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This week’s winners and losers in LGBTQ sports
Every week, our managing editor runs down the big stories of the past seven days.
Sheena Lawrick played in two Olympics. She’s talking for the first time about being gay
Sheena Lawrick was out at Nebraska and Team Canada. Now she’s married and raising a family, skipping Olympics No. 3.
Winners and losers in LGBTQ sports one year into the pandemic
This week’s list comes one year after the Covid-19 pandemic changed all our lives, and took more than half a million of our friends, family and fellow Americans.
On Deck: Demi Lovato, Patrick Ewing, Cam Newton, the Yankees and a new LGBTQ sports TikTok
On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
Natasha Cloud and Aleshia Ocasio got married
The couple tied the knot last October to protect themselves in case Donald Trump got reelected.
On Deck today: Andy Towle, Sue Bird, Rep. Angie Craig, Russell T Davies, Luka Doncic
On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
Outsports Male Hero of the Year: Kirk Walker
Since coming out as gay in 2007, the softball coach has been a role model and leading advocate for LGBTQ people in sports. Also nominated: rugger Verity Smith.
LGBTQ Sports winners and losers of the week
Every Saturday this year, our managing editor reviewed the big Outsports stories of the week and ranked them as winners or losers. This week, a look at the final full week of 2020.
Christmas countdown of LGBTQ sports winners and no losers
Each week, our managing editor reviews the big Outsports stories of the past 7 days, and ranks them as winners or losers. This week, everybody’s a winner!
These 2 athletes will play against each other at the Olympics. They just got engaged
Anissa Urtez and Amanda Chidester are in love, at the top of their games, and they both want a gold medal.
Out triple jumper named athlete of the year; Pandemic and LGBTQ student athletes; Remembering Arthur Ashe
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.
Melissa Etheridge ❤️ Steve Kornacki; NCAA Governors On Idaho; Cyd’s Cat
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.
Celebrating LGBTQ sports history: Division 1 coach Kirk Walker comes out as gay
Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
Trailblazing coach, USA Swimming dives into diversity, Red cards galore
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.
Battling bias in scrums, swimming, softball and soccer
Join The Huddle for a brief look at what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
How this gay softball player overcame high school taunts, and embraced her true self
When Zoe Kim came out in high school, she was taunted and demeaned. That all changed at Sarah Lawrence College.
Team USA softball star Haylie McCleney comes out as gay: ‘I’m over-the-moon happy’
McCleney, who hails from small-town Alabama, says she feels more loved by God than ever.
This week’s LGBT sports winners and losers
Every week, Outsports’ managing editor presents the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
How support from gay softball teammates carried Gerald Bostock through historic Supreme Court win
Bostock was fired from his dream job for playing in a gay softball league, but says he wouldn't change anything for the world.
This gay softball player helped win SCOTUS employment case
Gerald Bostock was fired from his job after joining a gay softball league. He won his case in the Supreme Court.
This transgender Latina softball player has a message for White trans people
In her latest video, YouTube personality and athlete Melody Maia Monet says White privilege has become ever more visible since the protests following the murder of George Floyd.
Goodbye, Columbus: Gay Softball World Series postponed until 2021 on account of coronavirus
The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance has postponed its championship games, planned for August in Columbus, Ohio, because of the pandemic.
With LGBT sports leagues canceled, we lose camaraderie and community
Tens of thousands of LGBT people participate in sports leagues across the country, where they find friendship and comfort.
Silent spring — for college coach, a canceled season means ‘loss of identity’
Coronavirus impact: Kirk Walker expected to be helping UCLA softball defend its title, but then everything ground to a halt.
Openly LGBTQ athletes take part in Pride On The Court panel
At this weekend’s Pride On The Court at Sarah Lawrence College, openly LGBTQ athletes told student-athletes it’s their responsibility to create safe locker room environments.
LGBT Sports winners, losers and hopefuls of the week
Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage. This week, we’re including hopefuls.
Gay UCLA assistant coach Kirk Walker named head coach of California Softball Commotion
The out assistant coach of the reigning NCAA champion UCLA Bruins will stay on at the university as he takes the reins of the newest National Pro Fastpitch club.
1977: Year of the first Gay Softball World Series, and, uh, this
The Gay Softball World Series was born in 1977, the same year as "Saturday Night Fever."
Gerald Bostock’s journey to the Supreme Court started with a gay softball league
Joining a gay softball league ended Bostock’s 20-year career in social work and began a six year legal journey to the Supreme Court steps.
All-Star engagement between WNBA’s Natasha Cloud and pro softball player Aleshia Ocasio
"Loving you is all I know how to do," Cloud posted on Instagram.
15 LGBTQ sports films where #LoveIsLove
These LGBTQ sports films examine queerness and athletics issue through historic and fictional lenses.
This is why trans athletes compete in sports
While detractors focus on medals and ribbons, trans athletes participate in sports because it affirms them as people.
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