New York Liberty’s Layshia Clarendon shares their coming out story
The WNBA player reflects on coming out to their parents and identifying as gender non-conforming in a new podcast interview.
By Shelby Weldon | June 8, 2020The WNBA player reflects on coming out to their parents and identifying as gender non-conforming in a new podcast interview.
By Shelby Weldon | June 8, 2020The South African track star received her second Gold Medal after the winner of the 2012 Olympic event was stripped of her award for doping.
By Dawn Ennis | June 8, 2020The transgender All-American duathlete, Hall of Fame triathlete and Olympic trials race walker earned a spot in the men’s 35-39 sprint duathlon world championship in 2015 and competed with Team USA.
By Dawn Ennis | June 7, 2020Matt Lynch, an openly gay men’s basketball coach, was featured in a Pride episode of the “Tamron Hall” show.
By Jim Buzinski | June 7, 2020In her latest video, YouTube personality and athlete Melody Maia Monet says White privilege has become ever more visible since the protests following the murder of George Floyd.
By Dawn Ennis | June 6, 2020My weekly look at the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage supports the ongoing protests advocating for an end to injustice for Black Americans.
By Dawn Ennis | June 6, 2020One week after being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Welts saw the Warriors win their third championship.
By Alex Reimer | June 6, 2020Minneapolis-based out wrestlers Russell Rogue and Devon Monroe & F1ght Club Pro Wrestling co-promoter Chris Harris discuss how inaction must be a thing of the past following George Floyd’s death.
By Brian C. Bell | June 6, 2020Katie Sowers made history in two ways when Super Bowl LIV kicked off in February.
By Jim Buzinski | June 5, 2020The letter advocates decreasing police budgets and increasing spending on health care and social services.
By Alex Reimer | June 5, 2020Phil Bildner planned to discuss his new novel, ‘A High Five for Glenn Burke,’ until a school parents’ association caved to prejudice.
By Ken Schultz | June 5, 2020A week ago Justin Rabon and Brad Neumann were frozen with fear. Now they’re doing what they can to help their community.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 4, 2020Rocco Carley can be heard making homophobic, racist and Islamophobic remarks on a video that surfaced online late Wednesday night.
By Brian C. Bell | June 4, 2020Brees’ apology for his remarks about NFL protests takes little accountability, just like his explanation for working with a prominent anti-LGBTQ lobbying group.
By Alex Reimer | June 4, 2020Every day this month, we’ll be revisiting a moment of Pride. Today: CeCé Telfer makes trans history in NCAA track and field with a national championship win.
By Karleigh Webb | June 4, 2020The former Welsh National Team member shares her own experience with positive LGBTQ sports role models with Sky Sports, and uses some choice words from Megan Rapinoe to move sport in the right direction.
By Brian C. Bell | June 4, 2020Kuat Khamitov trampled on and burned a Pride flag on Instagram while representing Kazakhstan.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 3, 2020The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson dishes on the usefulness of White House press briefings, and how he gears his political coverage for LGBT audiences.
By Alex Reimer | June 3, 2020The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance has postponed its championship games, planned for August in Columbus, Ohio, because of the pandemic.
By Dawn Ennis | June 3, 2020Three years after his historic coming out, Orlando Cruz made history again.
By Brian C. Bell | June 3, 2020