The Huddle for Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The Huddle is your daily briefing on what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | September 1, 2020The Huddle is your daily briefing on what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | September 1, 2020ABC invited Adam Rippon to comment on a scenario, in which a young gay athlete struggling with coming out.
By Karleigh Webb | July 14, 2020Rhino Robbie put on an incredible show on NBC. And at his hospital he’s testing people for COVID-19.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 2, 2020Outsports’ 30 days of Pride moments concludes with the first and so far only male major pro sports athlete to play after coming out as gay.
By Dawn Ennis | June 30, 2020Torment magazine profiled five snowboarders who, until now, were not known to be gay: Tanner Pendleton, Kennedi Deck, Chad Unger, Jill Perkins and Jake Kuzyk.
By Dawn Ennis | June 28, 2020The “Love, Simon” spin-off includes a scene with the first active openly gay player in NBA history to impart a message.
By Ken Schultz | June 23, 2020Before he came out as gay following his career, Glenn Burke brought a new way of celebrating to baseball and the world.
By Ken Schultz | June 18, 2020By a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that LGBT employees have the same protections from discrimination as anyone else. How will this decision impact the major sports leagues?
By Dawn Ennis | June 15, 2020Athletes, students, and civil rights groups draft letter calling for NCAA to move Final Four in protest of Idaho’s ban on transgender student athletes.
By Karleigh Webb | June 11, 2020The former Welsh National Team member shares her own experience with positive LGBTQ sports role models with Sky Sports, and uses some choice words from Megan Rapinoe to move sport in the right direction.
By Brian C. Bell | June 4, 2020Rapinoe and Bird will host the repurposed awards show alongside Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and focus on heroism.
By Alex Reimer | May 26, 2020Scott Frantz was publicly out as gay for three years while playing for the Kansas State Wildcats.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 20, 2020The head of the UK’s Sport and Recreation Alliance noted the period of no sports is a ripe time to discuss an inclusive future, in a recent interview with Sky Sports.
By Karleigh Webb | May 19, 2020The long-running boxing series touched on the impact of Cruz’s historic coming out and success on Telemundo.
By Brian C. Bell | May 15, 2020His clutch catches defeated the undefeated Miami Dolphins, but could they defeat homophobia?
By Karleigh Webb | May 14, 2020Proud and openly gay, Trae’ Robinson has posted a candid YouTube video detailing his struggles as a Division 1 athlete.
By Alex Reimer | May 13, 2020In a first-person essay for SkySports, Akanni attributes his newfound confidence on the track to coming out publicly.
By Alex Reimer | April 20, 2020Young athletes continue to lead on LGBTQ acceptance in sports.
By Alex Reimer | April 15, 2020Monmouth University senior Caroline Mattise, who came out in a first-person essay for Outsports earlier this year, says she carries mixed emotions about her college tennis career.
By Alex Reimer | April 14, 2020Atlas and seven others will enter a two-stage tournament to crown an interim champion while current champion Jordan Devlin remains in Ireland due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Brian C. Bell | April 13, 2020