helps us remember the late, great Monica Roberts. Plus we share what we're thankful for, including our most favorite Star Trek shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this episode D.Gil hosted a virtual thanksgiving with the Outsports podcast family as we discussed what 2020 LGBTQ sports things we're thankful for. Guest at our Virtual Thanksgiving included The Trans Sporter Room, 3 Strikes, You're Out, The Sports Kiki, 5 Rings To Rule Them All, and LGBT In The Ring podcast. We can all agree that talking about something positive in 2020 may be difficult. However, on this episode we "cook up" something special for our Outsports podcast listeners. Happy Thanksgiving from the Outsports Podcast Family! You can follow The GAMEDAY TEA on all your favorite social media platforms @thegamedaytea Twitter & Instagram: dgiltm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No one in the world knows more about LGBTQ Olympians than Tony Scupham-Bilton. The history-lover has spent much of the last eight years researching them and compiling a list of all the LGBTQ Olympians and Paralympians he has been able to find over time. That list now stands at over 400 athletes, and he's finding more all the time. Scupham-Bilton shares with us his passion for his inspiring part of our community's history, as well as some of the athletes' stories you may not have heard before, but which are wonderfully fun and exciting. You can find his list of LGBTQ Olympians, as well as other fascinating stories from history, on his blog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex comes trans sports trailblazer Kirsti Miller, who talks about life as a transgender athlete -- and her incredible life. Kirsti has been a rugby standout, soccer player, prison warden, taxi driver, and now, proud trans woman. The powerful conversation is a perfect way to commemorate Trans Awareness Week.
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Theo Epstein resigned as Cubs president this week. And I am up in my feelings about it! Staying up until 3 AM watching 2016 Game 7 eating Ben & Jerry's Americone Dream listening to "Pictures of You" on repeat FEELINGS... This one is a crossover with Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala of Cubs Brawl: The Away Games Podcast because sometimes you need your besties to talk you through it when something beautiful ends. And it's a measure of Theo's impact that we spent the entire podcast discussing what we admired about him but we didn't get around to any of the moves he actually made until there was less than a minute left in our Zoom. In short, this has been the best time ever to be a Cub fan. By exponential orders of magnitude. And it's largely due to Theo Epstein and the culture he instilled in this organization. It's the end of an era. But until Theo got to Chicago, we never expected that anything like this could happen to our team. And we're forever grateful. Weep not for the memories. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're celebrating Trans Week of Awareness this week with Hoodslam's own The Great Bambina. She and Brian unpack her journey to and evolution within the ring, the personal philosophy she brings to pro wrestling, her history of trans advocacy and how Brechtian theory and pro wrestling intersect. It's a thoughtful conversation with plenty of inspiration within it. We're here, we're queer and we're fucking immortal. Follow Great Bambina on Twitter: @baseballkick Check out Batter Up at twitch.tv/batterupbambina Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our friend Caroline Layt of Perth, Australia joins Karleigh and Dawn to talk about her transition, playing rugby, the trans ban and her love of science fiction, especially Star Trek. She also shares news of her new documentary film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Martin Stark joins D.Gil on this episode to discuss the World Gay Boxing Championships that are being held in Sydney Australia in 2023. Martin explains why he founded the WGBC, inclusivity within gay boxing, and some of the challenges that he's facing along the way while seeing his dream of a gay boxing championship come to life. D.Gil also gets Martins perspective on the upcoming Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. boxing match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ken Schultz came out around the same time as Olympic diver Tom Daley, and he too originally identified as bi. Each of their journeys has brought them to call themselves "gay," and those similar journeys have been part of why Schultz is such a Daley superfan. We talk about that, as well as Michelangelo's role in creating Daley, as well as just how gosh-darn nice the Olympic medalist seems to be in everything he does. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with Professor Rory Magrath, who helped author a study looking at 60 coming-out stories of male athletes published on Outsports. The results show male athletes are overwhelmingly accepted of gay teammates. Alex and Rory push back against the narrative that male team sports aren't accepting. It's just not true.
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This is an episode about the White Sox. Which means we should be spending all of it talking about AL MVP Jose Abreu. But we're not. In fact, Abreu doesn't come up until the end. Why? Tony La Russa, that's why. Comedian and Sox fan Jim Flannigan (All Over the Place podcast) stops by. In a sane world, he should be thrilled right now. His team is young, fun, and super talented. They just broke their playoff drought and look to take control of the AL Central for a while. But instead, he's confused and upset. Why? Tony La Russa, that's why. We spend most of our time trying to unpack this ghastly and embarrassing hire by Jerry Reinsdorf, who overrode his GM, players, and fans because he did Tony wrong once in 1986 and apparently that has to be corrected in order for the universe to balance itself. Or some other dumb as hell reason...it's not clear! But what is clear is this: Reinsdorf is an old white man with all the money. And guys like that never get told they just did something massively reckless, stupid, and dangerous. Instead, the ones who get hurt the most will be Sox fans. And occasionally other drivers. Why? Tony La Russa, that's why. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JimmyFlann Insta: @kenthinguy @jimmyflann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We've got two awesome guests this week talking two totally different pro wrestling projects. First, Brian sits down with Out In The Ring director/producer Ryan Bruce Levey to discuss the upcoming documentary's goal of connect LGBTQ pro wrestling's present, past and future. Then, Colette Arrand (Fanbyte/Fanfyte) returns to help Brian break down AEW's latest pay-per-view event, Full Gear, headlined by a supreme clash between Eddie Kingston and AEW World Champion Jon Moxley. It's long, but it's strong! Follow Out In The Ring on Twitter: @outinthering Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Check out the Out In The Ring trailer and crowdfunding campaign Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We start with the joyous news that Election 2020 is finally over and the days of the 45th president are numbered. Then a mom from the Seattle Area beams up to tell us about her 13-year-old son, Bobby, a soccer goalkeeper who fought to have local league rules changed so he could play on the boys team. Bobby is transgender and his mom Eleanor Jones is his biggest supporter. What's it like when people, even in your own family, think you're making a mistake allowing your child to transition? All this, PLUS we share our love for TNG, our favorite episode and who would be the best dinner date from the NCC-1701-D? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil dives into some of the psychological related issues that LGBTQ athletes experience with Mental Performance Consultant Dr. Hannah Bennett. We also discuss psychological factors that affect athletes, LGBTQ inclusion in sports, negative impacts on athletes without inclusion, and ways athletes can improve their well being through psychological interventions. 11/17/20: In this episode, I refer to Dr. Hannah Bennett as a sport psychologist. To be transparent, she is not a licensed mental health clinician. Dr. Bennett holds a doctorate in human performance and works with clients on mental performance. Her research highlights diversity, inclusion, and social justice within sport and performance. Edits have been made to the episode description, however, I am unable to edit the podcast conversation itself.
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Ness Murby has competed on the national and international stage for three countries - Japan, Australia and Canada - in three different sports. Yet he's never done it as his true self. In this exclusive interview, Murby talks about being a proud member of the trans community and what he hopes to see change about gender-based sports going forward. He also talks about the dynamics of being blind and a member of the LGBTQ community, and how one often seems to overshadow the other in the minds of many. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex goes at it alone on this week's show. He kicks off the show talking about our never-ending election. While Joe Biden has already shattered the popular vote record, Donald Trump will receive at least 70 million votes himself. Alex says the close results, and exit polls, show the elite coastal media shouldn't be so dismissive of Trump voters. With the election behind us, Alex also says he expects sports to be less political going forward.
At the end of the show, Alex talks about the coming-out story of NHL player agent Bayne Pettinger, and what it tells us about the seismic shift in attitudes regarding gay people in men's professional sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting all things Paris Is Bumping this week with one of the judges on the show, The Nobodies' DJ Accident Report! He and Brian discuss the impact of Billy Dixon's pro wrestling/ballroom hybrid event, including plenty of memorable moments and lasting images. Accident Report provides his firsthand account of the event and how LGBTQ pro wrestling can continue growing its profile within the industry as a whole. It's all about turning realness into reality! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Support DJ Accident Report on Substack at judgement.substack.com Support The Nobodies on Patreon and listen to Nobodies Saying Hello on Spotify! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's the morning after the most contentious election of our lifetimes. Karleigh and Dawn offer their thoughts and salute transgender political candidates who won their elections, including Sarah McBride, the first out trans state senator in the U.S., and Taylor Small, Vermont's first openly transgender state representative. But first we're talking with the award-winning writer of sports and culture at espnW: Katie Barnes! And stay tuned for a snippet of Dawn's exclusive interview with Star Trek: Discovery's Ian Alexander, the franchise's first trans actor cast in a recurring role! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The vibrant Amazin LetHi joins D.Gil to discuss LGBTQ inclusion in sports, the adversity Asian LGBGTQ members have to overcome in society, the awesome Amazin LeThi foundation, and ways we can stay health via dieting and exercise in the midst of a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NOlympics is an organization of community leaders and activists formed with the aim to end the Olympic Games. They claim the Olympics are bad for local communities of lower- and middle-class people, and that the Olympics are "dangerous" for the LGBTQ community. Joining us this week to talk about all of this are Gigi Droesch and Gia Lappe, who live in Los Angeles and came to the organization as Los Angeles mounted its successful bid to host the Summer Olympic Games (in 2028). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with a member of the Outsports family, Anthony Nicodemo. A high school basketball coach, Nicodemo came out in Outsports in 2015. He's currently an athletic director and president of his teacher's union, as well as president of the Hudson Valley Stonewall Democrats. Alex and Anthony talk about the troubling state of schools, the presidential election, and why it's important for LGBTQ people to be involved in politics. Follow Anthony on Twitter, @coachNicodemo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Well, we made it through an entire World Series episode without a single player testing positive for COVID. And you could ALMOST say the same thing about the World Series itself... Rangers beat writer and friend of the pod Alex Plinck (Dallas Sports Fanatic) is back this week. If you had told me back in February that I'd be talking to a Rangers expert in late October, I'd have predicted it would've been the most shocking thing in all of 2020. We were all so innocent in the Before Times. But with the World Series being held in Arlington, Alex had the privilege of attending all six games in person! So in this episode, we do a deep dive into it. The two of us debate over whether it's possible to understand why Justin Turner would celebrate with his teammates after testing positive. We manage to discuss the Rays' Game 6 strategy without Kevin Cash removing either of us halfway through the show. And we celebrate Brett Phillips's unlikely heroics in Game 4 as well as Clayton Kershaw earning a well-deserved championship. Both of these things can be true about the 2020 World Series: it was a lot of fun to watch. And let's never do it again. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @aplinckTX Insta: @kenthinguy @aplincktex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! With Paris Is Bumping debuting later tonight, we welcome 1/4 of the event's Divas Championship match to the podcast: Jared Evans. Evans has enjoyed some his most high profile matches ever this year despite the pandemic, making up for years of "stagnation." Butch vs. Gore, EFFY's Big Gay Brunch, going through doors at the Polyam Cult Party: Evans packed a lot into 2020 thus far. And he isn't done. Evans chats all about Paris Is Bumping, the dark periods he overcame and why he doesn't "broadcast" his bisexuality! Follow Jared Evans on Twitter: @MrJaredEvans Check out Paris Is Bumping Oct. 29 10pm Et/7pm PT on independentwrestling.tv Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Disclosure: LGBT In The Ring is a sponsor of Paris Is Bumping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Legendary NCLR athletic director Helen Carroll, recently retired, joins Karleigh and Dawn to talk about her incredible career, her thoughts on transgender inclusion and more! PLUS: SPOILER ALERT! Dawn has a sneak peek at her exclusive interview for Forbes.com with non-binary actor Blu del Barrio of Star Trek: Discovery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ever see your favorite sports athlete on a magazine cover and wonder what it takes to make them look so darn stylish? Well D.Gil talks to sports stylist Cindy Whitehead on what exactly it takes to style an athlete. We discuss the difficulty styling athletes compared to more traditional models, some of Cindy's athletes that she's styled over the years, and her experiences with styling LGBTQ athletes.. This is an informative episode that will end up leaving you appreciative on what goes on behind the scenes to make that well dressed athlete look so good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof is a brave athlete. Growing up in rural Alaska, a town of just 200 people, she forged a path for herself with no role models in her sport of snowboarding. Not only did she become the first Indigenous Alaskan to represent the United States in the Olympics, but she also came out publicly as gay during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi, Russia. She talks with us about the discrimination she's faced for her gender, sexual orientation and race, as well as what it was like dating one of her competitors on the team of another country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with NFL free agent Ryan Russell, who publicly came out last year as bisexual. Alex and Ryan talk about his recent essay about the NFL's support for the LGBTQ community, and whether it's superficial. Follow Ryan on Twitter, @RKRelentless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Here we are folks The dream we all dream of Rays vs. Dodgers In the World Series of...Texas? You know it's been a weird year when the Dodgers' longest homestand of the season takes place in Arlington. But that's where we find ourselves in baseball's first ever neutral site World Series. And this week, friend of the pod Adam Mamawala (Cubs Brawl: The Away Games Podcast) is back to break down Games 1 & 2. After leaving poor Clayton Kershaw for dead on the last episode, the Dodgers ace went all Jason Voorhees on Tampa Bay in the opener. But Wednesday evening, Brandon Lowe's bat finally got as hot as his face and the Rays evened things up. (Seriously, how did I watch the entire postseason and not realize Brandon Lowe is beautiful until he homered twice? My libido is as big a front runner as a Florida baseball fan.) And naturally, we sing the praises of Mookie Betts who remains as fun to watch as any player I can remember. In the span of five minutes, I comp Mookie to Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and Oscar Charleston. So once again...well done, Red Sox! That payroll flexibility will really pay off when Mookie becomes a free agent in 2033! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @awaygamespod
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Hello, Lovelies! We kick off year two of LGBT In The Ring with our first tag team guests: The Runway. Calvin Couture and Tyler Klein's friendship is on full display in and out of the ring, epitomized by how they came together to form The Runway in the first place. The two discuss how The Runway was born, the personal freedom pro wrestling provides for each and the significance of EFFY's Big Gay Brunch. Follow Calvin Couture on Twitter: @calvin_couture Follow Tyler Klein on Twitter: @Tboy_TylerKlein Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Don't forget to join us Friday, Oct. 23 at 4pm ET over on twitch.tv/wonderboyotm for our Birthday Charity Fire Pro Pride Championship stream. We're holding an all-LGBTQ videogame pro wrestling tournament and raising money for Transgender Law Center! The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we salute Fordham University Women's Basketball alum Bryson Cavanaugh who publicly came out as transgender via a post to his Instagram! Also: The U.S. Department of Education convinced Franklin Pierce University — the school that produced CeCé Telfer, the first out trans women to win an NCAA championship in track and field — to drop its policy on inclusion of transgender student athletes by threatening to withhold federal funding. But officials in New Haven, Conn. did not buckle to similar pressure from Betsy DeVos's Office of Civil Rights. Students there will get a $3M grant for five magnet schools that DoE threatened to withhold, because of trans inclusive policies. In other news, Dawn and Karleigh discuss Amy Coney Barrett lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee and using the phrase "sexual preference," plus the final presidential debate, and Dawn has the scoop on what's coming up on Star Trek: Discovery Season 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ever wonder why you still support your favorite sports team even though they continue to let you down? Due to another Atlanta Braves playoff collapse, D.Gil talks about six reasons why we stay in bad relationships to explain why we can never just quite give up on our favorite teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The International Olympic Committee is again hiding behind its false claims of not engaging in human rights and politics as questions emerge about the selection of China to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. At the same time, the Federation of Gay Games is embracing Hong Kong as the host of its 2022 Gay Games in hopes of having a positive impact on human rights in China. Plus, we talk about the future of Iran in the Olympic Games given its human-rights violations, as well as the impact of World Rugby's ban on trans athletes and whether we will see Laurel Hubbard or another trans athlete in Tokyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex discusses Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barett using the term "sexual preference" in her confirmation hearing, and why focusing on the phrase distracts from the real threat she poses to the LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I love Clayton Kershaw. He's the best pitcher of this generation and a pure joy to watch. But...it's October. Which means that Kershaw is distressingly...ordinary. On this episode, Sara Sanchez (Cuppa Cubbie Blue) joins me to ponder that if an entire month could be Kryptonite, October is just that for the three-time Cy Young winner. To mix superhero metaphors (and universes), it's like that moment in Spider Man 3 where Spidey loses his web slinging skills and faceplants hard onto the street. Actually, scratch that. Kershaw in October is like Spider Man 3. Period. We then pay tribute to the incredibly fun Atlanta Braves of Ronald Acuña, Ozzie Albies and Marcel Ozuna. As well as the immensely fun Tampa Bay Rays of...um...that guy! There he is! And his friend too! Also: the Houston Astros are participating. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @BCB_Sara @CuppaCubbieBlue Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! EFFY's BIg Gay Brunch put queer identities front and center Saturday afternoon, and who better to unpack it all than two queer pro wrestling connoisseurs. Brian Bell welcomes Elm Hill (Wrestling with Gender) to chat all the battles, moments and, yes, unlimited twinks the show had to offer. LGBTQ pro wrestling is pro wrestling. Book these queens. Period. Follow Elm Hill on Twitter: @tweedslacks Get your copy of Wrestling with Gender at wrestlingwithgender.bigcartel.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hartford community activist Kamora Herrington joins Dawn and Karleigh in a podcast to mourn Monica Roberts, the creator of the award-winning TransGriot blog. Roberts, who died Oct. 5, was known as an advocate, an activist, an avid fan of the Houston Texans and was a former tennis player in high school. We celebrate her life, share tributes from friends, and bring you selected clips from our talk with Monica herself in November 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this episode of The GAMEDAY TEA D.Gil talks to Torch George, the 16th female member of the Harlem Globetrotters. We discuss her growing up playing basketball, what's it's like being a Harlem Globetrotter, her fight against Grave's Disease, and National Coming Out Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jorik Hendrickx had already been to one Olympic Games when he came out publicly just days ahead of his second, the 2018 Games in South Korea. He had competed in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and didn't feel comfortable coming out there. We talk with him about all of that, as well as having a sister who is also an Olympic figure skater. Once friendly 'competitors,' he now coaches his sister in her quest for a second Olympics. Plus Jorik talks about quarantining with his boyfriend and learning they truly are made for one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with ESPN's Israel Gutierrez about his powerful coming out story, personal tragedy, and the journey to living a fulfilled life as an openly gay man in sports media. Happy National Coming Out Day!
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The Houston Astros are like 2020. We're all just trying to survive until they're done. But they JUST WON'T GO AWAY. And now they're here to ruin the 2020 postseason by embarking on some kind of weird revenge fantasy against the rest of baseball for...watching as they cheated their way to a championship and then not punishing them at all? It's unclear. Today, comedian and friend of the pod Adam Sokol is back to give the Astros the roasting they deserve. Carlos Correa has turned out to be a tool, Dusty Baker's enabling all of this, and the whole thing just makes you want to dunk the American League playoffs in a giant vat of hand sanitizer. Fortunately, there's some genuine fun happening elsewhere in baseball, thanks to non-fraudulent greatness from players like Fernando Tatís Jr, Ronald Acuña, and Cody Bellinger. So we make sure to talk about the other three Division Series too. And we make a bold prediction about tonight's ALDS Game 5 that somehow results in us picking both the Yankees and Rays. So get bent, Astros! Up yours, 2020! Despite your best efforts, there's still some joy in baseball! We hope. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @SokolAdam Insta: @kenthinguy @sokoladam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We close out this week's two-fer with an engaging conversation with former AEW Women's World Champion and LGBTQ pro wrestling trailblazer Nyla Rose. The Native Beast has made a habit of making history since signing with AEW last year, becoming the first out transgender woman to sign with a major wrestling promotion. Rose discussing the significance of those moments and the importance of breaking those barriers. She also highlights the personal significance AEW Dynamite's first anniversary holds and what she has in store for the second year of AEW's flagship program. Our prediction: a whole lot of Beast Bombs! Also, we have a fun little surprise regarding LGBT In The Ring's 1st birthday next week. Download, listen & stay tuned, Lovelies! Tune into the AEW Dynamite Anniversary special on Wednesday, October 14 at 8pm ET live on TNT! Follow Nyla Rose on Twitter: @NylaRoseBeast Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We have a doubleheader of shows this week and we're kicking things off with an in-depth conversation with pro wrestler EFFY discussing his Big Gay Brunch event this Saturday. From living works of art to street fight realness, EFFY's Big Gay Brunch is set to showcase a litany of LGBTQ pro wrestling talent deserving of such a stage. EFFY also gets into his personal feelings about the original Big Gay Brunch's postponement and the card's evolution due to the coronavirus pandemic and #SpeakingOut movement. He also answers the age old question: what exactly is a Twink Gauntlet? Stream EFFY's Big Gay Brunch on Fite.tv this Saturday, Oct. 10, at 11am ET Follow EFFY on Twitter: @EFFYlives Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
They're far away in Southern Sweden right now but Quinn is the toast of the world of soccer as the sport's first out transgender professional player. We talk about deadnaming, transition, trailblazing and a potential appearance in the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
D.Gil talks with soccer player Henry Bethel about his experiences with gay slurs on the pitch, our reaction to Collin Martin of the S.D. Loyal being called a gay slur, and what measures can be taken to stop gay slurs from being used in sports while increasing LBGT activism in soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olympians across the LGBTQ spectrum have been trailblazers when it comes to coming out. Literally hundreds of people who have competed in the Olympic Games have shared their stories publicly, some before competing and some after competing. Among others, we revisit the story of Karen Hultzer, who came out while competing the Olympics. Plus we talk about the stories of other out Olympians over the years, including Greg Louganis, who came out in a particularly special way that empowered LGBTQ athletes at every level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with Jeff Rueter, who's a staff writer at The Athletic covering professional soccer. Alex and Jeff talk about the Collin Martin story, and Jeff's coming out as bisexual on Bi Visibility Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As you can hopefully tell from listening over the past year, this podcast is mostly about celebrating your baseball team. I've had guests from across the MLB fan spectrum on and I always enjoy hearing what makes rooting for their team fun. However, there are two exceptions. The Cardinals, obviously. The podcast has to be a minimum level of standards, after all. And the other team that inspires nothing but bile is the Miami neé Florida neé Jeffrey Loria's beloved Marlins. Today, I'm again joined by friend of the pod Kevin McCaffrey (Cubs Brawl: The Away Games Podcast) to go off on the abomination from The Sunshine State. And for once, I'm not talking about Ron DeSantis. The Marlins are what would happen if DeSantis could clone himself nine times. We do a deep dive into Marlins loathsomeness: from their terrible gimmicky history to victimizing other far better fanbases to despicable ownership to horrific 1990s colors. (Teal? Really?!) And above all else...they handed it to the Cubs in Game One. Because, as Kevin notes, "karma isn't real." Contract the Marlins. Contract Florida. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Bi+ Awareness Month comes to an end this week as Brian welcomes independent wrestling staple Solo Darling to the show. Darling came out publicly as pansexual during Pride month and details that experience while getting into why she was hesitant to make the announcement. The discussion also focuses on issues like bi+ fetishization, fears of not belonging and the #SpeakingOut movement. It's a fun, hard and inspirational conversation that looks to rewrite "chapter one" of being bi+! Follow Solo Darling on Twitter @SoloDarling & Instagram @regulationsolodarling Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Her mom disowned her when she came out... because that burst her fantasy of having a gay son to go shopping with! Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Chardonnay Webb beam up trans runner, author and advocate Caitlin Spice (YES! That's her real name) from New Zealand to talk about her transition, her work in LGBT children's literature, and what she's reading. As always, we start with the news and, admittedly, it's looking rather grim. TW: suicide. If you are a trans or gender-nonconforming person considering suicide, ages 24 and younger, contact the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is available to people of all ages and identities. Trans Lifeline can be reached at 877-565-8860. All are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last week we talked with former Ambassador to Germany and Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell about the push to ban Iran from the Olympic Games after the murder of national-champion wrestler Navid Afkari and in light of human-rights abuses, namely against the LGBTQ community. Our Outsports colleague Ken Schultz, who hosts the great podcast Three Strikes, You're Out podcast on the Outsports network, took us to task and we respond. Plus we talk about the importance of including Iranian athletes in the Olympics, even when the government and its symbols are banned. The Olympics have a way of creating understanding and building bridges across borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex interviews Aria DiMezzo, who is a trans satanist anarchist running for sheriff in New Hampshire. Alex asks Aria about her belief system and decision to run in the Republican primary -- and how she won it. Visit Aria's website for more information: aria4sheriff.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I didn't think I was going to do a Cincinnati Reds episode this year. For most of 2020, the Reds seemed to be spinning their wheels. They finally put together a top notch pitching staff but their hitters steadfastly refused to approach competence. It looked to be another long season--even though it was only 60 games. But lo and behold! Comedian and Queen City native Mark Chalifoux (The Dad) is stopping by to talk Redlegs baseball! As the late Fred Willard once asked, "Hey, wha happa?" Well, suddenly in mid-September, it was like Reds hitters looked up at the clouds and saw the face of Mufasa (voiced by Ted Kluszewski) commanding "Remember who you are." From that point forward, it was as if their offensive philosophy could be summed up as "Oh right...I AM Joey Votto!" And Joey Votto is one of the best things you can be as a baseball player. In this episode, we pay tribute to Votto's awesomeness in many ways: The greatest hitter of this generation. A secret stand-up comedy fan. A Canadian national treasure. And, along with fellow paragon of awesomeness Amir Garrett, part of the wokest pair of team leaders in a sport that desperately needs more wokeness. We also discuss the opposite of wokeness: Thom Brennaman. As Mark indicates, Reds fans are properly appalled and that's actually a great thing. And we start the episode with a spirited debate on the merits of Trevor Bauer. There's no denying he's been a great pitcher this year. But SPOILER ALERT: as a Cub fan, I find Bauer repulsive. As a fellow human being, I think he's even worse. But like the Reds season, let's end on an upbeat note: Joseph Daniel Votto. Yeah, that's the good stuff... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MarkChalifoux Insta: @kenthinguy @markchalifoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Bi+ Awareness Month rolls along as Brian welcomes the Bisexual King "All That" Keita Murray to the show. Murray has wrestled for promotions coast-to-coast in his career, but is just now realizing the power that bringing his bisexuality to the wrestling stage truly holds. He and Brian discuss the journey to that realization and why personal expressions of identity are more prevalent in the industry today, along with his backyard roots and holding a victory in WWE! Heavy lies the crown. Follow Keita Murray on Twitter: @KEITAyourHeart Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn reflect on the big stories this week: After 101 days of silence, Connecticut's governor tells the Trump administration and Betsy DeVos to butt out and leave the state's school children alone. As Karleigh reported, Ned Lamont spoke strongly in opposition to discrimination, months after being noncommittal in the face of threats to cut education funding. Also, Dawn reported exclusively in Outsports about HBO's decision to pull a story about the debate over trans student athlete inclusion. The network spiked its story just a few hours after Real Sports correspondent Bernie Goldberg took part in a heated interview with Dawn, who has behind the scenes details of this breaking news. Plus, we talk politics in the wake of the death of Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Finally, Karleigh has a new streaming recommendation and Dawn invites listeners to join her Thursday night to watch the first season of Star Trek Discovery on CBS-TV for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thank you so much everybody for listening to my podcast. I had a lot of fun doing this, I learned a lot about the LGBTQ community and also myself. My guest this week is the managing editor of Outsports, Dawn Ennis. We chat about a few different topics and she asks me why I am ending the podcast. I hope you enjoy, I will still be active on twitter under @LPFPod. You can also follow my personal account at @randyb_SC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Navid Afkari was murdered by Iran's government on Sept. 12 because he dared say a negative word about the Iranian regime. He had also been accused of killing someone during a protest, but his admission to the crime, as well as the accounts of alleged eye witnesses, were clearly coerced. Former Ambassador to Germany and Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell was among a chorus of people, including the International Olympic Committee, who called for Iran to spare Afkari's life. Afkari was a national champion wrestler. Grenell joins us this week to talk about his support for an Olympic ban for Iran, based on Afkari's murder and a long history of human rights abuses. Grenell has been a champion of LGBTQ rights internationally and is an advisor to the RNC." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Big Ten Football Conference will be play this fall after all. Does this mean the athletes win, or that non-revenue sports will no longer be on the chopping block? Not so fast. On this week's show, Alex chats with advocate and former college football player Akil Patterson about the Big Ten's reversal and what's at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I don't know if anyone's pointed it out yet but this year is kinda weird. And baseball is certainly not immune to the horrors, the strangeness, and the almost violent stupidity of 2020. And since I've used all those words in the first two sentences of the intro, you can probably guess that we're talking about Rob Manfred again. Sigh. 'Twas ever thus. This week, I'm joined by fellow Outsports maven Brian Bell (LGBT in the Ring) who, as a resident of Portland, is uniquely qualified to react viscerally to the Mariners and A's playing a damn doubleheader in what appeared to be the magma chamber of Mount St. Helens. Sweet jesus, Mr. Commissioner, can't you at least pretend to care about the well being of your players?! I think we all know the answer to that one. Brian is also here to mourn his World Series hangover victim Nationals and toast his playoff-bound Rays. I guarantee you that we namecheck more Tampa Bay players on this episode than ESPN has mentioned all year. Maybe all decade. Finally, because every podcast should end on a note of purest human joy, I take a few minutes to pay tribute to Alec Mills and his incredible and improbable no hitter. Triumphs of the human spirit are cool. Especially in 2020. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @WonderboyOTM @LGBTRingPod Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off Bi+ Awareness Month on the show this week with the Biconic Russell Rogue! He sits down with Brian to discuss his own journey as an out bisexual man in pro wrestling, how bi+ erasure affected that journey, rediscovering his passion for the business with the birth of Russell Rogue and why bi+ awareness in wrestling and beyond needs to keep rising. Good or bad, Russell is the bad bitch we all need right now! Follow Russell Rogue on Twitter: @itsrussellrogue Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We start with an apology from Outsports to out trans soccer athlete Quinn for a mistake we made, one it seems like every outlet made in reporting their coming out late last week. Then, we beam back genderqueer, non-binary trans athlete and biologist Dr. Juniper Simonis. They provide front-line perspective on this summer's protests in Portland against police brutality and systemic racism, as well as the terrible conditions they fled as wildfires burn across Oregon and all along the West Coast. Also: We're still waiting for CT Gov. Ned Lamont to affirm his support for trans student athletes, Day 96. PLUS: Stay tuned to hear Dawn's scoop on the next Star Trek film! If you'd like to read more about Juniper's arrest in Portland last month, click here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I want to thank everybody who has listened, supported, shared and reached out throughout my time with this podcast. It has been a very fun ride that unfortunately is coming to an end. Next week is my final episode of LPFPod and my guest will be the managing editor of Outsports Dawn Ennis.
This week though is a guest I have wanted to speak with for a while. I grew up watching Formula 1 with my dad, from the very beginning with my love of Ayrton Senna, I was also a fan of McLaren F1. My guest this week is Matt "The Bish" Bishop who has spend part of his career working at McLaren. This interview though is so much more than that though as we start our conversation about his amazing, talented and inspiring mom Bernardine Bishop. From his mother and to where he is now with the woman racing series W Series. I hope you enjoy our conversation and check out his new novel "The Boy Made The Difference" Links below. All proceeds from the book go to support the fight against childhood cancer. Links: Find Matt on twitter at @TheBishF1 Buy his book in the UK at Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Made-Difference-Matt-Bishop/dp/1838594876 Buy his book in the US at Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Made-Difference-Matt-Bishop-ebook/dp/B08FJCPV18/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Boy+made+the+difference&qid=1600185664&sr=8-1
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When Jerry Windle adopted 18-month-old Jordan from Cambodia years ago, he had no idea he was stepping into the world of elite diving. Yet from a young age, Jordan Windle was identified as a top diving prospect. He's gone on to win multiple national championships, and now he's focused on making the United States Olympic team and competing in Tokyo. Jordan and Jerry talk about their journey to the World Championships and beyond, as well as the bullying Jordan faced as a young diver and how he has grown into a young man championing equality and inclusion for gay athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's football season! On this week's show, Alex previews the 2020 NFL season with former baseball standout-turned-porn star Kacey Edenfield. Alex and Kacey go over their picks and talk some smack as well. Follow Kacey on Twitter, @TroyRyanXXX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Cubs are in first place. And have been since the first week of the season. So if you have any Cub fans in your life, you know what that means... PANIC!!!!! This week, I'm joined for a 50 minute freakout by friend of the pod and fellow member of #GayCubsTwitter Ryan Thomure (Cubs Insider). To be sure, there are good things to celebrate! Yu Darvish has been every bit as amazing in real life as he is in GIF form. Jason Heyward's impressiveness at bat finally matches his impressiveness as a person. Ian Happ and Kyle Hendricks are doing their thing. Except you know how the Cubs' motto this year has been "Get on the bus?" Turns out for way too many guys, it's a struggle bus. Javy, KB, even Rizzo recently...has somebody considered reminding the Cubs' core that they're good at baseball? Because it looks like they forgot. We also dig into David Ross's lineup weirdness and the front office falling behind the curve in player development. It's...a lot. Enjoy the two of us laying our baseball neuroses bare for your entertainment and keep in mind that this team currently has a 97 percent chance to make the postseason. Remember when people worried that finally winning a World Series would change Cub fans? That was a good one. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RyanThomure Insta: @kenthinguy @ryanthomure87 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We close out 50th episode double dose extravaganza by welcoming Em Fear (PWTorch's Grit & Glitter podcast) back to the show to chat all about MV Young's Poly Cult Party 2! Fear was live at the Poly Mansion Saturday night and gives Brian a first-hand perspective. From a hard-hitting emotional battle between Billy Dixon & Jared Evans and a new intensity from Joshua Wavra (Formerly Joshua Wells) to a literal food fight and a non-binary battle of the arts, this show delivered something for everyone. Because wrestling should be for everyone! Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Check out Grit & Glitter here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian rings in 50 episodes by recapping AEW's All Out event with Fanbyte's Colette Arrand. The event featured superb clashes between Jon Moxley & MJF, Hikaru Shida & Thunder Rosa and FTR & Kenny Omega/Adam Page. But the show's detriments, including AEW's mismanagement of a scary Matt Hardy injury and Jim Ross dropping some casual misogyny on commentary, may prove more memorable. Kick back and dip your straw in a vat of mimosa because we're drinking it all in, man! Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial.
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This week Karleigh and Dawn bring you a new episode a day early just in time for STAR TREK DAY! We are joined by transgender runner June Eastwood, who shares both stories of her success and not always winning, plus advice for runners everywhere, including closeted ones. We also discuss our favorite SF/Fantasy novels, and Karleigh updates us on today's breaking news: the 84 scholars standing up for trans women athletes and opposing the idea of a trans ban based on faulty science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mitch Dalton didn't always feel comfortable being out and gay in swimming. When he was a kid, being out was the last thing on his mind. Even coaching NCAA swimming, he'd feel uncomfortable around other coaches. Now he's at the Univ. of Texas and focused on making sure his team is proudly diverse and inclusive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex highlights a topic that's central to our mission at Outsports: LGBTQ kids playing sports. Alex speaks with Casey Close of The Trevor Project about the organization's recent mental health survey of LGBTQ kids, and how important being included on the field is to their development. Happy Labor Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You've got a diamond, you've got nine men You've got a hat and a bat and that's not all... For the first time since 2016, you've got a contending Toronto Blue Jays team! Thanks to the rules of pandemic baseball, the Blue Jays' contention window has opened up at bit early and Jays podcaster A.J. Andrews (Locked On Blue Jays) stops by to celebrate. As expected, Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr have been pretty stellar (when healthy). But all of a sudden, the Jays are being led by the power of Teoscar Hernández. His dad didn't even play in MLB or make the Hall of Fame! Is that even ALLOWED? We also look back on the Thom Brennaman fiasco and talk about the honest work that he needs to do to improve himself and show the LGBTQ community he understands how many people he hurt with his words. Furthermore, we look at our own teams' history with homophobic incidents and reflect on how that makes cheering for them unnecessarily hard at times. On a lighter note, keep your ears peeled to hear me unknowingly reveal my utterly American ignorance of Canadian geography! I hope I can make up for it with my knowledge of quirky 90s Canadian bands... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @A_J_Andrews @LockedOnJays Insta: @kenthinguy @neoaj18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell sits down with award-winning drag queen Washington Heights this week to discuss her relationship with her father, famed deathmatch wrestler New Jack. Heights details what led to New Jack cutting off connection with her, the circumstances around her publicly calling him out on social media this week and what she hopes those posts lead to down the line. She also gets into the similarities between drag and wrestling and if she still has any interest in the wrestling world! Follow Washington Heights on Instagram (_washingtonheights) & Twitter (@washyheights) Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Read Kristen Ashly's touching tribute to Casey Michael: belltobelles.com/tribute-casey-michael-womens-wrestling-never-recover/ RIP Casey The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Note: the host of this podcast is a sponsor of Paris Is Bumping, including a category featuring Washington Heights. Outsports itself is not a sponsor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Karleigh and Dawn beam up trans youth soccer ref Jacqueline Harper-Grubb of MIssouri, to talk about her transition and the inspiring amount of support and acceptance she has found! First, we'll chat about the pro sports walkout, the proposed rugby transban and an all-star panel of trans women athletes. Plus, Jackie shares her love of Star Trek and Babylon 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It was years after she began her transition that Mianne Bagger earned the invitation to play professional women's golf. And it truly was an invitation. While she had returned to the links post-transition because of her love for the game, it was through lots of listening and sharing that she built understanding in golf of who she was and her place in the women's game. Now several years after retirement, Bagger still wrestles with formulating what might be the perfect trans inclusion policy in sports, the concept that participation in professional sports is a "right," and her place in the current conversation on these topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with another gay sports talk veteran, Ben Livingston, who used to produce Philadelphia's No. 1-rated afternoon show on WIP. Alex and Ben talk about encountering homophobia, talking about their gay lives on the air, and how much sports talk is too much sports talk?
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There are no adjectives baseball people like to throw around more than "young and exciting." Last week, we talked about the young and exciting Padres and now it's time to head to the South Side and shine the spotlight on the AL's most young and exciting team: the Chicago White Sox. As a Chicagoan, I am legally required to write that they are hotter than a jar of Giardiniera. What can I say? We like to eat. I'm joined by comedian and friend of the pod Fritz Nothnagel to review a week of amazing Sox performances. Lucas Giolito throws a no hitter! José Abreu hits six homers in three days! Hawk Harrelson continues to stay as far away from a live microphone as humanly possible! This might be the greatest seven days in White Sox history. We also take some time to look back on MLB players embracing the protests and wildcat strikes that are sweeping pro sports. As a Cub fan, I share my feelings about how the rest of the team should've stood with Jason Heyward and declined to play Wednesday's game. It was a missed opportunity to be there for one of the most respected teammates in the game and I don't hold back my feelings about it. Twitter: @Ken Schultz_ @FNComedy Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! After one of the most jam packed wrestling weekends in some time, Brian Bell welcomes his partner KC back to the show to discuss the most important show of the weekend: Saturday's Black Wrestlers Matter event. From the significance of ACH's involvement to twerking for Jesus, the two unpack the message and impact of this celebration of Blackness in pro wrestling. Worship and praise and cake for days. Follow Black Wrestlers Matter on Twitter: @BWMdsm Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rugby athlete Grace McKenzie beams up to share the story of how she organized a petition to stop a proposed ban on transgender athletes by World Rugby. She shares the story of transition, activism, and of course fandom. Plus as a biologist, she explains why the nonsense term "biological male" should be abandoned. Dawn and Karleigh's interview is part of Rugby Week at Outsports, focusing on the fight for inclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hannah Mouncey is a woman of rare distinction. She's either one of one, or one of two, people to compete on a World Championship-qualifying men's team, and then do it on a women's team. She played handball for Australia on the international scale both before and after transition, and she talks about the struggles and triumphs of both. She also played Aussie Rules Football, and shares her professional journey that was interrupted by some strange new policies. Oh, and please ignore Hannah's dog barking. The dog just gets excited about these topics too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's a summertime mailbag on this week's "Sports Kiki!" Fresh off some overnight radio stints, Alex answers listener questions, ranging from naming his best friend to lessons he's learned about himself during quarantine. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's just another week in Major League Baseball: the only sport where you occasionally have to apologize for being the best player in the game. Fernando Tatís Jr is amazing. He crushes home runs! He steals bases! He...is really sorry for doing that sometimes. As you probably heard, both the Rangers and his own manager were mad at him for hitting a grand slam on a 3-0 count with his team up by seven. But you know who wasn't mad? Every baseball fan on the planet. This week, comedian and Padres fan Jono Zalay returns to toast a rare moment in baseball history: a time when the rest of the game is talking about San Diego. Jono's been waiting for his team to return to relevance for a long time and he just wishes that said relevance also involved a record more than three games over .500. But even with a horrifying bullpen costing them games, things are definitely looking up for the Fathers. And it's mostly thanks to Tatís Jr. If you get a chance to watch him, take it! He's worth staying up until 1 AM to see! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JonoZalay Insta: @kenthinguy @jonozalay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring welcomes back "The New Classic" Billy Dixon this week to chat about his upcoming event that brings ballroom culture and pro wrestling together, Paris Is Bumping. Dixon reveals the origin of the idea, the similarities ballroom and wrestling hold and how events like Paris Is Bumping hope to push wrestling further into new cultural spheres. We also discuss the meaning behind the name of his new finisher, the E.M.T., and why Billy has remained so vocal about black trans & queer identites amid the racial equity movement. Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Paris Is Bumping on Twitter: @ParisIsBurning Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Federal judges issued 2 orders this week that show support for transgender Americans, particularly trans student athletes. Karleigh and Dawn discuss what's next. Then we beam up D-Gil, Darius Gilchrist, the host of the new LGBT Sports podcast, Game Day Tea, to talk about being gay and Black and a sports fan, coming out and surviving Covid-19. Plus we share our love for the classic film, ALIEN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
US Rowing coxswain Julian Venonsky says he was never in the closet. Even during his years competing for Cal, which ended in a national title, he was out to teammates, they knew his boyfriend, and all was good. He talks with us now about aiming for the Olympics as an out gay man, and he explains what exactly is involved in being a coxswain for a rowing team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex begins this week's show with a look at the hottest stories of the week on Outsports, including a gay cyclist who's found more sponsor support than she could've imagined. Then, Alex delves into the controversy surrounding Alex Morse, the openly gay Massachusetts mayor and congressional candidate who was accused this week of having inappropriate relationships with college students. Are the allegations against Morse rooted in homophobia? Alex discusses with a reporter who's been following the story from the start, Ryan Grim of the Intercept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This feels like a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE, doesn't it? I've found that rarest of species: someone who's actually been inside a major league ballpark to witness a 2020 MLB game IN REAL LIFE. And yes, the 2020 Texas Rangers count as Major League Baseball. Don't be snarky, this is cool! Rangers beat writer Alex Plinck (Dallas Sports Fanatic) stops by to tell us what it feels like to attend a game in this weird, weird year. Turns out it's kind of odd! We talk Joey Gallo, Lance Lynn, Elvis Andrus, and the current group of Rangers who just might 2020 their way into a playoff spot this season. Alex also fills all of us in on the new Rangers ballpark and what to expect it to feel like whenever it's safe to go to a game again. Additionally, we spend some quality discussion time ruminating on the experience of being a gay writer covering a team in the current era. Alex lets us in on how he's been able to forge relationships with members of the Rangers and the sense of support he's gotten from doing so. It's a very positive development in baseball. And we'll take all the positive developments we can get this year. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @APlinckTX Insta: @kenthinguy @aplincktex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is running solo again this week, but that won't keep him from speaking to one of the most frustrating yet unsurprising bits of wrestling programming to air in recent weeks: WWE's Retribution. As protests for racial equity amidst an increasingly escalating level of force from law enforcement (not to mention a global pandemic), WWE has rolled out a reductive representation of such movements. Its failure isn't shocking given WWE's usual attitude toward mishandling real-life issues in storylines, but this one goes one step beyond in multiple ways. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A lot to talk about this week as Dawn and Karleigh update listeners on the lawsuit against Idaho's HB500, the conferences canceling college football, misgendering attacks against PA Health Secy. Rachel Levine, the WNBA getting political in a U.S. Senate race, William Shatner's rant against being labeled cis and we review episode 1 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. A note to listeners: we recorded a discussion of who Joe Biden should pick as his running mate, but it seemed dated to include since he chose Kamala Harris, and not Brynn Tannehill, Gloria La Riva or Karleigh Chardonnay Webb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last week I got a notification of a follow on my twitter handle @lpfpod and saw that it was from The Game Day Tea podcast. After listening to two episodes, the host D-Gil and I started messaging. Figured he had to be my guest this week. So we spoke about his growing up in Georgia, moving to California, his job and his recent diagnosis of being positive to covid. We also spend a bit of time talking about race in an America. Please check his podcast out, follow him on all the social medias @TheGAMEDAYTEA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Laura Hurff won a national championship with Syracuse and coached at Cornell. Now she's representing Team USA on the international stage and hoping for a spot in the 2024 Olympics. She talks about realizing she's gay and the stereotypes involved in her sport, as well as the time her sister sat her down and asked her if she's gay. A great conversation that encompasses Hurff's personal and professional journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with acclaimed attorney and college athletes' rights advocate Richard G. Johnson about Pac-12 and Big 10 players demanding rights, and whether these movements will gain any real traction. Alex and Richard also talk about whether college football will be played this fall, and how media coverage is impacting our view of the virus' risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Well, it took the Mets all of one week to Mets up the 2020 season. Quick word of advice to MLB GMs: during a pandemic, try not to create an unnecessary panic about one of your players going missing. ESPECIALLY if he ends up opting out because his mother is sick. To recap the Yoenis Céspedes saga, Mets fan and NYC comedian Johnny MacDonald (Rooting for Laundry podcast) joins me to try and figure out what the hell all that was. It's a shame Céspedes's time in Queens had to end so weirdly, especially considering how excited he made everyone by helping win the 2015 pennant. We also discuss a slow start for Pete Alonso and Jacob deGrom's neverending quest for a single solitary run of support. Someday, Jacob. Keep the faith. Oh...and I go all Chicago on Johnny Mac for like eight minutes. If you're going to talk to me for an hour, that'll happen. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @HeresJohnnyMac @RootForLaundry Insta: @kenthinguy @heresjohnnymac @rootforlaundry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell runs through MV Young's Outdoor Poly Cult Party and Ariel Italic's exit from The Nobodies before touching on the recent closure of the Acworth, GA Shoney's restaurant owned by longtime pro wrestler Scott Steiner. The news put Brian in a nostalgic mood, so he invited his friend and fellow Scott Steiner Shoney's visitor Hollis Adler to chat about it's closure, their trip to the land of muscles and breakfast bars and why the news holds cultural impact. This one goes out to all the North GA freaks out there! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, rugby athlete and commentator Alice Soper beams up from Wellington, New Zealand. She chats with Dawn and Karleigh about World Rugby's proposed trans ban, her own story of competing, coming out lesbian and politics here and there. She's not only friends with the prime minister of her country, she has her on speed dial! BTW New Zealand just became the first English-speaking country to add Mx. as an option on its voter registration forms! And Alice reveals she's a fan of fantasy novels, and spills the tea on why New Zealand has a love/hate relationship with NZ native filmmaker Peter Jackson, who filmed the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of LPFPod. This is episode 57 and I am extremely excited to talk with my first person from Crystal Palace Football Club from England. I hope you enjoy my chat with Palace women's goalie Chloe Morgan. Throughout our conversation we talk about football in England, growing up around the sport, Chloe's personality that keeps her focused on so many aspects of her life including work, football, volunteering with the Goaldiggers, a woman's LGBTQ football club. We also spend some time chatting about her being mixed race, race issues around the world and Black Lives Matter.
I hope you enjoy my chat with Chloe. To follow her on twitter, you can find her at @Morgie_89. You can follow me on twitter and instagram at @lpfpod. Email me questions or comments at levelplayingfieldpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex speaks with gay sportswriter Tony Paul of the Detroit News. Alex and Tony defend sportswriters who are critical of sports returning during the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and lambast the performative outrage about NBA players kneeling during the national anthem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One full week of 2020 baseball is in the books and 28 out of 30 teams aren't currently in quarantine! As Jack Nicholson said in Mars Attacks, "And that ain't bad!" Or was that Rob Manfred? This week, friend of the pod and sweetest damn Yankee fan on the planet Chris Calogero (@RealChrisCal on Twitter) stops by to celebrate his team's very good opening week. When the Yanks aren't having games postponed to avoid the coronavirus, they're clubbing the hell out of the ball. Judge, Torres, LeMahieu...and especially Giancarlo Stanton. We also discuss the cold hard slap of reality that is the Marlins COVID-19 fiasco and how the only thing worse than Florida baseball is the Florida governor. Finally, to lighten the mood, we break down the latest Dodgers/Astros fracas starring Joe Kelly, the most entertaining meathead since Rob Reiner. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RealChrisCal Insta: @kenthinguy @realchriscal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring goes international again this week as Riptide Wrestling Pride of Brighton champion Cassius brings his infectious energy to the show. "The Neon Explosion" joins Brian Bell to chat about how wrestling helped him find comfort in his identity, stepping in the ring with Cassandro, watching the British wrestling scene evolve and the role the WWE Divas and MIley Cyrus played in making him the man he is today! Follow Cassius on Twitter: @NeonCassius Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn discuss the coronavirus impact on MLB, the proposed ban on trans athletes by World Rugby, the latest from Idaho, a sudden spate of murders of Black trans women, then welcome CTNewsJunkie.com political writer Susan Bigelow, a Connecticut librarian and Sci-Fi author. She has an important message for closeted trans folks and those cisgender folks who want to better understand trans people. Plus we share our love of The Mandalorian, Watchmen, and high hopes for Star Trek: Lower Decks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It certainly has been a while since my last episode but I am extremely glad to be back with an all new episode of LPFPod. This episode was actually recorded back in May. Matt found the sport of baseball at a very young age and fell in love with the sport. Injuries, addictions and his sexuality make his story a very complicated one for sure. However, he has managed to battle through it all and finds himself in a very good place. I am thankful for Matt coming on the podcast and I hope you enjoy his story. During our chat, I mention an article that I first read his story. Check it out below if you want to see more. Have a question or comment, want to be a guest, email me at levelplayingfieldpod@gmail.com or contact me on twitter or instagram at @LPFPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Martha McCabe swam for Team Canada in two Summer Olympic Games, finishing as high as fifth in one event. She talks with us about being so focused on her sport that she didn't even realize her true sexual orientation until after she retired. Plus she talks about the importance of role models in her sport, which opens an entire conversation about the importance of LGBT people coming out in every sport, as well as what she's learned since coming out. Like virtually every athlete, she's received far more acceptance than she anticipated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex examines the bizarre phenomenon of Kelly Loeffler attacking her own league, the WNBA, for cheap political gain. Alex speaks with WNBA journalists Tamryn Spruill and Lauren Rosenberg about Loeffler, and the league's social justice work as a whole. The WNBA is the most progressive sports league in the U.S., and right now, it seems like their moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What's this?! Actual PRESENT DAY baseball to talk about? IS THAT ALLOWED?!!! It's Opening Day 2020...which shouldn't be a complicated sentiment but since "2020" is a part of that phrase, it is. I'm joined by longtime friends of the pod Adam Mamawala and Kevin McCaffrey (Away Games Podcast) for the second part of a Podcast Crossover. In Part 1, we covered the Cubs' prospects for this 60 game sprint and in this episode, we're looking at the rest of MLB. We go through the usual picks for Division, Pennant, and World Series winners but since predicting the randomness of a 60 game season is a fool's errand, we also predict the most insane developments we want to see happen in 2020. We also cover MVP legitimacy, ponder whether someone might hit .400, and manage to throw shade at the Cardinals, Mets, and Marlins in the span of 45 minutes. So there will be some normalcy this year after all... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AdamMamawala @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala @kevinmccaff @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian is running guestless this week, but that won't keep him from giving his thoughts on a number of major events from a collection of major promotions. The past weeks brought us Evil's truly evil coronation at Dominion, a return to form for Impact at Slammiversary and an edition of Extreme Rules that lived up to its "Horror Show" subtitle in the most frustrating way. Cue the Hiromu meme. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're beaming up Coach Curt Miller of the Connecticut Sun as they prepare to begin play in the WNBA Bubble in Bradenton, Fla. Plus find out the latest on efforts by World Rugby to ban transgender women athletes. And we're excited about "Star Trek: Lower Decks"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Paul Ruggeri is mapping a new course for his life, focused on family and nursing. He brings us into his new life in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y., where he has returned after years of living in and around New York City. He revisits the final days of competing for Team USA in gymnastics, as well as his return to social media with various posts about one of his new passions: bodybuilding. He also talks for the first time with a media outlet about being gay, why he didn't come out publicly while competing, and where he's headed next in his relationships. You don't want to miss this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with Sky Sports editor and writer Jon Holmes about the tawdry tabloid British tabloid culture, which keeps promoting dark essays from alleged closeted Premier League players who are afraid to come out, Alex also talks about the WNBA's ridiculous objection to Elena Della Donne receiving a medical exemption from playing in the coronavirus bubble, and the gross speculation around the Washington Post's story about the Washington NFL team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When I started this "funny joke man talks ball and stick" podcast, I assumed that I'd spend most of my time on subjects about as weighty as "Anthony Rizzo RULZ." But this episode...wow...we go DEEP. I'm joined by broadcaster and sportswriter Evan Davis (MLB Network) just as baseball is a week away from Opening Day. In times when the country isn't on fire, this would be cause for rejoicing. But neither Evan nor I can come up with a satisfactory answer to the question: "Why are we forcing all of these guys to play a game with the country on fire?" And that's legitimately disconcerting. We also reflect on Evan's status as an out LGBTQ panelist on MLB Network and instances when it's caused him to run up against the monolith of baseball culture and baseball's codes. It's real talk, it's emotional, and I genuinely appreciate him sharing it on the show. There's a lot to identify with in our discussion about being out, feelings of uncertainty, and what it means to be true to yourself and the community. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @EvanDavisSports Insta: @kenthinguy @professordobles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is back for the second time this week to chat Sonny Kiss vs. Cody at All Elite Wrestling’s Fight for the Fallen. The match was so nice we had to talk about it twice. And Brian’s partner KC joins in this time to unpack the match, the impact of Sonny having such a stage and what those forearm shots must’ve felt like. Freedom ain’t not free, but this show and proper representation definitely are! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Gabrielle Spierer joins Dawn and Karleigh to discuss an issue that is too rarely discussed, particularly within the transgender population: domestic violence. The Long Island, N.Y. native is the co-author of a new book titled, "Giving Women a Voice: A collaboration of real-life stories from survivors of abuse," in which she provides the LGBTQ perspective on overcoming domestic violence. Find out more about Gabrielle and the book at our Facebook page. She also discusses her love for "Star Trek," the original series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week's special early edition of the show welcomes All Elite Wrestling's Sonny Kiss! As the Concrete Rose prepares to take on Cody for the TNT championship at Fight for the Fallen Wednesday night, we chat about the importance of LGBTQ representation on a large stage like AEW, accurate depictions of Kiss' gender fluidity and the genuine dynamic that comes through in her partnership with Joey Janela. Also, Limp Bizkit. Don't miss Sonny Kiss vs. Cody for the TNT championship at Fight for the Fallen Wednesday at 8pm ET on TNT! Follow Sonny Kiss on Twitter: @SonnyKissXO Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex is back from his 4th of July hiatus, and enraged about the state of the country. On this week's show, he chats with queer journalist Mathew Rodriguez about the phenomenon of coronavirus social shaming, and how it perpetuates stereotypes against the LGBTQ community. We cannot shame our way out of the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week's episode is so Boston, I'm pretty sure it counts as an Affleck. Outsports Deputy Managing Editor Alex Reimer (The Sports Kiki podcast) joins me to talk all things Red Sox and like always with that team, there's plenty of drama. Mookie Betts is gone, everybody hates the owners, and Fenway Park got bizarrely ranked #21 on a "Best Ballparks in MLB" survey. Alex also compares all four of the Red Sox' 21st century World Championships, a condition the rest of us know as "being from Boston." Later, we discuss Alex's piece about using sports minutiae as a kid to avoid thinking about his sexuality and how it much it hit home with me. Dear listener, I FEEL SEEN. Check out his excellent reflection here. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @AlexReimer1 @SportsKikiPod Insta: @kenthinguy @areims12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is taking a spell from the discourse to chat about some fun wrestling matches that he showed his partner, KC. First up, we take a look at the recent battle across Brooklyn for the ringlight championship between MV Young and Pinkie Sanchez. Then, we revisit Billy Dixon and Ariela Nyx's Bronx Bodega Brawl from Uncanny Attractions' Drags & Dropkicks: A Nightmare on Wyckoff Ave. Prepare for fun! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trans sprinter Valentina Petrillo talks about her ambition to compete in the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics, about her transition, her family and a film about her life by Elisa Mereghetti of Ethnos Films. She joined us via Zoom from Italy. This week you can watch our conversation as well as listen by clicking here! Password is: 6j@yC52% Thank you to Elisa for providing translation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ever since my first baseball roadtrip to Cincinnati in 1988, I've set a goal of seeing a game in every major league ballpark. Some people are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, I drive 500 miles to see the damn Pirates. So far, I've been to 34 ballparks (21 current ones) and in this episode, I'm flying solo to give you my quick impressions about half of them. It will not shock you to learn that Pittsburgh and San Francisco completely live up to the hype but you know what parks are also sublime? Kansas City and San Diego! Also: learn about the first place I ever went to a Pride Night! Spoiler alert: I had to leave the country to do so... Check out my ballpark #TBT pics on my Insta: @kenthinguy And if you have suggestions for where I should visit next, give me a shout on Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Don't worry if you feel the ground trembling under you this week because we have a kaiju on the show this week. A Big Bad Kaiju to be precise. Veteran wrestler O'Shay Edwards came out as bisexual during Pride month and he stops by to tell Brian Bell about what led him to announcing his truth openly for the first time. Plus Ahmed Johnson's role in his wrestling origins and why Ring of Honor is where he ultimately wants ply his trade. Stay ready. Follow O'Shay Edwards on Twitter: @AllDamnDayOShay Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The host of the popular Outsports podcast Level Playing Field, Randy Boose, returns from hiatus to share his story with Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis, including his struggle with suicide, coming out as bisexual and being the proud dad of a teenager. Plus we talk about our shared love of Star Trek: Picard, Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris Kinney came out publicly on Outsports, and now he joins us to talk about the reaction to his story. He also shares more details about some of the interesting parts of his story, including his distaste for labeling his sexual orientation, his experience at the 2018 Winter Olympics, including meeting and coming out to Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy, and his hopes of now representing the United States as an out LGBTQ man. Kinney also talks about being a multiracial LGBTQ athlete competing for Japan and then the United States, each of which presented different challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fresh off a week of overnight radio shows, Alex hosts his second mailbag episode, answering questions about his desire to debate with thick-headed Republicans and newfound proclivity for haircuts. Alex also talks about a coming out story featuring a staffer at CBS Sports, and the support he received from NFL legends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Well, hey, look at that! We're gonna have baseball in 2020! raging nationwide pandemic permitting Because a 60 game season is going to be almost completely unprecedented, I'm joined by former Cooperstown mayor Jeff Katz to talk about what we might expect this year. Jeff wrote Split Season: 1981, the definitive look at the last time baseball played with a drastically shortened schedule, and he tells us what we might be comparable in 2020. Plus we review MLB's tenuous labor peace (thankfully with very little mention of Commissioner Who Must Not Be Named) and check in on how the coronavirus has made summer in Cooperstown take a turn for the eerie. Purchase Split Season: 1981 for Kindle here! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @SplitSeason1981 Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! The last week has seen a deluge of survivors speak out about systemic issues of abuse, predation, manipulation and sexual assault within the pro wrestling industry thanks to the #SpeakingOut movement. Emily Mae Heller (Afterbuzz TV, Safe Wrestling Collective) joins host Brian Bell to discuss the movement, the goals of the Safe Wrestling Collective and how pro wrestling makes true, lasting positive changes that ensure the safety of everyone within it. Survivors are valid. Believe survivors. Follow the Safe Wrestling Collective on Twitter: @SafeWrestlingCo Visit www.safewrestlingcollective.org for more information on the Safe Wrestling Collective. Follow Emily Mae Heller on Twitter: @emilymaeheller Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mitch Harrison of Kenai, Alaska beams up from the Titan Arena following his hard-fought competition on this week's exciting episode of NBC's The Titan Games, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Some of Mitch's friends found out he's a transgender man by watching him compete on national TV. He shared stories with Dawn and Karleigh of the action behind the scenes, his transition, his conflict with the Church of Latter Day Saints, and finding love. Plus, Mitch reveals how he's now at peace after the most difficult part of his transition: losing the support of members of his family. Mitch is a former star high school and NCAA basketball player who is excited about being a role model for trans youth. And it turns out he and his super-supportive wife are Trekkies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Swimmer Erica Sullivan committed to swim for USC at 16, in the midst of dealing with the death of her father, coming out and mental health issues that consumed her. She talks with Cyd Zeigler for Five Rings To Rule Them All about the positive effects of therapy and her journey to coming out as gay. She's now a top Team USA prospect to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, something she didn't image just four years ago. She's since decommitted from USC to focus on making a run at gold in Tokyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are you like me? When you watched ESPN's Long Gone Summer doc, did you think, "Hey, wasn't Sammy Sosa supposed to be in this?" 66 homers ain't what it used to be, apparently. So on today's episode, I'm joined by longtime friends of the pod Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala (Away Games Podcast) to look back on the thrilling, regrettable, wonderful, and downright odd ride Sammy took all of us on during the summer of 1998. It's what made Adam a baseball fan, gave Kevin a firsthand look at a milestone, and enabled me to give a Cub superstar a curtain call in Pittsburgh. The three of us have strikingly different views on Sammy's season now but at the time, he definitely made it cool to be a baseball fan again. Remember when that was a thing? Also: Rob Manfred sucks. Baseball owners suck. Abolish capitalism. You know the deal. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @adammamawala @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with a full rundown of WWE Backlash. Patches Chance (Daily DDT, Bell To Belles) joins host Brian Bell to analyze the card, including a stellar hoss fight, an all-time clinic & yet another example of WWE's belief that racial caricatures equal hilarity. We also chat about WWE's continued mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic and Evolve ceasing operations indefinitely. Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex Reimer speaks with Gerald Bostock, the only surviving person at the center of the three landmark LGBTQ workplace-discrimination suits that were settled by the Supreme Court this week. Alex and Gerald talk about his reaction to the ruling, and how playing in a LGBTQ softball league changed his life forever. Gerald says he wouldn't take it back for anything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week's landmark ruling on trans and gay rights by the Supreme Court is our main topic of discussion as competitive sailor and sailmaker Stephanie Helms beams up to The Trans Sporter Room. She shares stories of her transition and achievements on the water, plus we chat about one of her favorite works of science fiction: Dune. And we're still waiting for Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont to clarify where he stands on the issue of trans student athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex chats with Outsports contributor and stand-up comedian Ken Schultz about how athlete activism has become mainstream, from the NFL declaring "Black Lives Matter" to WNBA guard Natasha Cloud signing a lucrative endorsement deal with Converse for her outspoken views. Actions matter more than words, but right now, we are in the midst of a seismic shift. Silence is no longer safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! As protests in response to police brutality continue worldwide, we're continuing our frank discussions regarding Black Lives Matter this week with a special focus on Black trans lives within the movement. Brian Bell's partner, KC, joins the show to discuss the circumstances around the killing of Tony McDade, Black trans erasure within the greater BLM movement and why these kinds of social cause can't leave self-contained marginalized communities behind in the quest for change. Tony McDade. Nina Pop. Monika Diamond. Iyanna Dior. Black Trans Lives Matter. See how you can support Black trans voices here. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transgender mountain biker Kate Weatherly beams up from New Zealand, to discuss the worldwide reaction to the killing of George Floyd, her transition, her boyfriend and literally breaking her neck in competition. Plus Kate boasts she has an encyclopedic knowledge of her favorite sci-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex Reimer chats with openly gay former Greco Roman Wrestler and community advocate Akil Patterson about systemic racism and police brutality in America, and real solutions to improve the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies. With protests and civil disobedience taking to the streets across the U.S. and beyond, Brian Bell welcomes pro wrestlers Russell Rogue & Devon Monroe and F1ght Club Pro Wrestling's Chris Harris for a powerful, vulnerable discussion about the fallout from George Floyd's death. From the mood on the ground within the movement and media representation to continued erasure of black trans victims, we touch on the expanded fervor for the Black Lives Matter campaign and how all levels of pro wrestling have engaged with the movement. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter Follow Russell Rouge on Twitter: @itsrussellrogue Follow Devon Monroe on Twitter: @TheDevonMonroe Follow Chris Harris on Twitter: @TheChrisKazama Follow F1ght Club Pro Wrestling on Twitter: @PAWD_WC Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Click here for a full list of resources and funds aiding protesters and marginalized communities. The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn welcome back community leader Kamora Herrington, the founder and CEO of Kamora's Cultural Corner in Hartford, for part two of our conversation. We begin where we left off. the Covid-19 pandemic impact on the Black and Brown communities. Then we discuss what needs to be done to eliminate racism and structurally rebuild our society to give everyone an equal place within it. This is Episode 33. Be sure to hear the first part of the conversation in Episode 32! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn welcome community leader Kamora Herrington, the founder and CEO of Kamora's Cultural Corner in Hartford. She offers a crucial perspective on racism given all that is happening across America, This is part one of our conversation. We discuss the history of institutional racism, white supremacy and the impact of Covid-19 on the Black and Brown community. This is Episode 32. Be sure to hear the rest of the conversation in Episode 33! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's Video Game Week at SB Nation, and we take a trip down memory lane revisiting the first great sports video game, Summer Games. It was designed for the Commodore 64 and released in 1984, featuring events like the pole vault, diving, swimming and even a relay race. Cyd Zeigler is joined by his cousin, Dan Williams, to reminisce about playing this groundbreaking game during their childhood, as well as remembering other early video games and a story from Dan about his neighbor, Bernie Sanders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Washington Blade White House reporter Chris Johnson about covering the Trump Administration, the usefulness of daily press briefings and staying objective as a member of the press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back to tackle one of pro wrestling's recent tragedies, the death of Stardom and Terrace House star Hana Kimura. Fanbyte's LB Hunktears helps Brian Bell work through the circumstances surrounding her death, the role social media and cultural constructs played and what the Tokyo Cyber Squad founder's lasting image will be to pro wrestling fans and beyond. If you are considering suicide, LGBTQ youth (ages 24 and younger) can reach the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. Adults can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 24 hours a day, and it’s available to people of all ages and identities. Trans or gender-nonconforming people can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860. Follow LB Hunktears on Twitter: @hunktears Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OUTSPORTS EXCLUSIVE: Dawn Ennis, Karleigh Webb and special guest Alex Reimer talk with Lindsay Hecox, the Idaho teen who's suing Gov. Brad Little for signing the law that made Idaho the first state in the U.S. to impose an outright ban on transgender athletes in public schools and colleges. It's also the only statewide law regulating transgender and intersex athletes in the country, and is set to go into effect July 1st, unless it can be stopped. Lindsay talks about the outpouring of support she's received, about her transition and her love for 70s progressive rock by Yes and Pink Floyd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rachael Rapinoe represented the United States in international soccer competition for years, as well as starring on the successful Univ. of Portland women's soccer team. Now with her soccer career behind her, she is an entrepreneur whose latest company, Mendi, is in part focused on helping athletes recover. We talk with Rapinoe about her latest venture, as well as strolling down memory lane with her successes and failures on the pitch, a memory of watching her sister, Megan Rapinoe, play in the World Cup that brought a tear to her eye, as well as how Megan spilled the beans about Rachel being gay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with LGBT mental health researcher Jack Turban about his research into Grindr, and safe sex practices during a pandemic. They also talk about the psychological impacts of the coronavirus lockdown on LGBT young people, and why physical distancing is particularly difficult for LGBT people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Baseball might be on the path to restarting! But in the shadow of a worldwide pandemic, is this a good thing? I'm joined by comedian and Tiger fan Adam Sokol (NY Times) and we decide...maybe not yet. Owners and players are currently negotiating a payment plan that they'd kinda sorta already agreed on in March and that's never cool. Plus there's...you know...that pandemic that I mentioned two sentences ago. Stay with me here, people... Fortunately, there are still some fun baseball things to talk about like Miguel Cabrera's hitting genius and everlasting puffiness. And the Korea Baseball Organization. I positively bubble over with KBO love at the end of this one. Go Wyverns! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @SokolAdam Insta: @kenthinguy @sokoladam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week, Brian Bell welcomes Hoodslam founder DARK Sheik to the show! Sheik discusses Hoodslam's 10-year history of promoting progressive attitudes within pro wrestling and reflects on her experience coming out publicly as trans last March. The west coast has something to say, and DARK Sheik is here to say it! Follow DARK Sheik on Twitter: @darksheikftf Follow Hoodslam on Twitter: @HOODSLAM Keep up with Hoodslam at birdswillfall.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Karleigh and Dawn select the underdogs of sports, society and science fiction, plus we have the latest news on the court battle over trans inclusion in school sports, what we're binging these days, and together we mourn Aimee Stephens. Her fight is our fight, and we will not give up that fight for equality in the workplace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome back to LPFPod and thanks for your support. This week we are diving into the sport of lacrosse as I chat with two people from the LGBTQ+Ally lacrosse group, the Rainbow Rexes Lax. I spoke with Edmund Connolly and Tilly Powell. During out conversation we speak about how they both got involved in the sport, the founding of the Rainbow Rexes Lax group and where they want to go. We also talk about the very important campaign by 56 Dean Street and their campaign to reduce the rate of infection of HIV during this global pandemic. Love that the Rainbow Rexes took this campaign on and are talking about HIV.
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Eric Radford was one of the first publicly out gay men to compete in a Winter Olympics when he took to the ice in South Korea in 2018. There he won two medals, including gold, for Team Canada. He talks about celebrating his success with his husband, fellow skater Luis Fenero, hours after finishing his competition. Now stuck at home in Montreal, he's using his time quarantined to work on his budding music career, both composing for piano and producing EDM tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with gay Kansas City Royals marketing executive Matt Schulte about how to market a professional team in the midst of a pandemic. Alex and Matt also talk about why he was apprehensive to come out as a pro sports executive, and why there still isn't an openly gay active MLB player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Do you like baseball meltdowns? Do you enjoy when it looks like ballplayers just escaped from a Nine Inch Nails video? Today is the episode for you! It's another classic games edition of 3 Strikes, You're Out and in honor of George Brett's birthday, Outsports Royals expert Karleigh Webb (The Trans Sporter Room) joins me to reminisce about The Pine Tar Game! There are few things more entertaining than Brett rushing out of the dugout looking like he's about to audition for UFC 249 on an unsuspecting home plate umpire. And it was even more fun to talk about! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @ChardonnayM @TransSporterRm Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week to tear through Titan Towers and recap WWE Money In The Bank. Daniel Trainor (Pro Wrestling Sheet, Same Team podcast) joins Brian Bell to analyze all the rooftop tossing, mask stomping and trash talking action. Plus whatever that R-Truth segment was. It's more fun than a night in WWE headquaters' casket room! Oh yeah! Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meet out transgender pro golfer Jamie O'Neill, whose coming out story appeared in Outsports.com in December 2019. She shares that story for the first time in a podcast, talking with Dawn and Karleigh about trans inclusion in sports. We also discuss the federal lawsuit by a Christian hate group which wants to stop Connecticut from allowing trans student athletes to compete with cisgender teens. Plus what we're binging, from Star Trek: Enterprise to The Last Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It is so good to be back making new episodes of my podcast. I have only made a few while we have had this pandemic with massive closures in California and around the country so when it was nice to be behind the mic again and talking to my guest this week. I first saw Aiden while I was avoiding twitter and after I found the app TikTok. Aiden posted a sweet video where he recorded him waking up his deaf and blind dog, Plum. Before we speak about Plum and his other dog Lola, we talk about his transition, telling his family and what life is like being an advocate for the entire trans community in real life and on social media. To follow Aiden on instagram, click here: https://www.instagram.com/aiden_m365/?hl=en On Tik Tok, go here: https://www.tiktok.com/@aiden_m365?lang=en You can even find Lola and Plum on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lola_plum365/?hl=en
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When Olympic rower Robbie Manson came out publicly on Outsports in 2014, he had no idea the national and international headlines he would make. He talks about his journey in rowing since then, as well as his experiences at two Olympic Games. It was at the London Summer Games in 2012 that he met up for coffee with an out gay Olympian, just as he was coming out to his friends and family. The New Zealand star rower also shares his thoughts on near-retirement early this year, and his newly found motivation to compete in one more Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex examines a question that's been on his mind for the last several weeks, ever since U.S. senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler was caught selling seven figures' worth of stock after a Senate coronavirus briefing: how can a devout Trump supporter own a team in the WNBA, the most progressive sports league in the country? With Loeffler back in the news this week after documents showed she received $9 million as a parting gift from her former company prior to her senate appointment, Alex talks about the topic with young sports reporter and WNBA fanatic Lauren Rosenberg.
Lauren is also the first out sports reporter in the history of the University of Missouri, which is a big deal. Alex talks with Lauren about her experiences as a queer college sports reporter, and how she's combated homophobia on campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Last week, we talked about how the minor leagues are an essential part of baseball. Today, the focus is on how MiLB is an essential part of baseball's connection to the LGBTQ community. I'm joined by MiLB Specialist for Diversity & Inclusion Ben Pereira (BEQ Magazine's 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40) for a great discussion about the exploding popularity of Pride Nights throughout the minor leagues. Before the season went on hiatus, MiLB had scheduled 81(!) Pride Nights in 2020--including "non-traditional" markets like Utah and rural Virginia. Sorry hipsters, it's not just for Brooklyn anymore. Pride is breaking out in baseball towns throughout the country and that's a dose of much-needed good news. Ben and I also delve into what it's like to be a Red Sox fan who came of age without the mental baggage of 1918. As someone who spent 37 years in the shadow of 1908, I'm profoundly envious. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @Bereira31 Insta: @kenthinguy @bereira31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're keeping SB Nation's Marvel Week going this week with two super guests. First, Uncanny Attractions' Darnell Mitchell and Brian Bell explore the intersection of pro wrestling and comic book heroes. Then, Hollis Adler joins Brian for a discussion on LGBTQ representation within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Discourse is this show's super power after all! Follow Darnell Mitchell on Twitter: @Dnellicious Follow Uncanny Attractions on Twitter: @uncanny_attract Follow Hollis Adler on Twitter: @YesterdayBadGuy Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn beam up two players from the Maine Women's Senior Basketball League: trailblazing trans woman Julie Woodbury and Joanne Lannin, author of "Finding A Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women's Basketball." Lannin plays in the same league as Woodbury, and together they talk about stereotypes, bigotry and the camaraderie they both enjoy on the hardwood and in the locker room. Also, since this is MCU meets Outsports week, Julie dishes on her favorite Marvel movies and Joanne talks about her favorite sci-fi movies of our generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Outsports is joining SB Nation in celebrating the MCU. And not just the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Marvel comics and the Saturday morning cartoons of our youth, too. Six members of our Outsports podcast team — Cyd Zeigler, Alex Reimer, Brian Bell, Karleigh Webb, Ken Schultz and Dawn Ennis — assembled for one special podcast episode, to ask the question: What if out athletes could be Marvel superheroes? Listen to find out which of these famous LGBTQ athletes could become your favorite MCU character: Megan Rapinoe, Rob Kearney, Mike Parrow, Ryan O'Callaghan, Joanna Lohman, John Amaechi, Fallon Fox, Nyla Rose, Tom Daley, Mack Beggs, Gus Kenworthy, Adam Rippon, Veronica Ivy, Matthew Mitcham and Catilyn Jenner! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When Abby Dunkin was suffering emotionally, physically and mentally in 2013, she stumbled upon the sport of wheelchair basketball. In just two years she was representing the United States on the international stage, and a year after that she won Paralympic gold. She talks with us about that journey, about representing the LGBTQ community, and about why she feels the sport of wheelchair basketball saved her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's show, Alex does his first ever mailbox, answering listener questions about his WEEI career, favorite topics to write about and ... whether he podcasts naked. He also recaps his recent interview with queer Muslim writer Samer Hassan about why Jeff Goldblum's comments about Islam on Drag Race last year were wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MLB has a plan to eliminate 42 minor league teams. Like most ideas MLB has, this is a very bad plan. For example, MLB once thought the Marlins were a good idea. This is the Marlins of plans. Today, I'm joined by Minor League Baseball Senior Director of Communications Jeff Lantz to talk about this very frustrating issue. We delve deep into the difficult circumstances in which MiLB finds itself--between the pandemic on one hand and Rob Manfred on the other. Jeff and I discuss the minors' vital role in growing the game and creating new baseball fans. You know...the kind of thing that a baseball league SHOULD be embracing. Plus, my beloved Kenosha Twins get a shout-out (and a skypoint)! And Jeff has an amazing story about Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @Jeff_Lantz Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Filmmaker Antonio "Electric Llama" Hernandez enters the LGBT Ring this week to chat his new documentary about Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Champion Trish Adora, how his "Indelible" series highlights marginalized voices within the D.C./Baltimore arts community and hip hop's connection to pro wrestling! Check out the when it debuts Thursday night, April 30, at southsidesuplex.com! Follow Antonio Hernandez on Twitter: @electric_LLAMA Follow Trish Adora on Twitter: @TrishAdora202 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sports editor and Toronto Blue Jays superfan A.J. Andrews joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis for conversations about baseball, transitioning and quarantining. She wants to be known as a blogger and podcaster who just happens to be transgender, and not a transgender blogger and podcaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On a special edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with queer Muslim writer Samer Hassan about the controversy over actor Jeff Goldblum's question about Islam to Jackie Cox on Drag Race, and whether he was ignorant to ask if the religion is anti-homosexuality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kendall Wesenberg burst onto the skeleton seen a few years ago, landing a spot on Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She talks with us about being her girlfriend, being bi, and what it was like being at the Olympics as LGBTQ athletes became big stars at the Games. Plus she explains what the sport of skeleton is and how she got into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With the NFL Draft this weekend, Alex chats with Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler about the intensive interest surrounding Michael Sam, and how much it still matters whether a major NFL star comes out. They also talk about Cyd's coming out journey, including how he used right-wing politics as a cover for his homosexuality early in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With MLB currently playing no games, this seems like a good time to look back at a guy who played ALL of them. In this episode, author and Orioles fan Emily Guy Birken (End Financial Stress Now) joins me to discuss one of the most classic games of our youth: the night Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record on September 6, 1995. We dig deep on what Cal meant to baseball coming off of the 1994 strike and what he meant to Orioles fans as a homegrown symbol of pride in the city of Baltimore. It was one of the biggest feel good nights in baseball history at a time where everybody needed it the most. Huh...can't think of any comparisons to a single thing going on in present day America AT ALL. Nope. Not a one. This offseason is the only thing that's lasted longer than Ripken's victory lap. ALSO: Emily is doing a really cool thing and offering free financial consultations to anyone who needs one during the coronavirus pandemic. Visit her website for details. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @EmilyGuyBirken Insta: @kenthinguy @emilyguybirken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week Brian Bell welcomes 'One Tough Broad' Corinne Mink. Fresh off her appearance on TLC's Dragnificent, Mink details her unique introduction to pro wrestling, her long-standing support for the LGBTQ community in and out of the ring and how wrestling and drag helped her discover her own definition of femininity. With some bar fights and beer bashes thrown in for good measure! Follow Corrine Mink on Twitter: @Corrine_Mink Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dawn and Karleigh welcome Lauren Rosenberg, the first out LGBTQ sports reporter at the University of Missouri’s campus radio station, KCOU, and also a pioneer for women. We breakdown the WNBA draft and talk NCAA women's basketball, coming out at Mizzou, opportunities for women in media and what we love and hate about the Houston Astros, specifically their "Tequila Sunrise" jerseys from the 1970s and 80s. Plus, our shared love of Doctor Who! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Diver Joey Cifelli was preparing for the Olympic Trials until 2020 was canceled. He dove at Purdue University and graduated just last year. Now living in Los Angeles and coaching at USC, he talks about his transition to gay life in West Hollywood after living in West Lafayette the last four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with Boston Magazine Food & Entertainment editor Scott Kearnan about whether gay bars will be able to survive the coronavirus lockdown, given how so many of them were already struggling due to the rise of dating apps. Alex and Scott also talk about why it's wrong to shame people who honestly slip up while trying to socially distance, and whether we will start seeing Instagram influencers promoting face masks and other pandemic-related products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We could all use a little positivity right now. And just as a certain Number 23 did for the Cubs in 1982, Episode Number 23 came along at just the right time. Today is all about celebrating Ryne Sandberg, my favorite Cub and the greatest second baseman I've ever seen. Joining me in this tribute to all things Ryno are Sara Sanchez and Andi Cruz Vanecek from the Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast. Naturally, we fanboy/fangirl out over The Sandberg Game, that sublime day when Ryno simultaneously vanquished the Cardinals, the greatest closer of the 1980s, and Cub demons. We also discuss the consistent excellence of Sandberg's defense, the surprising eloquence of his Hall of Fame speech, and the special moment when he represented the Cubs at Pride. Bruce Sutter should probably skip this one. The rest of you will love it. Read Sara's great "Life Without Baseball" blogs here: https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2020/3/16/21182972/saras-diary-life-without-baseball Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @BCB_Sara @Bryz_blue @CuppaCubbieBlue Insta: @kenthinguy @andi.cruz.vane @rynesandberg23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! This week's show is a tale of two worlds that's sure to intrigue. First, Fanbyte's Colette Arrand joins Brian to discuss WWE's talent cuts and overall response to the coronavirus pandemic. Then, Brian reunites with his close friends Hollis Adler and Sarah Rose for a surreal trip down memory lane, reliving their college radio origins and the odd beast that was our former internet talk show, Open Til Midnight. Don't worry. There's still plenty of wrestling talk packed inside! Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Sarah Rose on Twitter: @MaybeSarahRose Follow Hollis Adler on Twitter: @YesterdayBadGuy Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleight and Dawn welcome back trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper of Minnesota who is also a public worker impacted by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. We also chat about escaping our troubles through gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thank you for listening to another episode of Level Playing Field podcast. This week I have Kellie Maloney as my guest on the podcast. Before transitioning Kellie was a manager and promoter for world former heavyweight boxing champion Lennon Lewis years before. Kellie has had a life full of ups and downs and we talk a lot about them. From living as a woman for a year when she was 18, getting involved in boxing and going to the highest point you can in the sport, starting a transition and ultimately ending her career because the hormones were affecting her. She also talks about what brought her back to the sport this year. Kellie also opens up about her struggle with mental health and multiple attempts to take her own life. It is a great conversation and I hope you stick around and listen to our conversation. To follow Kellie on twitter, you can find her at https://twitter.com/kelliefmaloney You can also find her on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kelliefmaloney/ You can also follow my on all the socials at LPFPod and my personal account at RandybLPF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shelley Holroyd says that when she competed for Team Great Britain in javelin at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, everyone around her knew she was gay. She never had a coming-out moment, people just always knew. Now she's talking about being gay as part of a campaign to promote the Athletics Pride Network, which is designed to bring together LGBTQ people in track and field. She talks with us about APN, as well as her recent bout with coronavirus. She contracted it weeks ago and suffered what she called "soul-destroying" pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with LGBT medical researcher Sean Cahill from The Fenway Institute. They discuss the coronavirus' disproportionate impact on minority communities and why the LGBTQ community is especially at risk. In addition, they talk about all of the medical misinformation out there, and try to correct some common misconceptions about when it will be advisable to reopen the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As a certified baseball nerd, my podcast usually concentrates on the "SPORTS" part of Outsports. But since there's no baseball to speak of right now (sigh), I wanted to spend at least one episode emphasizing the "OUT" part. With that in mind, comedian Calvin Cato (Playable Characters Podcast) joins me for a wide-ranging discussion on our coming out and being out experiences. We dig into the hidden joys of stumbling upon Lesbian Night in a Brooklyn gay bar, inspirational gay public figures like Tom Daley and David Sedaris, and flashbacks of the night I first told Calvin that I had a crush on a guy. Don't worry...this is NOT a Very Special Episode™ but it's still a pretty thoughtful conversation. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @CatoCalvin @PlayablePodcast Insta: @KenThinGuy @CalvinSCato @PlayablePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Just like WrestleMania 36, this edition of LGBT In The Ring is far too long for one episode. Brian Bell and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) kick off the two-part episode with discussion of night one of WrestleMania 36, including a classic Owens/Rollins bout, what happened to Shayna Baszler and the Boneyard match. Let's dive in! Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring's first ever two-part episode wraps up as Brian Bell and Daniel Trainor discuss night two of WrestleMania 36. The night featured emotional triumphs, both love and hip hop and perhaps wrestling's first true avant-garde evolution live from the Firefly Funhouse. This is one that'll make you scream Ruthless Aggression! Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Caitlyn Jenner talks with Dawn about the impact of the coronavirus on her life, on the Olympics and how she's working to fund the next generation of transgender athletes, lawyers, doctors and everyday trans Americans. Plus she reveals in her first interview with Dawn since 2016, what lesson she's learned from her transition. Also joining us this episode is Team USA beach handball goalie Athena del Rosario, who shares how supportive her coaches have been, her hopes for trans student athletes to follow her and how she's doing post-surgery during the pandemic. Plus, Athena explains her opposition to drag, which she calls an "offensive misrepresentation of trans women." Also this episode: Karleigh and Dawn talk about their own experiences dealing with isolation and anxiety and offer final thoughts on season one of Star Trek: Picard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Took a few weeks off because of my work schedule and now we have the world on a break as we get past the Corona Virus pandemic. Outsports managing editor, Dawn Ennis has encouraged us to think outside the box a bit and this is where we find us today. I first heard of Zachary Zane when he wrote an article about polyamory. I really appreciate his openness and willing to talk about topics that matter to me, and a lot of times in publications that are sold to all people. It is a fun conversation, at times very explicit but take a listen. Tell me what you think, would you like to see more episodes like this from other me. Follow me at @lpfpod on twitter and instagram. Email me at leveplayingfieldpod@gmail.com. Make sure to follow Zachary at @zacharyzane_ on twitter and Instagram. From thirst, articles and so much more on both places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's "Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller about the WNBA's decision to postpone the season and how he's preparing for the WNBA Draft later this month amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Alex and Curt also talk about his personal coming out journey, and whether this crisis has caused him to shift his perspective in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You know things are bad when we're talking about the Cubs offseason to brighten the mood. This week, #CubsGayTwitter is out in force as baseball blogger Ryan Thomure (Cubs Insider) joins me to discuss how we got through Should've-Been-Opening Day. Turns out that watching games that we know the Cubs will win is great but it just isn't the same. Other topics include: the importance of Pride Night, Daniel Murphy's endless awfulness, and Sammy Sosa's continued exile. Here's Ryan's outstanding piece on Pride Day at the ballpark: https://www.cubsinsider.com/2019/06/17/pride-games-serve-as-important-safe-harbor-for-lgbtq-baseball-fans/ Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RyanThomure Insta: @KenThinGuy @RyanThomure87 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with the sweetest of guests: Candy Lee. Quarantine can't keep Lee and Brian Bell from discussing the importance of trans visibility, reclaiming the "diva" moniker in pro wrestling and the moments that have defined her young in-ring career. To put it frankly, Candy is crushing it. Follow Candy Lee on Twitter: @CandidlyCandy_ Follow Candy Lee on Instagram: @leibarbie Check out her merch at Pro Wrestling Tees and What a Maneuver! Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Dawn and Karleigh follow-up on the fallout since Idaho's governor signed the most anti-transgender bills in the nation into law. Then, When Podcasts Collide! Meet Marcia and Marybeth from Disabled Girls Who Lift (Chloe couldn't join us this time). There are strong parallels between how disabled power lifters and transgender power lifters face discrimination, particularly at the hands of USA Power Lifting. And we talk about our fave video games plus the Star Trek: Picard finale (NO SPOILERS). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, Dawn and Karleigh bring listeners a special episode, featuring an interview with the policy director of the Idaho chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Kathy Griesmyer. She testified before the Idaho House State Affairs Committee in opposition of HB 509 last month. Griesmyer talks about what's next, what transgender Idahoans need to know and encourages listeners to boycott Idaho and its products, to send a message to Gov. Brad Little. Dawn and Karleigh also share what the TDoV means to them. The Trans Sporter Room podcast returns with another episode Wednesday in its regular slot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When Michael Gunning got the news that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games had been postponed to 2021, he was crushed. He had been working hard for years to get to those games, and a delay hurt. Yet when he got back home to England, he quickly saw the situation mandated a delay. Gunning talks with us about his current "training" in the midst of quarantine, as well as growing up black and gay in England, as well as why he represents Jamaica on the international sports stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Detroit News sportswriter Tony Paul about the greed of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, who was the last NHL owner to announce any compensation for game-day employees, and announced the majority of full-time employees at his food services giant, Delaware North, will be placed on temporary leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's a crossover episode with comedians Kevin McCaffrey & Adam Mamawala from the Away Games Podcast! This was also supposed to be a 2020 season preview. But because 2020 is...well...2020, we decided to go back to one of the happiest nights of our lives: Game 6 of the 2016 NLCS. The night the Cubs won their first National League Pennant since 1945. Somehow, this podcast consists of more than just 50 minutes of the phrase "That was awesome." Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @KenThinGuy @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies. The Coronavirus pandemic has the world on edge right now, including pro wrestling. With everything up in the air, Brain Bell decides to take a break from the usual format and spread some positivity by opening up about himself and past experiences, both wrestling and non-wrestling. We'll be back to the regular format next week, but what's most important is that we all stay safe. This to shall pass. Check out Brian's latest on pro wrestling and Coronavirus here: https://www.outsports.com/2020/3/25/21192862/lgbtq-independent-pro-wrestling-wwe-tampa-florida-gcw-wrestlcon-wrestlemania-coronavirus-covid-19 Check out Brian's 13 Facts Article here: https://www.outsports.com/2020/3/23/21189014/brian-bell-13-facts-outsports-contributor-wrestling-games-tax-werewolf-sports-49ers Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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As the IOC decides for the first time in history to postpone the Olympic Summer Games, transgender marathoner Megan Youngren beams up from Alaska, fresh from making history of her own. While she didn't make TeamUSA, she is the first out trans woman in the world to compete in the Olympic trials as a woman, and the first-ever out transgender athlete to complete the Olympic trials. Megan chats with Dawn and Karleigh about her landmark run, coping with chronic pain and with the coronavirus, trans athlete inclusion, and about her running partner — her dog! Megan also talks about her transition 9 years ago. She is absolutely obsessed with the VR game Half-Life: Alyx, and like us, is a fan of HBO's Westworld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Denis Finnegan has been out to family, friends and colleagues for years. Yet the gay 10-time national champion in Ireland is just now ready to come out publicly for all the world to see. We talk with Denis about his journey, what has kept him from talking publicly about being gay, and why drives him today, in 2020, to share his story publicly. It's a unique, intimate conversation with one of the most dominant track and field athletes his country has ever produced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with out high school basketball coach and athletic director Anthony Nicodemo about the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on our students and student-athletes. Alex and Anthony talks about how this disaster highlights the inequities in our education system, the challenges it presents for underprivileged students and the psychological impacts of social distancing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're giving our listeners a chance to re-listen to one of our favorite 3 Strikes You're Out podcast episodes this week. It's episode number 9, paying tribute to Number 9: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, The Splendid Splinter, The Kid, and Ken's favorite baseball legend of all time...Ted Williams. Ken Schultz is joined by comedy pal and leading citizen of Red Sox Nation Ron Krasnow to sing the praises of ol' Teddy Ballgame. We talk about great moments in Ted's career from his .406 in 1941 magnum opus to his triumphant return from The Korean War for over an hour...and it still feels like we barely scratched the surface. Even almost two decades after his death, Ted Williams remains transcendent. NOTE: This episode quotes Ted Williams frequently and Ron grew up in Boston. Which is to say: the "Explicit" label is on there for a reason, people. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @BrooklynRon Insta: @kenthinguy @ronkrasnow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! I hope we're all self-isolating and practicing good social distancing. We're doing that on the show this week while working through all of the ways the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted pro wrestling as a whole and WrestleMania weekend specifically. Patches Chance (Daily DDT) and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) join Brian Bell to help sift through one of the most strenuous week's in pro wrestling's history. Download, listen and wash your hands and gargle. Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Lilah Sturges, comic book writer and founder of the TransPizza giveaway campaign on Twitter, joins Dawn and Karleigh this week. While she readily admits she's not a sports fan or an athlete, Lilah is well-known for her work on the popular Lumberjanes series. Surprisingly, she wasn't a fan of comics growing up. Lilah also explains how she started TransPizza, how it works and how it's expanding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Plus we share our thoughts on Star Trek: Picard and respond to listener mail! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cyd Zeigler, one of our co-founders, wrote an article about my guest in December. It was the first I heard of Jason Ellis. Since then I have taken in as much as possible. Listen to his show on Sirius XM, listened to his former podcast "High and Dry", read his first book "I'm Awesome" and his most recent "Still Awesome". Like we talk about the first few moments I even google imaged him and found photos of George Takei from Star Trek touching his penis. We talk about ALL of it in this one hour interview, including drug use, prostitution, sex with women and men and what it means to be a part of the LGBTQ community. While his evolution from straight guy to bi guy has been a long one, it has been a journey where he has had to learn. We talk about his old non-pc talk about trans men and women along the way. This episode is a fun one, if drug use, molestation discussion is a problem for you I recommend you skip this episode. However, if sex, drugs and rock and roll are your thing then you are going to want to listen. As my favorite podcast says, "My Dad Wrote A Porno", this episode has "all the good parts". Enjoy! I highly recommend you get his books. His latest can be found at jasonellisbook.com. It is probably better for him if you get it directly there, however, you can also find both books I mentioned on Amazon. An audible book is coming soon. To follow him on socials check him out below: Twitter:@EllisMate Instagram: @wolfmate Follow me on all the socials at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stephanie Zaza, the President of American College of Preventive Medicine, joins us this week to talk about the impact the coronavirus is having on the sports world and beyond. She previously served 25 years as a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service. Zaza gives us thoughtful insight on appropriate measures to combat virus outbreaks, the benefits and risks of social distancing, and she shares her thoughts on when the sports world may resume action and the considerations for continuing with the Summer Olympics in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with former amateur golfer John Brooks, who talks about the struggles he's endured as an openly gay man in the golf world -- and yet, how those difficulties haven't pushed him away from the game he loves. Stay safe, and just as importantly, remain calm. We will get through these times together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode begins with a slow clap for Rob Manfred because he made the correct call and delayed the start of the season in response to the coronavirus. So all it takes for the commissioner to do the right thing is a worldwide pandemic. We continue our tour through the Outsports Podcast Network as Oakland A's fan Randy Boose (Level Playing Field podcast) joins me to talk about his excitement for 2020...whenever it might start. We also dig into Randy's fantastic interview with Billy Bean, the joy of rooting for Matts Chapman and Olson, and great Negro Leagues books. "The A's winning a playoff series isn't that hard! Tell 'em, Wash!" "It's incredibly hard." Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @Randyblpf @LPFPod Insta: @KenThinGuy @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! It's a special episode this week as Brian Bell and his partner, KC, return from D.C. with a live report from Prime Time Pro Wrestling's historic LGBTQ pro wrestling event, Butch Vs. Gore. The show was filled with unforgettable moments and star-making performances that told LGBTQ stories from LGBTQ perspectives. That and Juvenile's ass anthem being used as a weapon. Like we said: memorable. Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube personality, amateur softball player, singer and photographer Melody Maia Monet joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb to talk about her transition, the acceptance she found on the softball field, and her music. Plus, Maia reveals what led her to recently come out as asexual, and dishes on her favorite Sci-fi: Star Trek: Picard, Discovery, and meeting Apollo himself, Richard Hatch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When I first started this podcast there were people I made as a goal to get on my show. I have been fortunate to have a couple on already. Collin on this week's episode adds to goals that have been reached. Collin came out to the world June 2018 while playing at Minnesota United FC. What I found out with my previous guest, Rory Molleda as well as Collin this week, I learned that some people at DC United knew as well. He tells the story of people knowing at DC United, what it meant to have Rory working at the club and helping him with his boyfriend on game days. He also talks about why he is excited to be playing as San Diego Loyal with new coach Landon Donovan. I hope you enjoy this week's episode, it was awesome to speak with Collin You can follow Collin on twitter at @martcw12 You can follow Collin on Instagram at @cm7md Follow the San Diego Loyal on twitter at @SanDiegoLoyal For schedules, rosters, ticket info and everything else, head on over to https://www.sdloyal.com/ Per usual you can also follow me on all social networks at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nick McCarvel went from imaging himself winning Olympic hardwood-skating gold in Montana to interviewing some of the biggest athletes in the world and covering the Olympics. He talks with us about his perseverance that got him to working for NBC, USA Today and the USOPC, as well as being an out gay man interviewing athletes on the court and in the locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex talks about the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues insultingly scheduling their "Hockey is for Everyone" night during a road game with USA Today's Hemal Jhaveri, who wrote a searing column about the issue this week. Alex and Hamel also talk about the significance of Pride Nights in general, and how sports teams can use LGBTQ advocacy as a business practice and way to buy social capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode, Ken welcomes comedian and Indians fan Michael Palascak (Late Show). The 2016 World Series gets brought up pretty quickly. Does it get awkward? We're comics...if it wasn't for awkwardness, we'd be as silent as Buster Keaton. Michael lives in LA so he's also the podcast's west coast correspondent, filling us in on the tribulations of the Dodgers & Angels. And we talk about baseball books! Which is the closest either of us has come to using our English majors in the real world. Check out Michael's website at michaelpalascak.com to pre-order his new album! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MichaelPalascak Insta: @KenThinGuy @MichaelPalascak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're talking all things All Elite Wrestling this week as Fanbyte's (or Fanfyte's) Colette Arrand stops by to help break down the good, bad and sublime from AEW's Evolution pay-per-view. From questionable neck tattoos and match placement to crowning achievements in tag team wrestling, comedy wrestling and ring entrances, AEW Revolution had it all. There is one thing we can all agree on though: Judas slaps! Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Co-hosts Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis talk about the historic run of Megan Youngren, the health challenges facing Laurel Hubbard and a plan by the Connecticut GOP to raise money off three cisgender student athletes who are suing to stop transgender girls from competing against them, Plus, news about Star Trek Discovery and we look back at The Man in the High Castle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thank you for listening to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports podcast network. I am so thankful for each and every guest that comes on that I get a chance to speak with. This week is no different, my guest this week is Rory Molleda who is the Director of Team Administration for DC United of Major League Soccer. During our time together we talk about how supportive DC United is with Rory and all members of the LGBTQ community. We also talk about his role with the club, his relationship with Wayne Rooney as well as gay soccer player Collin Martin. If you ever have wanted to know what it is like to speak with a professional soccer club, check out our conversation. Follow Rory on social media at @rorymolleda You can follow this podcast on twitter and instagram @lpfpod or with my personal account at RandybLPF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Olympics seem to be, after running Outsports for 20 years, one of the most popular sporting event for gay men. Part of that, we figure, is the eye-candy quotient for the Summer Games: diving, swimming, gymnastics, track & field. Alex Reimer joins us to talk about the sexualization of athletes in the Olympics and other sports, as well as what he's learned so far as the Outsports deputy managing editor. And we also discuss the possible effects of the coronavirus on the Tokyo Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of the "Sports Kiki Podcast," Alex chats with Kacey Edenfield, who was a high school baseball standout before becoming an adult-film star. Alex and Kacey talk about his unique journey, his on-camera persona (Troy Ryan), and all of the adversity he's overcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Ken Schultz finds out the answer to the question: Whatcha gonna do when the power of Outsports wrestling expert Brian Bell (LGBT in the Ring) runs wild on the baseball podcast?! You talk about how the Braves are almost as racist as Hulk Hogan... Fortunately, there are more enjoyable topics at hand like the historically significant Nationals world championship, Youppi! nostalgia, and the concrete husk that is The Trop. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @WonderboyOTM @LGBTRingPod Insta: @KenThinGuy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back this week with a very special episode. In celebration of 20 episodes, Brian takes questions from all the lovely listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb are joined by trans man Chase Strangio of the ACLU and the first out transgender track and field NCAA champion, CeCé Telfer. In this special episode, we dive deep into the controversial federal lawsuit, federal investigation and the bills in more than a dozen states targeting trans Americans. Why are trans student athletes under fire? What's it like competing? How can transphobes be stopped? Plus, Karleigh and Dawn discuss Star Trek: Picard, Lost in Space, The Man in the High Castle and find out why Karleigh's new favorite TV series is Hunters on Amazon Prime, starring Al Pacino. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome back to another episode of LPFPod on the Outsports podcast network. I am so excited to bring you this week's episode where I speak with former MLB player Billy Bean. BIlly spent his career his MLB career with the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. He also spent a year playing baseball in Japan with the Kintetsu Buffaloes. We speak about his playing time, being in the closet and coming out. We also spoke about what brought him back to baseball after having some regrets about his playing career. I enjoyed my time with Billy a lot and hope to have him on again in the future. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I did recording it with him. You can find Billy on twitter at @billybeanball Follow LPFPod on all the socials at @LPFPod You can follow on my personal accounts under @randyblpf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joanna Harper has become one of the most important voices in the conversation about trans-inclusion policies in women's sports. She has worked with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in crafting their policy, and she is embarking on an important research project to understand the effects of transitioning genders as an athlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with out sports columnist and longtime friend Steve Buckley about the different ways they've carried themselves as openly gay sports writers, and the genesis of their unique relationship. Alex also asks Buckley whether David Ortiz is trying out to be a member of the Trump Administration after lambasting Mike Fiers as a "snitch" at Red Sox Spring Training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What's the least depressing thing about talking Detroit Tigers baseball? Well, it keeps us from talking about Rob Manfred... This week, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Tigers fan Nate Fridson (Laughing Skull Festival) to evaluate how the Tigers rebuild is going. They still represent the Motor City better than Kid Rock but that lowest possible bar to clear is about all we can give you. Sorry. To pick the mood up, there's also discussion of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (It rules!) and Weird Al (He does too!). Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @NateFridson Insta: @KenThinGuy @Fridskins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! A monumental week needs a show worthy of it, so we have two awesome guests this week. First, Colette Arrand (Fanbyte) joins Brian to discuss Nyla Rose's historic AEW title win. Then, "The Fabulous Fashionista of New York City" Darnell Mitchell (Uncanny Attractions) stops by for a deep dive into Uncanny Attractions' inclusive vision for pro wrestling, our mutual love for Wrestlemania 12 and his near-lifelong passion for women's pro wrestling. This one is a can't miss, lads, ladies and theybes! Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Darnell Mitchell on Twitter: @Dnellicious Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Tony Paul from the Detroit News returns to Same Team to talk about his recent reporting on the current state of the Michigan State football program, the heat he gets online for his writing and the specific challenge of holding your alma mater accountable. Plus! We talk about his love of Billy Joel, why he wants to spend $300 to see Elton John in concert and why he has yet to watch Friday Night Lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome back to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports Podcast Network. This week I am joined by return guest Brock McGillis. Together we talk with recently out bisexual hockey player from England, Zach Sullivan. After a quick intro with Zach, we talk about the highs and lows of coming out in sports. We also talk about the difference between coming out as gay and bi in the sport of ice hockey. Follow us on twitter at the links below. ⬇️ @brock_mcgillis @ZachSully11 @LPFPod @Randyblpf @Mcr_Storm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert Dover became the first publicly out gay athlete to compete in the Olympics when he told the media he was gay. We talk with him about the acceptance of him as a gay athlete in equestrian and the Olympic movement, where he has competed as an athlete or coach in every Summer Games since 1984. He also talks about why he is putting the Olympics behind him. He also shares the story of meeting his husband, Robert Ross, who also competed in equestrian. And we end the conversation with Dover's thoughts on his support for Mayor Pete Buttigieg for President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the inaugural edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex Reimer speaks with Outsports managing editor Dawn Ennis about the war on transgender student-athletes, with at least 10 states actively considering legislation that would bar trans kids from competing in sports according to their gender identity. On the lighter side, Alex and Dawn also talk the proper definition of "Kiki," and the least appetizing aspects of Boston sports fandom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
*(We actually used a much stronger word.) Ken Schultz is on the road in NYC this week and he's joined IN PERSON by the podcast's first repeat guest: comedian Kevin McCaffrey (Late Show). Most of baseball is pretty cool but there are a few terrible people in the game. And they're all in the news in the same week! So Ken & Kevin spend 50 minutes putting them all on blast--from the cheating Astros to the poverty stricken Red Sox (Huh?) to the baseball hating Rob Manfred, no one is spared their disgust. Except Kris Bryant. Kris Bryant still rules. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod @SexCidiotsPod Insta: @KenThinguy @KevinMcCaff @AwayGamesPod @SexAndTheCidiots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! Brian has the flu, but that won't keep him from chatting with LGBTQ pro wrestling icon EFFY. The outspoken athlete discusses his upcoming Big Gay Brunch event (including another talent announcement!), carving his own path to indie wrestling stardom, and how he is making wrestling, among many things, gayer. From his start in the Bible Belt to his practical yet sometimes absurd approach to the business, EFFY and Brian dig into where the industry is going and how LGBTQ people within it are being further empowered to tell stories pertinent to the community! Follow EFFY on Twitter & Instagram: @EFFYlives & @EFFYlives Check out EFFY's Pro Wrestling Tees store: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/effylives Buy tickets for EFFY's Big Gay Brunch at makeitgayer.eventbrite.com Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ESPN’s senior editor for MLB and one of the co-founders of Baseball Prospectus, Christina Kahrl, joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb, as pitchers and catchers report for spring training. Christina just happens to be transgender. They’ll also review Lost in Space Season 2 and talk about Doctor Who and Star Trek Picard! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This is a little longer than my episodes have been lately but I was able to get 3 guests from different countries to speak about soccer/football in their country. Mr. Gay Germany - Benjamin Näßler 2:36 Follow Ben on twitter at @3ensta Second guest this episode is Jay Lemonius. 24:48 Jay works at StonewallUK and we talk about race and LGBT issues in football. We also talk about the Rainbow Laces campaign that is held in the UK in November. Follow Jay on twitter at @JayDot90 The last guest this episode is fellow podcaster and footballer Adam McCabe 51:32 Follow Adam on twitter at @McCabenater
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Pride House is an installation that pops up at every Olympics to celebrate the LGBTQ community and be a safe, welcoming place for LGBTQ athletes, coaches and fans. Olivier Fabre is one of the people organizing Pride House in Tokyo this summer, and he joins us to talk about their plans for the event, what to expect in Tokyo, and his experiences covering the Olympics for Reuters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's the greatest era in Kansas City sports history! The Chiefs just won the Super Bowl! And the Royals...might only lose in the double digits! To celebrate, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Royals fan Justin Williams (SiriusXM) to relive his experiences celebrating both World Series and Super Bowl champions within a half-decade. Other topics include: the embarrassingly bad Mookie Betts trade, Kauffman Stadium's status as the only good thing to come out of the 1970s, and the existential question: "Mike Matheny...why?!" Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JustinWComedy Insta: @KenThinGuy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're staying posi as possible this week with Wrestling With Gender creator Sam Didier. They sit down with Brian to discuss using pro wrestling to build inclusive communities, addressing transphobia within the fandom and the performative nature of wrestling and gender expression. Not to mention they're latest project, pro wrestling promo ASMR. Download for the crit and stick around for the lit. Follow Sam Didier on Twitter: @gayfrogandtoad Support Sam Didier on Patreon: patreon.com/samdidier Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Jake Barreau, assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Oklahoma, talks about his childhood in Wisconsin, his journey through the coaching world, how he addresses his sexuality with his players and what it's like being married to another volleyball coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to an all new episode of LPFPod. Please follow me on the socials at @LPFPod on twitter and Instagram. Please like and share this episode on all the social networks. This week I am joined by a co-host and she is American footy player from Golden Gate AFL in the SF bay area and her name is Ellise Gallagher. We spend some time speaking with AFLW player from the Adelaide Crows, Justine Mules. Some of the topics we ask Justine about is being out as a player on the team, having to work a fulltime job while also being a paid athlete, attending pride parades with the Rainbow Crows as well as starting the new season this Saturday on their way to try to repeat as AFLW champions. I do want to apologize for some problems with the audio, tried to fix it as best I can. I want to thank Anthony Phillips from the @2crowspodcast, I want to thanks the Rainbow Crows and I want to thank Kirralee Thomas from the Crows who helped set up this interview. Finally I want to thanks Justine Mules for spending some time with us on her day off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris Mosier is a trailblazing trans athlete who recently competed in the United States Olympic Trials for racewalking. It's a sport he's entered only in the last year. He talks about how his success in sports has driven interest from sponsors an the media, and he gives us a detailed account of his experience as the first trans man in a men's U.S. Olympic Trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Dawn and Karleigh discuss the spate of hate in at least eight states targeted transgender children, our predictions for the Super Bowl, which team is the most LGBTQ-friendly, a controversy about two drag queens in a Super Bowl commercial, two out figure skating champions, Martina Navratilova vs. Margaret Court, Joanna Lohman's engagement, the WNBA queer-friendly CBA, plus the NBA fines Marcus Morris for misogynist comments and more. Plus we chat about Star Trek Picard! This is our last weekend episode! The Trans Sporter Room is moving to every other Wednesday later this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I don't know if you've heard but some...other sport is having its championship game this weekend. And unfortunately, Ken Schultz can recite more verses of the Super Bowl Shuffle than players involved in the actual Super Bowl. So in a break from our usual 24-7-365 baseball format, this week's guest is comedian/football fan/anti-baseball curmudgeon Brian McGuinness (Playable Characters Podcast). Brian puts in a valiant effort to get Ken up to date on the Chiefs and 49ers. And in the midst of all that, they discuss the Kobe Bryant tragedy, the uplifting Katie Sowers, and the days when Brian actually tolerated baseball. He claims that he used to have fun at Mets games as a kid. Which, as all Mets fans know, means he was doing it wrong. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LaughAtBrian @PlayablePodcast Insta: @KenThinGuy @LaughAtBrian @PlayablePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
RJ Ochoa (Blogging the Boys) & Jeanna Thomas (The Falcoholic) sit down with Dr. Jen Welter, the first female NFL coach, to talk about everything from shoes to Madden to her time in the league and what she's up to now! Powered by SBNation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with a full dissection of WWE Royal Rumble 2020. Sam Didier (Wrestling With Gender) and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) help Brian sift through the good bad and offensive from the most exciting event on WWE's calendar. The road to Wrestlemania isn't going to pave itself, after all. But is it even a road worth travelling? Follow Sam Didier on Twitter: @gayfrogandtoad Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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You can find queer contra dancing events in many major U.S. cities, but unlike Voguing and formal ballroom dancing, it has never really been taken up as a sport. Longtime queer contra dance organizers Chris Ricciotti and Stephen Ulrich, discuss the dance form's historic roots, how it reached the queer community and why it's never taken off as a sport. We also discuss why we don't often see similar participatory cultural dance events from non-European cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kerron Clement won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championships. He came out publicly as gay last October at an event for Nike, becoming the most decorated American male Olympian to come out publicly. He talks with us about growing up in Trinidad, finding himself at the Univ. of Florida, the support he's received from his fellow runners, and why being gay helped propel him to the apex of his sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transgender soccer player Kirsti Miller of Australia joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to talk about her successful athletic career before and after her transition, rejection, acceptance, finding love and the calamity that has scorched her homeland. Dawn and Karleigh also chat about the proposed laws in the U.S. targeting trans Americans and the premiere of Star Trek Picard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In a shocking development, Derek Jeter was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday. So Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Yankee fan Meghan Hanley (Laughing Skull and Women in Comedy Festival) to deliver a Jeterian episode (That's not a word, John Sterling!). Meghan tells the story of having the good fortune to witness Jeter's 3000th hit in person. Ken counters with the much less fortunate tale of the day Jeter met Cubs reliever Joe Borowski and batting practice ensued. In the sixth inning. Also discussed: the joyful Canadian goofiness of Larry Walker and the ever-loathsome Bud Selig. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @TheMeghanHanley Insta: @kenthinguy @TheMeghanHanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello Lovelies! The "American Attraction" MV Young sits down with Brian this week to discuss how embracing his sexuality in the ring let his character flourish, fusing wrestling and drag with Uncanny Attractions, his love for no ring deathmatches and the tribulations of leading an ever-growing poly cult. It's all about broadening pro wrestling's reach, especially as he preps for Uncanny Attractions next show in Tampa during Wrestlemania weekend! Follow MV Young on Twitter: @THEonlyMVYoung Follow Uncanny Attractions on Twitter: @uncanny_attract Follow the LGBT in The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Earlier this month, the New Jersey Devils hosted one of the most comprehensive, inclusive and impressive Pride Night celebrations in history. Joe Altenau, VP of Event Operations and Guest Relations for Prudential Center, talks about being an instrumental part of putting the whole thing together. From working with the team itself to organizing the speakers to the logistics and optics of the entire evening, Altenau explains why his involvement was so crucial to the night's success. A collegiate runner, we also talk about the experience of being gay athlete at George Washington University and his plan to run the Boston Marathon later this year, something I cannot comprehend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports podcast network. This week I speak with gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo. With any episode I ask him about growing up, which for him was in Hawaii. His college career in the state of Oregon and of course his pro career. Along the way we briefly talk about his appearance on The Voice and we end our conversation of his non profits 3rd annual Inclusion Party which is Super Bowl weekend in Miami. All the important links are below, including more info on the raffle to win your own Super Bowl tickets. Enjoy the episode and see you next week. Esera Tuaolo on twitter : https://twitter.com/eseratuaolo Hate If Wrong on twitter : https://twitter.com/hateiswrongorg hateiswrong.org Esera on Instagram : www.instagram.com/eseratuaolo Follow me on twitter and instagram at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Outsports has covered gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes in the Olympics for two decades, and we have noticed a huge interest in the topic. We talk about the stories that have driven the most interest including Johnny Weir, Matthew Mitcham and the plethora of out women at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis welcome the newest member of the Outsports team: new deputy managing editor Alex Reimer of Boston. He brings his Beantown perspective to the baseball cheating scandal, the Patriots' disappointing season, Curt Schilling's chances of getting into the Hall of Fame and being targeted by online trolls. We also chat about Alex and Dawn's childhood brushes with fame. Plus Karleigh and I anticipate the arrival of Star Trek Picard! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's kind of a depressing time for baseball. So who better to talk about it than a Mets fan? Ken Schultz is joined by Outsports Managing Editor Dawn Ennis (The Trans Sporter Room) to discuss Carlos Beltrán's sudden departure before he managed a single game. If this is what gets someone removed from the Mets roster, by mid-June, Jacob deGrom should be yelling "I stole signs too!" As you might expect, the sign stealing scandals in Houston and Boston dominate this episode but Ken & Dawn also find time to discuss Naked Gun baseball trivia, why no active athlete has come out in MLB, and Joe DiMaggio yelling at children. You know...to lighten the mood. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LifeAfterDawn @TransSporterRm Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with MLW ring announcer (among 70+ other promotions) Mark Adam Haggerty (@MarkAHaggerty). Mark sits down with Brian to retrace his pro wrestling journey from watching Wrestlemania 9 to lending his voice to MLW every Saturday night. We also dive deep into how wrestling ties into Mark's coming out story, the thrills of being a big gay bad guy and the heart behind the goofs of Locker Room Detectives (@LockerDicks)! Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Daniel Villarreal examines the roots of the gay rodeo and speaks with International Gay Rodeo Association President Candy Pratt and its PR Chair David Hartwell about why the IGRA is experiencing dwindling membership numbers. Villarreal also talks with Harley Deuce, who help found HomoRodeo.com and creator of sexy cowboy calendars, about why the cowboy remains so vibrant in the gay erotic imagination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field podcast. This episode I actually have two guests. The first guest is Nick McCarvel. Nick is a media personality who focuses mainly on tennis and figure skating but does cover other sports as well. Nick is also one of the key people behind the many Pride events on the tennis tour, especially at the Open events. My second guest is the organizer of the Glam Slam, a LGBTQ tennis event that is happening during the Australian Open in Melbourne. I was able to sneak in an interview with Rowen last night and we talk Glam Slam. Both guests do have some things to say about tennis great Margaret Court. Here are all the links to follow these fabulous guests Nick McCarvel on twitter:@NickMcCarvel On Instagram @instagram.com/nickmccarvel To follow Rowen d'Souza on Instagram: instagram.com/rowensta/ To follow the Glam Slam on Instagram : instagram.com/glam_slam_tennis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Randy Gardner joins us this week to talk about discovering he was gay in the 1970s, even as he and his figure skating partner, Tai Babilonia, were winning National Championships. As Gardner was taking aim at a World Championship, his parents put him into conversion therapy. Gardner also talks about his upcoming documentary, Go Figure, as well as the dynamic of being a gay man with a female skating partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our very first cisgender guest, Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to discuss our GLAAD Media Award-nominated series on transgender inclusion in women's sports, his recent interview with MMA trailblazer Fallon Fox and the controversy over the Outsports 20 List. Plus we discuss the Star Wars movie we think is the best one in the series, and all of us agree on one film. Hint: it's not Rise of Skywalker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Back from the holiday break, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Padres fan Jono Zalay (writer for Amazon, Fox, & Comedy Central) to discuss the distinctly unfamiliar sensation that is San Diego baseball optimism. It's probably the new brown unis. Brown: the universal color of hope. Ken & Jono discuss the current brilliance of Fernando Tatis Jr, the eternal genius of Tony Gwynn, Jono's least favorite football team (Upset alert: it's NOT the Patriots), and the spectacular setting of Petco Park. Plus, Jono tells what has to be the single greatest story in recorded history about trying to tell jokes after a San Diego crowd has just watch Wil Myers faint and get carried out of the room. Comedy is even weirder than Padres baseball! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JonoZalay @FTheChargers Insta: @kenthinguy @JonoZalay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, lovelies! This week's episode is all about NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14. After watching nearly 15 hours of top-tier pro wrestling from Tokyo, there's a lot of gold, looks and deadeyed drama to chat up. Rachel Giuliani (@EffingBoring) and wrestling and comics writer C.K. Stewart (@ckayfabe) join the show to run through everything from Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement to Tetsuya Naito's coronation. And Kazuchika Okada's butt-to-thigh ratio. Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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It's the first-ever Same Team Q&A! Listener questions about sports, the Academy Awards, pro wrestling, Real Housewives and more get answered by a sorta sick host. It's a chaotic experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week I welcome to the podcast Ben Pereira, Ben works for Minor League Baseball with the job title of Specialist, Diversity & Inclusion. Before we talk pride nights we get to know Ben a little bit. His love for baseball, his bond with his grandfather and coming out. He is able to tell us personal stories from some of those pride nights. He talks about some of the problems they had, including Sean Spicer throwing out the first pitch on one of these games. How it made sense why it happened but how to prevent it in the future. I hope you enjoy this episode. Follow Ben on twitter at @Bereira31 You can follow this podcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sarka Pancochova has competed in three Olympic games as a snowboarder. Yet as she aims for No. 4 in 2022, she's doing so in a relationship with her girlfriend, Laree. Both Sarka and Kaileen join us this week to talk about not getting married until it's legal in Sarka's home country of the Czech Republic. They also talk about navigating a 5,000-mile relationship, and Sarka opens up about competing as an out athlete on the slopes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MMA trailblazer Fallon Fox asks Outsports managing editor Dawn Ennis why trans women like her were conspicuously absent from the Outsports 20 list of LGBT heroes of 2010 to 2019. You'll hear Dawn's answer as well as their conversation about race, religion, TERFs and discrimination. Fallon addresses all the haters who bring up her fight with Tamikka Brents. Plus, what Fallon's been focused on since leaving the ring, and she hints at her future plan to return to sports competition. Finally, our shared love for Star Wars, The Mandalorian and Star Trek — and the need for greater LGBT representation. Dawn was all alone at the controls this week, since Karleigh Webb on an away mission to that strange planet known as Southern California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, Lovelies! We're recounting the top 25 queer wrestlers of the year this week with the show's first annual QWI 25 list, but not before more Butch v. Gore talk with the Prime Time Pro Wrestling Queermanders-in-Chief Billy Dixon and Lolo McGrath! Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Lolo McGrath on Twitter: @hellbenderLo Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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It's the end of the year and Same Team is switching things up! Sports are (mostly) left on the back burner as Daniel and special guest Xander Pakzad discuss their favorite movies, TV shows, music, video games and so much more from 2019. Fleabag to Death Stranding, Parasite to PEN15...it's a momentous occasion. Plus, they sample some special vegan snacks while looking ahead to 2020. Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For this holiday week before New Year's, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes, from Nov. 18, 2019: Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talked with Track & Field Olympic hopeful Nikki Hiltz about her goal of qualifying, training, competing, her relationship with her girlfriend and what it was like being an out lesbian in Qatar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this last episode for 2019, Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb discuss the winners of the 2019 Outsports Awards, plus we look back at the biggest sports stories of 2019, as well as the decade. We also make our predictions for what's to come in 2020. Plus, see if you agree with our review of "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" (SPOILER ALERT!) And did you hear? "Lost in Space" returns to Netflix! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the spirit of Dickens and the ghost of Christmas past, we're revisiting the inaugural episode, in which host Ken Schultz talks about the Nationals/Astros World Series with comedian Kevin McCaffrey (Letterman, Away Games Podcast, Sex & The Cidiots Podcast). Topics covered include: the solid career and occasional brilliance of Howie Kendrick, CC Sabathia a Hall of Famer? (SPOILER ALERT: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes), and the frustrating necessity of pain as an essential part of baseball fandom. As you no doubt have already concluded, both of us root for the Cubs. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @KevinMcCaff Insta: @kenthinguy @KevinMcCaff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, lovelies! The final show of 2019 features an awesome chat with Prime Time Pro Wrestling's Chief Brand Officer and co-founder Lolo McGrath. They haven't been in the business that long, but that doesn't mean they don't have their finger on the pulse of both the good and bad in terms of queer acceptance in the industry. PTPW's upcoming Butch v. Gore show on March 7, 2020 being a prime example! Put your pie in the oven and take a seat. Follow Lolo McGrath on Twitter: @hellbenderLo Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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For Christmas Eve we're revisiting the Dec. 10th episode in which I spoke with the amazing trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier. When I first started this podcast back in March, Chris was one of the guests I really wanted to speak with. It took some time for our schedules to work and here he is. While we talk about his transitioning a bit, we focus more on his advocacy work, competition and policy changes at the different levels. Here are some links to get some more info: Regarding the Chris Mosier Project from Nike: https://workingnotworking.com/projects/182507-nike-betrue-the-chris-mosier-project
To find more information on his advocacy : https://www.transathlete.com/ His personal/public speaking website : https://www.thechrismosier.com/ Follow Chris on Twitter, Instagram and facebook : @thechrismosier
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Stephanie Wheeler is a three-time Paralympic champion. She's done it in wheelchair basketball as both a player and a coach. She talks about how she came across the sport as a kid, reaching the pinnacle of the Paralympics, and the importance of connecting with the athletes she coaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Team USA's Chris Mosier, fresh off announcing he is competing in the Olympic Trials for race walking next month, joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb to talk about this historic opportunity, his advocacy, his work with Nike and his love for Baby Yoda, as we discuss the opening of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Also Karleigh and Dawn talk DC Comics superheroes from Superman to Batman, Batwoman and the Green Lantern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello Lovelies! Daniel Trainer (Same Team podcast) returns to the show to help Brian pick through the plunder, injuries and Devon Monroe sightings to find the good and bad from WWE's final pay-per-view of the decade, TLC 2019. Is the dog food can half-full or half-empty? Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter (@dantrainor1) and listen to the Same Team podcast every other Wednesday on the Outsports Radio Network. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Since it's almost New Year's, we're talking with veteran queer journalist Zack Ford about 5 LGBTQ sports stories that will emerge in 2020 and why they matter for the larger LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field. I am your host, Randy Boose, and this is my podcast where I speak with LGBTQ people involved in sports. This episode is a little different because it is not my typical coming out type of story, this really is about Daniel's experience in media, Reality TV and podcasts. Hope you enjoy this episode. I will be off the next two weeks to celebrate Christmas and New Years. Be back early January. You can follow Daniel on twitter at @dantrainor1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lifelong Olympics fan Charley Cullen Walters has built an incredible career for himself that has taken him to every Olympics since the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008. His Olympics blog, Olympics or Bust, was a big success, and he has created a wonderful annual event, Gold Meets Golden, that brings together Olympians with people across entertainment. Walters talks with Cyd Zeigler about some of the incredible GMG guests this year, including Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matt Bomer, Alex Rodriguez, Sylvester Stallone, Gus Kenworthy, Kristi Yamaguchi, Monica Seles, Carl Lewis and so many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transgender auto racer Charlie Martin joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb from the United Kingdom to talk about her goal of competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the medical steps she took as part of her transition, media coverage of trans people and her favorite science fiction film series: Star Wars. Plus we remember Rene Auberjonois and D.C. Fontana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, the first words out of my guest's mouth are "That is so depressing!" So that's how you know we must be talking about the Cubs' offseason. Andi Cruz Venacek (Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast, Cubs Den) joins Ken Schultz to discuss all that the Cubs have accomplished so far during the Winter Meetings. After that seven seconds, we realize that there's still a ton of time to fill. So we launch into the many reasons why trading Kris Bryant is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea. Other topics include: Marvin Miller's long overdue Hall of Fame election, a desperate plea to extend Javy Báez & Anthony Rizzo, and the tribulations (and occasional triumphs!) of being a Cub fan living in St. Louis. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @bryz_blue @CuppaCubbieBlue Insta: @kenthinguy @andi.cru.van Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, lovelies! This week Brian welcomes Emily Fear, co-host of the Pro Wrestling Torch's Grit & Glitter podcast, into the ring to discuss a topic near and dear to her heart: women's pro wrestling. We run through recent events in women's pro wrestling, including two new AEW signings and the Kelly Klein/Ring of Honor fiasco. Ring of Honor's other 2019 woes and Emily's own entry into the pro wrestling fandom are also on the table, as well as the quickly becoming common weekly thirst alert! Check out Grit & Glitter every Tuesday on the PWTorch Dailycast podcast channel and follow Emily Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Brad Thorson was a local hero in his hometown after committing to play football at the University of Wisconsin. Two years later, he was kicked off the team. Thorson talks about what led to his dismissal, how he found a second life at the University of Kansas, getting invited to camp with the Arizona Cardinals, how the end of his football career led to him finally facing his sexuality and how he's become a pioneer in the world of STD testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chelsea Wolfe is aiming to be the first publicly out trans athlete to compete in an Olympic Games. Emerging as one of the world's most dominant women in BMX freestyle, she has a shot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb chat with trans roller derby athlete and biologist Juniper Simonis about her transition, her experience as a roller derby competitor, the false descriptor "biological male" and invisible disabilities. Plus news of the week and we are counting down until Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is in theaters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
To quote Gross Pointe Blank: "TEN YEARS!!!" In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian Chris Calogero (@RealChrisCal on Twitter) to discuss the unbearable Yankees World Series drought of TEN YEARS, MAN! TEN...TEN YEARS! TEN! TEEEEEEN...YEEEEEARS! Chris is quite possibly the most pleasant Yankee fan you'll ever meet and you'll love listening to him talk baseball. Other topics covered include: a super bullpen vs. a killer rotation, the late stage capitalist nightmare that is new Yankee Stadium (great garlic fries, tho!), and the NY media's obsession with turning Giancarlo Stanton into a villain. Twitter: @kenschultz_, @RealChrisCal Insta: @kenthinguy, @realchriscal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello lovelies. This week's edition of LGBT In The Ring features the return of Brian's partner KC! We chat about attending DOA Naughty or Nice, featuring the Portland debuts of notable LGBTQ pro wrestlers Effy and MV Young! Everything from the show is on the table, with a healthy side of ki about Kiera Hogan and Diamante's recent work in WOW and Ladies Night Out. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
To mark World AIDS Day, we examine how HIV affected sports in the early '90s, and talk to HIV prevention expert Erin Butler about why we seldom hear about HIV and sports today and how difficult it is to transmit the virus on the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field here on the Outsports Podcast Network on SB Nation. This week I enter the world of MMA, a world I know nothing about, and get educated and have some fun talking with Senior Editor of MMAJunkie Dave Doyle. In late October I was down in LA for the week and Dave was one of the guests I interviewed in person at my rental. We sat back, drank a few beers and spoke about how he got involved in MMA, growing up in Catholic private school and coming out. We also talk about him getting involved in the Aids Life Cycle (ALC), an annual ride between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Hear me say some incredibly stupid things while Dave educates me all while talking about a couple of fights in October. Want to know more about the ride, you can click this link: https://www.aidslifecycle.org/ You can follow Dave on twitter @davedoylemma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
British Olympic Race Walker Tom Bosworth shares his story with co-founder Cyd Zeigler, from his engagement to his recovery from deep depression and suicide attempt. Bosworth joins Cyd from Australia where he is training for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Travel back in time with Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb as they review the highlights from the past six episodes, plus a look at the news impacting the transgender community this holiday weekend, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What's this?! A Cub fan and a White Sox fan talking for 50 minutes with nary a single mention that the other team sucks? Yes, nary! Dogs and cats living together, etc... In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and White Sox fan Fritz Nothnagel (@fncomedy) imagine a time when Comiskey and Wrigley Field live together in perfect harmony. Ken and Fritz talk about Chicago's endlessly weird city baseball rivalry, compliment the Sox for (gasp!) signing a free agent before Spring Training, and thank the baseball gods for Hawk Harrelson's retirement. Never has the word "Mercy!" been so apropos. Twitter: @kenschultz_, @fncomedy Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's an Outsports Radio Network tag team effort this week as the Same Team podcast's Daniel Trainor joins Brian to run through NXT Takeover: Wargames and WWE Survivor Series. The wrestle boys discuss where NXT goes after winning the battle for "brand supremacy," why Daniel is fed up with The FIend, Adam Cole's in-ring brilliance and the rise of "Twitter Seth." Check out Daniel on the Same Team podcast every other Wednesday on the Outsports Radio Network and follow him on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow Brian on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kate Scott, on-air personality and play-by-play analyst for the Pac 12 Network, talks about her rise in the world of sports journalism, the challenges she's faced as an openly gay woman in the field, the lack of LGBTQ representation amongst her peers and why she relishes the chance to be a beacon of hope for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A special Thanksgiving Week podcast from Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, in which he talks with Olympian and out soccer phenom Robbie Rogers about his family, his experience at the Beijing Games, how he felt playing in the closet and his historic place in LGBT sports history, the Olympians who inspire him, as well as his favorite character from "Lord of the Rings." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Chardonnay Webb talk with award-winning TransGriot blogger and longtime transgender advocate Monica Roberts of Houston, Texas. We discuss TDoR, the custody court battle involving a trans girl in Dallas, the political potential that Texas could turn blue, the Rasmussen poll on trans athlete inclusion, racism with NCTE, the AFC South first-place Houston Texans and Battlestar Galactica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In podcast #5, Ken Schultz is joined by fellow Cub fan Sara Sanchez (Baseball Prospectus, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast). You might have noticed that this episode runs well over an hour. That's because Ken and Sara decided to discuss the many ways in which Willson Contreras rules and...well...that's what happens. And really, if we wanted to talk about every single aspect of Willson's awesomeness, this episode would end with the credit: "Directed by Peter Jackson." Other topics discussed: Yu Darvish/Christian Yelich twitter beef, Rob Manfred's hatred of minor league baseball, the horrific Gabe Kapler managerial hire, and the joy of keeping score. You can read Sara's excellent report on the Kapler story here: https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2019/11/13/20962562/gabe-kapler-questions-giants-new-manager Twitter: @kenschultz_, @BCB_Sara, @CuppaCubbieBlue Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"The New Classic" Billy Dixon (A Matter Of Pride, PTPW) joins the show this for a ki all about his experiences as a gay black wrestler . From his early days of feeling othered to his memorable and meaningful feud with Effy, Dixon has always been strong and vocal in his beliefs of what wrestling could, and should, be. From Bronx bodega brawls to intersectional critique, Dixon pulls no punches and leaves no tea unspilled! Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Near the 30th anniversary of "Paris Is Burning," we speak with Shemar Garcon, father of the House of Garcon's gulf coast region, about how he became a house father, how he recruits new competitors, why it separates cis and trans athletes, and how it's entering the athletic mainstream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before we talk about this episode I wanted to let you know about the episode I first heard about Haley. During Pride Month in June, she appeared on Same Team with Daniel Trainor and she went over her entire story. Check it out, it is definitely something worth listening too. Link is here: https://soundcloud.com/sameteampodcast/haley-videckis Now onto this episode. We split our one hour conversation talking a little bit about her college career, coming out and the lawsuit against Pepperdine University. The other half of the episode is talking about women's sports in general and the lack of coverage now but the hope for the future. Haley attended the ESPNW Sports Summit in October and we talk about what she saw while attending. Want to follow Haley, check her out on twitter at @HaleyVideckis Follow her on Instagram as well, see her two pups at https://www.instagram.com/HaleyVideckis/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For Trans Week, Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis talk with Caitlyn Jenner Foundation researcher Dr. Bethany Grace Howe of the University of Oregon about her study, the Oregon Ducks, and Jenner. They also discuss South Park, the Team Trans hockey match, Twitter trolls and trans athlete Chris Mosier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Brewers superfan John Egan (@brewersmoose on Twitter). There's Chicago/Milwaukee tension in the air and it tastes like Secret Stadium Sauce! Ken and John discuss Christian Yelich as MVP runner-up, despite surprisingly unanimous support from #CubsGayTwitter. Other topics include: Craig Counsell losing out on Manager of the Year and not giving a single toodly darn, the Astros' sign stealing scandal, and the eternal brilliance of Bob Uecker. Twitter: @kenschultz_, @johnegancomedy, @brewersmoose Insta: @kenthinguy, @johnegancomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fresh off their SHIMMER debut, Sophie King joins the show to discuss the unique beginnings of her love for pro wrestling, navigating the industry as a non-binary wrestler and why they stan RISE and SHIMMER so hard! The Heckboy is in the building! Follow Sophie King on Twitter: @SophieKingPW Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As a collegiate bowler at Penn State, Tim Culin-Cowells found himself as a bisexual man. We chat about bowling culture, why I haven't been able to get better as a bowler despite being in a league for three years, the uniting force of professional sports and the perverse complexity surrounding the concept of bisexuality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I return to the world of Women's professional hockey, this time speaking with a member of the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association. My guest this week is Canadian National Team member, Brianne Jenner. I was thankful for the PWHPA for putting me in touch with Brianne. The PWHPA was formed after the recent folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The folding happened at a time when the women were all gathered for the 2019 World Championships. Through the conversations that were had the PWHPA was formed. One of the biggest supporters of this group was tennis legend and women's and LGBT advocate Billie Jean King and we talk about what it was meant for her to be such the supporter. Have a listen and hear more from Brianne, her coming out, Olympics and what is the latest with the PWHPA. To find out where a showcase might be happening near you, follow on the PWHPA website at : http://pwhpa.com/ You can also follow the PWHPA on twitter at : https://twitter.com/pwhpa To follow Brianne specifically, you can follow her on twitter at : https://twitter.com/briannejenner You can follow me on social media at @LPFPod and my personal account at @randyblpf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Amini Fonua, the out Olympic swimmer who competed for Tonga, where being gay is illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karleigh and Dawn welcome former college volleyball athlete Chloe Psyche Anderson whose ambitions to play as the woman she is were frustrated by a university coach who's had his share of trouble in women's collegiate sports. Plus the news of the day, including the tragic passing of a beloved transgender advocate, and we share our love for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wrestling Twitter favorite Rachel Giuliani (@EffingBoring) joins Outsports' Brian Bell to unpack the NJPW's Power Struggle event and its Wrestle Kingdom 14 ramifications before diving into the deep end of the Golden Lovers lore pool, including the latest installment of Kenny's Quest on AEW Dynamite. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We speak with T. Cooper, director of the 2018 documentary "Man Made" — a film about trans male bodybuilders — and ask him why we see so few films about trans men or trans athletes in general, why he made the documentary and what he thinks of the current fight to allow transgender athletes in the USA Powerlifting Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I first heard about Scott Norton, a former Professional Bowler on the PBA tour, when Outsports wrote an article about his involvement in the first gay kiss on ESPN. Scott was out early in life and even while on the PBA tour but the media attention from the first gay kiss was way more than he expected. We talk all about his as well as what he is doing now. This month he is opening up his own Escape Room in Orange County, California and you can check it out here: https://www.nbnescaperooms.com/
Check out this article on Outsports about the first gay health. https://www.outsports.com/2013/1/1/4054128/espn-shows-pro-bowler-scott-norton-kissing-his-husband-after-victory
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In his inaugural episode of his new podcast, Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon about his memoir, "Beautiful On the Outside," his Olympic victories, his struggle coming out, what went on behind the scenes at the Games and why he was was not on Grindr when he was competing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For the first time since this week's breaking news, trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper speaks exclusively to Outsports about entering into mediation with the USA Powerlifting Association over her claim of discrimination, She is joined by Gender Justice legal director Jess Braverman. Karleigh has the latest news about NCAA conference athlete of the week Juniper Eastwood, and Dawn discusses the Texas case of a transgender girl that's stirred up so much vitriol against the trans community, especially targeting the affirming parents of trans children. And Karleigh and Dawn offer their thoughts on "Terminator Dark Fate." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this special World Series wrap-up episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and longtime Astros fan Zach Sims (New York Comedy Festival, On the Road with Gabe, Dan, and Zach) to put a bow on a thrilling World Series Game 7. Appropriately enough, Gerrit Cole doesn't make an appearance on this show either. Other topics include: AJ Hinch managing like he forgot how he won in 2017, Bregman/Altuve as a potential Tommy Boy reboot, and the pitching genius of Zack Greinke. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @alsozachsims Insta: @kenthinguy @alsozachsims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wrestling's rainbow road marches on as Boxing Scene and DAZN's Corey Erdman stops by to discuss WWE's latest trek to Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury's homophobic past, his work on the Kenny Omega documentary "Omega Man", the Jordan Myles t-shirt controversy and the state of digital and combat sports journalism. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow Corey Erdman on Twitter: @corey_erdman The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kevin DeMille, assistant women's basketball coach at George Washington University, discusses his professional rise in the sport, the time he spent inside the program at UConn, the power he has found in working within a progressive athletic department and how how he uses his sexuality as a means to relate to his players. Plus, the two of us veer into pop culture and argue about The West Wing, Friday Night Lights and The Politician! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the second episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian Adam Mamawala (Comedy Central, Away Games Podcast) to talk about the 2019 World Series. As an experiment, Ken and Adam record the first half after Game 2 and sound pretty excited about the Nationals' chances to pull off the upset of the decade. They then record the second half after Game 5 and sound...less so. It turns out that the 107-win Astros do, in fact, possess a few good players after all. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @adammamawala Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb bring you the latest news about a proposal to require transgender people to carry I.D. cards, trans cyclist Dr. Rachel McKinnon defends her world championship title, CeCé Telfer talks about being the first trans NCAA track and field champion and her future plans — including Tokyo 2020! — and we discuss the last trailer for the episode 9 in the Star Wars movie franchise: The Rise of Skywalker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The ring gets good and stuffy when Impact Wrestling's "Girl on Fire" Kiera Hogan joins the show to unpack her "Coming Out Party" advocacy tour during Bound For Glory weekend. From speaking to LGBTQ youth to attending and hosting her very first drag show, Hogan reflects on the weekend and how far she's come since coming out in June and announcing her relationship with fellow wrestler Diamante. The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Stephanie Lynn Wheeler, head coach of the Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team at the University of Illinois, and Andrew Gurza, a queer sex and disabilities podcaster, both discuss disabled athletes and sex using the 2012 film "Morgan" as a jumping off point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I had enough problems figuring out my own sexuality as a pre-teen and into my teen years, I could not imagine having to deal with gender issues. Especially in a time when we did not have so much information and peers at your fingertips. This episode I speak with English footballer Sammy Walker. Sammy knew at 4 that her outer appearance did not match who she knew she truly was. In this conversation we talk about growing up outside of England, playing football, being confused over sexuality with gender issues and so much more. Please give Sammy Walker a follow on twitter and Instagram, links below. https://twitter.com/No7Sammy https://www.instagram.com/no7sammy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb reflect on news of the week impacting transgender athletes and interview roller derby athlete Jessica Firinn of New London, Connecticut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, lovlies! Outsports' Brian Bell kicks off this journey into the humanity and celebration of LGBTQ pro wrestling by sitting down with his partner, KC, to discuss the good, the bad and gloriously gay of the current queer wrestling landscape. There's plenty of hope to be had, and we're going to find and highlight every ounce of it as we take our first steps down the king's rainbow road. Join us, won't you?. The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital. Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.
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Renegade professional wrestler EFFY talks about growing up in the South, how addiction drove him to the sport, the ways in which being openly LGBTQ has impacted his career, the viral promo he gave earlier this year and why he would never sign a contract with WWE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I first saw women play hockey in 1995 when the IIHF hosted the 1st Pacific Rim tournament in the rink I worked. National teams from Canada, China, Japan and the United States. While Canada would win that tournament my love and support for women's hockey would grow from there. This week my guest is the Executive Director of the National Women's Hockey Players Association, Anya Packer. We started the conversation about how she became a fan of the sport, her playing career as well as her role now. Being an LGBT podcast we obviously also talk about her coming out, her struggles with mental health and how her team helped her in the coming out process. The photo is of Anya (On the right) and her wife Madison on the left. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted on October 8, 2019. There are stats that report that there are about 11% of tackle football players are women. While youth football continues to decline, more and more girls are playing the sport. This week I am talking to Holly Custis. Holly has spent over 14 years playing tackle football, playing both sides of the ball and most positions. We spoke a few weeks ago about her coming out, growing up playing sports and finally playing the sport that she fell in love with as a kid. Some other mentions are 49ers Pride, the great Niner teams of the 80's and 90's and where she sees women's football going in the future. I hope you enjoy this episode with Holly as she speaks about the most popular sport in the US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted October 1, 2019. This week's episode is my talk with NJ Devils and Prudential Center employee Joe Altenau. I first heard about Joe when he wrote an article for Outsports.com where he spoke about his coming out, how the Pulse nightclub shooting affected him and the call with the You Can Play organization gave him hope. This episode we talk about his cross country and track and field career in college at George Washington University. Joe has also been fortunate to work at the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics and that helped him get hired on for the New Jersey Devils/Prudential Center. Joe's team recently worked the 2019 VMA's and we talk about his experience with that, seeing live performances by Taylor Swift, Lizzo and Shawn Mendez and Camila Cabello among others. https://www.outsports.com/2017/1/3/14148656/gay-new-jersey-devils-joe-altenau Follow on twitter: @joealtenau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted September 24, 2019. I have wanted to talk with Richard Morris for a while but scheduling issues, mainly with me, prevented that chat from happening. A week and a half ago we finally sat down and spoke via Skype for a chat that went through fencing, getting started in auto racing and eventually how a conversation with SportsMedia LGBT founder Jon Holmes helped form Racing Pride UK.
I hope you enjoy our chat, follow Richard and Racing Pride UK at the links below. Richard Morris Twitter - @RichardMRacing Instagram - @richardmorrisracing Racing Pride UK Twitter - @racingprideuk Instagram - @racingprideuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted on September 17, 2019. I have followed Micah for a while on social media and was excited to get him on as a guest on the show. Not only does he have a life that is unique to some as a man who came out in his late 30's after being married for years with two children. He was also a high school coach where he worked with his wife at the time. His coming out has been a long process, even managing to get through his own decision to try gay conversion therapy with his pastor at a local church. I love how his coming out has helped students and others he has worked with, not just with sexual identity but with other common teen problems. We wrap up our time together talking about his involvement with the awesome group "You Can Play". I hope you enjoy this week's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I got together with Athena Del Rosario a few weeks ago in our local library and had a discussion about her life. Transitioning in the 90's was tough without doctors and the internet but Athena found a way to start the process before seeing her first doctor. After the 2008 recession, Athena used a short stint in the adult film industry to help pay for her transition. She would return to college in her late twenties and return to sports. During the podcast we do spend about 10 minutes doing free advertising for the beautiful UC-Santa Cruz campus (Go Banana Slugs) and we talk about her involvement with the potential olympic sports, Beach Handball. Enjoy our conversation. Like, share and retweet and share our conversation. Please rate and review to help spread the love on Apple Podcast. Check out Athena on twitter at @MsGoalieQueen. Follow her on Instagram at @athenajgk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome back to another episode of my podcast. This week's guest was ranked number 1 for years in doubles, won 17 Grand Slam titles, 2 gold medals and now starts a campaign to help Puerto Rico get statehood. Tired of being property of the United States, Gigi and millions of others are beginning a new campaign to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico. In this episode we talk about growing up in PR, her early tennis success, coming out, partnering with greats like Martina Navratilova, gold medal wins and of course many Grand Slam doubles titles. Reaching number 1 in doubles and as high as 17 in singles Gigi definitely had a successful tennis career. Special appearance by Gigi's wife Jane Geddes. Jane is a former player on the LPGA tour, was a VP with the WWE and is currently The Legends Tour CEO. All this and more on this weeks episode. Follow Gigi on twitter to keep up to date with what she is doing. https://twitter.com/gigifernandez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted August 27, 2019. First of all so sorry for my voice during the intro and outro, recorded while sick. I loved talking tennis this week, especially as we begin the US Open the night before the release and Brian Vahaly was a rad guest. During our one hour conversation, which was recorded while his boys slept and he was outside, we speak about his playing days. Part of that conversation includes his junior days, college days at University of Virginia as well as his ATP career. Unfortunately injuries cut his professional time short. He eventually returns to the game and joins the USTA board where this past Thursday created the first official US Open pride event, Love All : An Open Conversation. You can check out the Facebook Live event here:
https://www.facebook.com/usopentennis/videos/522344351850298/ You can find Brian over on Instagram at @bvahaly If you have feedback please reach out to me on twitter or Instagram at @LPFPod, on facebook at :https://www.facebook.com/LPFpod/ or via email at levelplayingfieldpod@gmail.com. Really love to hear feedback about the episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As a kid my family would all go and watch great USA vs USSR volleyball matches and from there I fell in love with the sport. This week I host my second person involved in volleyball when I speak with Oklahoma Assistant volleyball coach Jake Barreau. After we talk about Jake coming out and his volleyball coaching we talk about a few other things important to him. First being his wonderful husband Hunter and their marriage. I also ask about his involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters and his own "Little",Ian. We end our conversation talking about a Norman, Oklahoma non-profit Among Friends that Jake and Hunter are involved with and how Among Friends helps adults who have additional needs. During my intro I also ask for people to donate to Among Friends via their facebook donation page, and you can get to the page by following this link: www.AmongFriendsNorman.org You can also follow Among Friends on twitter at: https://twitter.com/AmongFriendsOK You want to follow Jake on social media, you can do it on twitter and instagram at:
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Originally posted August 13, 2019. Spoke with Dale the first week of July and spoke for a while. Covering his life as a baseball umpire from his teen years to his retirement from Major League Baseball. It is my first time talking baseball on the podcast and had a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy my time with Dale I am changing the format a little bit this week to get future episodes under 1 hour, look for Dale's final 15 questions over on my you tube page later this week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhm52ZrhoXDu8JcdTMBMeg?view_as=subscriber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Re-Releasing this episode from my pre-Outsports day. The new season starts with former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan. Ryan grew up in Redding, California. After impressing some coaches he ended up playing college ball at Cal. We talk about all of that plus spending time with the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. Throughout his time in the NFL he struggled to come to terms with his sexuality all while becoming addicted to pain pills, pills that were prescribed to him by NFL teams. This episode we do get a little dark and talk about Ryan's suicidal thoughts and depression. What we touch on in this episode can be read about in detail with his new book 'My Life on the Line'. The book comes out on September 3rd. Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or wherever you get your books. You can follow Ryan on Instagram at: @ocallaghanryan You can also follow Ryan and his new foundation, the Ryan O'Callaghan Foundation on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanocallaghanfoundation/ Thank you to Cal Football for hosting us as we chat in one of their video team rooms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A few weeks ago I was fortunate to sit down with three members of the Inclusive rugby club from Chicago, the Dragons. Tony, Bob and Jack spent about an hour talking about all things Dragons. We manage to fit in conversations about the 15's, 7's and beach sides. We spoke about their sponsorship and fundraising efforts as well as some of the people that play a part in the Chicago Dragons. Check them out on twitter at @ChiDragonsRFC On Instagram at @chidragonsrfc Hope you enjoy this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Extremely happy to have Jon Holmes, from Sky Sports and SportsMedia LGBT as my last guest of the season. We talk about his growing up, coming out and how he got started in journalism. We then talk about so much, some of the links are listed below. Jon on twitter @jonboy79 Jon on Instagram @jonhholmes sportsmedialgbt.com/ Racing Pride on instagram @racingprideUK Joe White from 3Lions on twitter @JoeyWh1te Di Cunningham on twitter @di_ceee The episode of The Gay footballer podcast with Gary Ginnaw:anchor. fm/tgfootballerspodcast/episodes/Gary-Ginnaw-e4bvcc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Over a month ago Andy Brennan came out on Instagram telling the world that he was gay. What is so surprising to me is that it was less than a year that he really accepted who he was. This episode we talk about growing up in Australia with a loving family, playing sports and continuing to progress in his football career. We spoke late last week, and this is coming out only a few short days from recording and right before he scored his first goal and tying the game right before the half. Gully would finish strong and ended up winning this weekend. Congrats to Andy and the team. Thank you also goes to Matt Johnson for providing the photos for this episode here and on social media. I enjoyed my chat with Andy and I hope you enjoy listening. He is a great guy so make sure you follow him on his socials listed below. You can find Andy on twitter and Instagram at @AndyBrennan36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When I first heard about Luke Tuffs I knew I wanted to get him on the podcast. Between his humor and willingness to be open and honest, he made it a great chat. I loved learning about Luke's early life, transitioning from player to coach. How he splits time between his new 1st Team manager position with Knaphill FC and continuing to be the Academy Manager at Pulse Chertsey Football Academy. I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Luke. Please like and share on social media. Links below to social media for Luke. Luke Tuffs on twitter: @luketuffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted June 18, 2019. When I first started this podcast I knew my next guest was a lofty goal and to have achieved the opportunity to chat with this Bay Area media person was rad. We talk about growing up in Fresno & Clovis, California. Her decision to attend Cal, her first date, working at KNBR (and accidentally coming out on air) and working at the Pac 12 network. With all that, we even found time to talk about 49er Pride and the Women's World Cup. I hope you enjoy this episode with Kate Scott. You can follow her on twitter and instagram at @katetscott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Originally posted June 11, 2019. As a fan myself of interview/storytelling type podcasts myself, this episodes guest is near the top of favorites for me. I hope you enjoy my interview with former Canadian Olympic speed skater and current host of a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) podcast called 'Players Own Voice. You might find it odd I am plugging another podcast in my own episode but Anastasia does an amazing job on POV. I hope you enjoy my interview with Anastasia on the 11th of June and then head on over to ITunes or where ever you get your podcasts for the season 2 premier of Players Own Voice on June 12. During our time together we talk about her beginnings in Speed Skating, of course realizing who she is while growing up. We talk about the importance of athletes coming out, not only to help their own well being but also to help others. An example of this is her story meeting the gay Canadian former Olympic Swimmer and champion Mark Tewksbury. Story can be found here is you want to give it a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mark-tewksbury-on-progress-problems-in-olympic-movement/id1431923171?i=1000428207109
I am seriously a huge fan of her and her own show, please check it out. Links below: Twitter: https://twitter.com/anastasure Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anastasure/?hl=en Players Own Voice on ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/players-own-voice/id1431923171?mt=2 Photo used for this podcast was taken from the internet and used to advertise her own podcast on CBC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former collegiate basketball player Haley Videckis and her girlfriend Layana White sued Pepperdine University for anti-gay discrimination, blazing a trail for LGBTQ athletes' rights. Videckis talks about the difficulty of that journey, the life she was forced to forfeit and why activism is now at the forefront of her mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ian Roberts came out in the mid 90's, it was a time that I was personally struggling with my own sexuality. So seeing him come out while STILL playing was a huge moment for me. I hope you enjoy this episode! Here is my original episode note:
If you would have told 19 year old me that one day I would be speaking to rugby player and sex symbol Ian Roberts I would have told you that you had a screw loose. Never thought this would have happened but reaching out on twitter and some texts later we set up this interview. Ian is a wonderful person and I told him I feared talking to him because I was afraid my image of him would be knocked down a bit but after talking to him for over an hour a few weeks ago my admiration and appreciation have gone even higher. He is someone I hope I get to meet in real life one day. I hope you enjoy our chat where we discuss his sexuality, coming out to family and friends, his teammates and eventually the world. He called it the worse kept secret in rugby but I think it even caught him off guard how big a moment that was, especially for me. Sorry for bringing up his body more than I ever have a previous guess but the sex symbol thing for me was big. He is wonderful and I truly hope you appreciate what he has to say.
Check out this article on outsports about Ian and his coming out: https://www.outsports.com/2019/10/7/20902382/the-rugger-who-came-out-while-still-playing-ian-roberts-is-todays-lgbtq-sports-history-maker You can also follow Ian on twitter at @didiforget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome back to another episode of LPFPod:Rugby Edition. This episode I spoke with two members of the Jozicats, a South African gay/inclusive rugby team. I was able to speak with one of the founding members of the club Mpumelelo 'Puma' Khuzwayo and the Touch side manager Jason Rogers. From the opening moment I knew I was going to have a great time with this two. While talking about race and LGBTQ issues in South Africa to start we do manage to get in some laughs as we talk about the founding of the club, the touch and contact side of the club, a future program for beginners as well as some Rugby World Cup talk at the end. I hope you enjoy this episode and learn about the Jozicats. Puma and Jason are great and hope I get a chance to meet them at next years Bingham Cup in Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I reached out to Kirk a few weeks ago and was excited for him to say yes. We spoke on a Monday night a few weeks ago and I enjoyed our conversation. During the 1 hour or so we chatted we covered a lot as we talked about his life. From growing up in southern California during the 70's and 80's, learning at a young age that he loved the experiencing of coaching the sports just as much as playing. Over his softball coaching career that started at UCLA while attending the school, he would move into a head coaching career at Oregon State. While there he was successful in building a strong program as well as building an amazing family. He explained how he ended back at UCLA as an assistant coach. Throughout our conversation you get a sense of the love, passion and appreciation he has for women in sports and specifically softball. During our chat Kirk mentions a couple of groups currently on facebook you could join for players and coaches in college sports. Reach out to him with the email address he mentions during our chat. Below you can find some links as well to find him on the social networks. I am also including a link to the UCLA Softball Instagram page. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirk.walker.52
Instagram: @kirkwalker23
Twitter: @KirkWalker23 UCLA Softball Instagram :@UCLASoftball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BBC reporter and commentator Jack Murley talks about growing up in Cornwall, the path to finding himself through his work and the strength he finds in being an openly gay man in his field of work...all before totally geeking out on professional wrestling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to this week's episode where I speak with Vassar College graduating senior, Nick Lee. Nick and I had a great conversation where we touched on a range of topics from sports as child, mental health (which included topics like Anxiety, Depression and Self Harm). After coming out as a junior in High school we end up focusing on a lot of time at Vassar College on the tennis team, in class as well as the many ways Vassar College and the athletic department are welcoming to LGBT students. I hope you enjoy this chat with Nick, he was a pleasure to talk with and learned a lot from him. Enjoy Reach him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicklee.aka.licknee/ Here are some of the articles he has written at Outsports: Coming Out - https://www.outsports.com/2018/6/11/17447078/nick-lee-vassar-tennis-gay-coming-out Mental Health and being gay - https://www.outsports.com/2018/7/24/17596304/athletes-gay-mental-health-nick-lee-vassar Being Out - A new feature at Outsports.com - https://www.outsports.com/2019/5/16/18524501/being-out-nick-lee-gay-tennis-player Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to my latest Rugby Edition episode. This episode I speak with Matt Carter, a founder of the new IGR team South London Stags. After a short introduction of who Matt is we jump in and start talking about the movie that he wrote, directed and is currently editing "In From The Side". We then talk about how resources for the film helped a group of guys create the South London Stags. I personally love the kit, logo and can't wait to get my own top. Holding you to your word, Matt. The photo used for this episode shows how fast this club is growing. Here are some links to all the important socials for the film and the South London Stags. In From The Side Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/InFromTheSide/ Instagram : @infromtheside South London Stags Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SouthLondonStagsRFC/ Instagram : @southlondonstagsrfc Twitter : @slsrfc And finally here is a link to the article I referenced at Boner Magazine, basically because I wanted to write Boner in my show notes. https://bonermagazine.com/gay-rugby-south-london-stags/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former Team USA gymnast Josh Dixon talks about his unique family upbringing, coming out during his time at Stanford, competing at the Olympic Trials, how he learned to bounce back from professional setback and why he's decided to pivot into a life of politics and social activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reposting my older episodes on the new Outsports Podcast Network. This episode is where I really started my education on what it means to be a trans athlete. My guest this episode is World Champion Dr. Rachel McKinnon. As with every episode we talk about her athletic career began. Coming out as a trans person means coming out so many ways and we talk about what it meant with Rachel. Along the way we talk some science, at the time a recent ruling on Caster Semenya and so much more. You can follow Rachel on twitter at @rachelvmckinnon Please also follow my podcast on twitter and instagram at @lpfpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to the first edition of LPFPod:Rugby! Every other Thursday I will be introducing you to a club from IGRugby. My first Rugby episode is with the Chairman of Union Cup 2019, Richie Fagan. Richie is a member of the the IGRugby club, Emerald Warriors, out of Dublin, Ireland. We learn a little bit about Richie before we jump straight into talking about the bid process to host, what to expect when you arrive and the benefits of hosting in Ireland this year. Here are some links to get more info about this episode. https://unioncupdublin.ie/ Twitter: @unioncuprugby Emerald Warriors : https://ewrfc.ie/ IGRugby http://www.igrugby.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I am so thankful for my time with Community Outreach and Special Events coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Noel Guevara. Living in California early on life Noel was able to participate in dance and Soccer. When her and her family moved to Arizona and she was growing in soccer she left dance and went to play soccer while balancing a school schedule and family life. Noel was fortunate to play for her high school team, her club team as well as spend some time with the Mexican National team U20 team. After graduating from Northern Arizona University, she got a job with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Organizing the first DBacks Pride Night, creating a program for young girls to Play ball. I hope you enjoy this episode with Noel. Here are some links of some of the things we talk about in this episode. https://www.outsports.com/2017/6/22/15858054/diamondbacks-pride-night-gay-noel-guevara https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/community/youth-sports/girls-play-ball https://www.instagram.com/naguevara/ https://twitter.com/noelguevara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tadd Fujikawa, the first openly gay male professional golfer, talks about being the youngest person to ever compete at the US Open at the age of 15, how mental health struggles have impacted his life and career, why he chose to come out on Instagram last year and what it's like living as a gay man in the deep South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ALERT: We do touch on depression and suicide on this episode, please do not listen if this takes you to a dark place. Please reach out to your countries suicide help lines if you need help. We have an open and honest conversation and if you do listen I hope this benefits you in some way. Trevor Project (USA and Canada) – Our trained counselors are here to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline now at 1-866-488-7386. Samaritans (UK) – Whatever you’re going through, call us free any time, from any phone, on 116 123. I had an amazing conversation with Brock. Not only was I able to talk hockey for the first time on the podcast but Brock was able to talk a lot about his experience as a closeted gay man in hockey. The common use of derogatory terms for gay people being used in the locker room is one of the things that kept him in the closet for as long as he did even though his parents and brother were loving and accepting before and after he came out. There is a disclaimer here that we do talk about mental health and touch on suicide, if this is something that might cause you issues I highly recommend you do not listen. However, if you can listen, Brock does a great job talking about how he dealt with anxiety, depression and how he hid his sexuality. If you want to reach out and/or follow him on social media, you can follow him here: Instagram : @brockmcgillis33 Twitter : @brock_mcgillis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode is a little different than the others. I start out learning about Coco, towards the end we talk predictions for this years NBA Playoffs and end with my usual Final 20 questions. Coco is so sweet and a lot of fun to talk with. We talk coming out to her family as pansexual AND the Queen of the Court. We talk all about her YouTube channel that you can find below. We also talk about her attending her first Toronto Raptors game in drag. This 6'6 queen with heels did not disappoint at the game and looked fierce. Find out who we predict will win it all and that starts in the 29th minute, or skip that and go to my Final 20 questions at the 1:02 market. Hope you enjoy listening to Coco as much as I loved talking with her. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVNGunZYTGuJxdnKgJPcNZA Instagram : @courtqueencoco Twitter : @CourtQueenCoco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Strongman competitor Rob Kearney talks about being openly gay in a hyper masculine sport, how he came to find out he could lift really heavy things, the recent controversy surrounding drug use in the sport and why he and his new husband have chosen to be so public with their relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to episode number 7 of my podcast where I interview LGBTQ sports personalities. This week I had the pleasure of welcoming former NCAA wrestler and current SGA President Elect for UMKC, Justice Horn. We talked about him growing up in a family of athletes and playing high school football and wrestling. Moving to college wrestling after a number of concussions. We also talked moving to politics after wanting to accomplish something more after a teammate on the wrestling team unexpectedly died. Justice is a hard working guy and dedicated to making the lives of others better. I hope you enjoy this episode. Go ahead and follow Justice on twitter at @JusticeHorn_ and on Instagram at @justicehorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to episode 6 of Level Playing Field. This week I interview a soccer player who talks about his faith, his soccer and coming out as bisexual to his family, friends, team and Christian college. We talk sexuality and the church, coming out, church and end up talking about what he is doing next. Hope you enjoy this episode with soccer player Andrew Ford Special thanks to the management team for musician Troye Sivan who let me use his music in a small part of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Team USA ice dancer Joe Johnson talks about his unique childhood in Colorado, his journey to the national stage, becoming the first openly LGBTQ dance team with partner Karina Manta, how being honest about his sexuality allowed him to live his most authentic life and why the concept of visibility is so vitally important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode I welcome Canadian volleyball player Chris Voth to the podcast. From his coming out story, playing Volleyball for the Canadian national team, playing overseas. Having a team not sign him because he is gay. Chris has accomplished a lot and we had a great conversation. I hope you enjoy this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former collegiate swimmer Alec Reitzel discusses his religious upbringing in rural North Carolina, how a career-ending injury helped him out of the closet, the trip to Europe that changed his life and how he came to propose to his boyfriend at an improv show in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This episode I welcome University of Minnesota track and field athlete Kaitlyn Long. We talk about her being adopted, her Christian faith and how she dealt with her coming to terms with her bisexuality. We also spend a lot of time talking about Track and FIeld. I really enjoyed my time with her and hope you do as well. Thank you @kaitlynlong34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I was so happy to have Olympian Tom Bosworth on my podcast. Love that he took a chance on my podcast before it even came out. You can follow Tom on twitter at @tombosworth Instagram @tombosworth Follow his dog Jessica at @jessicathedog8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On March 12th I released two episodes to start my new podcast. Growing up I always loved the Olympics, both summer and winter. With the winter olympics figure skating always took a lot of the coverage. It was an honor and a privilege to have Canadian Olympic figure skater, Eric Radford as one of the first guests. This is one of 4 interviews I would do the weekend before I aired my first podcast episode. So thankful for the early guests that took a chance on a podcast that had not launched, also VERY thankful for Eric Radford allowing me to use one of his songs as my theme song for the first season of the podcast. In this episode we spoke about his early years and how it was filled with music and figure skating. We talk about a career in figure skating that started out not being accepting of homosexuality. Throughout the years Eric continued to have success and ended his Olympic career winning multiple medals. We end the conversation with what is up next for Eric. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When I finalized my plans for my podcast I knew my first guest had to be Cyd. I found Outsports.com in 2000, i am a bisexual male struggling to fit into any group of people. Reading Cyd's writings, being a part of the Outsports community and continuing to hear the amazing coming out stories that they were telling made me feel like was a part of something. In this episode we talk about how Cyd and Jim met, the founding of Outsports and some of the bigger stories that Cyd has told. It is funny to listen to where LPFPod first began, thankful for all of the guests that I have had and looking forward to where I am going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Professional wrestler Anthony Bowens talks about the prominence of LGBTQ talent on the independent wrestling scene, how he transitioned from coming out as bisexual to coming out as gay earlier this year, why getting to WWE is still the goal and the power he finds in being so open and public in his relationship with his boyfriend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nick McCarvel, a journalist who covers everything from tennis to figure skating, talks about growing up in a religious family in Montana, how he got into journalism, the lack of openly gay men's tennis players on tour, what it's like covering the Olympics and how straight allies may hold the keys for unlocking acceptance for LGBTQ athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Peter Lovins, director of legal affairs for the Columbus Blue Jackets, talks about growing up as a gay Mormon in Alaska, the professional journey that took him across the country, what it means to be a lawyer for a professional sports team and why the Blue Jackets once had a mascot that looked like a penis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former professional soccer player Matt Pacifici came out to the world via an Instagram post featuring a photo of he and his boyfriend. Pacifici talks about the process behind that decision, the career-ending injury that led him to this moment and why he doesn't apologize for doing things his own way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fred Rosser (aka Darren Young), the first openly gay wrestler in WWE, talks about his journey to come out of the closet, the reaction from his fellow wrestlers in the locker room, how Vince McMahon responded, the transition he made after being let go by the company and his plan to get back in the ring full-time in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
David Palumbo, executive board member of the You Can Play Project, talks about the genesis of the organization, working with the National Hockey League and other professional sports leagues, the influence of straight allies and all the work that's still to be done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former Butler University linebacker Xavier Colvin talks about growing up with a dad in the NFL, coming out of the closet in front of his entire team, the support he found from his coaching staff and teammates and why he's made the decision to move on from his life in football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eric Radford, three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion in figure skating, talks about his wild adolescence as an athlete in Canada, the decision to come out at the peak of his career, how his two Olympic experiences dramatically contrasted each other and why his professional focus has shifted to winning an Oscar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay male Division I college basketball player, talks about his personal coming out journey, the struggle of being accepted by his teammates, finding his place in the world of collegiate athletics and why his sights are now set on Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tony Paul from the Detroit News talks about his decision to come out on live television, his time at Michigan State and the culture of sports journalism in Detroit. Plus, I yell at him about the Emmys and Friday Night Lights! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eric Lueshen, former openly gay kicker at the University of Nebraska, talks about his experience as a Husker, the program's decision to hire homophobe Ron Brown as director of player development and the work he's doing now to make sure athletic departments are more welcoming and accessible to LGBTQ athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jake Atlas talks about his meteoric rise in the world of professional wrestling, being openly gay in the sport, a crushing injury that nearly derailed his career, appearing on CBS' "Undercover Boss" with Stephanie McMahon and plans he has for the future of his career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Play-by-play analyst and journalist Matt Lichenstadter discusses his decision to come out as bisexual, the specific challenges of his journey, LGBTQ representation in the media and what it was like growing up as a Jacksonville Jaguars fan in Philadelphia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During part two of the discussion with Parrow, he expands upon his career as a gay professional wrestler, why more opportunities for LGBTQ wrestlers don't exist, WWE's place in the modern wrestling landscape and, perhaps most importantly, his upcoming wedding! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During part 1 of the discussion with professional wrestler Parrow, he talks about being gay during the sport's current renaissance, how starting as a collegiate football player influenced his career and the responsibility he feels to impact and influence a younger generation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jessica Platt, the first transgender player in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, talks about her upbringing, the personal journey to finding her true self, being a trailblazer for LGBTQ sports rights and the work that needs to be done moving forward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex Reimer, radio personality and writer for WEEI in Boston, joins the show to talk about his ascent through the ranks, appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a kid, sports culture in Boston and his notorious suspension for calling Tom Brady's daughter an "annoying little pissant" on air Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cyd Zeigler, co-founder of Outsports, joins Same Team for its inaugural episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chicago-area schoolteacher Andres Bauhs has a goal — to attend a game at all 130 FBS (Division I-A) college football stadiums across the country. At 65 stadiums and counting, he's halfway there. His husband of five years, Olin, travels with him on most weekends, filling the role of dutiful videographer. Bauhs talks about the great traditions of college football but also what being gay means to his travels. "Being gay and tackling this quest has been an awkward experience for me at times," he says. "Certain locations we descend upon make it challenging to perform a simple action like holding hands."
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San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers is a pro football pioneer. This season, she will become the NFL’s second full-time assistant female coach. She will also become the league’s first openly LGBT coach, male or female.
“No matter what you do in life, one of the most important things is to be true to who you are,” Sowers, openly lesbian, told Outsports when asked why she is discussing her sexual orientation publicly for the first time. “There are so many people who identify as LGBT in the NFL, as in any business, that do not feel comfortable being public about their sexual orientation.
We talk with Rebecca Fernandez, a friend of Sowers and herself a pro football player.
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For years people have tried to offer answers about why there aren't more publicly out gay professional athletes in the big men's sports. One of the reasons given by people in sports and in the media is that they will suddenly be subjected to horrible treatment by fans and opposing players. Yet this week English soccer referee Ryan Atkin came out publicly as gay saying, "People don't shout at you any louder because of your sexuality." That completely contradicts the fearmongering that so many people are engaged in surrounding coming out in sports. We dive into the realities of this.
Also, Major League Baseball wasted no time suspending Oakland A's player Matt Joyce for directing a gay slur at a game last week. Joyce has offered an apology and he accepted responsibility. Are suspensions an important part of tackling homophobic language in sports, or are they an arcane idea best substituted by "education"?
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Outsports has been credentialed to cover Super Bowls and NFL games, Final Fours, the MLS Cup, MLB games, USOC events and even the ESPYs. But we were denied a credential by the St. Louis Cardinals to cover Christian Day, where the featured speaker was former player Lance Berkman, who campaigned against an LGBT rights bill in Houston. It turns out that the Cardinals hid behind a nonexistent Major League Baseball policy on credentialing websites. We discuss what happened and why.
We also look at the NHL's curious decision to hold its draft next year in Texas, even as the state deabtes an anti-transgender bill.
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Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Shawn Barber came out as gay on Facebook in a brief post and then basically said nothing about it for weeks. Recently, when asked about coming out, he said: “It’s something that shouldn’t be a big deal,” Barber said, right after winning the Canadian championships. It’s a personal choice, it shouldn’t be so heavily debated."
A recent column ignited a debate that we will weigh into. We discuss whether being an openly gay athlete should mean anything and what responsibilties, if any, such athletes have.
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With the news that Scott Frantz of the Kansas State University football team is openly gay, there will be five openly gay players in college football this season. All five players have come out publicly this year, itself very notable. Stories about openly gay football players — high school, college or pros — used to be very rare and to have five come out in the span of six months (all of them accepted on their teams) shows a momentum not seen before. We discuss what this all means, and just how real Frantz's chances are right now of making it to the NFL.
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Dave Doyle has been writing about MMA Fighting for major publications as long as just about anybody. Now a staff writer for SB Nation's MMAFighting.com and a columnist for Yahoo! Sports, Doyle wants to talk about being gay in an MMA fighting world that seems to take pride in being very, very straight.
We delve into Doyle's personal life as well as his professional life as a once-closeted MMA writer. Plus we tackle his writing about transgender fighter Fallon Fox and how he feels about not being public about his sexual orientation as a member of the LGBT community got hammered by many in the MMA world for daring to dip her toe in their world.
Doyle opens up about his life experiences in both personal and professional ways.
Coming out publicly is just about the most powerful thing an LGBT person can do to advance acceptance of the entire community, and we're proud of Doyle for reaching out to Outsports to share his personal experiences on a very personal, yet very professional, journey.
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Ryan O'Callaghan this week became only the 11th NFL player in history to come out as gay as he told his story to Outsports about how he planned on killing himself as soon as his career ended. Fortunately, his life was saved by the intervention of some very special people.
We also will talk with Austin Hodges, a 19-year-old college student who played high school football in rural Texas and also danced with the drill team at halftime of games. Austin found refuge and a subsitutute family through high school sports.
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It was a shocking move when the World OutGames canceled their event in Miami the day of the opening ceremony just two weeks ago. It left thousands of athletes looking for answers and the worldwide LGBT community wondering what the future is for these large-scale LGBT sporting events. With the Gay Games set for Paris in 2018, we talk about what happened with the OutGames and the future of these kinds of events.
Tennis legend Margaret Court recently weighed in again on LGBT rights, sparking angry and upset responses from people in the tennis world and the LGBT community. What does it mean for Court's standing in the tennis world? And what happens to any athlete's reputation when they publicly share homophobic and other anti-LGBT personal opinions?
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In an NHL playoff game last week, Ryan Getzlaf got made at a referee and called him a "." Getzlaf was fined $10,000 for language the NHL called "demeaning and disrespectful." But he was not suspended a game as was the case a year earlier when Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks called a referee a "faggott."
To us, both terms are homophobic, so why the discrepancy in penalties? We discuss this with Chris Hine, Blackhawks beat writer for the Chicago Tribune and himself gay.
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This week saw two stars of their respective sports tie the knot in same-sex weddings. Diana Taurasi of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury married Penny Taylor, her former teammate with whom she won multiple WNBA titles. "I would hope people would be happy for two people that love each other,” Taylor said. “At the end of the day, it's pretty simple." Also this weekend, Abby Wambach, the U.S. women's soccer legend, announced she has gotten married to a woman. And last week, Olympic diver Tom Daley married his longtime boyfriend.
We look at how the legalization of same-sex marriage has empowered LGBT athletes.
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When ESPN announced a series of layoffs last week, there was no shortage of speculation as to why the "Worldwide Leader in Sports" was suddenly short on cash. One theory said that the network had become too politically "liberal," and that ESPN's embrace of gay athletes and LGBT issues was a major reason people were suddenly tuning out the network. Specifically, some critics pointed to the network showing Michael Sam's "Draft kiss" over and over and over again. Do they have a point? We discuss.
A really neat story has come out of Spokane, Wash., this week of a top NHL prospect who has two moms and isn't afraid to show it. Jaret Anderson-Dolan will be selected in this June's NHL Draft; He's currently projected to go in rounds 1-3, and with seven rounds, he will be drafted. He opened up about his two lesbian moms, and also about putting Pride Tape on his hockey stick to support his moms and other LGBT people. His team followed suit. That's leadership.
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When Olympian and World Champion Shawn Barber decided to come out publicly, he took to his Facebook page in the early hours of the morning and wrote a brief post saying he's "gay and proud" and thanking his family for support.
Then... silence. No media interviews about his announcement. No statement to the press from his agent. No more social-media messages about, well, anything. It was so eerily silent that we at Outsports felt compelled to verify that he wrote the message before we wrote about it. We did... and he did.
While so many people talk about big announcements and press conferences, this is just yet another way for an athlete to come out publicly, sharing the news of his sexual orientation before he's comfortable sharing his complete story.
As we approach Pride Month, we listed 11 MLB teams that are hosting LGBT Pride events in June and several more that are doing so over the spring and summer. It's great to see these events, but what does it say about teams that aren't hosting events like this?
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Josh Velasquez and Axel Reed are two swimmers in college who each had a secret -- they were gay. Through their close bond, the two friends came out to each other and have become each other's rock. They write about the importance of friendship when coming out. "Swimmers have a special connection, and that was the reason we clicked," they write in a co-bylined essay on Outsports.
We talk with Josh and Axel about their journies and what it means to have a best friend with whom who can share your most intimate thoughts.
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It's widely accepted in society that people aren't supposed to "out" gay people against their will. Being "different" is a secret that only the gay, lesbian or bisexual person can decide to share in their own time and in their own way.
Yet there are various examples of people outing transgender people, as though trans people don't deserve the same opportunity to choose for themselves when they share their most intimate and personal secrets about their identity. We saw it with Grantland's infamous article about 'Dr. V's magical putter,' and it was again front-and-center on this week's episode of 'Survivor.' While the latter has little connectdion to sports, what transpired on the show -- with a gay man outing a transgender man -- taught a lesson with repercussions far beyond a far-off island with a bunch of contestants.
We talk about the misunderstandings many people have about being transgender, and the idea that trans people must automatically be out or they are, as we have heard far too often, "deceiving" people around them.
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Now that the NCAA is allowing North Carolina to once again bid on hosting championship events, we look at what this says about the organization's views of LGBT people. Was the HB2 repeal bill in North Carolina just a scam and has the NCAA ever been an ally of the LGBT community.
Regardless of what happens with North Carolina, visibility is the key to helping LGBT people achieve equality. It's something we deal with daily at Outsports with coming out stories. We share some of our favorite coming out stories.
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It is impossible to separate sports frim LGBT rights. The biggest news was the passing of HB2 in North Carolina, the so-called "bathroom bill" that would discriminate against transgender people. After passage of the bill, the NCAA stripped North Carolina of several championship events, while the NBA moved the All-Star Game out of Charlotte. Now comes word that the Democratic governor and Republican legislaure have reached a deal on HB2 to win the NCAA's favor. But is the compromise good for LGBT people?
We also look at Texas, which is considering a similar bill.
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When Nico Hines of The Daily Beast issued a statement earlier this week about outing gay Olympians last summer in Rio, it was met largely with a pretty loud collective rolling of the eyes. The statement, which was apparentely supposed to take the place of an apology, was seven months in the making and reflected an academic assessment of Hines' failings as a journalist in pretending to be a gay man on the dating app Grindr, then entrapping gay and bisexual male Olympians to reveal themselves to a journalist.
While there's no sense in debating whether Hines' apology was appropriate or not -- it wasn't -- we talk about just how bad it was and how it stacks up against other bad apologies in sports history.
With David Denson's retirement, the Big Four sports leagues in North America are again left without any publicly out gay athletes for the first time since 2013. Denson was a player in the Milwaukee Brewers system but never made it to the Majors. Robbie Rogers is still in Major League Soccer but has not played this season.
Where does that leave us now? And how important is it to have out athletes in the Big Four sports?
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Pro wrestler Anthony Bowens was nervous about revealing that he was bisexual given possible recriminations from other wrestlers. "My job description is to entertain fans through body language, story lines featuring over-the-top characters and, well, grappling other men dressed in a similar way," Bowens wrote on Outsports.
Bowens' boyfriend, Michael Pavavno then posted a video of the two, one seen by a fellow wrestler. Bowens was blown away by the acceptance he received and he decided to come out publicly, a decision that has been met with positive attention.
We talk with Bowens and Pavano about their relationship and Bowens' journey.
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For years we have asked straight athletes whether or not they would accept a gay teammate. And for years, the majority of athletes in professional sports have said "yes." Some people have said that's just them not wanting to get into trouble; Others believe it reflects the changing landscape of sports and broader American culture.
Recently someone asked a number of Texas football recruits the same question, and the answers were about 50/50. Most of them, we can probably guess, have not had an openly gay teammate before (simply because we know of so few who are publicly out, though of course many others are out to their friends and teammates).
Is this even a pertinent question today? Can we rely on honest answers from athletes? We discuss.
Also, the anti-gay chant "puto" again showed up in a soccer match, this time marring the very first Major League Soccer match for the Atlanta United. The club has responded that anyone doing so in future matches will be removed. Is that enough to curb the behavior? Or do higher powers need to step in?
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There's never a dull moment in the LGBT sports world and two big stories happened at the end of February:
--My-King Johnson, a highly recruited high school football player who is set to attend the University of Arizona, came out publicly as gay. He is the first FBS scholarship athlete who is openly gay. When he plays for the first time — perhaps Sept. 2 in the season opener — he will also make history.
--Mack Beggs won the state 110-pound high school wrestling title in Texas. Mack is a transgender boy and he won the girls division because he was forced to by athletic officials. We look at the absurdity.
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Colin Christiansen. Nathan Matthews. Lexie Gerson. We keep hearing of more and more coaches in high school and college who are getting hired after coming out as gay or lesbian. For years we have been told that it was super hard for LGBT coaches to be out, yet more of them are finding their way out of the closet and finding their way to new jobs. We talk about whether these examples are just exceptions to the rule, or whether the sports world is opening up more to out coaches.
The NFL made two big statements on inclusion in the last week, surprising some. The league released a new ad in the Love Has No Labels campaign that highlighted, among others, two same-sex couples kissing on a Kiss Cam at the Pro Bowl. The league also issued a statement in support of equality ahead of Texas considering a bill that would legalize discrimination in the state. That has driven Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to tell the NFL to mind its own business. Will we see a Super Bowl in Texas anytime soon if SB2 is passed?
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People often point to the behavior of fans as why the sports world is homophobic. And there are certainly examples anyone can use to showcase homophobia in the stands. In Europe, those examples can amount to entire sections chanting gay slurs and other anti-gay messages, though in the United States those kinds of behaviors en masse have been curtailed.
Just this week we had two stories of fans doing things at games and celebration events that clearly had subconscious (or conscious) messages of homophobia, linking gay men to weakness or the dreaded role of "other."
We talk about the impact of these messages on LGBT fans, athletes and coaches. Do these actions reflect an outward hatred for LGBT people? Do fans even realize that what they are doing is homophobic and hurtful to LGBT people? The answer, as usual, is mixed.
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The Super Bowl will be held this Sunday and it will be the 51st played without an openly gay player. When will we see one and will a gay player be accepted? And what role will straight players have in welcoming a gay teammate.
At the Pro Bowl, Cleveland Browns tackle Joe Thomas said he thinks the league is ready. “It’s amazing that the opinions in the locker room have changed 180 degrees from when I first started playing football to where they are right now. I think every locker room in the NFL would accept an openly gay teammate with open arms now," he said.
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A new study of elite teen hockey players in Canada found growing acceptance for LGBT people but old thought patterns die hard. The locker room and its culture still holds sway, the report found.
“The biggest concern they had with the idea of having a gay teammate, because this population had never had an openly gay one, was being naked in the showers with them. They were worried a gay teammate would see them naked and be attracted to them,” the author of the study said.
We look at why showering with a gay teammate is still an issue, plus LGBT sports roundup.
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There are lots of ways LGBT athletes can come out publicly when they feel it's time. TV interviews, magazine columns, press conferences, social media. Depending on the athlete, they can find the right way that works for them and best tells their own personal story.
There are also lots of ways athletes can declare their straightness, too. There are plenty of athletes who have done it over the years. For some it's announcing a wedding engagement, for some it's showing up to Yankee Stadium with a different woman on his arm every other week, and for some it involves a declarative public statement making clear beyond the shadow of a doubt that they are straight.
We talk about all of these different ways of sharing one's straightness with the world, and we look at how different professional athletes, from Mike Piazza to Troy Aikman, have done it over the years.
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When a video close-up of Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins grabbing the ass and genitals of an opposing Ohio State player surfaced last weekend, it got a panoply of reaction. Some people chuckled at the grabby player “getting caught;” Others were horrified and sounded the “sexual assault” alarm.
For us it was just straight athletes going gay. Again. It's something we've seen before since guys always look.
We also look back at a record number of out LGBT athletes in 2016 abd what it means.
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As 2016 closes, we take a look back at the top stories in sports involving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes. Important coming out stories. Homophobia in sports. Allies in sports. The record number of LGBT athletes at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. The controversy surrounding the anti-LGBT law in North Carolina.
Our guest is Chris Hine, a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune who came out publicly as gay in 2016. Hine has used his platform to discuss the major issues involving LGBT sports, an important mainstream voice. He
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When Penn State club hockey player Voight Demeester was called a gay slur during a game last weekend, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Now Penn State and Penn State Altoona are working together to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again, or that at least it continues to happen less and less. We talk with Demeester, who shares his thoughts on the power of this kind of language in sports.
On a lighter note, a gay couple got engaged in the middle of the Spurs-Bulls game last week. It all took place on the court with the teams assembled and with the help of the Bulls' management. It was another signal from professional sports that acceptance of LGBT people is ahead of where people think it is.
Finally, we are rolling out our year-end awards, and we think it's pretty cool that two boxers are our athletes of the year. Who will win the other awards? We'll give a quick preview.
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A year ago a story emerged from London that two gay Premier League players were going to come out simultaneously. They had found courage in numbers and together, rather than separately, they would come out publicly. A year later, crickets. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
So what happened? Were there ever two gay players ready to come out? Did they get cold feet? And what has the landscape in soccer looked like since? The world's most popular sport, soccer has been at the center of LGBT issues and controversies since the rumor was floated a year ago, from FIFA to the Olympics, from Mexico to England.
Even this week headlines abound from inclusive policies of United States soccer coaches to yet still more homophobia from the host of the 2018 World Cup, Russia.
With Jim Buzinski on an early vacation in frigid Denver, Cyd Zeigler talks about all of these issues surrounding the sport of soccer.
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It's the height of football season and there have been several LGBT issues in the sport at all levels:
--Openly gay college football player Mason Darrow celebrated an Ivy League title and the bonds he has forged. "My teammates were amazing from Day 1. … I’m extremely grateful to them for their love and acceptance that I was shown.” Darrow talks to us about winning the title.
--On the down side, Oklahoma State fans hung anti-gay banners to mock Oklahoma players in the lead-up to their rivalry game.
--In the NFL, Cardinals back David Johnson will wear cleats against Washington to focus on anti-bullying, a huge issue in the LGBT community.
--Two days before the Canadian Football League held the Grey Cup, the league co-sponsored a party at a gay bar in Toronto designed to welcome and embrace the LGBT community.
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For Trans Week we wanted to address the state of access to sports for transgender athletes, and we figured there was no better place to go than Chris Mosier. Mosier has participated in a United States national championship and a world championship as an out trans man, the first person to do that. Mosier has pushed for more inclusive transgender policies in sports at every level, from high school to the pros and international competition.
Mosier talks with us about the level of inclusion for trans athletes at all of these different areas of sports.
He also shares his personal experiences fighting for his own equality in sports, and competing in a state like North Carolina after it passed a specifically transphobic bill like HB2.
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The acceleration of the LGBT sports movement mirrors the Obama presidency. In the last eight years, more athletes, coaches, administrators, executives and media members have come out than the rest of history combined.
Having an LGBT-friendly administration with a president who publicly acknowledged openly gay athletes – and ultimately championed same-sex marriage rights and other key LGBT issues – was a sign of this societal acceptance.
Now, in the Age of Trump, we’re in unknown territory. We discuss what gay athletes can do to feel empowered.
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With all the stories Outsports runs about LGBT youth, it's gotten co-founders Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler thinking about their own experiences growing up gay. We rarely talk about our experiences as gay youth and gay athletes, so today we dive into our personal stories in and outside of sports.
It was a while back, but some of the stories they have are very similar to those we hear from gay teenagers and college athletes every day. There's the bullying (even if we didn't usually call it that back then), the name-calling, the slurs and the macho attitude that pervades sports. A lot of that hasn't changed, even if it has gotten better in certain areas.
Some of the stories are also very different. Growing up gay in 2016 is stepping into a world that has changed dramatically on our issues since 1986. We talk about some of those important changes and how they have shifted society.
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With the Chicago Cubs in the World Series for the first time since 1945, it's a good time to take a look at a franchise that has been very LGBT-supportive. The Cubs have the longest streak of gay days in the Major Leagues. Co-owner Laura Ricketts is an out-and-proud lesbian and the team sponsors a float in Chicago's pride parade. We talk to Bill Gubrud, who started the Out at Wrigley promotion.
We also examine the use of "sissy" as a gay slur, in light of a sign held up by a BYU football fan.
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When Presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to dismiss his vulgar comments about women as "locker room talk," it ignited a conversation about what exactly conversation in sports locker rooms are all about. Some athletes painted a sanitized picture of high-level academic conversations intended to address the pressing issues of the day. Others admitted that there are sex jokes, but nothing to the level of Trump's vulgarity.
Yet we hear from athletes all the time about the crude commentary in locker rooms. Gay athletes in particular find it troubling because they feel they can't exactly launch into talk about the body parts of other guys in a sexual way.
Now news comes that some Green Bay Packers thought quarterback Aaron Rodgers was gay because he wouldn't engage in talk about penis size and his sexual conquests. That is, demeaning women is so common in the locker room, you are assumed to be gay if you don't engage.
Couple all of this with the homophobic chants and harrassment that still exist in corners of sports, and we have a robust conversation about what kind of language truly exists in sports.
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We examine the state of gay people in sports as National Coming Out Day was held this week. Does the absence of out pro male athletes matter. How important is coming out for LGBT people in sports or is just being yourself enough.
Along with this, we look at the value of straight allies and is it presumptuous for straight people to say they "came out" as allies.
Finally, we delve into New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham's on-field behavior and ask if gay slurs might be playing a part?
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Professional bowl Anthony Pepe, who is openly gay and came out publicly in 2015, said in a Facebook post that he feels lucky to be gay.
"When it's all said and done, it wasn't a choice," Pepe said, "I just got damn lucky."
We talk about the feeling of isolation as a gay youth and the incredible freedom gay adults can feel as they venture to college and beyond. If only we could show our 14-year-old selves what life if like as an out and proud gay person, we could have felt a lot less heartache.
Speaking of lucky to be gay, two openly gay men in the NBA and WNBA are succeeding in front offices. Rick Welts and Curt Miller have seen success and are being handed more responsibility in the wake of some positive movement for their teams and their careers. If there is so much homophobia in basketball, why are these two men succeeding so well?
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When the NCAA announced earlier this week that it is pulling a number of championship-level events out of the state of North Carolina, people cheered. The NCAA was, according to the headlines, helping to lead the way against discrimination and anti-LGBT laws like North Carolina's HB2.
Yet all is not right in the NCAA. The association continues to allow member schools to openly discriminate against LGBT people with no repercussions. Gay coaches can be fired simply for being gay. Lesbian athletes can be kicked out of school simply for being lesbian. LGBT student-athletes and coaches are intimidated at some schools on a daily basis as fear is a dominant force in their lives.
We talk about the NCAA's move out of North Carolina. Is it a first step? Will the association ever address the deeper issues affecting countless more athletes than a few championship events in North Carolina? Or will the NCAA continue to turn its head and rest on the laurels of a big PR announcement and some inclusive training manuals the NCAA publishes?
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The first white athlete to join Colin Kaepernick in his protest of the National Anthem was gay. Megan Rapinoe said her stance in support of Kaepernick was influenced by her being gay and feeling she never had the same rights as other Americans. "Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties," she says. We discuss the controversy.
Also, the NFL season kicks off and we offer our thoughts on what to expect in what seems to be a year of transition.
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When openly gay professional soccer player Robbie Rogers said last week that he was the target of on-field gay slurs, people were outraged. In his three years since coming out publicly, it was the first slurs he had heard directed at him. When it was revealed the person using the slurs was Richard Chaplow, the United Soccer League suspended him two games. Except, Chaplow claims he never used slurs because he has LGBT family members; And his team is saying Rogers simply "misheard" Chaplow. What gives?
Plus, America's most popular sport is back. Football season kicks off with college football games, and the NFL season is around the corner. Where are we now with acceptance of gay men in football? Is the sport inherently homophobic, inherently pro-gay or somewhere in between? We talk about several developments over the last couple of months that give us insight into the sport.
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The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics has a record 49 out gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes. Team LGB is winning medals and coverage of LGBT issues is as high as any Olympics. There have been commericials featuring transgender and gay athletes, marriage proposals on and off the field and a larger awareness that sports is no longer off limits based on one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
As the Olympics wind down, we take a look at the gayest Games in history.
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The Olympics are upon us, and everybody is talking about the gays. At least, that's what it feels like to us here at Outsports as our traffic has gone through the proverbial roof for the last week.
It's no surprise. With almost 50 publicly out LGBTI athletes, and other out coaches and mentors, at the Olympics in Rio, there's more to celebrate on a day-to-day basis than ever before. There are so many athletes and so many events, we're having trouble keeping up.
It isn't all good news, or even news about the results. We've been disappointed with NBC's coverage that has, by the estimation of many, laregly ignored the LGBTI storylines at the Games. Now comes a report from The Daily Beast of a straight writer posing as a gay man to trick gay athletes into outing themselves to him.
We're hoping for much better in Week 2.
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When WNBA star Elena Delle Donne came out publicly in a magazine interview as being in a same-sex relationship, she became the 44th openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and intersex athlete who will compete in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Among these athletes are a record 11 men.
We examine the impact of Delle Donne coming out, the overall state of LGBTI athletes at the Olympics and why no gay American male athletes are out. We also examine the medal prospects for Team LGBTI.
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The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are a month away in Rio and they seem to be generating less buzz than normal. There have been so many problems that they might as well be called the Bummer Olympics. Is this a thing or will we all get excited as the Games draw closer and we focus on the out LGBT athletes who are participating? We look at the Games a month out.
We also discuss the appropriate use of first names for transgender people in light of Sports Illustrated's cover story on Caitlyn Jenner.
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There were so many LGBT sports headlines for Pride month this year. Many Major League Baseball teams held Pride nights in honor of the LGBT community. The NBA created a line of Pride-inspired shirts and then marched in the New York City Pride parade with the WNBA. And then there was the reaction by the sports world to the terrorist attack on the LGBT community in Orlando.
We talk about the moves that resonated most with us and look ahead to the headlines we're expecting in the second half of the year.
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Many people, teams and leagues across the sports world have reacted to the murder of 49 people who were killed in Orlando for being in a gay bar. From tweets by Seahawks punter Jon Runyon and former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal to moments of silence at Major League Baseball games, the tragedy has been felt in the sports world this week.
While many of the reactions have featured rainbow flags and messages about pride, precious few people in sports have directly addressed the fact that the shooter was motivated by homophobia, that the LGBT community specifically was targeted, and that most of the victims are dead because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. We talk about whether the sports world's embrace of rainbow colors is enough to acknowledge the LGBT community as the target of this hateful attack, or if more can be done.
We also discuss the Orlando attack as an impetus for LGBT people to come out both privately and publicly. While the shooter sought to create terror, it seems he has emboldened more people to be their true selves.
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June is Pride Month, when LGBT equality is celebrated in cities around the world and out people in all walks of life share their joy in being their authentic selves. This is true in sports, where great strides have been made in the last decade. But in one area, the closet door remains firmly shut — top level men's sports.
It's 2016 and there are no openly gay players in the NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB. The real action is happening in college and high schools, since the pros are a lost cause.
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When the San Diego Padres mishandled the National Anthem of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus last Saturday night, the team sparked a backlash from the LGBT community targeting them and Major League Baseball. Cries of "homophobia" rang from coast to coast. Two days later it was clear homophobia had absolutely nothing to do with the incident that was the boneheaded mistake of a DJ and some mishandling by people with the team. We talk about whether it's appropriate or effective to claim homophobia without all the information, and if it damages the community when the claims of discrimination are untrue.
Plus, we give more details about our forthcoming Outsports Reunion in Chicago for Pride, which will bring together LGBT people in sports including athletes, coaches, referees, executives and members of the media. Plus, there will be various opportunities for anyone in the public or the Outsports community to join us!
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I have mixed feelings," Chris Mosier, a transgender athlete said after clinching a spot on the U.S. National Team in the duathlon. "It feels great to have made the US National Team while in North Carolina - I earned a spot to represent Team USA in a state with policies that intentionally target transgender people for differential treatment and exposes us to potential violence and harassment." We discuss Mosier's win and what it means.
We also talk about the one place where gay jokes are acceptable -- in a locker room where an athlete has come out. That's what pro baseball pitcher Sean Conroy learned. Being teased by his teammates showed he was just one of the guys.
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The homophobic and anti-gay tweets of a couple prominent professional athletes surfaced this week. The catch? The tweets were from several years ago. So when Eagles draftee Wendell Smallwood had to face sudden questions about tweets from his high school days he deleted his account and dismissed the tweets as thoughts from his youth. Trail Blazers player Al-Farouq Aminu has seemingly gotten away with his tweets of six years ago by simply deleting them without comment.
What is the statute of limitations on anti-gay comments and tweets?
The battle over North Carolina continues, as the state's governor seems unwilling to shift to pressure about his anti-LGBT law that has caused concerts to be canceled and many sports figures have spoken out. Now college baseball is taking center stage with various postseason tournaments scheduled in the Tar Heel state in the next few weeks.
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Former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling reposted a nasty meme against transgender people in reaction to the new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina. ESPN fired him two days later. Schilling was unapologetic. Meanwhile, Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks yelled "fucking faggot" when he was sent to the penalty box late in a playoff game against the St. Louis Blues. He first said he didn't remember what he said, then apologized the next day. He was suspended by the NHL for one game.
We will have trans writer Dawn Ennis on to discuss Schilling's remarks.
We look at what was a dramatic week for LGBT issues in sports.
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While North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory thought a toothless executive order would "fix" the controversy around North Carolina's anti-LGBT law HB2, all it did was infuriate LGBT people and their supporters. Now the calls on the NBA and others to move events out of the state are broadening, and people in sports are being asked to speak up.
One of the people who decided to weigh in was golfer Webb Simpson, who offered a pretty uninformed perspective on transgender people using bathrooms and locker rooms.
Also, we announced our latest Outsports Reunion, and the first one in a dozen years. This one will focus on bringing LGBT people currently or recently in the sports world together to connect. We will also have various opportunities for Outsports readers and others to be part of the fun. We give a preview of the event in Chicago this June 23-26.
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When North Carolina passed a bill that denied LGBT people protections, it caused a dilemma for the NBA -- should the league move the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte? Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors was wishy-washy on the issue, basically saying nothing. Thankfully, former player and now analyst Charles Barkley is more forceful: "I think the NBA should move the All-Star game from there next year. As a black person I'm against any form of discrimination, against whites, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, however you want to phrase it. It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves."
We examine the continuing controversy, plus look at whether baseball players should wear dresses.
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When the Governor of North Carolina signed HB2 last week, he not only legalized discrimination against LGBT in the state, but he prevented any city or county from protecting LGBT people locallly. This was in response to efforts in the city of Charlotte to create protections for gays, lesbians and transgender people.
Now there is a media-relations firestorm surrounding the state, and the sports world is thrust into the middle of it. While the NCAA and pro sports leagues have talked tough about these kinds of laws, they have never taken action on them, even when presented the opportunity in Houston.
Are they all talk and no action in North Carolina? We discuss.
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"As a 29-year-old gay man, I spent the better part of two decades agonizing over that question [Do you like men?] and finally, when I was 20, came to accept that the answer was 'Yes.' It took another two years before I could tell my family, another year after that before I mustered up the courage to tell my closest friends and, well, six years after that to finally write about it in the Chicago Tribune."
With these words, Chris Hine, the Chicago Blackhawks beat writer for the Chicago Tribune came out publicly. On our podcast, we discuss the trigger for his going public.
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Former Minor League baseball player Tyler Dunnington opened up to Outsports about the last couple years of his life, which have included leaving baseball and coming out as a gay man. Those couple years also included hearing some pretty bad anti-gay comments from teammates in the St. Louis Cardinals organization and a coach in college. The story renewed a national conversation about appropriate language for the locker room.
It also created a firestorm in St. Louis, pitting anti-gay people tired of hearing about homophobia against those who don't want discrimination of any kind in sports. In the middle have been the Cardinals, who say they are taking the report seriously. They've talked with Billy Bean of MLB on determining a best path forward.
We are joined by St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman, who wrote at length about the conversations that have erupted in the city's sports circles and beyond.
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PJ Painter grew up on a ranch in South Dakota. The nearest town had a population of 400 people and was a 25-mile drive on mostly gravel roads. He competed in rodeo because that is what young men in that area did. He was raised to think being gay was detestable and an abomination but when he came out, he got nothing but support. When he told his story on Outsports, Painter never expected the response -- 14,000 Facebook shares and more than 1,000 messages. We talk to him about growing up gay in red state America and what he hopes to achieve by telling his story.
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When professional wrestler Matt 'The Money' Cage came out publicly almost a year ago in June of 2015, he thought he might be a little blip in the national conversation about gay athletes in sports. Instead, he became a beacon for so many LGBT people - in sports and outside of sports - struggling with their sexual orientation.
We talk to Matt about his coming out experience, but more importantly his being out experience. Has it affected his professional relationships in any way? Have other wrestlers gravitated to or distanced themselves from him? And have any other gay pro wrestlers contacted him for advice?
Plus we talk about the effects of people's constant drumbeat about sports and the black community being deeply homophobic. Is that true? And did the rhetoric of homophobia from LGBT people delay his coming out?
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"I think a lot more athletes and people in the sports world will need to come out before we really see the change." Those are the words of Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr when asked about acceptance of gay people in sports. We examine the conumdrum of why more pro athletes don't come out. Is it fear? Media attention? Locker room dynamics?
We also explore the often tone-deaf coverage the gays in sports debate gets from the mainstream media, where even getting the names right is hard.
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It's been quite a week for Manny Pacquiao. The boxer started it off by saying gay people are worse than animals because they have sex with people of the same gender. Then when Nike dropped its endorsement deal with him, he posted a Bible verse on Instragram saying gay people should be put to death. He deleted the post, but not before 18,000 people liked it and a media outlet picked up on it. The damage was done.
We analyze the steps that led to this place for Pacquiao, and whether there's any way out of it for him (if that's even something he wants). We also talk about the delicate balance some Christian athletes are encouraged to find in today's culture.
Plus, a couple of great coming-out stories this week including track athlete Jack Strickland who won an award at a Christian college, and Pac-12 football referee Steve Strimling.
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Our guest is Luke McAvoy, a defensive lineman for the University of Minnesota from 2011-14. He wrestled with a secret for years -- he was gay. McAvoy hid it fearing rejection but when he summoned the courage to come out, he was met with acceptance and support from teammates.
"It was the acceptance from my teammates that I will remember," he writes. "Being part of a family that did just about everything together for four years was amazing. Being part of a family that turned out to be so much more accepting and supportive than I could have imagined made me realize that I had nothing to fear. The only thing I should have been afraid of was what was in my own mind."
We discuss McAvoy's journey and Outsports' trip to the Super Bowl.
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Why was it so cool that NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall had his fingernails painted by Stephen Colbert? Football players aren't supposed to do things like this. Yet more and more we see barriers breaking down in big-time football, including the NFL.
This week we had a former running back at Montana State come out on Outsports. Brandon Davis talked about being afraid to be his true self at Louisiana Tech and finding a home with the rugby team at Montana State after leaving football. The Buffalo Bills today announced the hiring of the NFL's first full-time female coach.
We discuss all of this, plus some thoughts on this weekend's games.
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Longtime Los Angeles Kings fans Brad Parr and Andy Evans got their moment on the team's kiss cam and it meant a lot to them. "I wanted to let you know the L.A. Kings were awesome and put my boyfriend Andy and me on kiss cam -- to loud cheers from a crowd of 18,230. I'm pretty sure that this was the first time the Kings had ever had a same-sex couple on Kiss Cam, and I don't think it happens very often in any sport."
We have long been critical of kiss cams that make fun of same sex couples but we discuss the change in tones of sports teams.
Plus, a look at the pro-gay Rams moving to Los Angeles.
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When New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was taunted on the field several weeks ago with gay slurs, it left many wondering about the root of homophobia in the NFL and why Beckham retaliated with dangerous, potentially life-threatening hits.
On MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry show last week, Jamil Smith of the New Republic said the root of homophobia is a hatred of women. Jamil joins us as we explore the connections between homophobia and sexism and how far we can go when connecting those two with the word "hate."
We'll also invariably touch on the NFL playoffs, Billy Bean's new promotion and what lies ahead for Outsports in the new year.
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Odell Beckham of the New York Giants was suspended a game after repeated altercations with members of the Carolina Panthers. After, reports said that Beckham was subjected to gay slurs before the game and ex-players said the receiver has been subjected to such slurs all season.
The matter was dropped at Beckham's appeal but many questions remain. Were slurs used? How frequently" Why were they not brought up at the hearing? What is it about such slurs that allow them to still carry a lot of weight in sports?
We also look back at the year in LGBT sports.
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Three men in sports chose to come out publicly this week: NBA referee Bill Kennedy, Dodgers executive Erik Braverman and Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller. Each of them has a different story, but they all have one thing in common: Many people in their profession and their personal lives knew they were gay. So why did they come out to the media now? And what do they hope to accomplish?
Kennedy's coming out was in response to Rajon Rondo calling him a gay slur multiple times. The NBA first hid that fact, then acknowledged it once Kennedy came out. We talk about Rondo's suspension and the handling of the situation by NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
Plus, we have some year-end awards we've given out, with more coming. We'll recap why the honorees have been selected, and we'll give a preview of the rest of the awards.
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Phil Claudy had lost all hope of accepting his sexuality. But running saved his life and now he wants to help other LGBT people struggling with depression. The Dartmouth athlete battled severe depression, which parlayzed him to the point of considering suicide. But through running he learned to accept himself and his sexuality. In November, he ran the Philadelphia Marathon and raised $8,000 for the Trevor Project, which helps LGBT youth who are at risk of suicide. We ask Claudy about his struggles, the power of running and coming out and why he ran the marathon.
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Andrea Barone is working toward his dream of being an NHL ref. But he first had to find peace with himself. "I don’t want anyone to feel as alone and depressed as I did," he writes in a first-person account for Outsports. Barone, 26, is the first openly gay referee in pro hockey and he talks about fitting into a culture that prizes masculinity. He dealt with his own homophobia and over time learned to accept himself. He is now out and wants to be a role model for others in the sport.
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Major League Baseball is recruiting LGBT people for team front offices, and they want you. Billy Bean and MLB exec Wendy Lewis have not been quiet about their efforts to ensure opportunities for out LGBT people to find careers in baseball as they have been reaching out to the community about their upcoming Diversity Business Summit in March. Our article this week highlighted their efforts and introduced people to two current out gay MLB team execs - Orioles' Greg Bader and Nationals' Steve Reed - who have been widely accepted by their teams. How much of an impact do these efforts have? And will that translate into more opportunities?
When Gus Kenworthy came out on the cover of ESPN The Magazine, he got tons of attention for breaking a barrier in a "bro" sport and doing it as an Olympic medalist. Yet one other pro skier didn't much like how Kenworthy came out and the seeming attention he was drawing to himself for being gay. Is there such thing as too much attention for a gay athlete? And do this other skier's comments show that some teammates might not like the attention a gay athlete receives?
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Dale Scott celebrated his 30th year as a Major League Baseball umpire, and his first as an openly gay man. Scott talks about how little was made of his sexuality this season, and why that's a good thing. "I am extremely grateful that Major League Baseball has always judged me on my work and nothing else and that's the way it should be." Scott also realizes the power of coming out based on the amount of email he received from other LGBT people thanking him for his honesty.
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Houston voters this week overwhelmingly voted to end Houston's equal rights ordinance, which gave non-discrimination protections to LGBT people, among others. With 61% of the vote, it's clear that voters in Houston very much want the ability to discriminate against LGBT people, particularly the T.
Immediately there were calls for the NCAA and NFL to move their upcoming men's Final Four and Super Bowl. Yet both organizations very quickly said, "nah, we're good." Despite both groups doing some work to help end anti-LGBT bias and homophobia in their organizations, the legalization of discrimination in Houston simply wasn't a big deal. What message are they sending to Houstonians and other anti-LGBT groups in other cities? Will they empower other cities to rescind their non-discrimination laws?
Also, Ryan Mizner, a graduate assistant for the Central Michigan Univ. men's basketball team, has come out as gay. He shared his story with Outsports and talked about the support he has received from his team. Another domino falls.
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There are rumors swirling around the English Premier League that gay pro soccer players may be coming out publicly soon. Should we believe the speculation? And have these kinds of rumors panned out in the past?
The New York Giants have been ahead of the curve on LGBT issues for almost a decade. Now they add a You Can Play video with several Giants players to their inclusion portfolio.
We first met Harrison Wilkerson last year when he was still in high school, the star kicker of his school's football team, closeted and scared. He had been the target of some bullying and feared what the repercussions would be if he came out to his friends and teammates in North Carolina. Since Outsports ran his story earlier this week, he has been inundated with supportive messages, even getting a wonderful Facebook post from his grandmother. He's also heard from some people struggling with depression as he once did.
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Gus Kenworthy made a name for himself by winning a medal in freestyle skiing at the Sochi Olympics and then saving five stray puppies. Now, he comes out as gay, saying he doesn't want to hide any more. His story is a reminder of the shame of the closet.
Also, New York Mets star Daniel Murphy is setting baseball records for playoff home runs but we remember him as a person who said that he doesn't agree with the "homosexual lifestyle." Should he be applauded for his honesty or critcized?
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Bobby Petrino Jr. knows what it's like to be a gay football player in a high-pressure environment. As the son of a head college football coach, Petrino Jr. excelled on the field until an injury ended his career. At the same time, he was wrestling with the realization that he was gay. He is now publicly out and he discusses life in the locker room as a gay player. After coming out publicly last month, Petrino has gotten nothing but support. "I wish I could go back and tell my younger self that it was going to be like this," he says. "I received numerous Facebook messages from other guys that would tell me their story and how much they could relate to mine."
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Chris Burns, an assistant men's basketball coach at Bryant University, has come out as gay, making him the first publicly out men's college basketball coach. Burns shared a personal story on Outsports and USA Today did a feature story interviewing Burns and others at Bryant.
It's been a long time coming for Burns, who has been dating men since college. It's also a big deal for the coaching profession in general, as Burns has broken a key barrier in sports. And, like virtually every male athlete or coach to come out publicly over the last 15 years, Burns has been widely accepted and supported by people around the team and across the college basketball media.
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Outsports ran a letter from a closeted Division I college basketball player who is gay, who is wrestling with whether he should come out. "I would like other people to see another gay athlete successfully playing in Division 1 athletics. I would like for a teenager battling the same things I struggled with to see that things will work out and to not stress about something that seems so major but is really something minor. I would like to see the LGBT community grow within athletics."
Yet he is still weighing his ultimate decision.
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Kiss Cams have been a staple of fan entertainment at sporting events in the United States for years. You know the drill: Somebody in a control booth directs a camera onto two people in the stadium or arena and those two people are pressured to kiss one another. It's used to highlight romantic couples, but it's also regularly used as a source of comedy, often taking advantage of allegedly uncomfortable situations to ellicit laughs and cheers from the audience.
Recently the Kiss Cam has come under fire as people allege it promots both homophobia and sexual assault. The New York Mets recently changed their Kiss Cam policy after being called out for using homophobia to embarrass players of opposing teams by showing two men on the Kiss Cam together. And Syracuse University has stopped using the Kiss Cam all together after a letter-to-the-editor claimed it encourages men to sexually assault women.
Are Kiss Cams harmful? Or just good old-fashioned fun?
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Mason Darrow has been embraced by the Princeton football team since he told them he’s gay. He has decided to come out publicly in the days before the season opener. It's a different strategy from what is normally suggsted -- that an athlete wait until the offseason. We examine Darrow's story and how it has unified his team and made him truly happy for the first time.
We also look at a survey showing 34 of 35 NHL players would accept a gay teammate. So why doesn't anyone come out?
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We always talk about the dominoes falling as LGBT athletes, coaches and members of the media come out publicly. Everyone time someone shares their true self with the world, more LGBT people - and, frankly, many others - feel the strength to be true to themselves and the people around them.
In the last week, a couple major sports institutions wrote another LGBT chapter in their histories. ESPN's NBA commentator Israel Gutierrez has been struggling for a while with how to come out publicly. He finally took the leap a week before his wedding to his partner.
Bobby Petrino, Jr., came out publicly as well in the last week after talking with Outsports' Jim Buzinski for months. Petrino is the son of Louisville's head football coach.
Both of these men, in addition to rugby's Sam Stanley, who came out in the last couple weeks, have lived their lives openly in private circles and sometimes on social media. You just had to know where to look. Now their connections to big-time sports are helping to continually push the conversation.
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Outsports began in 1999 as a vehicle for Outsports' founders Cyd and Jim to discuss the NFL and we've been covering the league ever since. Last year we reached a milestone by being credentialed for the Super Bowl. On this Podcast we make our bold predictions for the NFL season. Will Peyton Manning shine or fade? Can the Patriots repeat? Why the Seahawks are in for a rough season, plus many more. We also look at the gay issues surrounding the league.
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In 2004, then-Dartmouth lacrosse goalie Andrew Goldstein wrote a powerful piece for Outsports about coming out to his lacrosse team. Since then, Andrew has played professional lacrosse, moved to Los Angeles, got married and is now on his way to curing cancer. Earlier this year he met Braeden, a young lacrosse player who was struggling with being gay. Goldstein knew he had to do something to help Braeden. This Sunday, Aug. 30, ESPN will air the story of Andrew, Braeden and the Courage Game that helped save young Braeden's life. We'll talk to Andrew about the story and his last 10 years.
This week a closeted gay high school football official in Louisiana wrote about his experiences there with homophobia and sexism. More and more gay officials are now talking with us about the environment they face from fans and from their fellow referees. We'll talk about the forgotten corner of the sports world and how we'll make it better.
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It's been a big week for gays in pro sports:
--Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team, abruptly quit football for now when he left the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. Is this the end of the line for Sam's dreams of playing pro football.
--Minor League baseball had a first when Dabid Denson came out as gay for the Milwaukee Brewers rookie minor team. Denson is the first gay player affiliated with a Major League Team.
--Keegan Hirst became the first openly gay British rugby league player when he came out this week.
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Last year at this time, Michael Sam was in an NFL training camp and appeared to be on track to be the first openly gay player. A year later he is in the Canadian Football League and the NFL seems a long way away. Has the "gay moment" passed in the NFL? What more needs to be done?
We also examine former NFL running back Craig James' lawsuit claiming his religious beliefs were violated for opposing same-sex marriage.
Finally, since Outsports started with an NFL post 16 years ago, we will discuss the story lines we find most intriguing heading into the season.
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A recent report said that two gay NFL players are refusing to come out publicly as gay because they don't want a lot of media attention for any kind of big announcement. It's an interesting revelation that both reflects and belies what we think we know about professional athletes.
On the one hand they want all the attention they can get to maximize exposure. Exposure means more of the all-mighty dollar that so many of them seek in the short span of their careers. On the flip side, we often hear that athletes don't want to be known as the "gay athlete" but just want to be known for their athletic accomplishments.
We discuss the idea of the media keeping athletes in the closet, and also the impact that big-name professional athletes can have when they come out publicly.
Plus, we have the growing attention being paid to trans issues in sports and the generosity of one young gay professional athlete named Robbie Rogers.
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This week's podcast hits a variety of topics - Caitlyn Jenner accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs and the mini-controversy surrounding it. We look at what her speecg means for trans rights.
We also ask when Michael Sam will finally see playing time for the Montrel Alouettes. Did he make a mistake in leaving the team?
We examine the continuing fascination with 20-year-old rumors about Troy Aikman's sexuality, which still draws readers to Outsports.
It's also been a summer where more and more young athletes are coming out. The latest is a college swimmer.
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The Women's World Cup brought some much-needed attention to female athletes and LGBT people in sports. The final was the most-watched soccer broadcast in American TV history. Plus, with several out players - namely Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach - and an out head coach, the American team embraced its diversity. Will the event have a lasting effect on the perceptions of women's sports and LGBT athletes?
With so much talk about women's sports lately, Dave Zirin has written a piece about his refusal to "defend" women's sports any longer. What are the best ways for supporters to help women's sports without feeling the need to "defend" their existence
Anna Aagenes, a former college athlete and current member of the You Can Play team, joins Cyd Zeigler as guest co-host to discuss these issues and more.
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Men's water polo and rowing are two of the sports most associated with hypermasculine, bro jocks. Being openly gay in these sports can be problematic. We talk with two openly gay athletes who have forged their path and been embraced. Noah Ratliff is a water polo player from Oregon who just graduated high school. He is on the Junior Olympic water polo team and will play in college. His coming out was heralded by USA Water Polo.
Chris Kelley, an Ithica rower, was outed at a party and then struggled to fit in with his team. But he has turned them around and founded a campus group for LGBT athletes and allies. These are two athletes who symbolize pride month.
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Michael Sam shocked everyone when he left the training camp of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League a day before their first preseason game. The openly gay defensive lineman who became famous after coming out prior to the NFL Draft has not spoken about why he left the team. The Alouettes have placed him on the suspended list, but are keeping the door open for his return. We will look at what Sam has done and the ramifications for his career and the gay sports movement.
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The Vanity Fair cover featuring Caitlyn Jenner certainly got some attention this week. The former Olympic decathlon champion completed her public transition by appearing in a gorgeous photo, shot by Annie Liebovitz. The reaction from the media and the public was quite positive.
Yet there were some hiccups along the way. Awareness of trans issues lags behind the understanding of sexual orientation in America - some people were simply uneducated about how to discuss Jenner's transition, while others were outright cruel.
Nick Adams from GLAAD joins us to talk about the reaction by the media to Jenner's story, some of the key pitfalls he wants to see the media avoid, and any mistakes Outsports has made along the way in attempts to cover the story with respect.
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Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney caused some controversy this week when he was to be honored by a South Carolina lobbying group opposed to gay rights and same-sex marriage. A petition was started urging him to cancel and he did on his own days later, saying he didn't want to be a distraction and did not want to seem to endorse all the group's views. It raises the question of what responsibility a coach has to a diverse student body and how that might clash with his beliefs.
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If 2014 was the year of the LGBT athlete on Outsports, 2015 is becoming the year of the Christian college. Just this past week two stories have developed that again put the policies and practices of religious institutions in the spotlight. Hours after dismissing a priest for supporting the NOH8 campaign, Seton Hall signed openly gay basketball player Derrick Gordon, leaving many to wonder about double standards and how Gordon will be treated by students, faculty and administrators at the devout Christian college.
While the policy has been around for at least a year, the student-athlete handbook at LeTourneau University has come under the spotlight. The handbook bans gay athletes from dating, and it prohibits any athlete from publicly supporting same-sex marriage.
All the while, these colleges are allowed to reap the benefits and rewards of membership in the NCAA, which claims to support diversity and inclusion.
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While huge improvements have been made in welcoming gays and lesbians in sports, much still needs to be done, a new study finds. Outsports is joined by two gay former college football players who will discuss the survey and its implications. For example, 80% of participants witnessed or experienced homophobia in sport (both straight and LGB). We look at why LGB people still fear coming out even though those that do report widespread acceptance. Michael Sam and Jason Collins have had huge impacts but the culture in the locker room is still one of fear for many.
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Hillsdale College is considered one of the most conservative colleges in the country. Two years ago Derek Schell, a member of the men's basketball team, came out at the Division II school. This week he got an email sent from the school's chaplain asking him and others to pray against the "evil" of same-sex marriage. The email was allegedly written by a student and sent out to the entire campus through the chaplain's email address. The incident reflects a growing conversation about Christian Evangelism and the LGBT community.
Derek joins us to talk about his experiences at the school and what he hopes is done to ensure inclusion of all people on the Hillsdale campus. While he graduated a year ago, the impact of the school on his life is still being felt today.
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At Outsports we've noticed a powerful reaction every time we post stories about young LGBT athletes. Our latest story, of two gay high school athletes at a West Virginia prom, was shared over 40k times on social media. What is it about these stories that resonates so strongly with so many readers?
Plus, Bruce Jenner had a big night last week as he came out publicly as trans in an ABC interview with Diane Sawyer. What did America learn about trans issues, and will his revelation have an impact on America's treatment of trans people?
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With the Supreme Court set to debate gay marriage next week, we talk to Tanner Williams, a University of Oklahoma pole vaulter. This June, Tanner and his husband Scott celebrate their first anniversary. Tanner talks about how pole vaulting and his faith in God saved him in his homophobic town. His religion is important to him even as others use Christianity to keep gays down. We explore Tanner's story and the role of religion in the debate over gay rights.
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Fear. Depression. Anxiety. Thoughts of suicide. These are some of the emotions gleaned from closeted gay and lesbian coaches Outsports talked to during the men's Final Four in Indianapolis. Despite the progress society has made on gay issues, these coaches feel that their careers would be over if they ever came out publicly. So they hide or contemplate quitting the sport they love. One female coach said she knows of 50 closeted lesbian coaches. There are no openly gay male or female Division I coaches in the U.S.
The podcast also interviews writer Erik Hall, who has profiled several openly gay athletes, his latest being a college cross country runner.
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There are no openly gay athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball. Ditto for major college football, and in the just-concluded NCAA men's tournament, there were no openly gay players. This is not the case in high school, where in the past week Outsports has featured stories about three high school athletes -- a football player in Arizona, a basketball player in Kentucky and a wrestler in Iowa. All three came out on their own terms and it wasn't easy. But they perservered and showed that's it's possible even in high school to be a gay athlete. Which makes the contrast with the pros all that more glaring.
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The Final Four in Indianapolis is occuring against the backdrop of the debate over gay rights and religious freedom. The NCAA and other sports leagues were strongly opposed to the law, while the NFL has stayed silent. We examine the subject.
Across the border in Kentucky, a high school basketball player was chased by members of an opposing team simply for being gay. His team and coach rallied around him but the incident shows gays in sports is still a hot topic.
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Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed anti-gay bill SB 101 into law, legalizing discrimination against LGBT people in Indiana. This comes just a week before Indianapolis hosts the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. What is the best response to the new law? And what can be done at the Final Four to take action?
Michael Sam was in Phoenix for the Veteran Combine last weekend. His 40 time wasn't great, but he looked good, more fluid, running the drills. What's the next step for the openly gay football player?
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Christian Laettner recently opened up about the pain he felt hearing gay slurs hurled at him while he was at Duke. The former national college player of the year was bombarded with the slurs as he led the Blue Devils to two NCAA titles. Derrick Gordon, the gay baller for UMass, on the other hand has not heard any of these slurs. Times have changed for sure, and the impact of Gordon actually being gay also plays a roll.
It's the role that a gay friend had in the life of Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Eric Striker, who said he has learned acceptance from having a gay person in his life. We talk about all of this - how acceptance is built by the presence of LGBT people in the lives of athletes and fans.
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The first openly gay Division I college basketball player, Derrick Gordon of the University of Massachusetts, has completed his first regular season and we observe the treatment he has received from fans. Or rather, the lack of anything negative to him being gay. It destroys the myth that fans would hate an openly gay athlete.
We then move on to whether Satan is guiding NFL teams to support gay marriage. That's the claim made by former New England Patriots player Craig James this week.
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Spring Training is underway in Arizona and Florida, and Major League Baseball is already making Outsports headlines. First, a Christian former talk show host claimed he was able to turn a gay man straight with kindness and Chicago Cubs tickets. Then, New York Met Daniel Murphy said that homosexuality is a sin and he's against the lifestyle of openly gay former MLB Player Billy Bean "100%." This was in conjunction with Bean practicing with the team as a gesture of inclusion.
Is this the new direction we're headed with baseball and other pro sports, where Christians become more emboldened to speak out against gay people? Or are these the last gasps of homophobia as we seek to make sports more welcoming for all?
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Michael Sam announced this week that he will be on ABC's hit show 'Dancing With The Stars' this season. Some people are excited to see him dance, while others have expressed doubt that he can dance and play football at the same time.
Also this week, Erskine College announced a new policy expressly labeling homosexuality as outside the morality of the school. Yet the school has two out gay athletes on its men's volleyball team.
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Over the years we at Outsports have seen the incredible power that athletes, coaches and other people in sports coming out can have on not just their sport but youth they will never meet. Even today we got wind of a 17-year-old gay aspiring umpire who has been inspired by the coming out story of MLB umpire Dale Scott.
Yet there are precious few out LGBT professional athletes, particularly men. They choose to not come out due to a host of reasons, from their own playing career to endorsement deals - they fear they could lose any or all of them if they come out.
Do they have a social responsibility to come out anyway? Should athetes weigh the inspiration they can provide, and the social change they can help move along, over their own personal wealth and playing career? And do their fears have any merit in the first place?
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After being excoriated in The Wells Report, which revealed homophobic bullying by Richie Incognito and other members of the Miami Dolphins, Incognito has been signd by the Buffalo Bills. Ray Rice, seen in a video punching his wife, is also expected to be signed by an NFL team this offseason. Has the NFL learned anything after a year of pretty terrible off-field press? Or have the incredible games and TV ratings masked growing social-issue problems for the league? Plus, how does this all play out for Michael Sam, who still has not received a contract offer?
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It was a great Super Bowl for Outsports. Even though it was truly the Super Bowl from Hell for Jim Buzinski, Outsports became the first LGBT publication to be credentialed by the NFL for the Super Bowl. It was the Super Bowl From Heaven for Cyd Zeigler, who got to go to the game, talk with some of the biggest names in professional football, and watch his favorite team, the New England Patriots, win the big game in the most dramatic fashion ever.
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Almost a year after Michael Sam came out as gay, the topics of gays in the NFL is all but absent at this year's Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. We examine why this is. Cyd Zeigler, who is using Outsports' first Super Bowl credential, is down in Phoenix for a live report.
Also, we examine the gayest logos in NFL history. Our story that ranked the top 3 has gone viral and opened a debate about how far gays can go to laugh at themselves.
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Rumors have been rife for years about Troy Aikman being gay, which he has long denied, most recently this month. And when Aaron Rodgers had a falling out with his longtime roommate, the speculation was that they were gay lovers, which Rodgers denied. The ex-roommate made news again when he mocked the Green Bay Packers losing in the playoffs. Were his remarks fair game for the media or was it nothing more than gossip. The fine line in reporting gay rumors of athletes.
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After finding strength by reading Outsports stories on gay athletes, this high school wrestler wants to share his story. Because of his parents, he has to attend therapy and come out anonymously. The wrestler's parents forbade Hunter from coming out to anyone else. They told him he would have to go to a conversion therapist every week. That therapist would spend two years trying to convince him that he wasn't gay. Telling his story is a reminder that coming out is still a difficult process for many.
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College football fans finally got the national championship game they've been clamoring for for years, and it doesn't include anyone south of the Mason-Dixon Line! Oregon will take on Ohio State in the grand finale, and there are actually some story angles that lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans fans may find particularly interesting.
We also dive into some trends, forecasts and predictions for the world of LGBT sports in 2015. Will we have more big-time pro athletes come out? What is the key work ahead of LGBT sports activists? There's a lot to be done and lots of hearts and minds to change, even as so many young people in sports are coming out.
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Almost two years ago, Robbie Rogers came out openly as gay and thought his pro soccer career was over. So it was exciting and memorable and historic when he stood on the field in Los Angeles celebrating a championship in Major League Soccer. We look at Rogers' remarkable transformation.
Was Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend on national TV during the 2014 NFL Draft the sports image of the year? ESPN.com is asking the question and we're answering.
Finally, is how gay-friendly a university might be a good reason for root for their football team in the college bowl playoffs. We look at the LGBT rankings of Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama and Florida State.
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Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott did a "soft" coming out a couple months ago in Referee magazine, but it wasn't until we profiled him this week that most of the public realized what had happened. We'll talk about his story and the world of officiating.
Plus, Robbie Rogers is headed to the MLS Cup as his Los Angeles Galaxy take on the New England Revolution on Sunday. We'll talk with LAG Confidential editor Josie Becker as she prepares for the big match and a possible fifth MLS Cup for the Galaxy.
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Outsports has been publishing for 15 years, ever since Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler sat down at a coffee house on Cape Cod and came up with the idea. Since then they have covered gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues in sports like no other, carrying more coming-out stories in sports than any other publication in the world.
We look back at some of the stories we've felt were more important over the last 15 years, the changes we've seen, and some of the key lessons we've learned.
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At a New Jersey high school, seven football players, ages 15 to 17, were arrested on a number of charges, including aggravated criminal sexual contact, in connection with alleged attacks against four other players. The school canceled the season. How could something like this happen in 2014? A lot has to do with notions of masculinity in the locker room and homophobia is a part of that. We explore the issue with an openly gay high school basketball coach and two former college football players who were gay on their teams.
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Openly gay former Minor League baseball pitcher John Dellinger joins the Outsports podcast. He'll talk about life after baseball, any changes he may have seen in baseball for gay athletes, and of course the Major League Baseball playoffs that seem to already have everyone in sports talking.
Also, we've seen some homophobic or crude comments and signs referring to Michael Sam showing up around football. Are these offensive? Distasteful? Is it just college "boys being boys"? And is that "excuse" even worthy?
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A junior high school coach in Iowa came out to a "homophobic" friend after a Hawkeyes basketball game and got quite the response. We'll talk about Evan Risk's great story and whether he's in "rural" Iowa or not.
Plus, the National Association of Basketball Coaches created a policy that forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation. Openly gay high school basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo, who helped encourage the NABC to adopt a policy, will join us to talk about the great new step for the association.
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Robert Griffin III tried to wear a T-shirt at a post-game Washington press conference until he was stopped by someone from the NFL or the team. The T-shirt said "Know Jesus Know Peace" and, simultaneously, "No Jesus No Peace." The reaction to our story on the shirt was strong, largely from Christians who took offense at Cyd Zeigler's distaste for the second message of the shirt.
Plus, the NFL can't seem to get anyone to focus on the games that are being played as stories of domestic violence encircle Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and others.
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We'll talk about the Ray Rice issue today, how the NFL and other pro leagues are falling behind on social issues and whether sports should be - or even can be - just about X's and O's.
Then we'll be joined today by Nate Alfson, the gay volleyball and baseball coach who came out publicly on Outsports this summer. He works at a Catholic high school and has embarked on his 2014/15 season. What has been the reaction from the locals in town and the school? We find out today.
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The NFL season kicks off Thursday, and we'll take a look at the teams we think are on the rise and which are headed for a decline. There are some great storylines to watch as the season approaches - we'll hit on some of them.
Plus, it was a big week for Michael Sam. Yet with the NFL season finally underway, Sam's story will take a backseat until he makes the Dallas Cowboys' active roster and plays in a game. After months of intense scrutiny, it will probably be a good break for Sam to play in the background of the NFL for a while.
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ESPN's report by Josina Anderson this week about Michael Sam's shower habits in the St. Louis Rams locker room has stirred quite a controversy about how the media should report on gay athletes, with seemingly everyone from Sam's teammates to his coach to countless members of the media taking ESPN to task. Why is it not an appropriate topic for a report? We'll discuss.
Also joining us will be former Nebraska kicker Eric Lueshen and former Augsburg College linebacker Scott Cooper, both of whom will share their thoughts on the story and what it's really like in a football locker room.
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Michael Sam will take the first for the St. Louis Rams for the first time on Friday in a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints. It will be an historic game as Sam will be the first openly gay player to play in any NFL game. The game will be broadcast on NFL Network.
We talk with St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports writer Jim Thomas about what we can expect to see from Sam in this game and where he sees the gay NFL rookie fitting onto the Rams' regular season roster.
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The NFL officials are making it crystal clear to teams this week that gay slurs will not be tolerated on the field. While officials have had the ability to determine various actions "unsportsmanlike conduct," this new policy makes those slurs explicitly against the rule and punishable with a 15-yard penalty. Yet other leagues suspend players for the same incident. Is a 15-yard penalty in football enough?
Plus, the Gay Games kick off next week. Outsports will be there covering the Games from Cleveland all week. We reminisce about some of our favorite Gay Games memories and invite you to share yours!
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Tony Dungy created a firestorm this week when he told the world he would not have drafted Michael Sam. He claims he was being unfairly called anti-gay, despite holes in his story. Do you think Dungy's comments were based on his opposition to the gay "lifestyle"? We'll discuss. Also, the New York Giants hired David Tyree, who has opposed gay marriage in the past and said that gay people can be turned straight. Tyree hasn't yet shared his current views with the public. Does he need to?
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Michael Sam accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs with a speech that left people across America in tears. Sam expressed a clear understanding of his role in the LGBT sports movement and in changing our culture. We talk about the speech and the next, most crucial chapter in his story: St. Louis Rams training camp and making the team.
Plus, earlier this week Major League Baseball hired Billy Bean as their first Ambassador For Inclusion. Where does this put baseball in the race to be the most inclusive pro sports league in America?
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Former Wisconsin and Kansas football player Brad Thorson came out publicly on Independence Day in a post on his blog titled "Seeing through the fog."
Thorson joins us to talk about his experiences in college football and his brief stint in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals, his coming out process and the reaction he's received, and finding a home in the sports world with the San Francisco Fog gay rugby team. He'll be traveling to Australia for the Bingham Cup later this year.
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Two big stories dominated the week for Outsports. First was Monday's Mexico-Croatia game, during which Mexico fans repeatedly chanted "puto." Many have labeled it a gay slur, while others claim it is just another word that is evil to everyone, not just gays. With Mexico playing its next World Cup match this Sunday, we wonder if ESPN will have found a way to mute the word.
High school state swimming champion Jack Thorne came out publicly this week and generated a lot of buzz. Why do high school athletes continue to get so much attention for coming out of the closet? We discuss.
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Mexico's soccer fans have brought their chant that's a gay slur to the World Cup in Brazil, using the phrase during the games against Cameroon and Brazil. Anyone watching TV broadcasts also would have heard it during both of Mexico's games and ESPN says it will try and prevent it from being heard on-air. "Puto!," many of Mexico's supporters chant laughingly during goal kicks by the opposing team's goal keeper. The word is slang for "fag" or "man whore" or "coward." Some say its use in soccer is a cultural phrase that means cowardly and is not directed at gays, but the meaning is clearly designed to mock the opponent as weak and unmanly.
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The World Cup is almost here, and joining us to preview the big event is Josie Becker from LAG Confidential. She covers the LA Galaxy, and we're sure she'll have some pointed things to say about Landon Donovan being left off of the United States men's national team. And we imagine she'll have some insight into Robbie Rogers' 2014 season.
Plus, it was a big year for corporations supporting LGBT sports as Nike announced its 2014 #BeTrue collection. YouTube got into the game as well with their #ProudToPlay campaign. What does it mean to see these two huge companies embracing gay athletes?
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Canadian Olympic luger John Fennell came out publicly this week. He talked about the mental struggle of being a closeted gay man trying to compete in Sochi, where well-known laws explicitly targeted him. Fennell we'll join us, and we'll ask him about the reaction to his coming out story and his overall experience in Russia.
Plus, we'll hit on some of the other LGBT athletes talking publicly this week, including a former Baylor basketball player, a tennis player and a college runner who claims he was kicked out of school for being gay.
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Despite the meme that gay athletes are a distraction to their teams, Jason Collins' season with the Brooklyn Nets came and went. The Nets had a strong season with Collins, going to the Eastern Conference semifinals before losing to the two-time defending champion Miami Heat. What does Collins' quiet exit tell us about the state of pro sports for gay athletes?
While we've talked a lot about Michael Sam for the last few weeks, the one new angle is the complaints from Christians that Tim Tebow was rejected for his religion while Michael Sam is welcomed for his sexual orientation. Is that even true?
Plus, Connor Barwin had some revealing revelations about the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Guest host Eric Leushen and Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch join Jim Buzinski to discuss Michael Sam. Now that Sam has been drafted in the NFL by the St. Louis Rams, we look into his chances of making the roster and playing as an openly gay player. Sam made national news by coming out as openly gay in February.
On Saturday, he was taken in the 7th round by the St. Louis Rams and his kiss with his boyfriend became the talk of the sports world. Now that he has a team, the question will be whether Sam can make the Rams' roster.
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This week we're talking about the big news in gay sports: Gay NFL prospect Michael Sam's draft prospects. He's been predicted to go anywhere from the third to seventh round, but a slew of doubters are suddenly saying he won't be drafted at all. We'll discuss.
We'll be joined by NFL Network's Judy Battista to share her insights into the NFL Draft and what she's hearing from front office execs about Michael Sam.
Plus, you can call in and give us your prediction for the future of Michael Sam.
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The NBA has banned LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life, but the fight is just beginning. Did the NBA have any other choice? What does the public reaction tell us about how we relate to race in this country? Jimmy Williams from War Room Sports joins us.
Plus, what if Sterling had said he doesn't want his girlfriend to bring gay people to the Clippers games. Would there have been the same outrage? Would he have a lifetime ban from the NBA? We'll dicuss.
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Gay pro soccer player Anton Hysen has made the leap across the Atlantic Ocean and is now playing professional soccer for the Myrtle Beach Mutiny in South Carolina. We'll talk to him about his experiences so far in the first few weeks of his U.S. tour, what he's been surprised by, the reception in South Carolina, and the difference in levels of play between European soccer and American soccer.
We'll aso hit on some other hot topics in the LGBT sports world.
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Bubba Watson won his second Masters tournament in three years. A number of people were cheering for "the other guys" becuase of comments Watson made last year when Jason Collins came out about homosexuality being a sin. Is it OK for gay fans to cheer against an athlete because of his beliefs?
The NFL Draft kicks off in three weeks, and a new report lists six teams with reported interest in the openly gay defensive end. Where is the best fit for him?
Please, taxi drivers in Cleveland refuse to drive cabs with Gay Gams ads on them!
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UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon came out publicly as gay this week on Outsports and ESPN, making him the first Div. 1 male basketball player to do so. We'll talk about the impact of his story and Outsports' role in telling it.
We'll also be joined by Anthony Nicodemo, who has spent that last two weekends with Gordon and who was instrumental in helping the young athlete find the courage to come out. Nicodemo, boys basketball coach at Saunders High School, came out publicly as gay on Ousports last year.
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Benedicting College basketball player Jallen Messersmith will join us today to talk about his team's run through the college basketball playoffs. We'll also hit on the Final Four, which takes place in Dallas (for the men) and Nashville (for the women).
We'll also talk about Mitch Eby, the Chapman University football player who came out publicly as gay earlier this week. He's the first gay active college football player to come out publicly. Ever.
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Outsports' Cyd Zeigler was at the NFL annual meeting this year and saw a shift in the league on gay issues. Former NFL player and You Can Play executive director Wade Davis gave two presentations to owners, coaches and front office execs of the 32 NFL teams, and many left calling the presentation "fantastic." Will it open up true dialogue within the teams? We'll talk about it.
Plus, millions fell for the "Jeff Gordon is gay" story on the Internet this week. This seems to be happening every couple of months now. Is there value in these fake stories?
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It's another big week for Michael Sam, as he has his Missouri Pro Day and sends a letter of thanks for all the support the school has shown him.
Plus, our article about size in the locker room - 'cockocracy,' as the writer put it - got a lot of attention and readers. Some people seemed surprised to find out that straight guys measure themselves up too
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We've been told for years that an openly gay player on a pro sports team would be a terrible distraction and undermine a team's ability to win. Yet the Brooklyn Nets are 8-2 with him - that's their second-best 10-game streak of the season. Does it matter that Collins hasn't played many minutes?
And the Myrtle Beach Mutiny pro soccer team signed out gay player Anton Hysen. That's in South Carolina. How much does this tell us about how far pro sports have come?
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Outsports has more coming out stories this week -- varsity athletes at Notre Dame (Matt Dooley, tennis) and Univ. of Virginia (Parker Camp, swimming). We've had seemingly a tidal wave of stories about athletes coming out, and there are many more to come.
Plus we'll talk about an Emory University study that showed the Twitter reaction to Michael Sam being most positive in New York and least positive in Nashville. Does this tell us anything about how the fan base would receive him?
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Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay NBA player and his jersey sells like crazy. Michael Sam is the center of attention at the NFL Combine.
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Johnny Weir has drawn accolades and whispers of criticism for his "performance" in Sochi. Today we'll talk about that and the calls for LGBT athletes to take more of a stand. We'll be joined by Bil Browning of the popular LGBT blog The Bilerico Project.
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Outsports was in the middle of the planning and breaking of the Michael Sam story. We talk about what we knew, when we knew it, and what the road ahead looks like for Michael.
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On the day before the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, we talk with The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin about the politics and LGBT issues surrounding Russia and the Winter Games.
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Outsports has always loved the NFL, so we won't miss an opportunity to talk about the Super Bowl, especially since Jim's Broncos are playing! Plus, we've had a bunch of LGBT college athletes come out in the last couple weeks, including college football player Conner Mertens just this week. Is this the year a tsunami of athletes come out? We'll talk about the first month of what looks to be an amazing 2014 and what the next 11 months could hold.
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