How this queer Vietnamese athlete went from homelessness to international advocate
Amazin LêThi never wants another LGBTQ person to feel as alone as she did.
By Alex Reimer | May 25, 2021Amazin LêThi never wants another LGBTQ person to feel as alone as she did.
By Alex Reimer | May 25, 2021Read about the challenges and achievements of HIV+ Olympic legend Greg Louganis, International bodybuilder Raif Derrazi, who is living with AIDS and U.S.A.F. 1st Lt. Josh Hipps, a triathlete living with HIV.
By Dawn Ennis | December 1, 2020The Vietnamese bodybuilder, personal trainer, and LGBTQ activist will provide commentary for Formula E’s Open Talent Call.
By Karleigh Webb | October 8, 2020Alex Tilinca won first place in the Teen Classic Physique competition this summer, beating even cisgender men.
By Dawn Ennis | December 16, 2019These LGBTQ sports documentaries range from body building and surfing to figuring skating and rodeo.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 12, 2019‘Man Made’ explores the transformative nature of bodybuilding for trans people.
By Jim Buzinski | November 28, 2018Siufung Law is a genderqueer bodybuilder from Hong Kong who is pushing boundaries.
By Jim Buzinski | November 15, 2018Transgender bodybuilder Ajay Holbrook is building the body he always wanted and has big plans in bodybuilding.
By Jim Buzinski | September 27, 2018Total acceptance in the locker room for James Bourdeau.
By James Bourdeau | March 22, 2017Mason Caminiti grew up hating his body. But bodybuilding "transformed my body in ways that I couldn’t fathom" and helped him realize his dreams.
By Mason Caminiti | August 4, 2015World champion powerlifter and elite bodybuilder "Kroc" Kroczaleski is transgender and genderfluid, and is living as Janae Marie Kroc.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 27, 2015I spent the evening Monday at one of the most popular event at the Gay Games — bodybuilding. While the medals were given out to athletes from their 20s to 70+, all are tentative contingent on the medalists passing a drug test. Had a great time meeting Mark Ebinger of Denver, who wrote about his […]
By Jim Buzinski | August 2, 2010When he is the final stretch run for a bodybuilding contest, Brian Mooney of Team DC lives on 1,199 calories a day. That’s the equivalent of a Big Mac, medium fries and large Coke as his entire food intake. Plus 1/2 a liter of water. "I can get crabby and irritable," said Mooney, as his […]
By Jim Buzinski | August 2, 2010One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, which start July 31. Dustin RobertsonHollywood, Calif. My name is Dustin Robertson, 34, aka Aviddiva. I’m 6 feet tall, 225 pounds. I’ve competed in bodybuilding as a hobby for many years. What I enjoy most about competing is […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 12, 2010One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, which start July 31. Mark EbingerDenver My partner of 19 years (married for 16 years) is very supportive and traveling with me, but he will not be competing in the Gay Games. James has been doing the cardio […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 7, 2010The Belgium bodybuilding championships were canceled this weekend after all the bodybuilders fled the building where the competition was being held. Their reason? Anti-doping officials had shown up unannounced to administer drug tests. “I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again,” doping official Hans Cooman told AP. […]
By Jim Buzinski | May 18, 2009