Good morning and welcome to The Huddle for today, October 11, 2020. It’s Sunday, and today is National Coming Out Day!
Your need to read time today is just under 2 minutes.
This Morning’s Outsports Headlines:
Coming out as bi+ carries its own set of obstacles, but they aren’t insurmountable
Celebrating LGBTQ sports history, even the negative moments: USA Powerlifting bans all trans women from competing as women
Stephanie Shostak makes the right calls as a ref and as an advocate
ICYMI: Rob Gronkowski, DeAndre Hopkins among NFL players in video for National Coming Out Day
There have been 14 out gay and bi players in the NFL’s 100-year history
Former NFL player Martin Jenkins comes out, gets nominated to California Supreme Court
Why ‘coming out’ is still necessary
Winners and losers of this week in LGBT Sports
We’ve been counting down to National Coming Out Day all month!
Our #3 most popular coming out story: Michael Martin, high school soccer, West Virginia
Our #2 most popular coming out story: Former NFL tackle Ryan O’Callaghan comes out as gay
And our #1 most-read coming out story: Gay Kentucky basketball player supported by team
In other LGBT Sports news…
CNN gave Outsports a shoutout: NFL encourages players to come out in new PSA for National Coming Out Day
Bi sportswriter Dave Stevenson writes in Fansided: Washington Capitals: Thank you for everything, Braden Holtby
From our friend Jon Holmes in Sky Sports: Coming Out Day: Thetford Town FC player-manager Matt Morton shares his story
BBC: National Coming Out Day: People from across sport share stories
Yahoo: ‘LGBTQ landmark’: Tokyo opens Olympics Pride House
AmoMama: Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Have Been Dating for Four Years — inside Their Love Story
Also new this morning…
Patriots-Broncos moved to next Sunday in light of New England’s latest Covid-19 case
Report: NFL plans to proceed with Broncos-Patriots
Tennessee Titans staff member tests positive for coronavirus, facility closed
Alabama’s Nick Saban wonders if Ole Miss knew defense’s signals
MLB Playoffs Power Rankings: Previewing the final four teams in the championship series
French Open Final: Nadal vs. Djokovic
NASCAR: Playoff elimination at Charlotte – who’s in, who’s out?
Cory Sandhagen defeats Marlon Moraes by second-round TKO
3 stories from PinkNews that caught my eye:
OutShouts:
Our friend LGBTQ youth advocate and educator Micah Porter shared this video in the GO! SPACE Facebook group, and thanked Outsports, all the panelists, and moderator Anthony Nicodemo for lifting up this important conversation! Watch it here:
How to come out to your team5 LGBTQ athletes and a coach share their insights coming out to their teams across sports.
Posted by Outsports on Thursday, October 8, 2020
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.
Highlights from Social Media:
Thank you, NFL, and Anthony Harris (Vikings); Anthony Barr (Vikings); Dalton Risner (Broncos); Calais Campbell (Ravens); Jarvis Landry (Browns); Marlon Humphrey (Ravens); Rob Gronkowski (Buccaneers) and DeAndre Hopkins (Cardinals) for taking part in this video for National Coming Out Day!
On National Coming Out Day, and every day, we support you. It takes all of us, and you deserve to be all of you. #ItTakesAllOfUs #BeAllOfYou #NationalComingOutDay pic.twitter.com/dD3nqYCVun
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2020
My eyes watered reading this tweet by icon Billie Jean King for National Coming Out Day:
It takes bravery to live an authentic life. While I was not able to come out as a member of the #LGBTQ community on my own terms, if you’re ready & can safely do so, then I support you! And if you’re not quite there yet, I support you exactly where you are. #NationalComingOutDay pic.twitter.com/txSfq0B2re
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) October 11, 2020
Deputy managing editor Alex Reimer was out and about last night in Boston, and snapped this smokin’ selfie.
Saturday night pic.twitter.com/dI45ZtgEWg
— Alex Reimer (@AlexReimer1) October 11, 2020
If you want your social media post to be included here, or to share one showcasing LGBTQ sports, email us the link at [email protected] or tag @Outsports on Instagram or Twitter!
Podcast Du Jour
Nearly every day of the week, Outsports has a new podcast for your enjoyment. Today, it’s a bonus edition of Alex Reimer’s podcast The Sports Kiki: 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. Listen here:
This and all Outsports podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and on every platform where you find Outsports!
Today’s Sports Calendar
NFL: Click here for ESPN’s schedule of Week 5 football action
MLB ALCS Game 1:
Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays at 7:37 p.m. EDT on TBS
NBA FINALS Game 6:
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat at 7:30 p.m. on ABC-TV
SOCCER: Click here for ESPN’s schedule of soccer action today.
NASCAR: Here’s ESPN’s Grid for the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte
eSports: Check out this calendar from ESPN
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Thanks for reading all the way to the end. The next edition of The Huddle will appear tomorrow morning on Outsports.com Stay safe!
