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Ian Roberts came out in the mid 90's, it was a time that I was personally struggling with my own sexuality. So seeing him come out while STILL playing was a huge moment for me. I hope you enjoy this episode! Here is my original episode note: If you would have told 19 year old me that one day I would be speaking to rugby player and sex symbol Ian Roberts I would have told you that you had a screw loose. Never thought this would have happened but reaching out on twitter and some texts later we set up this interview. Ian is a wonderful person and I told him I feared talking to him because I was afraid my image of him would be knocked down a bit but after talking to him for over an hour a few weeks ago my admiration and appreciation have gone even higher. He is someone I hope I get to meet in real life one day. I hope you enjoy our chat where we discuss his sexuality, coming out to family and friends, his teammates and eventually the world. He called it the worse kept secret in rugby but I think it even caught h

Welcome back to another episode of LPFPod:Rugby Edition. This episode I spoke with two members of the Jozicats, a South African gay/inclusive rugby team. I was able to speak with one of the founding members of the club Mpumelelo 'Puma' Khuzwayo and the Touch side manager Jason Rogers. From the opening moment I knew I was going to have a great time with this two. While talking about race and LGBTQ issues in South Africa to start we do manage to get in some laughs as we talk about the founding of the club, the touch and contact side of the club, a future program for beginners as well as some Rugby World Cup talk at the end.  I hope you enjoy this episode and learn about the Jozicats. Puma and Jason are great and hope I get a chance to meet them at next years Bingham Cup in Ottawa.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I reached out to Kirk a few weeks ago and was excited for him to say yes. We spoke on a Monday night a few weeks ago and I enjoyed our conversation. During the 1 hour or so we chatted we covered a lot as we talked about his life. From growing up in southern California during the 70's and 80's, learning at a young age that he loved the experiencing of coaching the sports just as much as playing. Over his softball coaching career that started at UCLA while attending the school, he would move into a head coaching career at Oregon State. While there he was successful in building a strong program as well as building an amazing family. He explained how he ended back at UCLA as an assistant coach. Throughout our conversation you get a sense of the love, passion and appreciation he has for women in sports and specifically softball. During our chat Kirk mentions a couple of groups currently on facebook you could join for players and coaches in college sports. Reach out to him with the email address he mentions during

BBC reporter and commentator Jack Murley talks about growing up in Cornwall, the path to finding himself through his work and the strength he finds in being an openly gay man in his field of work...all before totally geeking out on professional wrestling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week's episode where I speak with Vassar College graduating senior, Nick Lee. Nick and I had a great conversation where we touched on a range of topics from sports as child, mental health (which included topics like Anxiety, Depression and Self Harm). After coming out as a junior in High school we end up focusing on a lot of time at Vassar College on the tennis team, in class as well as the many ways Vassar College and the athletic department are welcoming to LGBT students.    I hope you enjoy this chat with Nick, he was a pleasure to talk with and learned a lot from him. Enjoy Reach him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicklee.aka.licknee/ Here are some of the articles he has written at Outsports: Coming Out - https://www.outsports.com/2018/6/11/17447078/nick-lee-vassar-tennis-gay-coming-out Mental Health and being gay - https://www.outsports.com/2018/7/24/17596304/athletes-gay-mental-health-nick-lee-vassar Being Out - A new feature at Outsports.com - https://www.outsports.com/2019/5/1

Welcome to my latest Rugby Edition episode. This episode I speak with Matt Carter, a founder of the new IGR team South London Stags. After a short introduction of who Matt is we jump in and start talking about the movie that he wrote, directed and is currently editing "In From The Side". We then talk about how resources for the film helped a group of guys create the South London Stags. I personally love the kit, logo and can't wait to get my own top. Holding you to your word, Matt. The photo used for this episode shows how fast this club is growing. Here are some links to all the important socials for the film and the South London Stags. In From The Side Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/InFromTheSide/ Instagram : @infromtheside South London Stags Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SouthLondonStagsRFC/ Instagram : @southlondonstagsrfc Twitter : @slsrfc And finally here is a link to the article I referenced at Boner Magazine, basically because I wanted to write Boner in my show notes. https://bonermagazine.

Former Team USA gymnast Josh Dixon talks about his unique family upbringing, coming out during his time at Stanford, competing at the Olympic Trials, how he learned to bounce back from professional setback and why he's decided to pivot into a life of politics and social activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reposting my older episodes on the new Outsports Podcast Network. This episode is where I really started my education on what it means to be a trans athlete. My guest this episode is World Champion Dr. Rachel McKinnon. As with every episode we talk about her athletic career began. Coming out as a trans person means coming out so many ways and we talk about what it meant with Rachel. Along the way we talk some science, at the time a recent ruling on Caster Semenya and so much more. You can follow Rachel on twitter at @rachelvmckinnon Please also follow my podcast on twitter and instagram at @lpfpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the first edition of LPFPod:Rugby! Every other Thursday I will be introducing you to a club from IGRugby. My first Rugby episode is with the Chairman of Union Cup 2019, Richie Fagan. Richie is a member of the the IGRugby club, Emerald Warriors, out of Dublin, Ireland. We learn a little bit about Richie before we jump straight into talking about the bid process to host, what to expect when you arrive and the benefits of hosting in Ireland this year. Here are some links to get more info about this episode. https://unioncupdublin.ie/ Twitter: @unioncuprugby Emerald Warriors : https://ewrfc.ie/ IGRugby http://www.igrugby.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I am so thankful for my time with Community Outreach and Special Events coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Noel Guevara. Living in California early on life Noel was able to participate in dance and Soccer. When her and her family moved to Arizona and she was growing in soccer she left dance and went to play soccer while balancing a school schedule and family life. Noel was fortunate to play for her high school team, her club team as well as spend some time with the Mexican National team U20 team. After graduating from Northern Arizona University, she got a job with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Organizing the first DBacks Pride Night, creating a program for young girls to Play ball. I hope you enjoy this episode with Noel. Here are some links of some of the things we talk about in this episode. https://www.outsports.com/2017/6/22/15858054/diamondbacks-pride-night-gay-noel-guevara https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/community/youth-sports/girls-play-ball https://www.instagram.com/naguevara/ https://twitter.com/noelg

Tadd Fujikawa, the first openly gay male professional golfer, talks about being the youngest person to ever compete at the US Open at the age of 15, how mental health struggles have impacted his life and career, why he chose to come out on Instagram last year and what it's like living as a gay man in the deep South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ALERT: We do touch on depression and suicide on this episode, please do not listen if this takes you to a dark place. Please reach out to your countries suicide help lines if you need help. We have an open and honest conversation and if you do listen I hope this benefits you in some way. Trevor Project (USA and Canada) – Our trained counselors are here to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline now at 1-866-488-7386. Samaritans (UK) – Whatever you’re going through, call us free any time, from any phone, on 116 123. I had an amazing conversation with Brock. Not only was I able to talk hockey for the first time on the podcast but Brock was able to talk a lot about his experience as a closeted gay man in hockey. The common use of derogatory terms for gay people being used in the locker room is one of the things that kept him in the closet for as long as he did even though his parents and brother were lo

This episode is a little different than the others. I start out learning about Coco, towards the end we talk predictions for this years NBA Playoffs and end with my usual Final 20 questions. Coco is so sweet and a lot of fun to talk with. We talk coming out to her family as pansexual AND the Queen of the Court. We talk all about her YouTube channel that you can find below. We also talk about her attending her first Toronto Raptors game in drag. This 6'6 queen with heels did not disappoint at the game and looked fierce. Find out who we predict will win it all and that starts in the 29th minute, or skip that and go to my Final 20 questions at the 1:02 market. Hope you enjoy listening to Coco as much as I loved talking with her. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVNGunZYTGuJxdnKgJPcNZA Instagram : @courtqueencoco Twitter : @CourtQueenCoco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strongman competitor Rob Kearney talks about being openly gay in a hyper masculine sport, how he came to find out he could lift really heavy things, the recent controversy surrounding drug use in the sport and why he and his new husband have chosen to be so public with their relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to episode number 7 of my podcast where I interview LGBTQ sports personalities. This week I had the pleasure of welcoming former NCAA wrestler and current SGA President Elect for UMKC, Justice Horn. We talked about him growing up in a family of athletes and playing high school football and wrestling. Moving to college wrestling after a number of concussions. We also talked moving to politics after wanting to accomplish something more after a teammate on the wrestling team unexpectedly died. Justice is a hard working guy and dedicated to making the lives of others better. I hope you enjoy this episode. Go ahead and follow Justice on twitter at @JusticeHorn_ and on Instagram at @justicehorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to episode 6 of Level Playing Field. This week I interview a soccer player who talks about his faith, his soccer and coming out as bisexual to his family, friends, team and Christian college. We talk sexuality and the church, coming out, church and end up talking about what he is doing next. Hope you enjoy this episode with soccer player Andrew Ford Special thanks to the management team for musician Troye Sivan who let me use his music in a small part of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Team USA ice dancer Joe Johnson talks about his unique childhood in Colorado, his journey to the national stage, becoming the first openly LGBTQ dance team with partner Karina Manta, how being honest about his sexuality allowed him to live his most authentic life and why the concept of visibility is so vitally important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode I welcome Canadian volleyball player Chris Voth to the podcast. From his coming out story, playing Volleyball for the Canadian national team, playing overseas. Having a team not sign him because he is gay. Chris has accomplished a lot and we had a great conversation. I hope you enjoy this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former collegiate swimmer Alec Reitzel discusses his religious upbringing in rural North Carolina, how a career-ending injury helped him out of the closet, the trip to Europe that changed his life and how he came to propose to his boyfriend at an improv show in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode I welcome University of Minnesota track and field athlete Kaitlyn Long. We talk about her being adopted, her Christian faith and how she dealt with her coming to terms with her bisexuality. We also spend a lot of time talking about Track and FIeld. I really enjoyed my time with her and hope you do as well. Thank you @kaitlynlong34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices