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As WWE prepares for its latest Saudi-hosted event on Saturday, the promise of a 'new era' post McMahon rings less true.

The purse for “Ring of Fire” between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh is reportedly $150 million. Is it covering up LGBTQ abuses?

As Daria Kasatkina gives an optimistic outlook on the WTA Finals in Riyadh, tennis fans have been learning about the plight of Saudi activist Manahel al-Otaibi.

Rugby club Keighley Cougars in England repeatedly makes LGBTQ sports history. Co-owner Kaue Garcia says they want to "shock the world."

WTA takes actions despite objections from prominent tennis figures like Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and out gay players to the showpiece event being held in a country with a dismal human rights record.

New Human Rights Watch report mentions risks faced by gay and trans Qataris; half of competing nations in Asian Cup still criminalize same-sex conduct.

The Spanish club included a warning about ‘severe penalties’ for same-sex relations, and pro-LGBTQ social media posts, to fans going to Riyadh.

Officials express concerns about how current national human rights law would affect a rules change

Athletes show vocal support for transgender defendants in the continuing ADF-Connecticut schools case.

The two-time world track cycling champion talks about sports, speaking out and self care on The Trans Sporter Room.

The two out medalists join a chorus of athletes who are criticizing the IOC for choosing Beijing as a host city.

As anti-trans and other bills get signed into law, sports need to respond to discrimination with a Texas boycott.

Prompted by a vote of online supporters, the noted adventurer and advocate takes a message of inclusion to a tough room.

Aaron will forever be associated with home runs and social justice. When those two worlds collided, with society at its ugliest, he persevered and emerged a hero.

Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.

After being denied by Switzerland’s Supreme Court, Semenya might not be finished running the 800 meters after all.

The campaign debuted with a harrowing video outlining the horrors of sexual discrimination in international athletics.

The Swiss Supreme Court ruled South Africa’s two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya must take testosterone-lowering drugs to compete in her signature event.

A request for an injunction and motions to dismiss the lawsuit against HB 500 were debated in a three-hour hearing Wednesday in federal court in Boise.

The ACLU seeks to stall or stop Idaho’s controversial law that bans transgender students like Lindsay Hecox from competing with cisgender athletes.