Sue Bird came up with idea for WNBA players to wear shirts supporting Kelly Loeffler’s opponent
WNBA players are wearing shirts this week to support the Democratic challenger to Loeffler’s senate seat.
By Alex Reimer | August 4, 2020WNBA players are wearing shirts this week to support the Democratic challenger to Loeffler’s senate seat.
By Alex Reimer | August 4, 2020Mike Lee, a Republican U.S. Senator from Utah, attempted to cite cis women’s rights to condemn trans athletes, contradicting his retrograde views on that issue as well.
By Ken Schultz | July 28, 2020Idaho’s HB500 is opposed by more than 100 civil rights organizations, companies and LGBTQ athletes.
By Alex Reimer | July 23, 2020Loeffler says she won’t sell her ownership stake in the Atlanta Dream, despite pressure from some of the WNBA’s biggest stars.
By Alex Reimer | July 22, 2020The ACLU seeks to stall or stop Idaho’s controversial law that bans transgender students like Lindsay Hecox from competing with cisgender athletes.
By Karleigh Webb | July 22, 2020Out WNBA forward Angel McCoughtry is now with the Las Vegas Aces but is a longtime face of the Atlanta Dream. She talked with the Hard Screen podcast about the rich civil rights history the team’s name represents.
By Outsports | July 21, 2020As the nation mourns civil rights hero John Lewis, my weekly list of winners and losers is a tribute to his legacy.
By Dawn Ennis | July 18, 2020As the nation mourns a civil rights icon, so do some of our country’s out LGBT sports icons and other prominent figures.
By Dawn Ennis | July 18, 2020“Our team is united in the Movement for Black Lives,” reads the tweet, signed by the players and tweeted on the team’s official account Friday.
By Dawn Ennis | July 13, 2020WNBA players have been calling for Loeffler to be ousted from the league after her statement condemning Black Lives Matter.
By Alex Reimer | July 9, 2020Loeffler, who’s co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, addressed a letter to the WNBA condemning the league’s support of Black Lives Matter.
By Alex Reimer | July 8, 2020Jocelyn Benson chairs the Michigan Task Force on Women in Sports, which seeks to elevate female athletes, and serve as a template for the country.
By Alex Reimer | June 29, 2020Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), Akil Patterson and Anthony Nicodemo share lessons learned in sports that lead to success in politics.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 23, 2020Rapinoe and Bird hosted the remote ESPY Awards Sunday along with Russell Wilson.
By Alex Reimer | June 22, 2020A week after saying he wasn’t going to let Connecticut lose federal funding because of a threat by the Department of Education, Gov. Ned Lamont hasn’t clarified his support for transgender student athletes.
By Dawn Ennis | June 18, 2020Out athletes, like everybody in our community, are celebrating the landmark decision that applies civil rights protections to LGBT workers.
By Alex Reimer | June 15, 2020Gov. Ned Lamont told reporters Thursday: “I don’t want to lose any federal funds, that’s for sure!”
By Dawn Ennis | June 12, 2020He’s only 23, but Michael Martin is already an elected official after his win on Tuesday in West Virginia. He told his coming out story as a gay soccer player in 2014.
By Jim Buzinski | June 10, 2020The letter advocates decreasing police budgets and increasing spending on health care and social services.
By Alex Reimer | June 5, 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, 2020