Call It Out 19 asks, ‘How can we end homophobia in soccer?’
Call It Out 19, the 3rd annual summit on LGBTQ inclusion in soccer, pondered queerphobia and its possible cures.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 13, 2019Call It Out 19, the 3rd annual summit on LGBTQ inclusion in soccer, pondered queerphobia and its possible cures.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 13, 2019Noël Le Graët, head of the French Football Federation, thinks that FIFA’s rule allowing refs to stop matches for homophobic chants is excessive.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 12, 2019When retired middleweight Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo of England officiated his sister’s same-sex wedding, he was surprised by the homophobic blowback.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 10, 2019Olympian track champion Caster Semenya has started training with a soccer club in South Africa.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 10, 2019Hong Kong is supposed to host the 2022 Gay Games, but recent protests are making the Federation of Gay Games a little worried.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 10, 2019Olympic hockey players and married couple Meghan Duggan and Gillian Apps will welcome their first child in February 2020.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 9, 2019Transgender runner, University of Montana student Juniper Eastwood, recently became the first out trans Division I competitor in the sport — here’s her story.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 30, 2019130 people had signed up to take part in the Queer Olympix in Istanbul, Turkey, but then organizers were met with police water cannons and riot vehicles.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 27, 2019Lesbian soccer pro and U.S. Women’s team co-captain Megan Rapinoe discusses her coming out, her spat with President Trump and her conservative parents.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 26, 2019Letting non-binary and gender-neutral runners compete is a great start for Scotland’s Great Run. Not awarding them prizes or official rankings is a let down.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 23, 2019Transgender athlete Chris Mosier says he didn’t break his stride when a random man hurled an anti-gay slur at him during a workout.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 14, 2019Cricket Australia, the sport’s national governing body, has unveiled new and inclusive transgender policies.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 14, 2019Brittney Griner and four other players from the Phoenix Mercury and Dallas Wings have been suspended following Saturday night’s incident.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 13, 2019Denmark’s Pernille Harder and Sweden’s Magdalena Eriksson are two soccer players who are dating and helping fight queerphobia in youth sports.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 9, 2019Lesbian tennis legend and feminist trailblazer Billie Jean King now has a six-inch plastic action figure whose sales help a good cause.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 7, 2019Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcaster Scott MacArthur came out recently in a 7-minute YouTube video.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 26, 2019After a third unanimous vote, Long Beach City, California will re-name its library after lesbian tennis legend Billie Jean King.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 25, 2019These LGBTQ sports films examine queerness and athletics issue through historic and fictional lenses.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 19, 2019Will FIFA have the guts to finally apply its nearly two-year-old policy against anti-gay soccer chants?
By Daniel Villarreal | July 16, 2019Lesbian sprinter Dutee Chand made national history by winning her country’s first gold medal at the World University Games.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 15, 2019