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Jeremy Finlayson will sit three games after using an anti-gay slur. Michael O’Donnell, who plays in a lower league, applauds the decision.
By Jon Holmes | April 10, 2024
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Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia is being questioned about a recording some say features him using a gay slur.
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By Jon Holmes | April 8, 2024
French soccer stops rainbow shirt numbers, leaving LGBTQ groups ‘shocked’
Groups fighting homophobia in French soccer fear backsliding after rainbow numbers are ditched. This happens at the same time homophobic chants are heard at games.
By Jon Holmes | April 2, 2024
NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt and RGIII stand up for Caleb Williams’ pink nails
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Why gay athlete kissing his boyfriend after qualifying for Olympics was ‘a powerful thing’
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By Jon Holmes | April 22, 2024
Gay gymnast Sam Phillips wears Pride pin at NCAA’s to show visibility for LGBTQ athletes
Phillips wore the Pride pin while taking home two All-American gymnastics honors at the NCAA championships.
By Jim Buzinski | April 22, 2024
Disc Golf Pro Tour event receives threat of violence as trans athlete participates
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By Karleigh Webb | April 22, 2024
The Golden Girls traded cheesecake for sports beefcake these 11 times
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By Cyd Zeigler | April 21, 2024
Oklahoma must think pro wrestling is real with its ban on trans women wrestlers
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By Brian C. Bell | April 19, 2024
Gay athletes thrive at Ball State and even show some sass on the court
A school paper's profile of three Ball State athletes show how acceptance and inclusion are a winning combination.
By Jim Buzinski | April 19, 2024
NHL’s Stanley Cup Bracket Challenge bans ‘gay,’ ‘transgender’ as profanity, allows ‘gun,’ ‘kill’
Somebody somewhere thought it might be a good idea to program an algorithm that would ban some LGBTQ words as 'profanity.'
By Cyd Zeigler | April 19, 2024
Premier League gay love story is pure fantasy football but very welcome on World Book Night
Matt Cain’s "Game On" is a new novella in which footballer Tom falls for journalist Cosmo. A lot of LGBTQ sports fans will enjoy the escape.
By Jon Holmes | April 19, 2024
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe set to produce lesbian soccer love story, ‘Cleat Cute’
'Cleat Cute' is a sapphic story set in soccer, when two teammates fall in love. Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are set to produce the series.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 19, 2024
Landon Driggers is a gay nonbinary Tennessee swimmer training for a spot on Team USA for the Paris Summer Olympics
Landon Driggers is an all-American swimmer at the University of Tennessee who is now training for the Team USA Olympic Trials.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 18, 2024
Gay couple who own pro sports team will have a trans-pride-flag kit – ‘We become louder!’
Rugby club Keighley Cougars in England repeatedly makes LGBTQ sports history. Co-owner Kaue Garcia says they want to "shock the world."
By Jon Holmes | April 18, 2024
Out tag team The Backslide Girlz slide their way into pro wrestling history with championship win
Out pro wrestlers Kingsley and Shay Kassidy, known together as The Backslide Girlz, became the first women's tag team champions in Australian pro wrestling history Friday.
By Brian C. Bell | April 18, 2024