LGBTQ Sports Podcast
1,153 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsWe highlight the stories of LGBTQ athletes, coaches and other people in sports who show us all that Courage Is Contagious.
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Krashlyn! Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris on their journey out - Five Rings To Rule Them all
November 07, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBAli Krieger and Ashlyn Harris have become a force not just in women's soccer, but in the push for the inclusion of women and LGBT people across sports. Having come out publicly in 2019, the two wives now have two kids, two dogs and continue to compete at the highest levels of women's soccer. They talk with us this week about their recent endorsement of Align Woman’s Dual Action Probiotic, and how the idea of them being publicly out and embraced by brands like Align just a few years ago seemed...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 140: Explaining the drug chart
November 05, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Noel Ruiz of Impulse Group, an LGBTQ advocacy organization, about their viral drug chart and how it applies to the health and wellness of gay men. Alex also talks about FIFA telling its teams to stay silent about social justice issues at the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 177: Killian McMurphy Returns!
November 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBHello, Lovelies! Ahead of his main event match at Pro Wrestling Vibe Prime Time Vibes on Sunday, "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy returns to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his Cassandro Cup victory, musically invading the PWI office and the continued evolution of The Goons' cinematic work. McMurphy also delves into the inspiration and motive behind his "Gay President" era and exploring the absurdities of homophobia through it. Also Sonic the Hedgehog. Follow Killian McMurphy on Twitter: @T...
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 176: Kota Holliday Returns!
November 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we're delving back into NLS territory as Kota Holliday returns to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her experience helming NLS Is For Everyone, facing Ziggy Haim, her impromptu commentary appearance at Wrestle Queerdom and how her transition has impacted her pro wrestling career. Holliday also chats her desire to explore sports journalism, including her love for women's MMA. Follow Kota Holliday on Twitter: @KotaHolliday Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep159 -- A Curious Case in North Carolina
November 02, 2022 04:16 - 1 hour - 148 MBIt began as a play in an early season high school volleyball match in the small town of Highlands, North Carolina. A skilled girl for Highlands got a perfect set, laid down a hard spike, and the opposing player wasn't ready to handle it. The ball hit the girl in the face causing an injury the forced her to leave the match. Something that happens in the sport. A few weeks later, a school board meets on what happened in the game, and it lead to a decision for all the county high school to forfe...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 139: Sounding the alarm about Qatar and LGBTQ rights before the World Cup
October 29, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the Human Rights Watch's latest report about the disturbing treatment of LGBTQ people in Qatar, and how it should be discussed heading into next month's World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 175: Power! Pride! Pro Wrestling! w/ Heather Owens
October 27, 2022 09:02 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBHello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 3 year anniversary! And what better way to celebrate than chatting about the queer wrestling movement coming to a brand new city! Cincinnati Pride board member and former pro wrestler Heather Owens sits down with Brian Bell to chat Power! Pride! Pro Wrestling!, Cincinnati's first queer pro wrestling event. Follow Heather Owens on Twitter: @H2Owens Follow Cincinnati Pride on Twitter: @CincinnatiPride Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follo...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep158 -- The Trans Women In Cars Getting Coffee Edition
October 26, 2022 10:12 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MBLast week, Karleigh Webb was asked to come to down to a studio in New York City for an interview for a documentary project. She ended up meeting MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin, and from there we boldly go where this podcast hasn't gone before. Trans Women In Cars Getting Coffee! September 10, 2021 was the day where a fighter headed into the cage with a defiant look, and a trans flag...and ended up the winner. We caught up with McLaughlin in the middle of building a documentary on that debut fi...
The GAMEDAY TEA: Gayme Time Sports with Scott Ureta
October 25, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBScott Ureta joins this special LGBTQ+ history month episode to discuss his gay sports Instagram page, how fortunate we are to post gay content, and we breakdown why we love what we do as content creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Sports Kiki Ep. 138: Should pro soccer player Jaelene Daniels have been cut for anti-LGBTQ views?
October 22, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the inspiring coming out stories of college football player Byron Perkins and TV sports reporter Arielle Orsuto. He also discusses pro soccer player Jaelene Daniels being cut from the North Carolina Courage, and whether she deserves to be blacklisted from the NWSL for her anti-LGBTQ views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trans Sporter Room Ep157 -- Rio Pearlstein: A Golfer With Goals
October 19, 2022 02:20 - 59 minutes - 136 MBRio Pearlstein is a 17-year-old golfer at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and has been a rising star in youth golf since he was 11. Two years ago, he was his region's player of the year. That was the same year he came out as a trans boy while pushing through being at the top of his game, and continuing to press toward a goals of playing golf in college which has been his dream. It is a dream that has him willing to put his other life goal on hold for in a sense. He is delaying the next stage ...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 137: What's the real reason for the lack of out male gay athletes?
October 15, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBHappy Saturday! To commemorate National Coming Out Day, Alex looks at the lack of out male LGBTQ athletes, and some of the surprising real reasons why. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 174: Kayla Sparks
October 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Spice Ranger" Kayla Sparks to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the 20th anniversary of her pro wrestling debut at age 14, coming back to the ring after 14 years away, coming out and how she advocates for the LGBTQ through pro wrestling. Sparks also chats her appearances with AEW and WWE, and living her dream by wrestling in a WWE ring for the first time. Follow Kayla Sparks on Twitter: @KaylaSparks247 Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Te...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep156 -- Coming Out Day Overtime: Meet Nora Reichardt
October 12, 2022 10:18 - 1 hour - 163 MB"You have to be out in the world to let people know that you are in the world." One of the mentors of our host Karleigh Webb told her that at the start of her own journey. Last week, a young television reporter in Des Moines, Iowa acted on that axiom boldly. Nora J.S. Reichardt, a bright-eyed 24-year-old working up through the ranks at WOI-TV not just covered the news, last week she was the news. Reichardt stepped into her truth as a transgender woman and shared the story with most of the nat...
The GAMEDAY TEA: Mets Collapse? Braves Resurgence? with Paul Sanders
October 11, 2022 04:06 - 36 minutes - 20.7 MBAvid Mets fan Paul Sanders joins D.Gil to discuss the Mets and Braves 2022 season. Did the Mets collapse or did the Braves just want the division more? Listen to hear our hot takes on the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Sports Kiki Ep. 136: Eyal Feldman, CEO of Boy Butter
October 08, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 29.6 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Eyal Feldman, CEO of Boy Butter, about why his lube company is now advertising during NFL games. Alex also gives his review of "Bros." He wasn't that impressed. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 173: Anton Voorhees
October 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/3 of The Caution (caution), "The Link to the Future" Anton Voorhees, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his work with Hoodslam, how The Caution was formed and helping build Hoodslam's sibling promotion GLAM. Anton also discusses his coming out post from earlier this year and why it was personally difficult for him to make it. Follow Anton Voorhees on Twitter: @link2futureftf Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees Follow Brian Bell on Twitte...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep155 -- The Dystopia Report and Coach Ingram Meets Dr. Phil
October 05, 2022 11:56 - 53 minutes - 123 MBSo one of America's favorite docs, Dr. Phil, wants to talk about trans inclusion in sports and brought in some voices who are decidedly antagonistic to the discussion. Thankfully, he also called in Pioneer award-winning college basketball Layne Ingram to the fray. With his national television appearance coming up, we beamed up the head women's basketball coach at Lansing Community College (MI), and host of The Reconstructed Man podcast to talk about the debut and the continuation discussions ...
The GAMEDAY TEA: Burning Man 2022 with Cyd Zeigler
October 04, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBD.Gil and Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zigler share their experiences at this year's 2022 Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Sports Kiki Ep. 135: Mackenzie Dunford, non-binary football player
October 01, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Mackenzie Dunford, an out bisexual and non-binary Canadian junior football player about how they're trying to make the gridiron a more inclusive place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trans Sporter Room Ep154 -- Jenna Weiner: Making An Ultimate Move
September 28, 2022 09:14 - 57 minutes - 132 MBAmong the hundreds who have told their coming out stories through the power of sports in Outsports was a collegiate Ultimate Frisbee player in 2017 named Jenna Weiner. At the time when a trans woman was making her first step toward her truth and her game, she sought to open the door for other like her to follow, by asking the tough questions of USA Ultimate and then bringing forth suggestions and solutions. Many of her solutions are a major part of her sport's policies now and she and her spo...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 134: Are girls leaving high school basketball because it's not a "pretty" sport?
September 24, 2022 14:02 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NBA giving Anthony Edwards a light punishment for anti-gay language, UMass Football hosting Liberty for its Pride Day and a Wall Street Journal story about why girls are fleeing high school basketball. Is it because women's basketball has the reputation of being a "gay" sport? Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 172: Justine Ward
September 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "Cannonball" Justine Ward to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss their journey into pro wrestling, learning the ropes during Covid and the personal triumphs Ward has found during their young career in the ring. Ward also chats about their first main event match against their trainer Covey Christ and how their long-distance swimming talents transferred into the ring! Follow Justine Ward on Twitter: @CannonballJW Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep153 -- Aces, Races, Spaces and a Deep Dive on Ideas for Inclusion
September 21, 2022 04:11 - 37 minutes - 86 MBThis Week we have Aces, Races, Spaces, and a Deep Dive on some different ideas about inclusion. ACES -- How 'bout WNBA Los Vegas Aces. A young team in the image of a go-getter head coach, and why they may be the team to beat for a while. RACES -- We are heading into the fall running season and that means some major races ahead, and two more of the premier marathons have decided to move into the future by offering non-binary divisions for 2023 SPACES -- The state of Virginia is the latest to j...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 133: Introducing the only LGBTQ-focused streaming service
September 17, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Sheri Johnson, the CEO of Strong Voices Television, the only LGBTQ-focused streaming service. Alex and Sheri talk about her motivation for starting the network and her desire to broadcast LGBTQ sports to the masses. Alex also talks about Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards' anti-gay social media post, and the muted reaction from the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 171: Keita Returns!
September 16, 2022 09:03 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBHello, Lovelies! Just a few days removed from CasGayDia, we welcome back 1/2 of that show's main event a triple champion Keita to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss how his rise in Without a Cause came to be, his rivalry with PrideStyle anchor Da Shade over the Princex of Pride title and his redeveloping himself into one of the West Coast's most intense and high profile stars. Keita also shares his thoughts on Relentless Wrestling, sharing the ring with Ashton Starr at CasGayDia and why he c...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep152 -- Trans Star Power: Leo Baker and Molly Cameron
September 13, 2022 14:12 - 1 hour - 204 MBThis week's Trans Sporter Room with Karleigh Webb features two mavericks who set their own mark. Skateboarder Leo Baker: Art Above All. Heading into 2020, Leo Baker was one of the top skateboarders in the world. A 6-time X Games medalist, Baker was selected to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team for Tokyo. That was before the COVID crisis hit and postponed the games. But a few weeks before, Baker made a different decision. For years, they had pushed up the ranks of the sport from the sidewalks and sky...
The GAMEDAY TEA: Talk'n Equestrian with Jordan Lucas
September 13, 2022 14:10 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBGay equestrian athlete joins the podcast to give us insight into the equestrian sports world and how he conquers it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Sports Kiki 132: What makes quarterbacks so attractive?
September 11, 2022 18:53 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBHappy Saturday! To celebrate the start of the NFL season, Alex talks about every gay football fan's favorite topic: hot quarterbacks! He runs down a ranking of the most attractive quarterbacks in the game, and then discusses a study that seeks to answer whether QBs are *actually* the hottest. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 170: EFFY's Big Gay Brunch 5 w/ Patches Chance
September 08, 2022 17:45 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBHello, Lovelies! We're talking all things Big Gay Brunch this week as Patches Chance (Let The Wrestle) returns to help break down the 5th edition of the queer-focused pro wrestling event. They and Brian Bell discuss Jeyla Jay's return to the North American stage, throwdown featuring Ashton Starr, Sandra Moone, Devon Monroe and Jai Vidal, Parrow demolishing Kidd Bandit and intense fights with Dark Sheik, Max The Impaler and Jordan Blade! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Snag ti...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep151 -- The Post-Kiwi Farms Special Edition: Morgan Artyukhina and Jacqueline Harper-Grubb
September 07, 2022 11:57 - 1 hour - 180 MB2022 has been another rough year, but this week we saw good news. The anti-trans website Kiwi Farms was shut down, for the moment, thanks to a challenge led by a Twitch titans who was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Keffals, you done good. You done real good. But that was a small part of a much larger fight that has intensified over the last three years. Karleigh Webb sits in with two guests with unique views of the challenge ahead. Morgan Artyukhina is a journalist, historian and act...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 131: Revisiting Manti Te'o and the gay question
September 03, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBHappy Labor Day! On this week's show, Alex reviews the Netflix documentary about Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend, and how the media shamefully turned the victim into a laughingstock. Alex also talks about Jon Gruden's first public comments since his anti-gay emails were unearthed 10 months ago, and NBA great Tim Hardaway reflecting on his homophobic past. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 169: Abigail Warren
September 01, 2022 09:12 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "La Bruja" Abigail Warren to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her familial wrestling origins, having her first match at age 9, transitioning during her wrestling career and how her relationship with her pro wrestler father strengthened throughout the time. Warren also discusses her YouTube and podcast content, including her delving into horror and what spooked her as a kid! Follow Abigail Warren on Twitter: @bruja_beeb Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Se...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep150 -- The TSR Gridiron Girls 2022 Football Preview
August 31, 2022 14:47 - 1 hour - 202 MBCollege Football is off and running with the first full slate ahead after a wild "Week Zero" that made our host quite happy! The NFL has 32 teams each with final rosters of 53 readying for the race to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona This week the TSR Gridiron Girls team of analysts provide the ins and outs on the down and outs of the 2022 football season. Karleigh Webb is joined by award-winning adult film auteur/TSR College Football Analyst Chelsea Poe, and but dodgeball demon/TSR Pro Football A...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 130: John Edward Heath, Paralympic hopeful and veteran, on how to keep going
August 27, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with John Edward Heath, an amputated veteran who's training to compete in his first Paralympics. Alex and John talk about experiencing tragedy and how to not only overcome, but stay strong. Follow Alex on Twitter: @AlexReimer1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 168: Rubber Match Panel
August 25, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHello, Lovelies! Following Brian Bell and KC's wedding, the celebration of queer love continues as we welcome Elizabeth Brei, Kira Okamoto, Danny Djeljosevic and pro wrestler Razerwyng, the creative team behind the upcoming queer love/pro wrestling comic book "Rubber Match." The panel discusses the inspiration for the book, how they got the wrestling right and why this story could only be told as a masculine queer male love story! Follow the team on Twitter: @peachchild, @kirameks, @djeljosev...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep149 -- Stephanie Helms: Setting Sail to Make Her Sport Better
August 24, 2022 14:08 - 1 hour - 187 MBStephanie Helms probably could hoist mainsail before she could walk. The 68-year-old competitive sailor has been competing on the seas for most of her life and now is a key member of U.S. Sailing's diversity, equity and inclusion effort in a time were sporting governing bodies worldwides are deciding such issues intensely. True to form, she has much to say about climate in her sport, and a lot of other sports, and is a voice that needs to be heard. Also this week: Thank you for many well wis...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 129: Fighting back against bachelerotte parties
August 20, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutesHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Laurie Essig, a professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College, and the co-author of the provocative Boston Globe op-ed: "Bachelorette parties in P-town often destroy safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people." Alex and Laurie talk about the phenomenon of bachelorette parties, and what their ubiquity says about gay nightlife today. Alex also celebrates the Buccaneers signing Carl Nassib. This could be the biggest moment i...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 129: Fighting back against bachelerotte parties
August 20, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 18.8 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Laurie Essig, a professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College, and the co-author of the provocative Boston Globe op-ed: "Bachelorette parties in P-town often destroy safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people." Alex and Laurie talk about the phenomenon of bachelorette parties, and what their ubiquity says about gay nightlife today. Alex also celebrates the Buccaneers signing Carl Nassib. This could be the biggest moment i...
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 167: Gisele Shaw
August 18, 2022 16:31 - 34 minutes - 78.4 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome IMPACT Wrestling's "Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw to the show. She and Brian Bell chat what led up to her coming out as trans during Pride month 2022, taking ownership over her journey through life and how that new confidence has manifested in the ring. She also touches on her immaculate trans pride flag gear, the support of the IMPACT Knockouts locker room and Lone Star Stampede on August 26-27. Follow Gisele Shaw on Twitter: @GiseleShaw08 Snag ticket...
The GAMEDAY TEA: Boxing with Pharrell Shaymar
August 16, 2022 14:23 - 37 minutes - 21.5 MBPharrell Shaymar joins D.Gil to discuss what it means to be a boxer, his transition journey in the midst of boxing, LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the boxing community, and what it means to be an all-around good human being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Revisiting the historic 1992 Barcelona Olympics, with Zachary Draves - Five Rings To Rule Them All
August 15, 2022 19:50 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBThe 1992 Summer Olympics were particularly historic for many reasons. It was the first Olympics after the fall of the Soviet Union. Professional athletes were first able to compete, leading to the creation of the Dream Team. Sports writer Zachary Draves is revisiting those Games this summer on their 30th anniversary, and he joins the podcast this week to talk about the big storylines and some of the athletes he's been able to interview, including Mary Joe and Gigi Fernandez, Robert Dover, Kei...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 128: NFL reporter Henry McKenna gives us the lowdown on Nassib
August 13, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBNFL training camp is in full swing, and Carl Nassib remains unsigned. On this week's show, Alex chats with Fox Sports NFL writer Henry McKenna about Nassib's status, and when it's time to legitimately wonder whether his sexuality is keeping him on the market. Alex also talks about Pitcher Solomon Bates publicly coming out as gay, and his inspiring self-confidence. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 166: Bryn Thorne
August 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the "Belle of the Brawl" Bryn Thorne to the show! As she prepares to challenge Sandra Moone for the PrideStyle title on Aug. 12, Thorne and Brian Bell discuss Thorne's start in pro wrestling when she was still a teenager, the Arizona independent wrestling scene, Party Hard Wrestling's final show and her relationship with Dark Sheik! Follow Bryn Thorne on Twitter: @BrynofThornes Snag tickets for CasGaydia on Sept. 11 at brainbustertix.com/casgaydia Grab LG...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep148 -- REWIND: Dr. Jaimie Veale on Sensationalism, Facts and The Press
August 10, 2022 04:01 - 59 minutes - 136 MBThis week in theconversation.com, a thought-provoking article called "Polarising, sensational media coverage of transgender athletes should end – our research shows a way forward" was front and center, discussing how the press covers the issue inclusion, where they get it wrong and how they can do better. One of the authors of the scholarly examination is Dr. Jaimie Veale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology; Director, Transgender Health Research Lab, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr. Veale ha...
The Trans Sporter Room Ep148 -- REWIND: Dr. Jaimie Veale on Sensationalism, Facts and The Press
August 10, 2022 04:01 - 1 hourThis week in theconversation.com, a thought-provoking article called "Polarising, sensational media coverage of transgender athletes should end – our research shows a way forward" was front and center, discussing how the press covers the issue inclusion, where they get it wrong and how they can do better. One of the authors of the scholarly examination is Dr. Jaimie Veale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology; Director, Transgender Health Research Lab, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr. Veale ha...
LGBT In The Ring Ep. 165: Wrestle Queerdom
August 07, 2022 18:19 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBHello, Lovelies! This week we're chatting Wrestle Queerdom, a historic show for trans and gender-diverse pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, discuss the event's highs and lows, including a stellar main event between Edith Surreal and Veny, Candy Lee's double defense of the Paris Is Bumping Grand Prize championship and Aiden von Engeland introducing himself to the world! They also delve into the controversies and missteps that occurred in the leadup to the event and the uncertain f...
The Sports Kiki Ep. 127: Brittney Griner's Russian nightmare keeps getting worse
August 06, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBHappy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Brittney Griner's absurd 9.5-year prison sentence, and the sickening gloating that's going on at her expense in some right-wing circles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trans Sporter Room Ep147 -- Sasha Acheson: Ally In The Scrum
August 03, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBFriday July 29, 2022 was a day where trans inclusion in sports took two hits in a matter of minutes. England's Rugby Football Union voted to ban transgender women from competition in the contact sport all level, and within minutes, Rugby League revealed similar policy publicly. The reaction at any levels of the game was critical. A number of grassroots clubs across the UK condemned the bans that have been latest to join world governing bodies in swimming and cycling, and British Triathlon in ...
The GAMEDAY TEA: D.Gil's NFL Preview
August 02, 2022 04:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBAnother NFL season is upon us and D.Gil dishes out the tea on what he thinks may happen in the 2022 NFL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices