Pro hockey team releases player for deluge of homophobic tweets
The Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL released Louie Rowe for posting extreme anti-LGBTQ content on social media.
By Alex Reimer | January 24, 2023The Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL released Louie Rowe for posting extreme anti-LGBTQ content on social media.
By Alex Reimer | January 24, 2023Reft started his coming out journey playing volleyball in West Hollywood gyms. Now, he’s coming back home to coach.
By Alex Reimer | January 23, 2023An Australian athlete, Dunn was a longtime advocate for LGBTQ people in sports and once had Olympic dreams.
By Jim Buzinski | January 23, 2023The Grand Slam champion closed out her professional career at the Australian Open to a standing ovation.
By Shelby Weldon | January 21, 2023NBC refused a request from LGBTQ employees to have Dungy apologize on-air, and the network has refused to comment publicly.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 21, 2023In an interview on The Trans Sporter Room, Henig gives a deeper glimpse into his transition in and out of the pool.
By Karleigh Webb | January 20, 2023Chris Eubank Jr. donned the Pride armband at a weigh-in after opponent Liam Smith suggested he was gay and then tweeted a message of inclusion.
By Jim Buzinski | January 20, 2023Dungy was hired by NBC Sports after advocating against same-sex marriage. This tweet went beyond any of his previous statements.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 19, 2023Separated from her homeland and family, Kasatkina finds strength in her teammates’ support and her ability to live openly and honestly.
By Ken Schultz | January 19, 2023Ivan Provorov’s rejection of the LGBT community, with the blessing of the NHL and Flyers, shows we’re not there yet.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 18, 2023Pride Nights are hollow if there isn’t larger buy-in from the teams hosting them.
By Alex Reimer | January 18, 2023Webb’s column on the refusal of some people to welcome the LGBT community to Pride Nights in sports continues to ring true.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 18, 2023Tony Dungy says schools provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats. He is a current NBC Sports analyst.
By Alex Reimer | January 18, 2023Sasha Liu need not have worried about how teammates would handle their pronouns. The experience shows how far Liu has come.
By Sasha Liu | January 17, 2023Ivan Provorov played in a game despite refusing to wear a Pride rainbow jersey, in a show of defiance against LGBT fans.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 17, 2023After a fan vowed not to attend games as long as the Kalamazoo Wings featured a rainbow logo, the team’s Twitter account informed him he wouldn’t be missed.
By Ken Schultz | January 16, 2023The anti-gay analyst was eviscerated for his brutal performance while calling Chargers-Jaguars.
By Alex Reimer | January 15, 2023Nelson, who just celebrated his one-year wedding anniversary, is thriving on all fronts.
By Alex Reimer | January 13, 2023Skate Canada’s new ruling receives several endorsements, including one from Russia, and an interesting explanation for the policy change.
By Ken Schultz | January 13, 2023As Derek Carr readies to leave the Raiders, let’s cheer again how he reacted when Carl Nassib came out as gay.
By Jim Buzinski | January 13, 2023Score weekly updates
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