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Hello, Lovelies! In a special weekend episode, Brian Bell welcomes Em Fear (Grit & Glitter) and Kate Foray (Girl Wrestling Fan Will You Marry Me?) to the show to discuss the latest episode of Vice's Dark Side of the Ring focused on the life of Chris Kanyon. They chat about the clear absence of LGBTQ voices in the documentary before looking at key moments in Kanyon's life and discussing the tragedy and empowering legacy that endures from his story. Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @ForkedPgh Follow Kate Foray on Twitter: @makeitloud 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

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex recounts how Patriots owner Robert Kraft stopped by his flag football league's opening day to schmooze with football-loving gays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're getting a touch of class this week as the Tea Time champion Theo Ivory joins the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his journey in pro wrestling, all the laughs and joy at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 and Ivory's YouTube series "Tea Time." They also discuss the growth and diverse presentations of queer identities in pro wrestling and why visibility is so important to Ivory. Ivory also shares his thoughts on his upcoming "Gay or Stay 3-Way" match at Pro Wrestling After Dark Taste The Rainbow! Follow Theo Ivory on Twitter: @thee_theoivory 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 cu

This week, we look in on yet another attempt to pass a transgender student-athlete ban in Texas, but this week through the prism of what seems to be the key argument of anti-trans crowd, "What if some kids transition because they wanna be champ, or get a scholarship or whatever." Karleigh Webb looks inside myths used to sell codified discrimination and why it makes for some horrid, toxic public policy along with highlights from inside the latest round of special session hearing, along with other voices in the fray with something to say. Also this week: Athletes speak out for women's health care and reproductive rights The WNBA Playoffs...and why representation STILL matters Karleigh the poet on triumph, transition and the truth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil talks with Charlton Invicta FC player Gary Ginnaw discussing how it feels to be a proud gay man playing football, his not so brave days when he was younger, Charlton Invicta FC, and so much more. Gary reminds us that it is never to late to be prideful and to follow your dreams. Always remember "You can play". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Devin Heroux of CBC Sports about his experiences covering the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He was one of the few reporters who stayed for both events -- a combined 51 straight days of living under semi-quarantine. Devin shares how he survived, and didn't wind up losing his mind. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's title implies hope that the Cincinnati Reds can someday win a World Series for a legendary player like Joey Votto. And don't get me wrong--that would be a really good idea! But the way they've been playing over the past month, you should take that title more literally. Win ONE. One game. Any game. Comedian and friend of the pod Mark Chalifoux is back to ruminate over the predicament the Reds find themselves in. Seemingly flying high and looking playoff bound as recently as mid-August, the Reds have lost series to abominations like the Marlins, the Pirates, and even my beloved Cubs. Now they find themselves fighting and clawing for a shot at the second wild card and nothing is guaranteed. Which sucks because they still have Votto. And he rules. Thankfully the rest of Cincinnati and all of baseball has started to realize it. Hopefully they'll have a chance to see more of him in October. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @MarkChalifoux Insta: @kenthinguy @markchalifoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is solo this week because there is so much that happened in the wrestling world this week. From Big E's monumental WWE championship victory to Butch vs. Gore cancelling its 2021 events to Jake Atlas stepping away from pro wrestling, there is a lot to unpack. Brian also discusses their feelings around the misgendering of a wrestler at the latest Pro Wrestling Magic event and workers' rights in pro wrestling! 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 promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LG

Karleigh Webb had her hands full this week. To quote Ed Sullivan, "IT'S A REALLY BIG SHOW!" Fallon Fox, the pioneer. Fallon Fox, the legend. Fallon Fox, the studio analyst? Yep, she sits in to break down Alana McLaughlin's MMA debut, and the part she played in making the history happen. Also this week: Karleigh goes one-on-one with the host of TERFWars, British YouTube dynamo and aspiring rocker Katy Montgomerie. We'll get a up close perspective on being trans in perhaps one of the roughest environments in the world for transgender people right now. The United Kingdom, a.k.a. "TERF Island" Also this week: Carl Nassib: Monday Night Hero! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil gives his thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and hero Mark Bingham. Mark Bingham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2021 NFL season is officially underway! On this week's show, Alex talks about the league's praiseworthy LGBTQ outreach efforts, and why it's OK for the cynics to give the NFL some credit. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! A Big Gay Brunch went down in Chicago on Sunday, so grab a pastry, a mimosa and relive the chaos of one of the gayest wrestling events of the summer! Brian Bell welcomes his close friend and former co-host Andrew Clough to the show for a queer-het connection break down of the event. They chat about standout competitors, matches and Andrew's own journey into understanding why queer and other underrepresented groups' presence in pro wrestling matters so deeply. Also, listen to the end for the latest on this year's QWI list! Follow Andrew Clough on Twitter: @achater3283 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 IndependentWrestli

Hello, Lovelies! After a week off, we're back to tackle AEW's best event yet: All Out 2021. Brian Bell welcomes Phil Lindsey (Bleacher Report, Daily DDT) and Patches Chance (Daily DDT, RealSport101) to the show help break it all down. From CM Punk's return to the Lucha Brothers' steel cage of emotion to an appearance from Murder Daddy himself, Minoru Suzuki, All Out packed so many memorable moments into a 4-hour package. And that's even before we get to Adam Cole, Ruby Soho, Brian Danielson and Paul Wight going deep on a chokeslam! Follow Phil Lindsey on Twitter: @PhilDL616 Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance 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

The episode marks the 100th episode of the Trans Sporter Room, and it comes in a week that had some breaking news, and for an MMA hopeful, a big break at last. We say goodbye to emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams, the force behind one of the most iconic LGBTQ characters on American television, and what his presence and talent meant to many, including this show's host Inclusion completes a winning time in Tokyo with Team LGBTQ Paralympians setting a standard for tomorrow A women's pro league decided to take "women" out of the name And after a COVID delay, MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin is just days away from a debut, and history. A special encore excerpt from Karleigh Webb's interview with her in July Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2021 NFL season is here and D.Gil shares his thoughts on each divisional NFL teams, his picks on divisional winners, and his locked in Super Bowl winning team. Spoiler* They've won the Super Bowl recently! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Labor Day Weekend! On this week's show, Alex talks about a variety of LGBTQ sports stories, including Carl Nassib making the Raiders' roster. So far, the biggest story about the first active openly gay player in NFL history is that it hasn't been a story. Now the question is, will that continue into the regular season? Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mets fans have spent most of the past month booing their own players--and their frustration is understandable. It was a rough August! But then Mets fans and the media decided to turn Javy Báez into the biggest villain in New York for having the temerity to boo them right back. And that's when your humble podcaster goes full-on Ash vs. Evil Dead and tells all of Queens to "Come get some." Friend of the pod Sara Sanchez returns and we leap to Javy's defense the way he leaps after literally any line drive that has the misfortune to cross his path. We explain why neither of us likes booing the home team and how doing so doesn't make you a smarter or more sophisticated fan. Even if Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo insists it does. (And honestly, should you really be taking sophistication lessons from a grown man who insists on sticking "Mad Dog" in the middle of his name?) Plus we dig into the biases of baseball media power brokers and how quickly they turn a deaf ear to marginalized voices. NOTE: My apologies that the

This week we talk to someone who helps keep some threads together when COVID frayed them out. The COVID pandemic affect in terms of keep many apart was especially difficult on LGBTQ communities. Many meeting places, safe spaces, and support spaces were shutdown and some of those haven't come back despite the effort to reopen. Such situations hit trans communities hard, especially trans youth. At the same time, the coordinated assault on trans rights but power anti-LGBTQ concerns also grew to be nearly as virulent as coronavirus. In this breach stepped New England-based DJ Xandra Xero. For the last year, she's been locked out of the clubs due to the pandemic, but locked in on giving shut-in people and virtual space to get down, and along the way she's used her virtual sets, dubbed "Trans Dans" to raise money for a bevy of national trans-related causes. She has another fundraising, and planed back-to-school bash via Twitch.Tv and sat down with our Karleigh Webb to discuss how she got her groove flowing through

Cuoper Gunn shares his coming out journey with D.Gil along with sharing insight on an average day in college and what it means to be an out queer soccer player. Wearing a Pride shirt inspired a gay college soccer captain to come out - Outsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How did our Hot Gay Summer turn into our Hot Mess Summer? On this week's show, Alex chats with Boston Globe columnist Christopher Muther, who argues that Summer 2021 has been one big rainbow letdown. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices