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With the Tokyo Olympics coming in July, some are looking at August 2 with a weather eye. That will be the day of the women's 87+ kg weightlifting competition. It will also be the day that New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard will step into Olympic history as possibly the first transgender athlete to participate in an individual event at the games. It is a moment she has been working for since 2015. It is also a moment that some don't want to see happen. Amid the growing "debate" over transgender rights is the often forgotten human variable. Transgender athletes are often casted in a light that dehumanizing. Dr. Jaimie Veale, a senior lecturer in psychology at Waikato University has studied such issues at length as a board member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), and a founding president of the Professional Association for Transgender Health  Aotearoa (PATHA). Most recently Veale has organized an effort to quantify the state of transgender New Zealand toward building better human ri

Flag football player Marc Withrow joins D.Gil to discuss his coming out journey, his sports background growing up, his love for football, and all things flag football. This podcast episode will make you want to sign up for your local flag football team ASAP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Voth has played volleyball internationally across North America and Europe. Now he's coaching in Canada and starting work on a study looking at the experiences of LGBTQ professional athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So, is there anything to talk about this week? Alex spends the bulk of today's episode talking about Carl Nassib's announcement, and the widespread support he's received across the NFL. It shows the NFL is ready for an openly gay active player, just like we've always said. Later in the show, Alex touches upon the debate surrounding Nassib's masculinity, and whether that's one of the reasons for the overwhelmingly positive reaction. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As 27 world championships would indicate, the Yankees do some things right. But when it comes to Pride Nights, they're still in a rebuilding effort. With that in mind, I'm joined on this episode by Yankees blogger Joshua Diemert (Pinstripe Alley) to discuss the Bronx Bombers' efforts to celebrate their LGBTQ fanbase. The Yanks have only been holding Legacy of Pride since 2019 and, as Josh testifies, their lack of experience shows. This year, Yankee broadcasters awkwardly offered up the toothless euphemism "the events at Stonewall" when discussing the riot that kickstarted the Pride movement. We dive into what that means about how the team still can't confront the un-Yankeeish aspects of LGBTQ history and how their approach to Pride is more about checking off a box on their baseball to-do list. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JoshuaDiemert Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back "The Business" Billy Dixon to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his upcoming sequel to 2020's ballroom-meets-wrestling event Paris is Bumping, Paris is Bumping: Solid Gold '21, and provides insight into Butch vs. Gore's plans for the rest of the year. Dixon also gets personal on asserting himself as a pro wrestler, how his Pup Collar match against AJ Gray at EFFY's Big Gay Brunch convinced him to continue his career and honoring LGBTQ pro wrestling's foundation. Tickets for Paris is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 are available here Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Paris is Bumping on Twitter: @ParisIsBumping Follow Butch vs. Gore on Twitter: @ButchVsGore 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 R

Monday June 21, 2021 will be known as a watershed date in LGBTQ sporting annals. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announces his coming out. The first active NFL player to do so. Laurel Hubbard is selected to represent New Zealand Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She joins American Chelsea Wolfe is the first transgender athletes to make their nation's Olympic teams. Hubbard could be the first out trans women to compete in the Games We'll take a look at the sounds and news of history in the making.' Among our guests this week are Suzanne Abair and WNBA standout and UConn All-American Renee Montgomery. They are also co-owners of the Atlanta Dream, and they sit down with Karleigh Webb to look back at how last year's fightback against police brutality also powered a fight that led to them both becoming teams owners by standing up for human rights and making an investment in women's sports. We also have producer Charlie Hano and director Regina Victor from one of the nation's most innova

Ken Schultz joins D.Gil for this special Father's Day podcast episode. They discuss their favorite sports moments with their dads growing up, their coming out stories, and a special message to their dads. This is a very heartwarming episode that will pull right at your heart strings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emma Twigg is about to compete in her fourth Summer Olympic Games. That's an amazing feat. When Outsports started tracking the out LGBTQ athletes at the Olympics, it was her first Olympics: 2008. Now, 13 years later, it will be her first Olympic Games on our list of out athletes. She talks about the importance of being out as she approaches her fourth Games and using her platform to inspire LGBTQ people to be their true selves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex welcomes in Olympic figure skater Randy Gardner, who publicly came out as gay in 2006. Randy talks about the influx of out LGBTQ Olympians today and the challenges of discovering himself as a gay man at the start of the AIDS epidemic. Follow Randy on Twitter, @theRandyGardner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando! And by "that night," I mean "all of 1981." Today, we're throwing back to one of the greatest seasons in baseball history: Fernando Valenzuela's rookie year with the Dodgers! And as MLB.com reporter Jesse Sanchez enthuses, it was about so much more than just great pitching. Valenzuela was an international sensation. Seemingly arriving out of nowhere, Valenzuela became a focal point for the Mexican and Latinx communities--at the beginning of the Reagan era, no less. He seemed to top himself every start with a streak of dominating performances, eventually leading the Dodgers to a World Series championship. And with every shut out, he opened the door wider for the Mexican community to become lifelong fans and showed the baseball establishment that a Latin American could become the biggest star in the game. Click here to read Jesse's excellent piece about reliving the Fernandomania phenomenon. You can still hear the awe and excitement in Je

Hello, Lovelies! We're so peachy to have "Black Sexcellence" Devon Monroe on this week's episode! Monroe sits down with Brian Bell to chat his quick rise on the independent pro wrestling scene, why competing at Black Wrestlers Matter 2 means so much to him and his admiration for Arik Cannon. They also speak on his upcoming match at Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21 against Eel O'Neal! Follow Devon Monroe on Twitter: @TheDevonMonroe 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 “LGBTRi

Trans Sporter Room host Karleigh Webb was a part of an excellent panel discussion on PRIDE in sports sponsored by Vanderbilt University, moderated by New York Time best selling author Andrew Maraniss (author of Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke). Alongside our host was Shawn Kelley, one of the founders of the Gay Games, and a key director of the first Gay Games held outside of the United States (Vancouver, 1990) and recent Vandy grad Braeden Abrahamsen, a trans non-binary standout on perennially-strong Commodores bowling team during the college career. In 2018, Abrahamsen came out and later told their story, co-written by Maraniss (check it out here). It was an excellence look back and look forward, and special thanks to Vanderbilt University for letting us be a part of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil brought his bestie Harold Brown on this episode to discuss our past memories going to Pulse nightclub while in college, our condolences to the victims, and answer the question if should we feel safe going to nightclubs presently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kayla Miracle started wrestling when she was just 4. Women's wrestling wasn't even an Olympic sport at the time. Yet she dreamed early on of competing for Olympic gold. After a successful high school career competing against boys, and a college career competing against women, she is poised to live out her dream in Tokyo. She'll do it while being completely out in her life and with a girlfriend. She is believed to be the first publicly out LGBTQ athlete to compete in wrestling at a Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about an Outsports panel he moderated about being young and openly LGBTQ and working in sports. Every participant had a similar story: They were afraid coming out would harm their careers, but when they did, it was the best feeling ever. In addition, Alex talks about why this year's Pride Nights are especially festive, and why kink belongs at Pride. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This was looking to be a rough week for the Chicago Cubs with seven games on the west coast against teams with the two best records in the league. But they weathered the storm and held their own thanks to discovering baseball's newest market inefficiency... Wisdom. Patrick Wisdom, to be precise. Today, I'm joined by friend of the pod Adam Mamawala for a crossover episode with the Away Games Podcast and we're talking about the kind of Wisdom that has lifted the Cubs through their most difficult stretch. Specifically: if you hit eight home runs in your first 15 games, you are very wise. We also break down Anthony Rizzo holding steady through a home run drought and still putting up very good production, Kris Bryant remembering that he's one of the best damn players in MLB, and Javy Báez being a genius even on days when he doesn't get a hit. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it might be a good idea to lock up one or three of these guys to a long term deal and pay them what they're worth. Which is why I don'

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Taye, the mind behind the upcoming Black Girl Magik event, to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss what led her to create the showcase wrestling event for women of color, how Chyna and Bull Nakano inspired her to step into the ring and the importance of creating spaces for underrepresented communities and building support systems in wrestling. Taye also discusses ideas for Pro Unapologetic Wrestling beyond Black Girl Magik! Check out Black Girl Magik on June 26! Follow Taye on Twitter: @aloha_taye Follow Black Girl Magik on Twitter: @ProUnapologetic 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 IndependentWres

Lansing (MI) Community College women's basketball head coach Layne Ingram started his coaching career and his transition at the same time, all while being that "local kid" who made good in a storied run in high school and college basketball. He sat down with Trans Sporter Room host Karleigh Webb for a rich conversation about finding one's life, coaching the game he loves fiercely and the current contentious fight over transgender rights in athletics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode highlights MLS Atlanta United allied supporter group All Stripes. Founding member David Prophitt joins D.Gil to discuss how All Stripes was founded, the purpose of All Stripes, and the potential future for All Stripes. Make sure you check out this support group if you're ever in the Atlanta area for an ATL United match. "Y'all Means All". All Stripes Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices