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For the second straight year, Pull For Pride co-headed by Breanna Diaz and trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper have put together a scholarship program for LGBTQ athlete seeking aid for their pursuit of strength sports. Training, equipment and competition fees can be an expensive proposition for those seeking to compete in the sport and that often prices out many with potential and many other seeking the physical and emotional health and wellness benefits. In 2020, the opening year, the scholarship had a $2,000 budget to give grants out. Six athletes were able to get aid, there where more that the group wanted give to,. In 2021, the scholarship fund grew to over $10,000 in donations, many coming from other grassroots athletes.. The grants were awarded in November to 24 titans of all ages, races, and identities. Three grant winners, D'Auriel Epiphany, Taylor Selman and Afton Brooks join Karleigh Webb for one of most trans joyful conversations since this podcast became a podcast. All three are strong, ambitious, que

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about WNBA legend Candace Parker publicly coming out, and what her announcement says about athletes who stay closeted. Also, can Colton Underwood just go away? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're rounding out the QWI season with the fan-voted QWI Awards ceremony! Brian Bell, along with Grit & Glitter's Em Fear and Val Pancakes, announce the winners in 14 categories celebrating LGBTQ pro wrestling in 2021, including a number of QWI 200 honorees. From Wrestler of the Year to Best Look, we celebrate and honor those who you voted the best in QueerWres in 2021! Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Follow Val Pancakes on Twitter: @ValPancakes Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent pr

Every so often the Trans Sporter Room sends out an "away team" (okay, just Karleigh) do hopefully do a "home and home" with another podcast. In November Karleigh went to the road to appear on Phoebe Rose's "Transition Stories" podcast where they talked about trans life, their journeys and geeked out on Formula 1 racing. This week UK-based Phoebe Rose gets beamed up to talk about her series now entering its 3rd year, the impact it's had on her and on a community in a place gaining a distinction as "TERF Island", And yes, they are still going to geek out on Formula 1. Can you blame them after last weekend in Abu Dhabi? Also this week Anti-trans group protests USA Cyclocross Nationals Why the NCAA needs to stand up and speak out for their own inclusion policy Yeeted at Yas Marina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the successes of UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, who's shattering Ivy League records as a trans woman. The LGBTQ media has largely been quiet about Thomas, allowing bad faith right-wing pundits to control the narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! As QWI 200 week reaches its end with the release of the top 20 today, Brian Bell welcomes a panel from Pro Wrestling Illustrated to discuss the list of the top 200 LGBTQ pro wrestlers of the year! "Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar (Wrestling Inc., PWI), Black Wrestlers 500 curator Righteous Reg (Fightful, PWI), Women's 150 curator Kristen Ashly (BellToBelles, PWI) and PWI Editor-in-Chief Kevin McElvaney break down this year's list, including a stacked top five, and open up about why lists highlighting underrepresented communities in pro wrestling are vital. Follow Pollo Del Mar on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM Follow RIghteous Reg on Twitter: @RighteousReg Follow Kristen Ashly on Twitter: @KristenAshly Follow Kevin McElvaney on Twitter: @wackelvaney Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe W

Britni de la Cretaz has written some of most important journalism in the last couple years at the intersection of sports, gender, culture, queerness. In the middle of groundbreaking articles on nonbinary inclusion in sports and the hidden stories of trans men in the continuing transgender athletic inclusion "debate", they found time to team up with standout sports writer Lyndsey D'Arcangelo and wrote a book. Their effort Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League would be a sizzling piece of period fiction of sport coming in the cusp of the changes of the 1970s... But the thing is, It's not fiction. In 1973, after a prehistory full of sideshows, and barnstorming, a group of teams, investors, and women with athleticism, spark, and a dream got together and formed the National Women Football League. This is a story of the history of a league filled with a cast of characters that including a tough Texas-born quote machine, glamour teams from glamour towns, gritty women who just wanted

Happy Saturday! The NFL is running its annual "My Cause My Cleats" campaign this weekend, and only two players are supporting LGBTQ-related causes. On this week's show, Alex shares why that annoys him, and also talks about 49ers QB Trey Lance supporting an anti-gay Christian organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome PrideStyle founder and VERSUS Pro co-booker Milhouse Malott to the show. Malott and Brian Bell discuss what led to the creation of Malott's new all-inclusive promotion and the bangers only level card planned for its debut on Dec. 10. Malott also delves into his coming out as pansexual on National Coming Out Day, the growth of the Las Vegas wrestling scene in 2021, Graphouse and running wrestling shows in a mall. Follow PrideStyle on Twitter: @PrideStylePro Follow Milhouse Malott on Twitter: @HeyMilhouse Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic in

Karleigh Webb returns from the holiday weekend to interview outspoken Australian athlete and transgender advocate Kirsti Miller who had a lot more to say, show and teach on the IOC policy based on her experiences in sport that reach back four decades. Also , she delves into the systemic issues beyond the sporting issue, in addition to talking what keeps her advocating and sometimes, agitating in the world of sport and in the Australia she calls home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Olympic silver medalist Raven Saunders made a name for herself at the Tokyo Summer Olympics with her big personality, her died hair and her refusal to stop expressing her true self. When she received her silver medal, she held her arms over her head as an expression of solidarity with all people. Now several months later she has endorsement deals and the companies she's working with aren't interested in toning her down, they're looking to support all of who she is. She talks with us this week about all of that, and about her struggles with mental health and why that issue has become a big part of her platform. You can follow Raven on Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Colon Underwood's upcoming Netflix series, and why he finds the concept to be toxic. In addition, Alex speaks about the importance of racing champion Lewis Hamilton wearing rainbow colors when he won the Qatar Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving in the only way we know how: beautifully goofy pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their partner KC are back to discuss a true classic - The Invisible Man vs. The Invisible Stan from GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1. How do you have a match when only the referee is visible to all in attendance? Let referee Bryce Remsburg suck you into one of the greatest one-man shows pro wrestling has ever seen. Watch the match on YouTube here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events fr

Rachel Willis grew from just a kid in Georgia finding her way to a community organizer, fighter and journalist leading the way. The proud and studious 30-year-old activist has been strong, steady voice through a turbulent period for trans communities and his emerged among a new generation of LGBTQ leaders for today and tomorrow. This week Karleigh Webb sits down with Willis to talk about her work, her story, her determination, and her hopes for the movement now and into the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil has a Thanksgiving message for everyone that's ever played sports. Think deep as you listen to this episode and get ready to send a text or make a much-needed phone call. Happy Thanksgiving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The International Olympic Committee has announced it will end its trans-athlete policy in March, just after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Instead, the Olympics are offering a 10-point framework to encourage each individual sports' governing body to create its own policies around who can compete in the women's category. Kirsti Miller joins us this week from Australia to talk about the new policy. The trans athlete has advocated for changes to sporting policy for trans athletes for years. This new policy reflects some of what Miller has been pushing for years, namely a framework that is built around each individual sport and athlete. She talks about the effects that transitioning has had on her, and why she is so encouraged by the new IOC policy. You can follow Kirsti Miller on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! Alex tackles two topics on this week's show, including how the phrase "who cares?" has become code online for "I hate gay people." Homophobes are more clandestine than they used to be, but their message is the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Roll out the red carpet and protect your neck because hard-hitting legend Mercedes Martinez is on the show! Ahead of her Impact Knockouts title match against Mickie James at Turning Point Saturday, Martinez sits down with Brian Bell to chat the significance of stepping into the ring with James, how LGBTQ and female visibility has improved during her career, wrestling Cassandro at Rise Pride & Joy and overcoming anti-LGBTQ stigmas that existed early in her career. Follow Mercedes Martinez on Twitter: @RealMMartinez Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independ

Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting AEW Full Gear 2021 this week with Fanfyte's Colette Arrand! She and Brian Bell break down the highs and lows of the event, including Hangman Page's coronation as AEW World champion, Eddie Kingston and CM Punk delivering perfection and the genius of MJF and his jocks. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Fanfyte on Twitter: @FanFyte Follow‌ ‌Brian‌ ‌Bell‌ ‌on‌ ‌Twitter:‌ ‌‌@WonderboyOTM‌ ‌ Follow‌ ‌LGBT‌ ‌In‌ ‌The‌ ‌Ring‌ ‌on‌ ‌Twitter:‌ ‌‌@LGBTRingPod‌ ‌ ‌ The‌ ‌Progress‌ ‌Pride‌ ‌Flag‌ ‌design‌ ‌by‌ ‌Daniel‌ ‌Quasar‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌product‌ ‌of‌ ‌Progress‌ Initiative.‌ ‌Find‌ ‌out‌ ‌more‌ ‌at‌ ‌‌quasar.digital‌!‌ ‌ Huge‌ ‌thanks‌ ‌to‌ ‌Sarah‌ ‌&‌ ‌The‌ ‌Safe‌ ‌Word‌ ‌for‌ ‌the‌ ‌show’s‌ ‌theme,‌ ‌Formula‌ ‌666‌ ‌from‌ ‌the‌ ‌album‌ ‌Red,‌ ‌Hot‌ ‌and‌ ‌Holy.‌ ‌Find‌ ‌them‌ ‌on‌ ‌Twitter,‌ ‌‌@STSWBand‌,‌ ‌and‌ ‌check‌ ‌out‌ ‌their‌ ‌music‌ ‌on‌ ‌‌Spotify‌‌ ‌and‌ ‌‌Bandcamp‌.‌ ‌  ‌Check‌ ‌out‌ ‌IndependentWrestling.tv‌ ‌for‌ ‌the‌ ‌best‌ ‌in‌ ‌current‌ ‌and‌ ‌cl

The Trans Sporter Room beams up views from two of the biggest stories affecting trans people in 2021. On November 16, the International Olympic Committee unveiled a major shift in its transgender eligibility policy which is a marked departure from the Stockholm Statement. We look at the change and what it could look like. And our guest this week, comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle, put herself front and center in the Dave Chappelle/Netflix controversy with a stinging commentary written in the U.S. edition of Guardian as the news on the special grew. We beam her up to talk about fierceness, fame, comedy, activism, and the funny side of trans life as a rising stand-up star. Also this week Shout Outs and Three Stars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices