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Out skater Amber Glenn wins U.S. figure skating title, poses with Progress Pride flag

Glenn survives struggles on the free skate to become the first queer woman to win a U.S. skating title.

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Clumsy cartoon ‘joke’ shows how men’s cycling is on wrong track, says gay rider

Organizers of Belgium’s E3 Saxo Classic apologized for a cartoon that some called homophobic. UCI-ranked Josh Jones says the sport is "thoughtless" on LGBTQ inclusion.

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Lia Thomas has filed challenge to World Aquatics’ trans ban, confirms Court of Arbitration for Sport

The trans NCAA Champion seeks to strike down a ban on trans women in elite swimming.

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Taylor Swift is the kind of fun & joyful fan who is good for football

Football crowds are often fueled by rage and toxic masculinity. Swift has been a welcome antidote to that atmosphere.

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Why is this pro soccer player talking about ‘gay business’ in a bizarre leaked video?

In what appears to be a strange initiation, new Gillingham FC transfer signing Remeao Hutton makes some wild promises. Hazing hasn’t gone away.

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Dave Kopay, first out gay NFL player, played for the Lions and 49ers

Out players. Glory holes. Pride initiatives. Offensive tweets. There are myriad LGBTQ connections to this season’s NFL playoffs

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Ex-MMA fighter Jake Shields triggered by sight of Pride Tape on a hockey stick

He opposes trans people and gay parents and now even the sight of NHL players using rainbow tape sets him off.

Sportswriter Jason Whitlock panders to homophobia with pro-Sean Strickland take

The formerly respected pundit asserts ‘your natural instinct is to want your kids to be heterosexual.’

Pro rugby player Nick McCarthy got advice on coming out as gay from NFL’s Carl Nassib

McCarthy is now about to embark on his first season of Major League Rugby with Chicago Hounds.

FIFA sending ‘dangerous message’ to young gay soccer players, says Robbie Rogers

The former USMNT international is frustrated to see major football tournaments being given to nations that refuse to "embrace that the world looks different".

Trans golfer Hailey Davidson hopes to ‘cool the fire’ as NXXT Tour requests hormone tests

Davidson is receiving increased flak from the usual suspects having made a strong start to her winter tour season.

AI-generated football boyfriends make NFL playoffs really gay

What do you get when a gay NFL fan asks AI to create an image of two fans hugging? It went as expected.

Dana White chickened out, missed the point of Sean Strickland’s free speech

Dana White 2024 doesn’t agree with Dana White 2014, but he’s silent on Sean Strickland.

Raquel Pennington wins vacant UFC Bantamweight title in all-LGBTQ UFC 297 co-main event

Raquel Pennington capped off a six-fight win streak by claiming her first UFC championship in a unanimous decision win over fellow out LGBTQ fighter Mayra Bueno Silva.

Spain soccer legend Jenni Hermoso speaks publicly about her sexuality for the first time

Hermoso says she felt talking about being gay was "always taboo" as she opens up on Spanish TV show "Planeta Calleja".

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Wrestlers and fans shut down transphobia at TWE Chattanooga event

Fans and fellow wrestlers shut down an attendee directing transphobic comments toward out non-binary pro wrestler Josh Locke following their Gig City championship win.

Shawn Barber, Olympian and world champion athlete who came out as gay, has died at 29

Barber competed for Canada, living his life openly and ‘proudly’ after coming out in 2017.

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ESPN, Disney, UFC silent as Sean Strickland shares horrific anti-gay messages never seen in pro sports

Sean Strickland’s followers love to bury their ‘homophobia’ in their sculpted male god. And, it seems, he loves to take it.

Cal Calamia won the New York Marathon nonbinary division, but won’t receive the winner’s check

In the situation with NYC Marathon’s 2023 nonbinary winner Cal Calamia’s prize money, organizers looked clumsy and clueless.

Jordan Henderson’s Saudi shambles is a lesson to LGBTQ people in sports — it’s our fight

The soccer star was feted for speaking up in support of gay and trans people, then pilloried for abandoning his principles. Now he’s left Saudi, reportedly without pay.

The National Basketball League is surrounding itself with Pride basketballs and a ton of LGBTQ inclusive hope

The NBL and its 10 teams are all aligned to support LGBTQ inclusion this week.

These 4 LGBTQ coaches have been out while coaching in the NFL

There have been at least three publicly out NFL assistant coaches, each of whom has opened eyes by doing their job well.

NFL players are debating nail polish on dudes right now on social media, and they’re all over the map

Cole Beasley started a debate about nail polish on guys, and now NFL players are voting up or down on it.

A letter from one dad to another: Learn to accept your gay son, like I did

Cyd Zeigler, Sr., relates his experiences with his gay son in hopes of reassuring Michael Sam's father about his.

NY Knicks deal Saudi sportswashing a loss by dropping PIF-backed jersey patch before the season

After NYC Mayor Adams steps in to stop the deal, there’s an emerging lesson in this story for LGBTQ sports advocates.

MMA fighter Sean Strickland says some of the most anti-gay statements ever made by a pro athlete

Journalist Alex Lee asked Strickland a couple of reasonable questions about LGBTQ inclusion. Strickland went scorched-earth.

Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert oppose WTA event in Saudi Arabia, citing LGBTQ and women’s rights

Jon Wertheim obtained the letter written by the former on-court rivals.

Out Nebraska gymnast Samuel Phillips enters season on high after All-Star meet win

Samuel Phillips won the high bar at the kickoff event to the new season and is excited to be healthy and focused.

Marta wins FIFA Special Award and delivers message of women’s empowerment

Going forward, FIFA will also give out The Marta Award to celebrate the best goal in women’s soccer.

Columbus Blue Jackets raffle Ivan Provorov ‘Hockey Is For Everyone’ jersey after player rejected LGBTQ Pride

Provorov last year refused to wear a Pride jersey, leading to an NHL ban of Pride jerseys.

Daria Kasatkina wins first round Australian Open match, faces Sloane Stephens in Round 2

Kasatkina beat American Peyton Stearns to advance to the round of 64 in Melbourne.

Israel Folau’s homophobia ‘scared’ gay staff and unsettled players at Rugby Australia

Former CEO Raelene Castle says the firing of Folau in 2019 was ‘a perfect storm.’

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns personally welcomed the crowd to Pride Night

Towns also invited the head of Twin Cities Pride to be his personal guest at the game.

Only 5 NFL Playoff teams have male cheerleaders, but one team has 19 of them

One team in this season’s NFL Playoffs has more male cheerleaders than the rest of them combined.

These 61 recent NFL players, 14 owners and 9 head coaches publicly support gay and bi athletes

RK Russell talks about the importance of all of them showing support, and hoping for more.

Tampa Bay Bucs hosted NFL-first team-sponsored LGBTQ tailgate in 2014

Tampa Bay Buccaneers invited the LGBT community and the You Can Play project to celebrate their game against the St. Louis Rams.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fails again to get any ‘glory hole’

With the Cowboys losing again in the NFL playoffs, owner Jerry Jones fails to attain his definition of success.

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