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Hello, Lovelies! In a special episode, we're putting pro wrestling to the side (partially) this week to discuss historic non-binary representation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. American skateboarder Alana Smith and Canadian soccer player Quinn made history this week, becoming the first trans non-binary athletes to ever compete at the Olympics, but their moments were overshadowed by misgendering on international broadcasts. Brian Bell and de la Cretaz have both been covering the event and come together to discuss the fallout, what the Olympics and its broadcasters can do to better respect non-binary identities and the joyful moments from both athletes that the reporting on their misgendering has overshadowed. They also sneak in a bit about the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers! Follow Britni de la Cretaz on Twitter: @britnidlc 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

This week is a Trans Sporter Room SPECIAL REPORT: Meet Alana McLaughlin. She's an artist, she's a blacksmith, she's a special forces combat veteran, and next week she'll be the first transgender competitor to step in to a professional mixed martial arts arena since Fallon Fox's last fight in 2014. Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with an heir to the legacy of the "Bravest Athlete Ever" Also: Team LGBTQ is on a tear in Tokyo it's only been a week since competition started. We recap out and proud on the podium, A special tribute to British diver Tom Daley, who finally took home the gold, and afterwards spelled out how much it means to the LGBTQ world, Pronouns: They're what you get right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil sends his congratulations to gay gold medal Olympian Tom Daley after he and his diving partner Matty Lee took Gold in the 10-meter synchronized diving in Tokyo, Japan. Outsports Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Brock McGillis, the first openly gay pro hockey player in North America, about Luke Prokop, the NHL prospect who publicly came out as gay this week. Also, the Olympics are here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As if to spite their name, the Padres have been hell to watch over the past two decades. But the rise of some of the game's finest young talent coupled with expeditious free agent signings and trades has made the 2021 Padres one of the most sublime teams in the game. Friend of the pod and San Diego superfan Jono Zalay returns this week to bask in his team's glory...from third place. (Baseball is weird!) Jono has attended one of the Padres/Dodgers games at Petco Park and he can confirm that they've lived up to the enthusiasm I've been describing them with all year. As you'd expect, we dig into the genius of Fernando Tatís Jr. and the underrated brilliance of Jake Cronenworth. But as Jono explains, the arrival of this incredible team has combined with the abandonment of the Chargers to enable the Padres to claim the hearts of San Diegans everywhere. As a baseball fan, you love to see it. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JonoZalay Insta: @kenthinguy @jonozalay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc

Hello, Lovelies! Its time to tread into the Gooniverse this week as we welcome "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss behind-the-scenes details on McMurphy's recent Killianvision event with Camp Leapfrog, the formation of his stable The Goons and how embracing all facets of his personality helped him reach new heights in recent years. They also chat extensively about one of McMurphy's favorite subjects: Sonic the Hedgehog. Strap in for plenty of chat on the furry blue rat! Follow Killian McMurphy on Twitter: @TheShooterKM 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 an

Light the flame! It was a year late, but Tokyo 2020 is off and running and this week's edition previews a marquee team sport. Can anybody stop Team USA from a seventh straight Olympic gold medal in women's basketball? Will Australia's Opals finally shine golden? And who could come from the shadows to make a "Miracle On Hardwood"? Karleigh Webb sits in with Fans Only Sports' Women's Basketball Analyst Lauren Rosenberg on the ins and outs of the Olympic Draw, the WNBA at the Olympic break, and why the deep talent pool should have the WNBA thinking "expansion". Also in this week's edition: Olympic update: Soccer and softball get underway History in Sapporo: A Canadian trailblazer makes an Olympic first Big Ups: To a hockey player on the rise, and to a legal eagle taking wing for what's right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We kick off the next 100 episodes by welcoming Texas favorite and Pride Championship Wrestling founder Madness to the show! The "Texas Hellhound" details his experiences as an out gay wrestler working all over Texas, establishing Pride Championship Wrestling in San Antonio and his own quest to finding peace through pro wrestling. Madness also discusses implementing kink into his pro wrestling persona and what is left on his bucket list before he calls it a career. Follow Madness on Instagram: @pup_madness Follow Pride Championship Wrestling on Instagram: @pridewrestlingtx 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 IndependentWr

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about why the Olympics are the most gay-friendly sporting event, and how he's changed his views on the Games over the years. Plus, Alex rails against unvaccinated Americans for selfishly putting the rest of us in danger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guess who's back? Back again? Dawn is back! Tell a friend! When Pete Alonso went off during the Home Run Derby, there was one person I knew I had to bring on the show. And so it is an absolute joy to welcome Outsports editor emeritus Dawn Ennis back to the pod! And lo and behold, her beloved Mets are in first place and getting healthy so that's not the only thing she's excited about... We discuss the All Star Game and how after the latest AL victory, National League fans have begun to view it as the Midsommar Classic. Then we dive deep into the causes of social justice that Henry Aaron symbolized, speculate over whether any random LGBTQ broadcaster can do a better job than Joe Buck (SPOILER ALERT: Yes, yes, sweet Jesus yes!), and go over plans to make Jacob deGrom the first pitcher to be cryogenically frozen between starts. As I try to make clear at the end of the show, having Dawn back means a lot and I'm thrilled to talk baseball with her again! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LifeAfterDawn Insta: @kenthinguy @lifea

The center of the news has been around Austin, Texas. A Governor seeking to take away voting rights and pick on transgender youth, again. An opposition putting up a walk-out, and a hearing on two bills that would legalize discrimination of trans youth features some of the most outlandish and somewhat unhinged things you'll ever hear, even directly in the faces of parents of trans children. Karleigh Webb put together a special look inside the farce and the fury within this fight over trans rights. On the good foot, we dug in the archives to two interviews from last October that gave us a glimpse of the future. In the space of two week we had special sit down with Canadian soccer midfielder Quinn and American BMX freestyle ace Chelsea Wolfe. Both are currently packing their bags for a little trip to Japan -- for the Summer Olympics! Also this week -- Caitlyn catcalled at CPAC and Transgender athletes break another barrier. They now have their own bubblegum cards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas

Today besties Bradley and Rich join D.Gil to discuss the 2020-2021 Atlanta Hawks NBA season that saw the team reach the conference finals for the first time since 2015. We discuss what it was like going to the games, our emotions leading up to the playoff run, first hand experiences during the playoffs, and we spill the tea on our Atlanta Hawks crushes. Enjoy!! #TruetoAtlanta Follow D.Gil, Bradley & Rich on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Wagman has worked for this spot on the United States Olympic team for a long time. Even as a kid, struggling with being gay and his classmates harassing him for it, he found solace in the sport of equestrian, and dressage in particular. Now he's married to his husband and living his best life. In this interview he talks to the media for the first time about being a gay athlete and representing the United States as an out athlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! Alex bounces around a few topics on this week's show, including the Covid state of emergency in Japan, and it's impact on the Games. Alex also rails against the IOC's idiotic policy for not handing out condoms during the Games in the name of Covid safety, which in reality, will just introduce unprotected sex. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 100th episode! To commemorate hitting triple-digits, regular host Brian Bell scoots into the guest chair to answer questions from their partner and past guest, KC. They discuss Brian's history with pro wrestling dating back to 1995, coming out as non-binary and showing emotional vulnerability on the air and their path to joining Outsports and starting the podcast. They also reflect on the path to 100 episodes, touching on the boom of LGBTQ pro wrestling, the highs and lows of the podcast to date and why producing the show remains so important to Brian. Also, there is a special surprise at the end, so make sure you listen til the final bell! 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

It's been a week that intersections collided on The Road To Tokyo. A budding superstar suspended, swim caps became a controversy, and two teen titans from Namibia with red-hot times ended up out in the cold by running afoul of perhaps track and field's most contentious rule, The "Caster Semenya" Rule regarding regulation of naturally occurring testosterone. Karleigh Webb digs into this issue looking at the past and present with views from athletes, press, experts and scholars delving into the the well-known regulation and how its affecting the sport, and how it affecting the two of the fastest at 400 meters who may have been looking primed for a massive upset and maybe the first-ever Olympic gold for a nation that has never won one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil shares his thoughts on the USADA suspending Sha'Carrie Richardson for one month following a positive drug test for marijuana after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in the 100m race. Should marijuana be a banned substance? Is this even a big deal? Did she smoke due to anxiety? What can athletes learn from this? Get the tea piping hot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Independence Day Weekend, which means one thing in the gay community: jockstraps! OK, maybe not quite, but there's no doubt jockstraps are having a moment. On this week's show, Alex speaks with journalist Louis Staples, who wrote recently about how jockstraps evolved from sportswear to an indelible part of gay culture. Follow Louis on Twitter, @LouisStaples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the Friday before July 4th weekend and most of you are probably taking the day off so I wanted to do a short "Quick Hits" episode before doing so myself. And you know who should also take the day off? And the week, month, and year? Trevor Bauer. Hell, take the rest of your career off too, jagbag. It turns out this serial harasser of women online is also a raging abusive misogynist in real life and hell, who could have seen this coming? Everybody except the Dodgers. I also take a moment to assess the Cubs going up in flames over the past week and how weird it is that so many people who watched Jed Hoyer botch the Yu Darvish trade now want him to oversee a complete rebuild. Hope you like players who can't legally drink because that's the only qualification ol' Jed is apparently looking for. Siiiiiiigh. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Roll out the red carpet, because we've got LGBTQ pro wrestling royalty on the show this week as Mariah Moreno joins the show! Moreno and Brian Bell discuss her groundbreaking career, including learning under and building close friendships with deathmatch legends Supreme and Angel The Hardcore Homo, wrestling Nyla Rose in her final pre-AEW match and the growth of the LGBTQ pro wrestling community in her wake. Moreno also discusses her historic main event match against Edith Surreal at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 and what it means to her to be part of the initial Paris Honors class. Follow Mariah Moreno on Instagram: @Mariah_Moreno82 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 chec