Gay pro wrestling stars AC Mack and Rico Gonzalez marry in beach ceremony
Rico Gonzalez and AC Mack, both professional wrestlers, recently tied the knot on the sands of Puerto Rico.
By Brian C. Bell | June 26, 2024Rico Gonzalez and AC Mack, both professional wrestlers, recently tied the knot on the sands of Puerto Rico.
By Brian C. Bell | June 26, 2024The Athletic’s Adam Crafton, who covers LGBTQ topics within a wide portfolio of work, was honored at this week’s SJA British Sports Journalism Awards.
By Jon Holmes | March 30, 2024Mack, now retired, and Gonzalez got engaged on the beaches of Puerto Rico.
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By Brian C. Bell | September 29, 2023Che Monet became the first out LGBTQ world champion in U.K. pro wrestling history, while Dark Sheik and Helen Charlotte Campbell wrestled in the first singles match between out trans women on British soil.
By Brian C. Bell | September 18, 2023Cassandro becomes the first exotico and first out LGBTQ pro wrestler inducted into the famed Mexican promotion’s Hall of Fame.
By Brian C. Bell | August 28, 2023Exclusive: The Scottish striker is one of very few active male pro soccer players anywhere in the world to be out as LGBTQ. He talks to Outsports ahead of the U.K.’s Football Pride event.
By Jon Holmes | August 23, 2023Jake Atlas addressed his substance abuse, mental health struggles and said that his relationship with his partner ‘is not abusive in any way.’
By Brian C. Bell | July 25, 2022Atlas, who is recovering from a torn ACL, was arrested after allegedly physically charging his partner in the early morning hours of May 23.
By Brian C. Bell | June 1, 2022AC Mack defeated Alex Shelley for the IWTV Independent Wrestling World championship in the main event of “Southeast First” on Friday night.
By Brian C. Bell | January 22, 2022After four months away from the ring, Jake Atlas has found a new pro wrestling home in All Elite Wrestling
By Brian C. Bell | January 4, 2022Jai Vidal brings his authentic self, Louis Vuitton gear and Power Bottom Bomb included, to Impact Wrestling debut Thursday night.
By Brian C. Bell | November 4, 2021Shawn Bennett, who referees WWE matches on “Raw,” is living out and proud as his true self.
By Brian C. Bell | October 11, 2021Denison University’s Seth Hayes found acceptance after coming out as gay in high school and now genderqueer in coaching.
By Brian C. Bell | October 11, 2021Kanyon, one of the first out gay wrestlers, is the subject of the latest episode of Vice’s ‘Dark Side of the Ring,’ but the absence of LGBTQ voices in telling his story is unacceptable.
By Brian C. Bell | September 24, 2021Contreras, a former pro wrestler himself, won Impact Wrestling’s #ImpactSuperFan contest earlier this month.
By Brian C. Bell | July 14, 2021The film documents the rise of out British pro wrestler Cassius to claim Riptide Wrestling’s Pride of Brighton championship.
By Brian C. Bell | June 17, 2021Orlando-based No Peace Underground will host Parrow and EFFY’s LGBTQ no-ring deathmatch event on June 11.
By Brian C. Bell | June 10, 2021Andrews rose to prominence in recent years in Paradigm Pro Wrestling and Unsanctioned Pro as one half of The Awesome Odyssey.
By Brian C. Bell | June 1, 2021IWTV Family Reunion, GCW’s Acid Cup and For the Culture, Allie Kat’s Real Hot Girl Shit and EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch are ready to showcase what marginalized groups in pro wrestling can do.
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