Outsports Radio

After a month away to reassess and regroup. WE. ARE. BACK!!!!! Our host Karleigh Webb is rested and ready for TDoV was special report to tell some stories from voices in sports you may not ha...

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This is not the end of the road, but it is the end of "The Sports Kiki," at least in its current form under Outsports. On this week's show, Alex talks about ESPN's Izzy Gutierrez giving a shout-o...

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It's our last ride alongside Vox Media. Thanks for all the fish. After this week. The Trans Sporter Room is taking a 4-week hiatus to transition into some new digs, but we'll end the "Vox Era" wi...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's the end of an era in more ways than one this week as welcome back "The Business" Billy Dixon. He and Brian Bell discuss the end of Pro Wrestling VIBE, what led to that decis...

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Two things we like in our sports at the Trans Sporter Room are beauty and speed, and in a perfect world our host Karleigh Webb always seeks BOTH! BEAUTY: Ed Fox and Phoebe Martin of the Union Oma...

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LZ Granderson receives all of his flowers from D.Gil on this special Black History Month shoutout episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses whether the Super Bowl is losing its cultural relevance. He also talks about Tony Dungy pulling out from speaking at an anti-gay preacher's eve...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we close out Journo January (a little late) by welcoming Colette Arrand and Joseph Montecillo of the new wrestling blog Big Egg. They and Brian Bell discuss how Big Egg...

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Super Bowl LVII. Kansas City Chiefs. Philadelphia Eagles. Two young star quarterbacks. Mahomes, the playmaker. Hurts, hardscrabble battler. A track meet offense against an old school NFC East def...

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"Solidarity is about people, not principles. You can have the greatest principles in the world, but if you don't use them to help anybody they are completely worthless." As a baseball writer Sher...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the anti-LGBTQ vitriol from Tony Dungy and Ivan Provorov defenders, and how they're telling on themselves with their extreme rhetoric. Follow...

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Blake Bonkowski and Kino love Gymnastics. They go to meets. They watch the sport. They can spot a good Yurchenko and tell you why it's good. They start Half In, Half Out Podcast as a homage to a ...

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D.Gil addresses "woke" sports fans after the recent Damar Hamlin, Devin Willock, and Chandler LeCroy incidents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Philadelphia Flyers writer Madeline Campbell about the team's disastrous handling of Ivan Provorov. Alex also rips Tony Duny for tweeting abo...

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Hello, Lovelies! Journo January keeps rolling this week as we welcome Grit & Glitter co-host and Pro Wrestling Torch contributor Harley R. Pageot! He and Brian Bell discuss growing up as a wrestl...

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In 2021, a rising junior collegiate swimmer made a decision: Team ahead of self for a chance to complete a collective goal For Yale University sprint specialist Iszac Henig, it means going fast a...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Tony Dungy's history of vehement anti-LGBTQ commentary, and whether he should still be part of NBC's NFL coverage. Learn more about your ad c...

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Hello, Lovelies! Journo January continues as we welcome former Pro Wrestling Torch and Grit & Glitter contributor Chuy Harris to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss their love for Southern Wras...

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After two weeks of looking back, we launch forward into a new year at the Trans Sporter Room. Boxing -- The World Boxing Council is talking about "inclusion", but a trans pioneer in the sweet sci...

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Happy New Year! On this week's show, Alex talks about how sports leagues can step up their LGBTQ support in 2023. At this stage, just throwing Pride Nights isn't enough. We need more substantial ...

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Hello, Lovelies! The Wrestle Kingdom tradition continues as we welcome back Rachel Giuliani to unpack New Japan's pinnacle event, Wrestle Kingdom 17! She and Brian Bell discuss the brutal story o...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's a new year, which means another trip into Journo January, our interview series with queer members of the pro wrestling media, and we're kicking things off with Tag Talk co-h...

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As we head into 2023, we take a fun dive back into 2022. It was Karleigh Webb's first full year as host-producer-editor-reporter-whatever additional titles we can create of this podcast and it wa...

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Each year has a sport story or stories that define that year. In 2022, the discussion and debate over inclusion took a larger stage, mainly because of a college swimmer in the Ivy League. It's be...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with The Athletic's Adam Crafton about his experience covering the World Cup in Qatar as an out gay man. This is the final "Sports Kiki" of 2022. ...

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Hello, Lovelies! QWI season officially comes to a close today as we announce the winners of the 2022 QWI Awards as voted by you, the listeners! Em Fear and Harley R. Pageot of Grit & Glitter join...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's a special day on LGBT In The Ring as we're discussing the 2022 QWI 200 list with PWI columnists Lo McGrath and Pollo Del Mar! They and Brian Bell chat about their thoughts o...

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2022 was a rough, eventful, victorious, joyful, frustrating, upsetting, and beautiful just the same. This week, our Holiday Special Edition looks at three things we considered to be the "big gift...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex gets a different perspective on the Respect for Marriage Act. He speaks with Ben Miller, one half of "Bad Gays," about how same-sex marriage isn't what i...

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There was a lot going on! Brittney Griner was released and had a warm homecoming. Professional Disc Golf made a major rule change because a transgender woman won on the tour (sound familiar?) Kar...

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D.Gil shares the inspiring story of former walk-on University of Georgia football player turned Heisman finalist and Nation Champion Stetson Bennett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, a soon-to-be 30-year-old Alex bemoans the sad politicization of Brittney Griner, and is on the lookout for a certain troll who's been attacking him online. Le...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back Full Queer co-producer and wrestler The Great Bambina! She and Brian Bell sit down for a candid conversation about the events between herself and Sterli...

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To some, pageants seem to be out of place with the tone and taste of changing times. Anachronisms. Archaic. Maybe backward. Certainly binary. To Miss America Connecticut hopeful Leah Juliett, tak...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Lamar Jackson's reaction to blowback he received after tweeting an anti-gay insult, and how the LGBTQ Group of Death is faring in the World Cup...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week's episode is bittersweet as we welcome Without A Cause Wrestling co-founder Max Zaleski to the show. WAC recently announced that its Dec. 4 event will be its last, endi...

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Whew! What a weekend! A stunner in Columbus, a slate of championship games ahead. The last month of the NFL season. Football is in the frenzy, so we beamed up our expert analyst team Chelsea Poe ...

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D.Gil shares and discusses some of his favorite written articles from the past couple of weeks that you may have missed during the Thanksgiving holiday. These topics are so juicy you'll read them...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's a special Monday edition of the podcast as we sit down with IMPACT Wrestling's newest signee, Jai Vidal. He and Brian Bell chat his reaction to the contract offer, becoming ...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Weirdo Hero" Randy Myers to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his emotions as he prepares for his in-ring return to Defy Wrestling on Nov. 26 after wi...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's Thanksgiving, which means another chance to gorge ourselves on the best in off-the-wall pro wrestling! This year, Brian Bell and their spouse, KC, take in Max The Impaler's ...

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TRAGEDY -- Club Q. Colorado Springs, Colorado 11:53pm MST Saturday November 19, 2022. Hate and heroism. CONTROVERSY -- FIFA World Cup 2022. Qatar. Rainbows met resistance as soccer's world champi...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Nasser Mohammed, a native Qatari who broke barriers and publicly came out as gay earlier this year. Alex and Dr. Mohammed talk about bein...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestler Joshua City to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his 9 year journey back to the ring after being diagnosed with HIV in 2013, grappling with hi...

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In December 2018, Patricio Manuel stepped into a boxing ring at a California casino for his first professional fight. He won in a decision. He also made a piece of sports history. The former amat...

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This Trans Awareness Week episode highlights the life of athlete Wren Pyle. Wren discusses with D.Gil her love for Skimo, her personal story of overcoming adversity, Everesting for the Trevor Pro...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about how the election results show that Republican attempts to fear-monger about LGBTQ people failed. Alex also discusses Qatari officials not eve...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling's own "Starrfire," Ashton Starr, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss Ashton opening up about the trials and peaks of his pro wrestling journ...

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During a hearing at the emergence of the national anti-trans legislation tsunami in 2021. A transgender woman in Montana stepped to a microphone at a hearing and told a story of person who loved ...

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The Powerball is 1.9 billion and D.Gil shares what type of sports-related purchases would be made if he had the lucky winning numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

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Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris have become a force not just in women's soccer, but in the push for the inclusion of women and LGBT people across sports. Having come out publicly in 2019, the two w...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Noel Ruiz of Impulse Group, an LGBTQ advocacy organization, about their viral drug chart and how it applies to the health and wellness of gay...

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Hello, Lovelies! Ahead of his main event match at Pro Wrestling Vibe Prime Time Vibes on Sunday, "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy returns to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his Cassandro Cup vi...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we're delving back into NLS territory as Kota Holliday returns to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her experience helming NLS Is For Everyone, facing Ziggy Haim, he...

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It began as a play in an early season high school volleyball match in the small town of Highlands, North Carolina. A skilled girl for Highlands got a perfect set, laid down a hard spike, and the ...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the Human Rights Watch's latest report about the disturbing treatment of LGBTQ people in Qatar, and how it should be discussed heading into nex...

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Hello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 3 year anniversary! And what better way to celebrate than chatting about the queer wrestling movement coming to a brand new city! Cincinnati Pride board m...

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Last week, Karleigh Webb was asked to come to down to a studio in New York City for an interview for a documentary project. She ended up meeting MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin, and from there we bo...

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Scott Ureta joins this special LGBTQ+ history month episode to discuss his gay sports Instagram page, how fortunate we are to post gay content, and we breakdown why we love what we do as content ...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the inspiring coming out stories of college football player Byron Perkins and TV sports reporter Arielle Orsuto. He also discusses pro soccer...

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Rio Pearlstein is a 17-year-old golfer at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and has been a rising star in youth golf since he was 11. Two years ago, he was his region's player of the year. That was...

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Happy Saturday! To commemorate National Coming Out Day, Alex looks at the lack of out male LGBTQ athletes, and some of the surprising real reasons why. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Spice Ranger" Kayla Sparks to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the 20th anniversary of her pro wrestling debut at age 14, coming back to the ring af...

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"You have to be out in the world to let people know that you are in the world." One of the mentors of our host Karleigh Webb told her that at the start of her own journey. Last week, a young tele...

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Avid Mets fan Paul Sanders joins D.Gil to discuss the Mets and Braves 2022 season. Did the Mets collapse or did the Braves just want the division more? Listen to hear our hot takes on the season....

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Eyal Feldman, CEO of Boy Butter, about why his lube company is now advertising during NFL games. Alex also gives his review of "Bros." He was...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/3 of The Caution (caution), "The Link to the Future" Anton Voorhees, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his work with Hoodslam, how The Caution was for...

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So one of America's favorite docs, Dr. Phil, wants to talk about trans inclusion in sports and brought in some voices who are decidedly antagonistic to the discussion. Thankfully, he also called ...

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D.Gil and Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zigler share their experiences at this year's 2022 Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Mackenzie Dunford, an out bisexual and non-binary Canadian junior football player about how they're trying to make the gridiron a more inclus...

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Among the hundreds who have told their coming out stories through the power of sports in Outsports was a collegiate Ultimate Frisbee player in 2017 named Jenna Weiner. At the time when a trans wo...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NBA giving Anthony Edwards a light punishment for anti-gay language, UMass Football hosting Liberty for its Pride Day and a Wall Street J...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "Cannonball" Justine Ward to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss their journey into pro wrestling, learning the ropes during Covid and the personal triumph...

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This Week we have Aces, Races, Spaces, and a Deep Dive on some different ideas about inclusion. ACES -- How 'bout WNBA Los Vegas Aces. A young team in the image of a go-getter head coach, and why...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Sheri Johnson, the CEO of Strong Voices Television, the only LGBTQ-focused streaming service. Alex and Sheri talk about her motivation for sta...

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Hello, Lovelies! Just a few days removed from CasGayDia, we welcome back 1/2 of that show's main event a triple champion Keita to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss how his rise in Without a Cau...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--171-Keita-Returns-e20rhv1

This week's Trans Sporter Room with Karleigh Webb features two mavericks who set their own mark. Skateboarder Leo Baker: Art Above All. Heading into 2020, Leo Baker was one of the top skateboarde...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep152----Trans-Star-Power--Leo-Baker-and-Molly-Cameron-e20rhuh

Gay equestrian athlete joins the podcast to give us insight into the equestrian sports world and how he conquers it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happy Saturday! To celebrate the start of the NFL season, Alex talks about every gay football fan's favorite topic: hot quarterbacks! He runs down a ranking of the most attractive quarterbacks in...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-132-What-makes-quarterbacks-so-attractive-e20rm6l

Hello, Lovelies! We're talking all things Big Gay Brunch this week as Patches Chance (Let The Wrestle) returns to help break down the 5th edition of the queer-focused pro wrestling event. They an...

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2022 has been another rough year, but this week we saw good news. The anti-trans website Kiwi Farms was shut down, for the moment, thanks to a challenge led by a Twitch titans who was sick and ti...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep151----The-Post-Kiwi-Farms-Special-Edition-Morgan-Artyukhina-and-Jacqueline-Harper-Grubb-e20rma0

Happy Labor Day! On this week's show, Alex reviews the Netflix documentary about Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend, and how the media shamefully turned the victim into a laughingstock. Alex also talks...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "La Bruja" Abigail Warren to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her familial wrestling origins, having her first match at age 9, transitioning during her w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--169-Abigail-Warren-e20rhuo

College Football is off and running with the first full slate ahead after a wild "Week Zero" that made our host quite happy! The NFL has 32 teams each with final rosters of 53 readying for the ra...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with John Edward Heath, an amputated veteran who's training to compete in his first Paralympics. Alex and John talk about experiencing tragedy and ...

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Hello, Lovelies! Following Brian Bell and KC's wedding, the celebration of queer love continues as we welcome Elizabeth Brei, Kira Okamoto, Danny Djeljosevic and pro wrestler Razerwyng, the creat...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--168-Rubber-Match-Panel-e20rhu4

Stephanie Helms probably could hoist mainsail before she could walk. The 68-year-old competitive sailor has been competing on the seas for most of her life and now is a key member of U.S. Sailing...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Laurie Essig, a professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College, and the co-author of the provocative Boston Glob...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome IMPACT Wrestling's "Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw to the show. She and Brian Bell chat what led up to her coming out as trans during Pride month 2022, tak...

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Pharrell Shaymar joins D.Gil to discuss what it means to be a boxer, his transition journey in the midst of boxing, LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the boxing community, and what it means to be an all-arou...

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The 1992 Summer Olympics were particularly historic for many reasons. It was the first Olympics after the fall of the Soviet Union. Professional athletes were first able to compete, leading to th...

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NFL training camp is in full swing, and Carl Nassib remains unsigned. On this week's show, Alex chats with Fox Sports NFL writer Henry McKenna about Nassib's status, and when it's time to legitim...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the "Belle of the Brawl" Bryn Thorne to the show! As she prepares to challenge Sandra Moone for the PrideStyle title on Aug. 12, Thorne and Brian Bell discus...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--166-Bryn-Thorne-e20rhun

This week in theconversation.com, a thought-provoking article called "Polarising, sensational media coverage of transgender athletes should end – our research shows a way forward" was front an...

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we're chatting Wrestle Queerdom, a historic show for trans and gender-diverse pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, discuss the event's highs and lows, includ...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Brittney Griner's absurd 9.5-year prison sentence, and the sickening gloating that's going on at her expense in some right-wing circles. Learn ...

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Friday July 29, 2022 was a day where trans inclusion in sports took two hits in a matter of minutes. England's Rugby Football Union voted to ban transgender women from competition in the contact ...

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Another NFL season is upon us and D.Gil dishes out the tea on what he thinks may happen in the 2022 NFL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back wrestler and creator of Black Girl Magik Spice Spiegel to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the return of Black Girl Magik on Aug. 19, continuing its...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--164-Black-Girl-Magik-2-w-Spice-Spiegel-e20rmeq

Imagine a team who is a hit on the field with a coach who has been there and won that, a group of players gelling together with an unbeaten record and the cup in sight. Imagine that same team und...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep145---Bethany-Cyrtmus-and-a-phoenix-In-Austin-e20rhuq

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Charles Barkley's strong support of LGBTQ people, including his latest salvo against anti-LGBTQ bigots, and his negotiations with the Saudi-b...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--126-Can-Charles-Barkley-be-an-LGBTQ-ally-and-work-for-the-Saudis-e20rm62

Maybelle Blair became one of the sensations of the Tribeca Film Festival recently when the former All American Girls Professional Baseball League player was on a panel to discuss the upcoming A L...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes-Youre-Out-A-League-of-Maybelle-Blairs-Own-e20rhri

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back Trans Graps founder Sally to the show to chat all things Wrestle Queerdom! She and Brian Bell discuss how North America's first all trans/non-binary/gen...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--163-Wrestle-Queerdom-e20rmff

Across the National Football League, training camps will be opening this week. The college game will also follow suit. America's 100-yard obsession is back again -- at least for the fellas Women'...

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Pat Gotham joins the podcast to discuss his love of recreational sports, what's it like to play in the Pride Sports USA league, and what community LGBTQ+ sports mean to him. Learn more about your...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the federal government's disastrous response to the Monkeypox outbreak with Christopher Vasquez, the comms director for the National Center for...

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Hello, Lovelies! This we welcome ring announcer/commentator/all-around beacon of positivity Val Capone to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss how she accidentally got her start in pro wrestling,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--162-Val-Capone-e20rm7n

This week's Trans Sporter Room has our Karleigh Webb sitting down with two blokes who are getting things done in the sporting arena and making the case for inclusion. Verity Smith: The wheelchair...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep144----Verity-Smith-and-Ness-Murby-e20ri18

Hello, Lovelies! Today is a special day for LGBT In The Ring as we announce our largest project to date: CasGaydia. The queer pro wrestling movement is coming to the Pacific Northwest on Septembe...

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Happy Saturday! Alex begins this week's show with an ode to Provincetown, where he spent an incredible 4th of July Weekend. Then on a much more upsetting note, Alex discusses the shamefully muted...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--124-Brittney-Griners-detention-is-generating-a-shamefully-muted-response-e20rhsn

Pride has past. America celebrates a Birthday. LGBTQ communities are gearing up for the fights to come, and its looks like there will be many. With so much upheaval and concern the Trans Sporter ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep143----You-Know-Youre-A-Transphobe-When-e20rhvj

Briana Scurry was the only black woman on the famous 1999 USWNT that won the women's soccer World Cup at the Rose Bowl and launched women's soccer into the national conscience. She was also the r...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Briana-Scurry-had-to-make-her-Greatest-Save-after-playing-for-the-USWNT---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rhtb

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with out pro soccer player Collin Martin about his coming out and why it was a "living nightmare" when his team forfeited a game after he was calle...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--123-Out-pro-soccer-player-Collin-Martin-e20rm5v

Hello, Lovelies! Pride month is coming to a close, but we're making a special trip across the Atlantic to welcome "The Dark Prince" Jensen Ryan to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his journey ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--160-Jensen-Ryan-e20rhu7

The final weekend of Pride 2022 saw representative of many group claiming to lobby for women's sports meet in Las Vegas, and affirm an the aggressive anti-transgender posture that has attempted t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep142----Viva-Transphobia-Vegas--and-Mallory-Moore-on-the-current-state-of-organized-transphobia-e20rman

LGBTQIA+ sports advocate and newly appointed LinkedIn Top LGBTQIA+ Voice Micah Porter joins D.Gil to chat about his career focused on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sports. Learn more about your ad choice...

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Hello, Lovelies! We're back for the second time this week covering the second night of Pro Wrestling VIBE Pride & VIBE Weekend, Paris Is Bumping: The Legends Ball. Brian Bell and their fiance, KC...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--159-Paris-Is-Bumping-The-Legends-Ball-e20rm6s

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex talks about FINA's cruel and unjust ban on transgender women from competing in elite international swimming competitions, shutting down Lia Thoma...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--122-Theyre-coming-for-LGBTQ-rights-next-e20rhsc

Hello, Lovelies! We're all still basking in the revelry that was Pro Wrestling VIBE's Pride & VIBE Weekend, so let's talk about it some more! Brian Bell and their fiance, KC, sit down after being...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--158-Cassandro-Cup-2-e20rhug

In March the IOC's much-discussed Framework for Fairness went into effect. Within the last 5 days, the world governing bodies for cycling and swimming essentially ignored those guidelines. FINA's...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-SPECIAL-REPORT--The-Worldwide-Ban-of-2022-e20rmeh

Angela Ruggiero has the Olympic medal trifecta: gold, silver and bronze. Since retiring from ice hockey, she's focused on becoming a successful businesswoman. That has taken her to the board room...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex praises the words of straight MLB allies Liam Hendriks and Kevin Youkilis, and expresses his concern over the venomous pushback to Red Sox Pride Night on...

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Hello, Lovelies! With only one day until Pro Wrestling VIBE's Pride & VIBE Weekend festival, we welcome another icon that carved a path for LGBTQ people in the wrestling world, Eddy McQueen. He a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--157-Eddy-McQueen-e20rmeu

Since becoming the chief technology correspondent at Axios in 2017 Journalist Ina Fried has been a voice in covering the biggest pieces of what is coming next. It should be no surprise in a nearl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep140----Ina-Fried-on-Covering-Technology--Covering-Transness-and-Covering-the-Olympics-e20rmal

Nicholas Spadaro is loud, proud, and a gay athlete. Listen as he joins D.Gil to discuss his sports background, his journey as a Soulcycle instructor, and what pride means to him personally. Learn...

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Kristie Mewis was one of the most-discussed athletes at Outsports ahead of and during the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The question we wrestled with was whether she was publicly out as an LGBTQ athlete...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Kristie-Mewis-on-the-Olympics--falling-in-love-with-Sam-Kerr-and-being-out---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rm65

Happy Saturday! This week, Alex chats with Michael Powell of the New York Times, who recently wrote the feature story, "What Lia Thomas could mean for women's elite sports." Alex asks Michael abo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--120-Michael-Powell-of-the-New-York-Times-talks-Lia-Thomas-e20rhth

Hello, Lovelies! We're going to the Subspace Division this week as we welcome "Lightning in a Bottle" Sandra Moone to the show. She and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming match against Papa Jace to ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--156-Sandra-Moone-e20rm7h

Pride 2022 is in Week Two, and our host Karleigh Webb is tanned, rested, ready and rather upset at the landscape -- especially Florida and Ohio But the guest this week make up for it, one is futu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep139----The-Future-in-the-UK-and-a-Pioneer-in-Canada-e20ri0f

Eli Danielson joins the podcast to discuss his background in sports, his coming out story, and why it's important to share coming out stories such as his. Happy Pride Month! Learn more about your...

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Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex credits the New England Patriots for publicly rebuking homophobic fans, and former NFL tight end Desmond Clark for posting a heartfelt message address...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--119-Patriots-rebuke-homophobic-fans-e20rhsu

Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off Pride month in supreme fashion as IWTV World champion AC Mack returns to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his historic title win in Jan. 2022, making pro wre...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--155-IWTV-World-Champ-AC-Mack-e20rmmc

The first show of Pride 2022 sees Karleigh Webb fresh off a birthday, Hailey Davidson set to tee off and fresh new face comes back to the Trans Sporter Room. This week, Hailey Davidson, the first...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep138----Pride-2022-The-Fightback--Fighting-Golf--and-The-Future-Is-Now-e20ri0b

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! On this week's show, Alex talks about U.S. soccer officially banning anti-LGBTQ chants, and Warriors reporter Mark Haynes getting caught with at least 56 hateful tweet...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--118-Warriors-reporter-gets-caught-with-horrible-homophobic-tweets-e20rma7

It's time for Dodgers Pride Night! My guest on today's episode is Dodgers Senior Vice President Erik Braverman and he takes us through the growth of his team's Pride promotion into the most popul...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-Dodgers-Pride-with-Erik-Braverman-e20rm6j

Hello, Lovelies! This one is going to be emotional, y'all. "The Business" Billy Dixon returns to the show one more time before they close this chapter in their pro wrestling journey. Dixon and Br...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--154-Billy-Dixon-e20rm82

A lot of history in this week's transporter room. This week, three years ago, a transgender woman walked into court in Connecticut, and walked out with the name she chose to represent who she is....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep137-----A-Week-of-History-and-a-Celebration-of-the-Future-e20rmcd

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about 17-year-old English pro soccer Jake Daniels coming out, and how he's been widely embraced. But is he being embraced because he presents as he...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--117-Pro-soccer-player-Jake-Daniels-coming-out-and-the-issue-of-heteronormativity-e20rmhh

Hello, Lovelies! "Out In The Ring," the documentary chronicling the history of LGBTQ identities in pro wrestling, has a premiere date, so it's only natural that we welcome back the film's directo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--153-Out-In-The-Ring-Director-Ry-Levey-e20ri07

Seattle, Washington. A city that seems to groove to a beat all its own. It seems to zig when much of country zags. It's known for grey flannel skies with a soundtrack of raw grunge. It the place ...

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Happy Saturday! Alex talks about some enraging topics on this week's show, including more allegations of homophobia against Mark Jackson and outrageous comments from golf legend Greg Norman about...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--116-Should-Mark-Jackson-have-to-address-anti-gay-rumors-before-getting-another-NBA-coaching-job-e20rm6p

Hello, Lovelies! This we're taking a trip to the nerdy side of life as we welcome "The Punk Rock Poindexter" Darwin Finch to the show! They and Brian Bell discuss them finding a home at Santino B...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--152-Darwin-Finch-e20rmbl

The Beautiful Game. The World's Game. Football, or Soccer to us North American types has not only been a vehicle of entertainment, but has often been a vessel for advocacy, activism, protest and ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep135----Natalie-Washington-and-Football-v--Transphobia-Earning-Promotion-e20rmb0

Rhys Moore joins the podcast again to discuss what it means to be a good role model, how queer role models are needed, and the impact good role models can be in our lives. Learn more about your a...

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Happy Saturday! Alex covers several topics on this week's show, including the latest on Brittney Griner, and his outrage over the commentary about Madison Cawthorn's leaked videos. Follow Alex on...

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Hello, Lovelies! We're back after a week off, and who better to brighten your spirits than the "Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar. Pollo and Brian Bell discuss her growing presence within GCW, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--151-Pollo-Del-Mar-Returns-e20rhve

When Danielle McLean was a high school hockey player, growing up in hockey-mad Boston, she fought a 7-game series against Hodgkin's lymphoma. Her favorite game is what helped pull her through. A ...

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Keith Frostad wasn't out publicly in the media around the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but he was known to be gay in the elite swimming world. When he talked about all of this with Zachary ...

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This week, Alex welcomes on Couper Gunn, captain of the men's soccer team at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. Couper shares his sexual assault survivor history and talks about why he's goin...

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As Americans ponder upcoming primary elections and the off-year campaigns in fall 2022, Australians will held to the polls for a general election on May 21. You'd figure issues like the COVID, cl...

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D.Gil discusses yet why LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports is necessary after experiencing homophobic and transphobic rhetoric this past weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the #FlippingExhausted campaign to protest anti-trans sports ban, and his spot on a very desirable list. Alex also discusses NHL player Andre...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--113-Being-FlippingExhausted-over-anti-trans-sports-bans-e20rhs7

What's this? A new 3 Strikes, You're Out episode?! As Vin Scully would say, "The impossible has happened!" This week, retired major league umpire Dale Scott is back to discuss his excellent new m...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-Dale-Scott-Returns-e20rmd3

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling creative and one of the best ring announcers in the game J-Rose back to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his new promotion, Naptown All-Pro,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-IN-The-Ring-Ep--150-J-Rose-Returns-e20rhvk

As the legislative and regulatory tidal wave against trans people in and out of sports rises, those who are causing that wave are getting bolder. From anti-trans groups backed by anti-trans organ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep132----Spotlight-Special-Saying-The-Quiet-Part-Out-Loud-e20rhv9

Hello, Lovelies! It's a little late, but we're closing the book on our WrestleMania week coverage by discussing GCW For The Culture, a celebration of Black pro wrestling. Brian Bell and their fia...

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Happy Saturday! This week, Alex talks about an interview Magic Johnson and his gay son, EJ, gave about their evolving relationship, and how their story shows the complexities of people. Alex also...

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In January Danish trans woman volleyball player Nadia Jacobsen and cybersecurity specialist/podcast host Maia Kahlke Lorentzen were beamed up to the Trans Sporter Room to discuss sports, inclusio...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about MLB Opening Day, and the special relationship baseball teams seem to enjoy with their cities' LGBTQ communities. Pride Nights in baseball jus...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--111-The-special-relationship-between-MLB-and-LGBTQ-Pride-e20rm7v

Hello, Lovelies! Night two of WrestleMania 38 is the topic today, and we welcome back Darnell Mitchell to unpack a wild night in Dallas. He and Brian Bell discuss Triple H's retirement, Pat McAfe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--148-WrestleMania-38-Night-2-w-Darnell-Mitchell-e20rm9r

Hello, Lovelies! It's time to make Texas queerer! We welcome Divine Diana Ramsey to the show to discuss EFFY's Big Gay Brunch Dallas. She and Brian Bell discuss violent clashes between Max The Im...

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Hello, Lovelies! WrestleMania week is over, which means it's time to relive and unpack it all on LGBT In The Ring! We kick off our coverage by welcoming Patches Chance (Let Them Wrestle) to chat ...

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She has the nickname, "Her Thighness". A plain-speaking Ph.D. from Canada with a dash of snark, a lot of heart, and a love for what she calls "chess and dueling on bikes" Dr. Veronica Ivy has won...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Emily Bridges, the transgender cyclist who won championships against men, and is now slated to compete against women. This promises to be an ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--110-Get-ready-for-the-Emily-Bridges-story-e20rm96

Hello, Lovelies! In a special WrestleMania week bonus episode, we welcome WWE's Sonya Deville to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss the big two-day event this weekend, LGBTQ visibility in WWE a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--145-Sonya-Deville-e20rn5r

Hello, Lovelies! It's WrestleMania week, which means the return of GCW's The Collective and EFFY's Big Gay Brunch! So it's only natural that we welcome EFFY back to the show to chat about making ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--144-EFFY-Is-Fine-e20rm98

On Thursday night March 31, 2022 at a small stadium south of London, England, there will be a rather special match on fixture. The match will make soccer history on Transgender Day of Visibility....

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D.Gil spills the tea on a variety of epic sports topics that happened this month that truly encompassed the term "March Madness", Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about Cyd Zeigler's feature story on Thom Brennaman, and whether he deserves a second chance after uttering a gay slur on-air 18 months ago. Cyd sp...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--109-Should-Thom-Brennaman-get-another-chance-e20rmd0

Hello, Lovelies! It's west coast all day this week as we welcome back the High Priestess of the Church of Wrestling, Dark Sheik! She and Brian Bell discuss her rise in GCW over the last year, inc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--143-Dark-Sheik-Returns-e20rmen

Last week, pride, prejudice and history came together at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. It was end of the line in the Lia Thomas saga. It ended with some bittersweet succe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep128----After-Atlanta--and-The-Captain-Returns-e20rmkj

Nicole Heavirland had told herself for many years that she couldn't be gay and certainly could never come out. Growing up in Montana, it just wasn't done. Now the Olympic rugby player for Team US...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Olympian-Nicole-Heavirland-came-out-after-years-of-telling-herself-she-never-could---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmng

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the complexities of the Brittney Griner case, and why raising widespread outrage may not be the best way to pressure Russia. Alex also talks ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--108-The-complexities-of-the-Brittney-Griner-case-e20rhtc

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Fat, Femme Asian Sensation" Mateo Valentine to the show! Valentine and Brian Bell chat transitioning from theater to pro wrestling, NLA Is For Everyone ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--142-Mateo-Valentine-e20rhvs

One of the points of discussion of those who have been adversaries of transgender women in sport specifically is how a person body is used against them as evidence that they "don't belong". In th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep127----Chelsea-Poe-on-trans-athletics--trans-rights-and-weaponizing-trans-bodies-e20rmlb

D.Gil is joined by Drexel University student Zeke Goldsmith to share his thoughts on marketing in sports, his plans post-graduation, and innovative programs for LGBTQ inclusion at Drexel Universi...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Outsports' expose into old anti-gay tweets from 40 NBA players, and why their words matter -- regardless of when they were written. Alex also e...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--107-The-big-deal-about-NBA-players-old-anti-gay-tweets-e20rhsa

Hello, Lovelies! We're talking AEW Revolution this week with FanFyte's own Colette Arrand. She and Brian Bell discuss their favorite moments from the show, including the significance of CM Punk a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--141-AEW-Revolution-2022-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rm9f

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Paul Poirier came out publicly as gay last year, and then competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics. He and ice dance partner Piper Gilles has a top-10 finish, dressed in stunning outfits for both ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Paul-Poirier-competed-in-his-second-Olympics-and-his-first-after-coming-out---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmaj

Happy Saturday! Alex is refreshed and recharged after his vacation, and ready to talk to the people. This week, he applauds the Red Sox for immediately releasing a racist and homophobic prospect,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--106-Good-on-Red-Sox-for-immediately-releasing-prospect-after-anti-gay-tweets-e20rm66

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/3 of the Next Level Soldiers Kota Holliday to the show. She and Brian Bell discuss NLS' first foray into promoting, NLS Is For Everyone, building queer pre...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--140-Kota-Holliday-e20rm8n

Sports history and the modern reality of the current anti-trans legislation fight collide in a state where women's sport mattered for decades before Title IX. Since 1920, girl's high school athle...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep125-----Kyla-Paterson-A-Dispatch-From-The-Midwestern-Front-e20rmae

Cyclist Josh Jones joins D.Gil on this episode to discuss his work with ALL IN Racing, a new initiative within competitive cycling to increase visibility and inclusion for LGBT+ riders and which ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Josh-Jones---All-In-Racing-e20rm5t

Hello, Lovelies! Get your freak flags ready because we have the Proud Papa, Papa Jace, joining us this week! Jace and Brian Bell discuss how and why Papa Jace completely reinvented his wrestling ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--139-Papa-Jace-e20rhuu

The swim saga reached the first postseason test. The Ivy League Championship featuring a rare first. Two out transgender student-athletes competing...and in one race competing against each other....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep124----Alejandra-Caraballo-and-Trans-Joy-and-Pain-In-A-Pool-e20rmgc

D.Gil shares his thoughts on some of his favorite black LGBTQ athletes to celebrate Black History Month. You probably heard some of these names, but some names might just surprise you. Happy Blac...

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Happy Saturday! Alex spends the bulk of the show this week discussing the Kamila Valieva doping scandal, and how the phenom teenage Russian skater was failed by the adults around her. Alex also p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--105-Kamila-Valieva-was-failed-e20rmb3

Hello, Lovelies! We're late. We know. But this week's show is worth the wait as we welcome Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling champion Trish Adora to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her up...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--138-Trish-Adora-e20rm6f

The Ivy League Swimming and Division Championships open Wednesday on the campus of Harvard University, and Penn's Lia Thomas will be there... to compete. Looming in the background is what happens...

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In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, Alex dedicates his show this week to talking about the struggles of being a gay football fan, and his experience navigating sports fandom and gay life. He also talk...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--104-The-struggles-of-being-a-gay-football-fan-e20rmb9

Hello, Lovelies! All rise for your gay president because "The Business" Billy Dixon is back on LGBT In The Ring! He and Brian Bell dish on Pro Wrestling Vibe's Pride and Vibe Weekend, the largest...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--137-Billy-Dixon-e20rm95

Hello, Lovelies! Fire up your Rei-Gun because we've got The Protagonist of Pro Wrestling Kidd Bandit on the show! Bandit has built a large following less than a year into their in-ring career thr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--136-Kidd-Bandit-e20rmd6

In the current season of Netflix's Queer Eye, a young trans woman powerlifter from Texas was subject of QE's regal remake, and Angel Flores' story, strength, talent, and drive goes deep. This wee...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep122----Angel-Flores-on-getting-her-wings-and-A-TSRSports-Kiki-look-at-the-Super-Bowl-e20rmgf

Happy Saturday! The Winter Olympics are underway, and it's another banner event for LGBTQ athletes, with at least 35 competing. But sadly, it's hard to get past the IOC awarding the Games to Chin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--103-Speaking-out-against-China-e20rm7b

Maxwell Nagle is young promising journalist covering the his favorite game. He's a high school basketball writer for Novahoops.com, based one of the nation's basketball hotbeds, the DMV (District...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep121----Maxwell-Nagle-A-Shooters-Story-e20rmdi

Sean Cosgriff joins D.Gil to discuss what it's like to join an LGBTQ+ sports community at the age of 53. Swimming, running, and participating in triathlons are the go-to sports for this gay athle...

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Outsports contributor Karleigh Webb, who's one of the most passionate and knowledgeable journalists in the country about trans issues in spor...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--102-Trans-sportswriter-Karleigh-Webb-sounds-off-on-the-Lia-Thomas-hysteria-e20rme5

Hello, Lovelies! We wrap up Journo January by bringing back the Mother of LGBTQ wrestling media, The Nobodies' DJ Accident Report. He and Brian Bell discuss the origins of Nobodies Watching Wrest...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--134-DJ-Accident-Report-e20rhv3

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Strap Daddy himself, the Princex of Pride champion Da Shade! He and Brian Bell discuss his journey through the Las Vegas pro wrestling scene, winning the Pri...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--133-Da-Shade-e20rm72

On January 19, the NCAA Board of Governors voted to replace its 10-year-old Transgender Student-Athlete Inclusion policy with a completely new policy based loosely on the forthcoming Internationa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep120-----The-Change-in-the-NCAAs-and-The-Fallout-e20rmic

Wyatt is the first openly gay college football player to catch a touchdown. Now he's a grad student studying Behavior/Mental Health at the University of Dayton. Listen in as D.Gil catches up with...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Catching-Up-With-Wyatt-Pertuset-e20rmhl

Lewis Gibson first shared his love for his now-husband with the world on Valentine's Day two years ago with a cute Instagram post. Since then he and his ice dancing partner, Lilah Fear, have rise...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Lewis-Gibson-is-headed-to-the-Olympics--out-and-married---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmjg

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NCAA's sudden changes to its transgender policy, and how one of the most influential sports organizations in the world essentially punted...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--101-NCAA-shamefully-punts-on-trans-inclusion-e20rmf9

Hello, Lovelies! It's Southeast First day, and we've got the man challenging for the IWTV World title, AC Mack, on the show to chat all about it. Mack and Brian Bell trace his path to the IWTV Wo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-AC-Mack-Returns-e20rhuf

Hello, Lovelies! Like wrestling media itself, Journo January evolves this week as we sit down with the creator of the new pro wrestling fan community Trans Graps, Sally. Trans Graps is a space fo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--131-Trans-Graps-e20rm6m

Sporting federations around the world are taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee and looking at their policies regarding transgender athletes, and recent Denmark did as well. The E...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep119----The-View-from-Denmark-Nadia-Jacobsen-and-Maia-Kahlke-Lorentzen-e20rm9k

Happy 100th episode! We've made it! On this week's show, Alex celebrates the Outsports community, and the importance of staying connected throughout this hellacious pandemic. Learn more about you...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--100-Time-to-celebrate-e20rm73

Hello, Lovelies! Journo January continues with the Paul Pratt (Wrestling Inc.), aka "The Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar. He and Brian Bell discuss how decades of work in drag, pro wrestling ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--130-Paul-Pratt-aka-Pollo-Del-Mar-e20rmap

Hello, Lovelies! This week we're welcoming back pro wrestling's Hitman for Hire, Mr. Grim. One year after coming out as pansexual, Grim and Brian Bell reflect on how things have changed for him, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--129-Mr--Grim-Returns-e20rmi1

Maya Reddy was a girl with a fairway dream in 2016. A three-time NCAA All-American was set step on an opening tee in the Symetra Tour. She ran into was a brick wall of prejudice on the links. A S...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-EP118----Maya-Reddy-on-Golf--Inclusion-and-the-Law-e20rmi4

Rhys Moore joins The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss what is Martial Arts Tricking, being a queer athlete, and LGBTQ representation in Tricking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Martial-Arts-Tricking-with-Rhys-Moore-e20rmj5

Roger Brigham became the first out gay editor for a metropolitan daily when he came out while working as sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News in 1982. Brigham retired this week after 46 year...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--99-Trailblazing-gay-sportswriter-Roger-Brigham-e20rmhq

Hello, Lovelies! It's Wrestle Kingdom time once again, which means Rachel Giuliani is back to help Brian Bell break down all the action from Wrestle Kingdom 16! They discuss Katsuyori Shibata's r...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--128-Wrestle-Kingdom-16-w-Rachel-Giuliani-e20rmud

Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off 2022 with the return of Journo January! This week, QWI Award-winning writer Lizzy Flanagan, aka LizzyLucha, joins the show. She and Brian Bell discuss her love ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--127-Lizzy-LizzyLucha-Flanagan-e20rm6k

2021 was another year were the Trans Sporter Room boldly went to tell stories at the intersection of sports, transness, sci-fi, all things nerd and geek and other stuff. It was a year of Biden, C...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep117----Looking-Back--Looking-Ahead-e20rmih

Happy New Year! On this week's show, Alex talks about why 2021 was the biggest year ever for gay athletes, and how the stigma around being LGBTQ and in sports is finally being erased once and for...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--98-2021-was-the-biggest-year-ever-for-gay-athletes-e20rm9g

On September 13, 2014, Fallon Fox fought her final professional MMA bout and scored a win. It took a long time for someone to follow in the imposing footstep of a pioneer that Outsports' Cyd Zeig...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep116----Ending-2021-with-Alana-McLaughlin-and-Fallon-Fox-e20rmbp

Merry Christmas! On this holiday edition of the show, Alex talks about the NFL Network's segment on Carl Nassib's impact, and why it was so great to see out football players highlighted. Learn mo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--97-NFL-Network-highlighted-gay-football-players--and-thats-a-big-deal-e20rmcc

Hello, Lovelies! With Xms two days away, Brian Bell is in the giving mood this week. Specifically, giving feedback on your feedback after last week's inaugural QWI Awards. Brian addresses the mos...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--126-QWI-Awards-Feedback-e20rmab

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep115----Trans-Joy--Featuring-the-2021-Pull-For-Pride-Grant-Winner-e20rmn2

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 j...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--96-What-Candace-Parkers-coming-out-tells-us-about-closeted-athletes-e20rm7s

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--125-2021-QWI-Awards-e20rmgp

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 Pho...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep114----A-TSR-Home-and-Home-Special-Phoebe-Rose-of-Transition-Stories-e20rmgn

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 T...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--95-The-LGBTQ-silence-about-Lia-Thomas-e20rhs1

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 wres...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--124-2021-QWI-200-e20rmj7

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 n...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep103----Britni-de-la-Cretaz-on-their-first-book-and-their-impact-e20rmba

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 annoy...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--94-Only-2-NFL-players-are-supporting-LGBTQ-orgs-for-My-Cause-My-Cleats-e20rmg7

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--123-PrideStyle-w-Milhouse-Malott-e20rmpi

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 o...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep112----Kirsti-Miller-On-Why-the-IOC-Framework-Can-Work-e20rmbe

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 rece...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Raven-Saunders-wont-stop-being-Raven-Saunders---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rhvb

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--93-What-to-make-of-Colton-Underwoods-Netflix-series-e20rm7i

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 -...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--122-An-Invisible-Thanksgiving-e20rmdj

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep111----Raquel-Willis-One-On-One-e20rmcm

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-A-D-Gil-Thanksgiving-Message-e20rht1

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 fram...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Olympics-new-gender-framework-has-trans-athlete-Kirsti-Miller-very-excited-e20rmc1

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 t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--92-How-who-cares--became-online-code-for-I-hate-gay-people-e20rhsf

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 Turn...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--121-Mercedes-Martinez-e20rm92

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 A...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--120-AEW-Full-Gear-2021-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rmm1

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep110-----The-IOCs-New-Direction-and-Meeting-Mx--Dahlia-e20rmcq

D.Gil shares Team USA athlete Chris Mosier's transgender basics terminology education on this podcast episode. Listen and Learn! Check out the transgender basics Instagram post to follow along wi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Chris-Mosiers-Transgender-Basics-Terminology-Tips-e20rm71

Andrew Blaser was a decathlete in college, finding his way to the little-known sport of skeleton after graduating. Now he's one of the top skeleton racers in the United States and aiming for a sp...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Andrew-Blaser-is-a-gay-American-athlete-aiming-for-the-Winter-Olympics-e20rmri

It may seem like a small gesture, but Carl Nassib posting a picture of him and his boyfriend on Instagram this week is a big deal. It shows that Carl is comfortable to show intimate aspects of hi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep-91-Why-Carl-Nassib-posting-a-pic-of-his-boyfriend-is-a-big-deal-e20rm5l

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling's one true fucker of moms Sazzy Boatright to the show! While she is less than a year into her in-ring career, Sazzy has rapidly risen in popula...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--119-Sazzy-Boatright-e20rmht

This week Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with British trans pro wrestler The Notorious Angel Amber Jo, as she prepares for a run for a championship belt. Last year, she made her debut becoming the...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep109----Pro-wrestler-The-Notorious-Angel-Amber-Jo-On-The-Wings-Of-A-Title-Shot-e20rmda

D.Gil's hometown team the Atlanta Braves are 2021 World Series Champions. Listen to D.Gil and some friends and family express just what this World Series win means to them. For once, an Atlanta S...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-Atlanta-Braves-Didnt-Choke-Prt--2-e20rmhe

Happy Saturday! Gay Twitter was buzzing this week about another twink who was bragging about partying sick. How ... sick! Alex chats with NYC-based writer and editor Mark Peikert about this story...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--90-The-case-of-the-strep-throat-twink-e20rm9h

Well, that World Series turned out to be pretty good! Pretty pretty pretty...pretty good! If you could ignore most of the stuff surrounding the teams playing in it, that is. As continuing the 3SY...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-94-World-Series-Soler-Vortex-with-Kevin-McCaffrey-e20rm8d

Hello, Lovelies! It's #JaiSeason this week on the show as we welcome breakout pro wrestler Jai Vidal to the show. After a whirlwind 2021, Vidal joins Brian Bell to discuss his Impact Wrestling de...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--118-Jai-Vidal-e20rhvo

This week Karleigh does a little time travel to dig in the archives of our interviews with transgender athletes around the world to answer a question: "What are ten things that those who may not ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep108---Ten-Things-Trans-Athletes-Want-To-Tell-You-About-Trans-People-e20rhvn

It's an LGBTQ+ Halloween and D.Gil channels his inner Joan Rivers and dishes out some tea on which LGBTQ+ athletes "killed" their looks. Outsports Halloween Article Learn more about your ad choic...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-LGBTQ-Halloween-Fashion-e20rhu3

Robert Dover is a legend in the equestrian community. The dressage rider was a key part of bringing the United States onto the world stage as a top competitor for the last 30 years. Now in his ne...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Olympic-legend-Robert-Dover-has-a-new-book-The-Gates-To-Brilliance---Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-e20rmh9

Alex discusses two important stories on this week's show: former Blackhawks defenseman Kyle Beach stepping forward as the "John Doe" in the team's sexual assault case, and how sports can respond ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--89-The-bravery-of-Kyle-Beach-e20rm5s

Can a World Series be exciting with the games themselves being one-sided? That's where we find ourselves with the 2021 Fall Classic. As per 3SYO tradition, Adam Mamawala (Away Games Podcast) retu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-93-Cheating-v--Racism-with-Adam-Mamawala-e20rmb1

Hello, Lovelies! We're keeping it local this week as we welcome Pacific Northwest favorite wrestler/promoter "The Black Sheep" Dave Turner. In addition to wrestling, Turner also co-owns Washingto...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--117-Dave-Turner-e20rmp5

In 2019, a group of transgender hockey players from across North America turned what started as emails written about a dream into a team -- Team Trans. They met up in Boston to play a select squa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep107----Avery-Cordingley-and-Mason-LeFebvre-of-Team-Trans-Hockey-e20ri0c

D.Gil is over the moon as the MLB team Atlanta Braves did not choke and advanced to the world series. Listen to how D.Gil describes how important this win is for the city of Atlanta, the past cho...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-Atlanta-Braves-Didnt-Choke-Prt--1-e20rmcr

Jenna Burkert didn't want to be the stereotype of a female wrestler. Growing up always wrestling boys, she saw how people portrayed girls and women in the sport as masculine and, yes, possibly ga...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Jenna-Burkert-just-won-a-medal-at-the-World-Championships--Next-up-The-Olympics---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rhst

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Martin Stark, the creator of the World Gay Boxing Championships. They talk about the WGBC and Martin's relationship with boxing. He's gone fr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--88-Martin-Stark--creator-of-the-World-Gay-Boxing-Championships-e20rmlh

This episode was recorded immediately after Game 5 of the NLCS which means that D.Gil was hoping it would be a Braves pennant-clinching celebration. As you can tell by the title, that didn't happ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-92-The-Atlanta-Curse--with-D-Gil-e20rmcs

Hello, Lovelies! This week is all about Money, Power & Respect this week as we welcome MarcoMania to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss Marco's role in creating Full Queer, Marco's journey since...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--116-MarcoMania-e20rm7f

Inclusion in sports has had a lot of winning moments in 2021, but it hasn't come without a fight and one of the battleground has been the state of Texas and now 5 attempts to legalize discriminat...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep106----Ash-Hall-and-Meghan-Crutchley-Fighting-To-Make-Sports-Better-e20rm9d

David Palumbo joins D.Gil to discuss the awesome work that the You Can Play Project is doing for the LGBTQ+ community. Listen to David discuss why he is so passionate about the project and find o...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-David-Palumbo---You-Can-Play-e20rmar

Michael Spencer is a legend in the world of action-sports agents. He has represented some of the most successful athletes, including Olympic champions and one Gus Kenworthy. He's been with Kenwor...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Michael-Spencer-has-represented-Gus-Kenworthy-throughout-his-career---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmsb

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden's leaked emails exposed him as a homophobe, as well as many other negative things. On this week's show, Alex breaks down the scandal that's rocked the NFL and LGBT...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--87-The-Jon-Gruden-saga-e20rmbq

Throughout the 2021 season, the White Sox appeared to be living up to the hype: an über-talented fun-loving juggernaut of a roster that was bludgeoning its way through the American League. It fe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-91-White-Sox-Postmortem-with-Fritz-Nothnagel-e20rmf2

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is back again with their partner, KC, this week as they recap their experience at two recent wrestling events from Pacific Northwest promotions Without A Cause and DOA...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--115-Pacific-Northwest-Wrestle-Week-e20rmdp

This week's Trans Sporter Room continues our deeper look into trans athletes stories that many haven't heard, but need to hear. In 2011, the NCAA began their transgender student-athlete policies....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep105----Taylor-Edelmann-A-Conversation-With-One-Of-The-First-e20rmig

This month is LGBTQ History month and D.Gil highlights the career and coming out story of four-time WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes. Sheryl Swoopes Sheryl Swoopes Learn more about your ad choices. V...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-LGBTQ-History-Month---Sheryl-Swoopes-e20rm9a

Karina Manta is one of the few publicly out LGBTQ athletes in women's figure skating. Along with her out gay ice dancing partner, Joe Johnson, they make up a particularly prideful duo. Now Manta ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Out-figure-skater-Karina-Manta-has-a-powerful-new-book--On-Top-Of-Glass---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmdn

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses Outsports' recent "Out in Sports" survey, which reveals LGBTQ player are usually accepted and embraced by their teammates when they come out. F...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--86-Our-big-Out-in-Sports-survey-e20rmbb

Last week, in an ESPN article advocating for better living conditions for minor leaguers, Giants farmhand Kieran Lovegrove came out publicly as bisexual and revealed that he had been out to teamm...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-90-Coming-Out-in-the-Minors-with-Kieran-Lovegrove-e20rmc2

Hello, Lovelies! This week we're delving into the world of "The Final Girl" Ziggy Haim! She and Brian Bell discuss the significance of her upcoming hair vs. mask match against Edith Surreal at En...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--114-Ziggy-Haim-e20rmck

Starting with this edition of the Trans Sporter Room, we closely examine a critical piece of the issue of transgender inclusion in sport too often ignored: The people most affected and how they n...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep104-----Beyond-The-Debate-A-Look-Inside-A-Decision-e20rmd9

The GAMEDAY TEA turned one year old today with Outsports. D.Gil goes down memory lane as he talks about what sparked his podcasting career, some of his favorite episodes, and his gratitude toward...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-GAMEDAY-TEAs-1-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY-e20rmdu

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about minor league baseball pitcher Kieran Lovegrove's coming out, and exposes the impoverished conditions that players have to withstand. Follow A...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--85-Pitcher-Kieran-Lovegrove-comes-out--and-exposes-minor-league-baseball-e20rm81

Well, just as everyone expected, a California-based team has won over 100 games and is about to begin their playoff run with homefield advantage. And that team is... The San Francisco Giants?????...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-89-A-Giant-October-with-Ray--Paul-e20rml0

Hello, Lovelies! This week, Brian Bell welcomes rising Paradigm Pro Wrestling heavy hitter "Mad Dog" Connelly to the show! They discuss Connelly's coming out moment from earlier this year, how he...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--113-Connelly-e20rmm8

Karleigh loves the WNBA and the playoffs reach a pair of compelling best-of-5 semifinals, so we go one-on-one with Swish Appeal and Boston Globe sportswriter Zack Ward. This week's podcast featur...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep103-----Swish-Appeals-Zach-Ward-on-the-WNBA-Playoffs-and-the-W-at-25-e20rme6

D.Gil challenges his listening guest to identify what lights their fire? Also, are you truly free? With everything going on in this world, do we stick to our sports to keep us going, or is someth...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-What-Lights-Your-Fire-e20rmc3

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 Vic...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--112-Chris-Kanyon---Dark-Side-of-the-Ring-e20rmo4

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 a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--84-Robert-Kraft-stopped-by-my-gay-flag-football-league-e20rmf7

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 Par...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--111-Theo-Ivory-e20rmld

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep102----Mythmaking--Policymaking-And-Why-Never-The-Twain-Should-Meet-e20rmip

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Kicking-It-with-Gary-Ginnaw-e20rma1

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 bo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--83-Gay-sports-reporter-Devin-Heroux-opens-up-about-his-Olympics-experience-e20rmac

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 wa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-88-Win-One-for-Votto-with-Mark-Chalifoux-e20rmgu

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 cancellin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--110-Wrestling-News-Weekly-e20rm7c

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 br...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep101-----Trans-Star-Power-Fallon-Fox-and-Katy-Montgomerie-e20rmfs

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

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Remembering-911--Mark-Bingham-e20rmgj

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. Fol...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--82-The-NFL-begins-its-most-rainbow-filled-season-yet-e20rmg2

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 clos...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--109-EFFYs-Big-Gay-Brunch-Chicago-e20rmmd

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, RealSport1...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--108-AEW-All-Out-2021-e20rmnn

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 ac...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep100-----Appreciation--Celebration--and-A-Date-With-History-e20rmk3

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-D-Gils-2021-NFL-Season-Predictions-e20rmee

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 activ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--81-How-big-of-a-story-will-Carl-Nassib-be-this-season-e20rmev

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 i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-87-LEAVE-JAVY-ALONE--with-Sara-Sanchez-e20rmr8

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. ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep99----Hey-Ms--DJ--Xandra-Xero-Bolsters-Trans-Community-With-Lit-Beats-e20rm9e

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 g...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Catching-Up-With-Couper-Gunn-e20rme4

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 letd...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--80-Columnist-Christopher-Muther-on-our-summer-of-gay-discontent-e20rmca

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the "Punk Rock Qween" Jamie Senegal to the show! Senegal is set to make history at Saturday's NWA Empowerr event, becoming the first out trans woman ever to ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--107-Jamie-Senegal-e20rmb5

The state of Texas has seen a lot of hearings, debates and deliberations through dozens of proposals to curtail the rights of transgender youth. The Hearing on Senate Bill 2 scheduled for August ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep98----One-Long-Night-In-Austin-e20rmb8

D.Gil shares his thoughts on the upcoming college football season which includes his college football playoff picks, national championship winner, NIL, and the need for a football player to come ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Its-College-Football-Time-e20rmtp

John Dickinson-Lilley didn't imagine himself skiing the slopes of Switzerland and Austria as a blind man. Yet that's where he found himself after friends invited him on a trip. Dickinson-Lilley q...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/John-Dickinson-Lilley--champion-blind-skier--talks-about-the-problems-with-Paralympic-inspiration-porn-e20rhts

After enduring everything that happened in the past year and a half, there was nothing I wanted more than to treat myself to a baseball roadtrip. So this past week, I met up in Denver with longti...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-86-Coors-Field-Road-Trip-with-Away-Games-e20rmkk

Hello, Lovelies! We're still gagging over Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21, and who better to unpack everything from the melding of ballroom and pro wrestling than The Nobodies' DJ Accident Repor...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--106-Paris-Is-Bumping-Solid-Gold-21-w-DJ-Accident-Report-e20rhtu

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury enter the 100 meter backstroke final as a contender. 53 seconds later, he was a gold medalist, an Olympic record holder a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep97----Mark-Tewksbury-on-coming-a-long-way--and-where-the-path-leads-next-e20rmk6

D.Gil discusses the impact Covid-19 will have on the future of sports such as proof of vaccination, proof of negative Covid-19 test, and team protocol's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-Future-of-Covid-19--Sports-e20rmog

It's been a about 30 years since the Summer and Winter Olympics were held about six months apart, but that's exactly what we're going to see as the Beijing Winter Olympics are coming this Februar...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Looking-back-at--and-ahead-to--the-Olympic-Games-with-Amazin-LeThi---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmhu

Happy Saturday! Alex is riding solo this week. He tackles a few LGBTQ sports topics, including tennis player Fabio Fognini wearing rainbow accessories for his first match since yelling an anti-ga...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--79-How-can-athletes-make-amends-for-using-anti-gay-slurs-e20rm8e

After a gap year spent exploring the exotic cultures of Buffalo and Dunedin, the Blue Jays have returned to Toronto. Just in time to make a charge for a playoff spot! Which means it's time to che...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-85-O-Hai-Canada-with-A-J--Andrews-e20rmg3

Hello, Lovelies! With the Olympics coming to a close, Brian Bell leans back and takes listeners through a preview of Billy Dixon's latest Pose-meets-pro wrestling event, Paris Is Bumping: Solid G...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--105-Paris-Is-Bumping-Solid-Gold-21-Preview-e20rmp7

Zooey Zephyr is a grad student and administrator at the University of Montana. She grew up as a high-level amateur who is now speedy on a soccer pitch. She's also one of the voices rising and act...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep96----Zooey-Zephyr-Fighting-the-fight-in-Big-Sky-country-e20ri09

The Olympics are over and now its time to bring attention to "Team LGBTQ+" by sharing some of their accomplishments in the games. These Olympics saw a lot of first including the first non-binary ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Highlighting--LGBTQ-2021-Olympic-Athletes-e20rm7q

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex chats with Andrew Mortensen, a gay cyclist who biked across North America and South America during the height of Covid and raised $17,000 for The Trevor ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep-78-This-gay-cyclist-biked-across-2-continents--and-raised-17K-for-The-Trevor-Project-e20rmgv

This isn't a podcast. This is a therapy session. The Cubs have been gutted and my soul has been crushed. As you might expect, I need to talk this out. So this is another crossover with Kevin McCa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-84-Fire-Jed--Sell-the-Team--with-Away-Games-e20rmfd

Hello, Lovelies! We're back to wrestling this week with one of the most popular and authentic creators going in independent wrestling today, J-Rose. He and Brian Bell discuss his five-year wrestl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--104-J-Rose-e20rmbr

"There's been no openly transgender women at the top level, until now, I think the threat to women's sports in general is probably overstated,"  The IOC's medical and scientific director said th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep95----R--Nick-Gorton-MD-Has-Some-Prescriptions-For-The-IOC-e20rmhm

D.Gil has had ENOUGH of the Simone Biles slander. This episode addresses the backfire from the decision made by the Olympian Biles to back out of several gymnast events due to stated mental healt...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Back-OFF-Simone-Biles-e20rmgg

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex celebrates the Rainbow Wave at the Olympics, and how the record number of out athletes are PROUD to be LGBTQ. So awesome to see. On the negative side, Al...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--77-Celebrating-the-gayest-Olympics-ever-e20rmc8

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 skateboard...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--103-Alana-Smith--Quinn-and-Non-Binary-Olympians-w-Britni-de-la-Cretaz-e20rmtv

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep94----Breaking-News-and-Breaking-Through-e20rms7

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Congratulations-Tom-Daley-e20rmfu

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--76-Brock-McGillis-on-Luke-Prokop-e20rmfn

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 tr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-83-The-Ascendent-Padres-with-Jono-Zalay-e20rmlp

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--102-Killian-McMurphy-e20rmm7

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep93----Olympic-Womens-Basketball-preview-wWBB-analyst-Lauren-Rosenberg-e20rms0

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 ou...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--101-Madness-e20rmor

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 again...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--75-Why-the-Olympics-are-the-most-gay-friendly-sporting-event-e20rmlv

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 jo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-82-Alonso-SMASH-with-Dawn-Ennis-e20rmcu

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep92-----All-Those-Messes-Down-In-Texas--and-a-flashback-featuring-North-Americas-Trans-Olympians-e20rmai

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 lik...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Talkin-Atlanta-Hawks-with-Bradley-and-Rich-e20rm94

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 sp...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Nick-Wagman-is-an-out-gay-athlete-headed-for-the-Tokyo-Olympics-with-Team-USA---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmfc

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 poli...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--74-The-fight-to-hand-out-condoms-at-the-Olympic-Village-e20rmju

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 g...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--100-Brian-Bell-e20rmcg

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep91----Is-The-Caster-Rule-Really-Fair-e20rmh2

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-ShaCarri-Richardson-e20rmea

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 w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--73-How-jockstraps-evolved-from-sportswear-to-gay-staple-e20rmf6

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 th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-81-Go-Away--Trevor-e20rmok

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 car...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--99-Mariah-Moreno-e20rmoj

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 Zea...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep90----Dr--Jaimie-Veale-on-Laurel-Hubbard--the-hopes--the-fears-and-the-controversy-e20rmi0

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 m...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Flag-Football-with-Marc-Withrow-e20rmq0

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 athlete...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Chris-Voth-is-an-out-gay-pro-volleyball-player-and-coach-researching-gay-pro-athletes---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rm8a

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--72-The-Carl-Nassib-show-e20rmn8

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-80-Yankees-Perfunctory-Pride-with-Joshua-Diemert-e20rm78

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 i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--98-Billy-Dixon-e20rmag

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep89----Inclusion-WINS--A-historic-week--a-sneak-peak--and-a-chat-with-the-women-who-reclaimed-a-Dream-e20rmkg

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 th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Fathers-Day-with-D-Gil-and-Ken-Schultz-e20rmm3

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....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Emma-Twigg-will-compete-at-her-fourth-Olympics--first-as-an-out-LGBTQ-athlete---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmjj

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--71-Olympian-Randy-Gardner-e20rmjc

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-79-Fernandomania--with-Jesse-Sanchez-e20rmge

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, w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--97-Devon-Monroe-e20rmlt

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 Mara...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep88----PRIDE-and-Sport-roundtable-on-sports-and-inclusion-with-Andrew-Mariness--Shawn-Kelley-and-Braeden-Abrahamsen-e20rmfp

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-Five-Year-Anniversary-of-the-Pulse-Nightclub-Shooting-e20rm7l

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 sc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Out-wrestler-Kayla-Miracle-will-compete-in-the-Tokyo-Olympics---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmpj

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 af...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--70-The-freedom-of-being-openly-gay-and-working-in-sports-e20rmad

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-78-The-Cubs-Are-Wiser-with-Adam-Mamawala-e20rmcn

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 wo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--96-TayeBlack-Girl-Magik-e20rmia

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 stor...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep87----Outsports-Triumph-Award-winning-coach-Layne-Ingram-on-his-game-and-his-journey-e20rmp0

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 t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-All-Stripes-with-David-Prophitt-e20rm7r

The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games will swell to over 100 if the Games are held. And that last part is the question. Will the Olympic Games be held? Cyd Zeigler ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Hold-the-Olympics--or-not-hold-the-Olympics--That-is-the-question---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--episode-74-e20rmj2

Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex looks at whether Pride celebrations are too corporate, and discusses the controversy in New York City over the banishment of uniformed police officers...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--69-Is-Pride-too-corporate-e20rmqd

The Mookie Betts trade sucked. In fact, the last time Boston had suffered such an incalculable loss of valuables was the Gardner Museum heist. And in the immediate aftermath, the 2020 Red Sox suc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-77-Red-Sox-Rebirth--with-Alex-Reimer-e20rmib

Hello, Lovelies! LGBTQ powerhouse Parrow joins the show this week! "The Twink Hunter" chats about his experiences in pro wrestling, his upcoming Pride deathmatch event Fear The Gay Agenda and the...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--95-Parrow-e20rmk0

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with two episodes! First up, Fanfyte's Colette Arrand returns to discuss AEW's latest pay-per-view event Double or Nothing. She and Brian Bell run recap two ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--94-AEW-Double-or-Nothing-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rmke

David Roche and Megan Roche are top ultra distance runners and trail runners. Both have won national championships and have represented the USA on the world stage. As founding coaches of Some Wor...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep86----David-Roche-and-Megan-Roche-M-D--Going-The-Ultra-Distance-For-Inclusion-In-Sports-e20rmin

This episode is geared towards bringing attention to racism in rugby as D.Gil is joined by Mark Jordan and Devin Ibañez to get a first hand listen on this subject matter. Mark and Devin discuss ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-An-Honest-Discussion-About-Racism-in-Rugby-e20rm8i

On this week's show, Alex welcomes in Alex Schmider, one of the producers for the Hulu documentary "Changing The Game," which allows transgender athletes to take back their narratives. Alex and A...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--68-Alex-Schmider--producer-of-Changing-The-Game-e20rmt6

As of this recording, the A's are currently in first place. And the A's are currently still playing in Oakland. Which feels like a bigger miracle. Friend of the pod and friend of Outsports Randy ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-76-Lets-Stay--Oakland-with-Randy-Boose-e20rm6c

Hailey Davidson is a 28-year-old Floridian by way of Scotland who made a piece of golf history. With a win in a National Women's Golf Association mini-tour event on May 13, she became the first t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep--85-LPGA-hopeful-Hailey-Davidson-e20rmlm

Hello, Lovelies! Well, as the "Ep. X" implies, this week was originally supposed to be a break for LGBT In The Ring host Brian Bell. But an eventful week pulled them back into the home studio for...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--X-Office-Hours-e20rmrt

Indiana University has yet another graduate from their university. That's Thomas Vanderbrook, Bisexual swimmer from New Orleans. Thomas joins D.Gil to discuss his years at IU, what's upcoming in ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Thomas-Vanderbrook-e20rmcl

Joanna Lohman played soccer for the US Women's National Team and professionally for many years. Now, along with soccer dad and author Paul Tukey, she has written a book taking the lessons learned...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Joanna-Lohman-is-inspiring-girls-and-women-through-soccer-with-her-new-book---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmo3

Alex is back with a fresh Kiki this week! He's spent the last couple of weeks speaking to LGBTQ college activists about what they're currently fighting, and relays his findings. Despite all of th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--67-What-are-LGBTQ-college-activists-fighting-for-right-now-e20rmil

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Exhibition of Intrigue" Edith Surreal back to the show! Surreal and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming episode of IWTV's reality series "The Life Of..." wh...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--93-Edith-Surreal-e20rmgs

This week we beam up Breanna Diaz, Co-chair of Pull For Pride, to the Trans Sporter Room, to talk about their strength sports grant program for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/TSR-83-Three-powerlifters-talk-about-Pull-for-Prides-grant-program-for-trans-athletes-e20rmbf

Adan is a surfer and hooper living in Sayulita, Mexico striving to be the best athlete he can be. We discuss what it's like being a gay surfer in Sayulita, his future in surfing, how he can pay i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Adan-Carano-e20rmcv

On this week's show, Alex welcomes Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler to talk about two issues that court absolutely no controversy: trans inclusion and COVID-19 restrictions. As an Olympics aficio...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--66-Outsports-co-founder-Cyd-Zeigler-e20rmbn

It's been 73 years since the Cleveland Baseball Team won a World Series. And while it might be little consolation to the Cleveland faithful, that 1948 team was worthy of a compelling book. So on ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3SYO-75-Doby--Satchel--Feller--and-Veeck-with-Luke-Epplin-e20rmc7

Hello, Lovelies! Sprout your wings and take to the heavens as we welcome "The Notorious Angel" Amber Jo to the show this week. Amber made history last year, becoming the first trans woman ever to...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--92-Amber-Jo-e20rmm5

This week former Disney employees Dawn and Karleigh reconnect with another former castmember: Clayton Sandell who reported on some of the biggest stories of the last decade for ABC News. Among hi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/TSR-82-Journalist--Clayton-Sandell--Worlds-Biggest-Star-Wars-Fan-e20rmbh

DJ Guate joins D.Gil for this special Mother's Day addition of The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss her personal journey about becoming a mother and what motherhood means to her. This is a personal and raw...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Mothers-Day-with-DJ-Guate-e20rmga

There has never been an out transgender athlete to qualify for, or compete at, an Olympic or Paralympic Games. Until now. With the announcement that New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has qu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/At-least-7-trans-athletes-currently-aiming-for-the-Tokyo-Olympics-and-Paralympics---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmb6

On this week's show, Alex catches up with sports radio host Jared Max, who came out publicly as gay on ESPN New York in 2011. Alex and Jared talk about the changing climate of sports media, how t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--65-Gay-sports-radio-host-Jared-Max-e20rmkf

I'll be honest, I didn't have "Mets fans booing Francisco Lindor by the end of April" on my 2021 baseball bingo card. But so far, the highlight of his season has been wearing Eddie Murphy's Comin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-74-The-Mets-Mr--Slump-with-Melody-Maia-Monet-e20rmq3

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Em Fear and Meg Fair from the Grit & Glitter podcast to the show to relive all the majesty of MV Young's Polyam Cult Party 3! They and Brian tackle everythin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--91-Polyam-Cult-Party-3-w-The-Glitterati-e20rmdo

Our guest Dr. Bethany Grace Howe knows Caitlyn Jenner better than anyone we know. She reacts to hearing the wanna-be-candidate in her own words, from an interview with Dawn Ennis for this podcast...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Hear-Caitlyn-Jenner-Flip-Flop-on-Trans-Athletes-Her-Friend-Bethany-Grace-Howe-Reacts-e20rmms

The 2021 NFL draft was this past weekend and D.Gil has all the tea to spill. D.Gil discusses "draft grades" while stating favorite draft picks from each team and throws shade along the way. You'l...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-D-Gils-NFL-2021-Draft-Recap-e20rmf3

With the Tokoo Summer Olympics approaching, romance novelist Rachel Spangler wanted to share with her fans a story about an Olympic athlete falling in love with her coach. Spangler wrote 'Thrust'...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/New-romance-novel-features-an-Olympic-athlete-and-coach-in-love---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rml1

On this week's show, Alex chats with Julie Kliegman of Sports Illustrated about coming out as non-binary and asexual, and what those identities mean to her. They also talk about the importance of...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--64-Julie-Kliegman-of-SI-talks-about-coming-out-as-non-binary-e20rht9

During the offseason, there was one dream match-up every baseball fan had circled on the schedule: Padres vs. Dodgers. And after the first two series between those teams, this reborn rivalry has ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-73-Post-PadresDodgers-Euphoria-with-Kevin-McCaffrey-e20rmk2

Hello, Lovelies! We embrace chaos this week as "The King of Chaos" Logan Black joins the show. In his first interview since coming out as LGBTQ, Black goes in-depth on what spurred him to come ou...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--90-Logan-Black-e20rml3

The author of the seminal book on the transgender experience, Whipping Girl, Excluded, and a debut novel, 99 Erics, Julia Serano is our guest this week. She discusses her essay on Medium, The Dre...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep80-Julia-Serano-e20rmf0

Continuing with our baseball theme for the month, Texas Rangers media writer Alex Plinck joins D.Gil to discuss his unique coming out story on this weeks episode. Alex shares his ups and downs wh...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Coming-Out-with-Alex-Plinck-e20rmfk

Aoife Cooke, who already has a national championship, officially qualified for the Olympics in the marathon at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. The Irish athlete, who competed collegiately in the ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/National-champion-marathoner-Aoife-Cooke---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmdf

Alex welcomes back soccer writer Jeff Rueter of The Athletic to the show this week. They talk about the MLS' delayed suspension of Sebastian Lletget and the disturbing prevalence of hate speech t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--63-Why-did-MLS-take-2-weeks-to-suspend-Sebastian-Lletget-e20rmg8

Baseball is a game of traditions and this baseball podcast is no different. One of the biggest 3SYO traditions is that every time the White Sox throw a no-hitter, I invite friend of the pod Fritz...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-72-The-Annual-White-Sox-No-Hitter-with-Fritz-Nothnagel-e20rm8g

Hello, Lovelies! We're going international again this week as we welcome Leo London to the show. London and Brian Bell chat about his work in Winnipeg's Premiere Championship Wrestling, being a f...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--89-Leo-London-e20rmd5

Hello, Lovelies! Our coverage of WrestleMania week comes to a close as Brian Bell welcomes back their partner, KC, to chat about Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit. The event highlighted some of the ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--88-Allie-Kats-Real-Hot-Girl-Shit-e20rmjl

Hello, Lovelies! We're putting a bow on WrestleMania week today, starting with a chat about GCW For The Culture. Brian Bell and their partner, KC, recap AJ Gray's showcase of BIPOC pro wrestling ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--87-GCW-For-The-Culture-e20rmoi

In her first interview with a transgender journalist since being sworn-in as assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Rachel Levine talks about bans on trans student-athletes, restri...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-79-Dr--Rachel-Levine-e20rm97

D.Gil is joined by his college buddy Patrick Faerber to discuss all aspects of being an openly gay umpire. You'll hear what it was like coming out in umpire school, what it's like actually being ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Gay-Umpire-Patrick-Faerber-e20rmma

There's lots of chatter today about boycotts. When Major League Baseball decided to pull its 2021 All Star Game out of Atlanta, some people cheered while others jeered. This week we look at vario...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/No-boycott--Why-participating-in-the-Olympics-is-a-better-idea-than-staying-home---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rm8j

On this week's show, Alex chats with gay basketball player Jallen Messersmith, who's carved out a second life in New York City and Fire Island after playing basketball at Benedictine College, a s...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--62-Gay-basketball-player-Jallen-Messersmith-shares-his-journey-from-a-Christian-College-to-Fire-Island-e20rmgm

The Los Angeles Angels are an enigma. For one thing, they insist on being called the Los Angeles Angels despite the fact that they clearly play in Anaheim. No Angeleno ever says, "Well sure, the ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-71-Angels-on-the-Podcast-with-Jim-Allen-e20rm7p

Hello, Lovelies! Our WrestleMania week coverage continues as the original Glamazon, Pollo Del Mar, joins the show to talk all things EFFY's Big Gay Brunch. Pollo shares the experience of hosting ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--84-EFFYs-Big-Gay-Brunch-w-Pollo-Del-Mar-e20rmcb

Hello, Lovelies! Our final WrestleMania week recap show of the week sees Patches Chance (Daily DDT, RealSport) return to help Brian Bell recap the second and final night of WWE WrestleMania 37! F...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--86-WWE-WrestleMania-37-Night-2-w-Patches-Chance-e20rmla

Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting everything WrestleMania week across multiple episodes this week, kicking off with Without A Cause Pro Wrestling co-founder Max Zaleski joining Brian Bell to chat a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--83-Indie-Mania-Week-w-WACs-Max-Zaleski-e20rmlo

Hello, Lovelies! We're back to chat about the first night of WWE WrestleMania 37 with returning guest Darnell Mitchell (Pro Wrestling Mothership, Queer Nerd Podcast)! Darnell and Brian Bell discu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--85-WWE-WrestleMania-37-Night-1-w-Darnell-Mitchell-e20rmr7

This week The Trans Sporter Room beams up Adrienne "Ace" Billings-Smith: the Black queer athlete, former coach and the president and founder of the Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford, Co...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/TSR-78-NCAA--Sebastian-Lletget-and-Ace-Billings-Smith-e20rmtj

Ever met anyone that could knock a guy out in the ring and put on a drag show the next day? Well MMA/Bare knuckle fighter Diego Garijo (he/they) is the guy you'll want to meet. Diego beautifully ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Diego-Garijo---Pro-Fighter--Drag-Artist-e20rmfg

Sheena Lawrick was out to family and friends when she played softball for the Univ. of Nebraska and represented Canada in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Yet through it all, she never tal...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Sheena-Lawrick-gives-her-first-interview-about-being-a-gay-Olympian---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rm7m

On this week's show, Alex catches up with gay surfer Nick Vallejo, who wrote his coming out story with Outsports in 2017. Alex talks to Nick about his sexual journey, and what prompted him to rec...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--61-Gay-surfer-Nick-Vallejo-talks-OnlyFans-and-importance-of-feeling-sexy-e20rmj6

Next week on April 15th, MLB will be celebrating Jackie Robinson Day. And they'll be doing so after taking a social justice stand that Jackie Robinson would have supported for the first time in.....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-70-No-ASG-for-the-ATL-with-D-Gil-e20rm8c

Hello, Lovelies! Before sitting down to watch all of the WrestleMania week festivities, Brian Bell welcomes "The Real Mutha Trucker" Dewey Murray to the show. A known name within the northeast, M...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--82-Dewey-Murray-e20rmlr

This week, we react to Arkansas Republicans overriding Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto and making their state the first in the nation to outlaw affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The new law ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/TSR-77-Arkansas-Transphobes--Jangles-ScienceLad-and-Biological-Sex-e20rmh4

Alex Hulisz joins D.Gil to discuss the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. We talk about all the upsets, the interesting story lines, and why we love all the madness. Was your bracket buste...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Talkin-NCAA-March-Madness-with-Alex-Hulisz-e20rmid

Nancy Hogshead-Makar has won Olympic gold medals in swimming. She has fought for the inclusion and protection of women in women's sports for decades. Now her Women's Sports Policy Working Group i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Nancy-Hogshead-Makar--trans-inclusion-in-sports-and-the-Womens-Sports-Policy-Working-Group---Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-e20rmm4

On this week's show, Alex talks about the exhausting Twitter spat between Kevin Durant and Michael Rapaport, and why it's hypocritical for Durant to call himself an ally while using anti-gay insu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--60-Why-Kevin-Durants-vile-anti-gay-insults-are-big-deal-e20rm91

The 2021 Season is officially underway! So I guess I'd better get to previewing it... It's time for 3SYO's annual crossover pod with Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala of the Away Games Podcast! A...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-69-2021-Season-Preview-with-Away-Games-Podcast-e20rmir

Hello, Lovelies! The wait for Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup is finally over and Brian Bell welcomes DJ Accident Report (The Nobodies, Judgement) back to the show to break down all the hard-hitti...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--81-Cassandro-Cup-w-DJ-Accident-Report-e20rm8m

This is Part 2 of our episode for the Transgender Day of Visibility. Karleigh and Dawn continue their conversation with Erica Vanstone, about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-76B-TDoV-Part-2-with-Erica-Vanstone-e20rmbd

Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility and Karleigh and Dawn discuss what it means for them, and announce the final winner of the Outsports Triumph Awards, Fallon Fox, for being a pioneer! Th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-76A-TDoV-Part-1-with-Erica-Vanstone-e20rmeb

MLB opening day is finally here as D.Gil is joined by Paul and Ray to discuss the new upcoming 2021 season. We share our best free agent acquisitions, our picks to win the world series, Covid-19 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-MLB-Opening-Day-with-Paul-and-Ray-e20rmh0

Alex begins this week's show with his thoughts on Cyd Zeigler's op-ed on sports' embrace of suspensions instead of cancellations to correct regretful tweets and statements from athletes. Much lik...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--59-The-great-sports-cancel-culture-debate-e20rmot

It's less than a week until Opening Day! Am I doing my hair toss and checking my nails? Because I'm feeling good as hell! This is like an advent calendar where every door contains a full day's su...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-68-A-Royal-Opening-Day-with-Matthew-Schulte-e20rmfb

Hello, Lovelies. Brian Bell goes solo this week to unpack his feelings around a week of events in pro wrestling that unfortunately touched on personal past traumas and internal struggles. Brian d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--80-Pulling-Back-The-Curtain-e20rn1u

Kenra Stansbury wrote a letter to her 3-year-old daughter, for the hypothetical day that she might compete in sports and lose to a transgender girl. As a straight cisgender LGBTQ ally, daughter o...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-75-Mom-With-a-Message-About-Trans-Girls-e20rmk1

This episode features Heidi Wiesenfarth, a Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai fighter who holds back nothing in this episode. Find out what Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai mean to Heidi, her struggles growing up be...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Heidi-Wiesenfarth-e20rmd1

Proud to Play is a new book highlighting some of the LGBTQ athletes who have helped pave a path toward inclusion in Canada. Erin Silver, the author, joins us this week to talk about some of her f...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Proud-to-Play-A-new-book-about-LGBTQ-athletes---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmt2

On this week's show, Alex is joined by Sarah Crowley, an out All-American lacrosse player and all-around badass. Sarah talks about how her coming out led to a "rainbow avalanche" among her lacros...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--58-Sarah-Crowley--out-lacrosse-All-American--and-all-around-badass-e20rmec

This week, I wrote a review of a wonderful new Glenn Burke biography called Singled Out. It's the most comprehensive examination to date of the life and times of the first openly gay player in ML...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-67-Glenn-Burkes-Legacy-with-Andrew-Maraniss-e20rmjp

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Technicolor Technico" Erica Leigh to the show! Host Brian Bell and Leigh discuss the diversity of queer representation in pro wrestling, straight wrestl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--79-Erica-Leigh-e20rmho

Stephanie Byers is an out transgender woman who represents her Kansas hometown in the State House of Representatives. She shared her coming out story and her fight for recognition as a Native Ame...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-74-State-Rep--Stephanie-Byers-of-Kansas-e20rmek

This Women's History Month episode highlights women in the National Football League. From the front offices to the field, women are prominent fixtures in the NFL. Listen as D.Gil spills some hist...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Womens-History-Month-e20rmij

Conor McDermott-Mostowy is a speed skater on the rise. After a strong performance representing the United States at the 2021 World Championships in February, and then following up with a double-t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/US-Speed-skater-Conor-McDermott-Mostowy-is-a-gay-national-champion---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rn2v

The cruel war against trans athletes continues to heat up, with Mississippi enacting a law this week that will ban trans females from playing girl's and women's sports. On this week's show, Alex ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--57-Trans-MMA-fighter-Fallon-Fox-e20rmmn

Let's face it...the Yankees are going to be real good in 2021. You're probably not happy about this. After all, you have a soul. So as a public service, I'm welcoming back friend of the pod and n...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-66-Yankee-Optimism-with-Chris-Calogero-e20rmeg

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell welcomes Colette Arrand (Fanbyte/Fanfyte) back to the show to unpack AEW Revolution. The exploding barb wire deathmatch produced AEW's first true brush with pro wrestl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--78-AEW-Revolution-2021-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rmjt

Joanna Harper’s new research shows why trans athletes should be able to compete in women’s sports. The acclaimed researcher’s latest paper explains why transgender female athletes don’t h...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-73-Joanna-Harper--Researcher-and-Runner-e20rmdv

San Jose State University assistant women's gymnastics coach Jeffrey Langenstein joins D.Gil to discuss his gymnastics background growing up, how he came out, what it's like coaching, and some in...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Jeffrey-Langenstein-e20rmgk

Don't Ask Don't Tell was an insidious policy implemented by President Bill Clinton and continued by Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama that forced LGBTQ members of the military into hiding. ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Rower-John-Olbrys-talks-about-serving-in-the-military--DADT-and-being-a-gay-athlete---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmme

On this week's show, Alex catches up with Outsports contributor Ken Schultz. They discuss one of Ken's recent stories about the dearth of openly LGBTQ sports broadcasters, and weigh in on the big...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--56-Where-are-the-LGBTQ-sports-broadcasters-e20rmrd

The Milwaukee Brewers have a unique strategy for contending in 2021: playing in the National League Central. An entire division made out of "So you're saying there's a chance..." Brewers fan and ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-65-The-Saga-of-Bernie-Brewer-with-John-Egan-e20rmpa

Hello, Lovelies! Let the ice run through your veins this week as we welcome "The Hitman for Hire" Mr. Grim! Grim came out as pansexual at the turn of the year, and he sits down with Brian Bell to...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--77-Mr--Grim-e20rmki

Author, transgender rights advocate and Navy veteran Brynn Tannehill gives us a sneak peek at her latest book, American Fascism: How the GOP Is Subverting Democracy. Tannehill, an experienced res...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-72-Brynn-Tannehill--Advocate--Veteran-and-Author-e20rmc6

This episode takes D.Gil back to his high school days with the softball standout Nikki Goodson. Find out what challenges we endured in our high school years, homophobia at the high school level, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Nikki-Goodson-e20rme2

Jon Holmes has been a powerful force in British sports media advocating for coverage of LGBTQ athletes and inclusion in sports. An editor at SkySports, Holmes has dramatically increased coverage ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/SkySports-editor-Jon-Holmes-talks-LGBTQ-inclusion-in-UK-sports---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmif

On this week's show, Alex dives into the tantalizing world of OnlyFans with Chance Wheeler, or we should say, "Hunter Dalton." Chance talks about his transformation from college volleyball player...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--55-Hunter-Dalton--OnlyFans-star-e20rmvm

On last week's episode, I talked to former umpire Dale Scott about his inspiring coming out story. For Part 2, we're talking about his career on the field! An elimination playoff game. The go-ahe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-64-Umpire-Dale-Scott-Part-2-e20rmr5

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell's partner, KC, returns to the show this week as the two recap and discuss the recent 60-minute Iron match between Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Champion Trish A...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--76-The-Iron-Match-Adora-v--Deppen-e20rn2i

Jen Fry of Jen Fry Talks is our guest this week, plus Dawn and Karleigh respond to the haters coming for retired MMA fighter Fallon Fox and the Republicans who insist on inserting transphobia int...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-71-Jen-Fry-Talks-e20rmrm

Drag Queen Poly Poptart joins The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss her past experiences playing sports, experiences with homophobia, her story of becoming a drag queen, how doing drag translates to playing...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Drag-Queen---Poly-Poptart-e20rmo7

For decades the Olympic Games have forbidden protests and demonstrations of any kind from Olympic athletes. Now the Olympics in 2021 face a tidal wave they cannot quiet. How will they adjust to a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-30a---Race--Protests-and-the-Olympic-Games-e20jvv1

On this week's show, Alex goes where he's never gone before: the world of auto-racing. Alex chats with openly gay auto-racing phenom Devon Rouse about his coming out experience and love for the p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--54-Devon-Rouse--gay-auto-racing-phenom-e20rmd8

This episode marks the longest conversation I've ever had with an umpire without yelling "THAT'S NOT A STRIKE!" To be fair, every previous exchange I've had with an umpire consisted entirely of t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-63-Umpire-Dale-Scott-Part-1-e20rmug

Hello, Lovelies! We're getting loud and proud this week as "The Loudmouth" AC Mack stops by the show. In his first interview since the end of his 798-day reign as Action Wrestling champion, Mack ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--75-AC-Mack-e20rmvc

This week Mack Beggs beams up from college in Texas — where he's been wrestling with the men's team — and his friend and comrade Tori Gleason joins us from Kansas. Together they're working to...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-70-Mack-Beggs-and-Tori-Gleason-fight-for-trans-athletes-e20rn85

D.Gil catches up with Fergus Wade, the oh so loving partner to Devin Ibañez, whos the first openly gay USMLR player. On this surprise Valentine's Day episode Fergus spills all the tea on how he ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-Rugby-Valentine-e20rmiq

Matt Rittenhouse was struggling with being gay as he was trying to compete at the Olympic Trials, aiming for a spot in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Even while Russia was pushing anti-LGBTQ laws...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/US-Speed-skater-Matt-Rittenhouse-started-coming-out-before-retiring---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmgb

On this week's show, Alex talks about a true gay icon: Britney Spears. He welcomes on Jordan Miller, the founder of the Britney fan site BreatheHeavy, and leader of the #FreeBritney movement. The...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--53-Jordan-Miller--leader-of-the-FreeBritney-movement-e20rmii

Trevor Bauer is getting $40 million from the Dodgers. Which is good news if and only if you happen to be Trevor Bauer. On this episode, friend of the pod Sara Sanchez (Bleed Cubbie Blue) is back ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-62-Too-Much-Trevor-with-Sara-Sanchez-e20rmmh

Hello, Lovelies! We're throwing caution to the wind this week with our guest Don't Die Miles! The burgeoning star joins Brian Bell to discuss why he made the decision to reclaim his wrestling ide...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--74-Dont-Die-Miles-e20rmsg

Last time Chris Johnson talked to Outsports, he was the only out LGBTQ journalist covering the Trump White House,. What's changed now that the Biden administration has moved in? Johnson is an awa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-69-Out-Gay-White-House-Reporter-Chris-Johnson-e20rn0f

D.Gil catches up with Canada's first openly gay volleyball national team athlete, Chris Voth. On this episode we discuss Chris's coming out story, homophobia in Canada sports, what it was like pl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Serving-Up-with-Chris-Voth-e20rmre

When the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta were bombed by a domestic terrorist, it shook the city of Atlanta and the entire country. Darius Gilchrist was only 7 years old in Atlanta at the time, an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Atlanta-Olympic-bombing-from-the-eyes-of-Darius-Gilchrist---Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rmn4

Just in time for the Super Bowl, Alex speaks with gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo about his coming-out story, and experiences as a closeted gay man in the NFL. Esera also talks about his Fourt...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--52-Esera-Tuaolo--gay-former-NFL-player-e20rmv3

It's that time of year again...one of the most exciting moments on the sports calendar...10 days until pitchers and catchers! Oh yeah, I guess that other sport is playing its championship game to...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-61-Super-Bowl-Preview-II-with-Brian-McGuinness-e20rmum

Hello, Lovelies! Journalist January comes to an end this week as we welcome regular guest Colette Arrand (Fanbyte) back to the show. She and Brian discuss her unique approach to wrestling critiqu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--73-Colette-Arrand-e20rms4

Following up on Cyd Zeigler's moving story of Zoe, a 10-year-old trans girl from Arizona who just wants to play soccer and make friends, Dawn and Karleigh welcome her and her parents to The Trans...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-68-10-year-old-trans-athlete-just-wants-to-play-e20rmko

Jamaican competitive swimmer Michael Gunning, who is no stranger to Outsports, joins D.Gil as his Black History Month guest. Michael catches listeners up on what he's been up to during the pandem...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Michael-Gunning-e20rmfi

By the time British national champ trampolinist Luke Strong came out to his coach and teammates, he'd already been through a lot. The world-class athlete shattered his leg, and nearly lost his le...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/National-champ-trampolinist-Luke-Strong-on-Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-e20rn8o

On this week's show, Alex dives into the TikTok world with Josh Leafer, the founder of the popular @closeted_fratguy account. Alex asks Josh about his coming out journey, and the community of clo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--51-Josh-Leafer-on-life-as-a-Gay-TikTok-celebrity-e20rmfo

Normally, I like to celebrate when players make the Hall of Fame. But this week, with unrepentant transphobe and sedition fanboy Curt Schilling at the top of the ballot, the baseball writers pitc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-60-Schilling-Schadenfreude-with-A-J--Andrews-e20rm9u

Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring's Journalist January continues with UK pro wrestling announcer and WrestleTalk contributor Dave Bradshaw! He and Brian discuss his recent piece looking at the hi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--72-Dave-Bradshaw-e20rmpb

While much of the conversation about trans athletes in sports centers on trans girls and women, there are also many trans boys who yearn to compete against other boys. Sports journalist Britni de...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-67-Sports-journalist-Britni-de-la-Cretaz-e20rmls

Out professional wrestler Jai Vidal is vibrant, outgoing, and can whoop some butt in the ring. Find out about Jai's coming out story, what drives his love for wrestling, and why a certain female ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Pro-wrestler-JAI-VIDAL-e20rmvd

Mark Tewskbury was one of the first Olympic gold medalists to come out publicly as gay, when the swimmer from Canada decided to share his story publicly in 1998. He talks with us this week about ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Olympic-swimming-champion-Mark-Tewksbury-e20rmi6

On this week's show, Alex interviews WNBA champion Natasha Cloud. Alex and Natasha talk about her political activism, coming out story, and the inauguration of Joe Biden. Follow Natasha on Twitte...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--50-Natasha-Cloud-e20rn1s

I scheduled this recording on Inauguration Day. And everyone was in such a good mood, I thought, "What better time to talk about the Mets?" For real?! Um...kinda... On this episode, I'm joined by...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-59-Mr--Smile-Meets-Mr--Met-with-Dawn-Ennis-and-Melody-Maia-Monet-e20rmh3

Hello, Lovelies! The Journalist January train makes its next stop as Kate Foray (Girl Wrestling Fan Will You Marry Me) joins the show. Kate and Brian discuss what inspired the creation of her pro...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--71-Kate-Foray-e20rn0p

Professional gay rugby player Devin Ibanez recently came out as gay and joins D.Gil to discuss his coming out story. You'll gain insight on how Devin began to play rugby, what caused him to come ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Devin-Ibanez--Coming-OUT-e20rmqj

Hig Roberts came out publicly as gay a few weeks ago and broke ground as the first male alpine skier at the international level to come out publicly. We visited with Hig, minutes after he finishe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Skier-Hig-Roberts-on-coming-out-as-gay-e20rmtl

On this week's show, Alex tackles a question posed in USA Today: Will Joe Biden's presidency lead to more LGBTQ athletes coming out? Alex doesn't think so; the number of open LGBTQ athletes surge...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--49-Will-Joe-Bidens-presidency-lead-to-more-LGBTQ-athletes-coming-out-e20rml2

How's the Cubs offseason going? Well, the first words out of my mouth on this episode are "Can we impeach Tom Ricketts?" Woof. It's time to work some Cubbie angst out of my system and friend of t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-58-Remember-Cubs-Offseasons--with-Ryan-Thomure-e20rn47

Hello, Lovelies! Today marks the beginning of Journalist January, a theme month highlighting LGBTQ voices within pro wrestling media and journalism. First up is DailyDDT's Patches Chance! Patches...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--70-Patches-Chance-e20rmhb

This week, The Trans Sporter Room beams up baseball fan and Star Trek actor Noah Averbach-Katz, who played Ryn the Andorian in three episodes of season three of Star Trek: Discovery. He’s marri...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-65-Actor-and-MLB-Fan-Noah-Averbach-Katz-e20rn7l

Gay San Francisco Midnight Runners captain Dez Douglas joins D.Gil to discuss being a runner in San Fran, his coming out story, his experience dealing with his own sexuality growing up, and LGBTQ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Run-Dezzy-Run-e20rn0l

Corinne Humphreys came to sprinting relatively late in life. She was a teenager before she got her first coaching session, and now in her late 20s she's aiming for her first Olympic Games. She ta...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-British-sprinter-Corinne-Humphreys-e20rmis

On this week's show, Alex speaks with Matt Lynch, the Division 1 men's college basketball coach who penned his viral coming-out story for Outsports last year. Alex and Matt talk about his instant...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--48-Matt-Lynch-on-coming-out--and-becoming-an-overnight-gay-celebrity-e20rmnd

Outsports Managing Editor Dawn Ennis and I talk through our feelings in the wake of the attack on the US Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-Capitol-Sedition-e20rmpd

Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off 2021 with a rundown of New Japan Pro Wrestling's two-night premier event, Wrestle Kingdom 15. Rachel Giuliani joins Brian Bell to discuss every memorable moment...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--69-Wrestle-Kingdom-15-w-Rachel-Giuliani-e20rn1d

This week Karleigh shares the story behind the wedding of UK Netball athletes Stacey Francis and Sara Bayman. Then, we welcome Kate Gardner, the out, queer non-binary editorial assistant and cont...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-64-StarTrek-coms-Kate-Gardner-e20rmi5

Highschool classmate Sitha Lam chats with D.Gil about what's it like to be a gay man participating in Bodybuilding and LGBTQ inclusion in the sport. You'll find out some information about Bodybui...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Talking-Bodybuilding-with-Sitha-Lam-e20rm99

When we had public health expert Stephanie Zaza, from the American College of Preventive Medicine, on the podcast in March 2020, she laid out what the summer of 2020 would look like. She was spot...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-33a---Public-health-expert-Stephanie-Zaza-e20rmi3

Happy New Year! If you're reading this episode description, that means you survived 2020. That is an accomplishment worth celebrating. On this week's show, Alex looks at the landscape of LGBTQ sp...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--47-College-sports-are-broken--and-its-hurting-LGBTQ-athletes-e20rn0t

Happy New Year, everybody! Let's ring in the first day of 2021 by celebrating a move MLB should have made in 1951! The Cleveland Baseball Team will finally finally be getting a new non-problemati...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-56-The-Cleveland-What--with-Michael-Palascak-e20rmgi

It's Thursday. You know what that means. Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is closing out 2020 with a very emotional solo edition of the show. First, Brian shares his thoughts on the passing of AEW's B...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--68-QWI-100--Brodie-Lee-e20rn9d

For our last episode of 2020, Karleigh and Dawn beam up Outsports co-founder Jim Buzinski for a look at the Outsports Awards and how they were chosen. Plus, Jim tells us how his story about Rep. ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-63-Outsports-Co-founder-Jim-Buzinski-e20rmm0

D.Gil is joined by his best friend J.Mac to discuss sports in the year 2020. The year 2020 gave us heartache, laughter, and much needed entertainment through the pandemic. These best friends will...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-2020-Sports-Review-with-J-Mac-e20rmli

Breakdancing is going to be an Olympic sport in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Yes, you read that right. And no, apparently breakdancing didn't die with MC Hammer's parachute pants. Athletes wil...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Breakdancing-in-the-Olympics--Yep-e20rmmk

"The Sports Kiki" is all about good conversations, and with that spirit, Alex welcomes on champion high school track & field coach Micah Porter for the final show of 2020. Micah, an Outsports mai...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--46-Champion-track-coach-Micah-Porter-on-coming-out--alcoholism--and-evolution-e20rn0e

If there are two things I love more than anything else, it's baseball and the greatest comedy routine ever. And today's episode combines them both! Special guest Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny) joi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-29A-Whos-On-First-with-Jimmy-Pardo-e20jvuv

Hello, Lovelies! It's Christmas Eve, which means everyone gets to open one present early! And we have the perfect gift for you: an in-depth chat with "The Anklebreaker" and 1/2 of the Kings of th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep-67-Jordan-Blade-e20rmqt

Trans rugger and equality advocate Verity Smith beams up from the U.K. to talk about the World Rugby ban, his shift to wheelchair rugby and the continued fight for transgender inclusion in sports...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-62-Verity-Smith--USAPL--Boba-Fett-and-Discovery-e20rmde

D.Gil is joined by MMA Cody Galloway on this episode to discuss what being a gay MMA fighter means to him, if being a gay MMA fighter is rare, his life growing up as a gay male, the impact fighti...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Gay-MMA-Fighter-Cody-Galloway-e20rme8

Meghan Duggan retired from playing ice hockey recently and said that her work fighting for equality and access for women in sports has been more important to her personally than her Olympic gold ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Olympic-and-hockey-legend-Meghan-Duggan-e20rmoo

Gay men were prohibited from donating blood at the height of the HIV-AIDS epidemic. The ban was whittled down to three months at the start of the pandemic, but now, the FDA is finally undergoing ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--45-How-one-of-the-most-anti-gay-medical-practices-left-could-soon-be-repealed-e20rmof

As you know from listening to any of the past 54 episodes, it doesn't take much to get me talking about Ted Williams. That comes with the territory of doing a baseball show but it would also be t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-55-Teddy-Ballgames-Last-Hurrah-with-Steve-Buckley-e20rmau

Hello, Lovelies! We're getting a second chance to chop things up with All Elite Wrestling's Nyla Rose this week! She and Brian discuss diversity within AEW and pro wrestling as a whole, Rose's ex...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--66-Nyla-Rose-Returns-e20rmku

Dr. Sheree Becker beams up from Bath, England, with her new research into sports science, focusing on exclusionary policies, transphobia and transgender athletes, a study which includes our Karle...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-61-Dr--Sheree-Becker-and-Star-Treks-Tilly-Mary-Wiseman-e20rn28

Etienne Aduya joins D.Gil on The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss what it's like being a gay athlete, his coming out story, LGBTQ inclusion in sports and more. BTW there's a Beyoncé and Serena Williams re...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Etienne-Aduya-e20rmdh

Amanda Chidester and Anissa Urtez may be fiancees, but that doesn't mean they aren't also fierce competitors on the field. While they are spending time prepping one another for next Summer's Olym...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Fiancees-Anissa-Urtez-and-Amanda-Chidester-are-headed-to-the-Olympics-e20rmr2

It's Alex's birthday today! He celebrates with a new edition of "The Sports Kiki," where he interviews Alison Gill of American Atheists. Alex and Alison talk about the group's recent survey of no...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--44-The-relationship-between-LGBTQ-youth-and-religion-e20rmno

When you think of cursed MLB fanbases, the Braves aren't usually the first team that springs to mind. But as their unceremonious exit from the NLCS after leading the series 3-1 illustrates, they'...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-54-Braving-the-Pain-with-D-Gil-e20rn3m

Hello, Lovelies! This week Brian welcomes pro wrestling's priceless work of art Still Life with Apricots & Pears to the show. They discuss the humble origins of the Still Life persona in CHIKARA,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--65-Still-Life-with-Apricots--Pears-e20rmj3

Karleigh Chardonnay Webb and Dawn Ennis discuss the Sports Illustrated selections for Sportspersons of the Year — namely the selection of Breanna Stewart, a white WNBA player who earned recogni...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-60-Breanna-Stewart--Tucker-Carlson-and-Trans-Bowler-Christine-Rebstock-e20rn68

D.Gil chats with professional soccer player Anton Hysén about what it's like being a gay soccer player, experiences with homophobia, bullying in the LGBTQ community, and how there can be improve...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Anton-Hysn-e20rmod

Sex testing has been a part of the Olympic Games for decades. Sixty years ago it targeted women in the Eastern Bloc. Today women in the Global South seem to be the target. Minky Worden of the Hum...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep--53-Sex-testing-in-sports--with-Human-Rights-Watch-hero-Minky-Worden-e20rml5

On this week's show, Alex looks back at the legacy of WWE legend Pat Patterson with Outsports contributor Brian Bell, host of the "LGBT in the Ring" podcast. Though Patterson didn't come out publ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--43-Remembering-Pat-Patterson--a-true-gay-sports-legend-e20rmnh

There's no place on earth I'd rather be than a big league ballpark. I've been visiting them on vacation ever since I was nine years old and have always tried to plan road trips around taking in a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-53-Ballpark-Rankings-with-Theo-Rabinowitz-e20rmon

Hello, Lovelies! 2020 is nearly over, but the shows only get hotter as we enter winter, starting this week when Brian Bell welcomes "The Psycho Dyke" Rebel Kinney to the show. Kinney is brash abo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--64-Rebel-Kinney-e20rmjm

This week, Dawn and Karleigh welcome Scott Turner Schofield — the Emmy-nominated actor from the soap operas Sin City and Bold and the Beautiful. His one man show special, Becoming a Man in 127...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-59-Actor--Author--Activist-Scott-Turner-Schofield-e20rn6v

D.Gil is joined by Ozzy Luna and Erick Anderson of the LGBTQ inclusive Los Angeles Rugby Football Club to discuss LA Rebellion rugby, the impact of Covid-19 on the club, LGBTQ inclusion in rugby,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Talking-Rugby-with-the-Los-Angeles-Rebellion-Rugby-Football-Club-e20rma2

Olympic medalist Ji Wallace joins us to talk about his incredible run at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a silver medal the first time trampoline was part of the Olympic Games. We als...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep--52-Olympic-medalist-Ji-Wallace-e20rmt1

Happy Thanksgiving! On this week's show, Alex talks about what he's thankful for in LGBTQ sports, and Barack Obama admitting he used gay slurs on the basketball court as a teenager. Obama's admit...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--42-Barack-Obamas-admitted-homophobia-shows-its-possible-to-grow-e20rmhc

Here is an encore presentation of the Outsports podcast, 3 Strikes You're Out As this special episode's title indicates, I'm joined by Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-30-Revisited-Negro-Leagues-Baseball-Museum-President-Bob-Kendrick-e20rmd2

Hello, Lovelies! This Thanksgiving (or, as Brian refers to it, mac & cheese mountain day) we're taking a detour into the fun and chaotic realms of pro wrestling. Brian and his partner, KC, watche...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--63-A-Yuru-Chara--Chono-Thanksgiving-e20rmg0

Happy Thanksgiving from Karleigh and Dawn. It's become an annual holiday tradition: We've dug through the Starfleet archive and found seven guests who have beamed up to share their stories: Linds...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-58-Thanksgiving-Feast-e20rn84

On this episode D.Gil hosted a virtual thanksgiving with the Outsports podcast family as we discussed what 2020 LGBTQ sports things we're thankful for. Guest at our Virtual Thanksgiving included ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-A--Virtual-Thanksgiving-with-Outsports-e20rn7e

No one in the world knows more about LGBTQ Olympians than Tony Scupham-Bilton. The history-lover has spent much of the last eight years researching them and compiling a list of all the LGBTQ Olym...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep--51-Olympic-historian-Tony-Scupham-Biltons-great-LGBTQ-athlete-stories-e20rmjh

On this week's show, Alex comes trans sports trailblazer Kirsti Miller, who talks about life as a transgender athlete -- and her incredible life. Kirsti has been a rugby standout, soccer player, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--41-Trans-sports-trailblazer-Kirsti-Miller-on-the-trans-experience-e20rn0d

Theo Epstein resigned as Cubs president this week. And I am up in my feelings about it! Staying up until 3 AM watching 2016 Game 7 eating Ben & Jerry's Americone Dream listening to "Pictures of Y...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-52-Nothing-Compares-2-Theo-with-Away-Games-e20rm8v

Hello, Lovelies! We're celebrating Trans Week of Awareness this week with Hoodslam's own The Great Bambina. She and Brian unpack her journey to and evolution within the ring, the personal philoso...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--62-The-Great-Bambina-e20rmiu

Our friend Caroline Layt of Perth, Australia joins Karleigh and Dawn to talk about her transition, playing rugby, the trans ban and her love of science fiction, especially Star Trek. She also sha...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-57-Former-Rugby-Player-Caroline-Layt-e20rn49

Martin Stark joins D.Gil on this episode to discuss the World Gay Boxing Championships that are being held in Sydney Australia in 2023. Martin explains why he founded the WGBC, inclusivity within...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-The-World-Gay-Boxing-Championships-with-Martin-Stark-e20rmk9

Ken Schultz came out around the same time as Olympic diver Tom Daley, and he too originally identified as bi. Each of their journeys has brought them to call themselves "gay," and those similar j...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep--50-Tom-Daley-superfan-Ken-Schultz-e20rmp4

On this week's show, Alex speaks with Professor Rory Magrath, who helped author a study looking at 60 coming-out stories of male athletes published on Outsports. The results show male athletes ar...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--40-Male-athletes-accept-gay-teammates--and-stop-saying-otherwise-e20rmj8

This is an episode about the White Sox. Which means we should be spending all of it talking about AL MVP Jose Abreu. But we're not. In fact, Abreu doesn't come up until the end. Why? Tony La Russ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-51-Tony-La-Russa---Why--with-Jim-Flannigan-e20rmr6

Hello, Lovelies! We've got two awesome guests this week talking two totally different pro wrestling projects. First, Brian sits down with Out In The Ring director/producer Ryan Bruce Levey to dis...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--61-AEW-Full-Gear-2020--Out-In-The-Ring-w-Colette-Arrand--Ryan-Bruce-Levey-e20rmkh

We start with the joyous news that Election 2020 is finally over and the days of the 45th president are numbered. Then a mom from the Seattle Area beams up to tell us about her 13-year-old son, B...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-56-Mom-of-Trans-Student-Athlete-Bobby-Jones-e20rmsi

D.Gil dives into some of the psychological related issues that LGBTQ athletes experience with Mental Performance Consultant Dr. Hannah Bennett. We also discuss psychological factors that affect a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-LGBTQ-Sports-Related-Psychological-Issues-with-Dr--Hannah-Bennett-e20rn1i

Ness Murby has competed on the national and international stage for three countries - Japan, Australia and Canada - in three different sports. Yet he's never done it as his true self. In this exc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep--49-Paralympian-Ness-Murby-comes-out-e20rmm6

Alex goes at it alone on this week's show. He kicks off the show talking about our never-ending election. While Joe Biden has already shattered the popular vote record, Donald Trump will receive ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--39-For-the-media--this-election-was-a-wakeup-call-e20rn0g

Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting all things Paris Is Bumping this week with one of the judges on the show, The Nobodies' DJ Accident Report! He and Brian discuss the impact of Billy Dixon's pro wr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--60-Paris-Is-Bumping-w-DJ-Accident-Report-e20rmuc

It's the morning after the most contentious election of our lifetimes. Karleigh and Dawn offer their thoughts and salute transgender political candidates who won their elections, including Sarah ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-55b-Katie-Barnes-of-espnW-and-Transgender-Political-Candidates-e20rn0v

The vibrant Amazin LetHi joins D.Gil to discuss LGBTQ inclusion in sports, the adversity Asian LGBGTQ members have to overcome in society, the awesome Amazin LeThi foundation, and ways we can sta...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-LGBTQ-Sports-Activism-with-Amazin-LeThi-e20rmo5

NOlympics is an organization of community leaders and activists formed with the aim to end the Olympic Games. They claim the Olympics are bad for local communities of lower- and middle-class peop...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-48---NOlympics-aims-to-end-the-Olympic-Games-e20rm75

On this week's show, Alex chats with a member of the Outsports family, Anthony Nicodemo. A high school basketball coach, Nicodemo came out in Outsports in 2015. He's currently an athletic directo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--38-Why-its-important-for-LGBTQ-people-to-be-in-politics-e20rm86

Well, we made it through an entire World Series episode without a single player testing positive for COVID. And you could ALMOST say the same thing about the World Series itself... Rangers beat w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-50-World-Series-Retrospective-with-Alex-Plinck-e20rmu9

Hello, Lovelies! With Paris Is Bumping debuting later tonight, we welcome 1/4 of the event's Divas Championship match to the podcast: Jared Evans. Evans has enjoyed some his most high profile mat...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--59-Jared-Evans-e20rnbi

Legendary NCLR athletic director Helen Carroll, recently retired, joins Karleigh and Dawn to talk about her incredible career, her thoughts on transgender inclusion and more! PLUS: SPOILER ALERT!...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-54-Helen-Carroll-and-Star-Treks-Blu-del-Barrio-e20rma5

Ever see your favorite sports athlete on a magazine cover and wonder what it takes to make them look so darn stylish? Well D.Gil talks to sports stylist Cindy Whitehead on what exactly it takes t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Styling-Athletes-with-LBGTQ-ally-and-sports-stylist-Cindy-Whitehead-e20rmjq

Callan Chythlook-Sifsof is a brave athlete. Growing up in rural Alaska, a town of just 200 people, she forged a path for herself with no role models in her sport of snowboarding. Not only did she...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-47---Snowboarder-Callan-Chythlook-Sifsof-e20rmkb

On this week's show, Alex speaks with NFL free agent Ryan Russell, who publicly came out last year as bisexual. Alex and Ryan talk about his recent essay about the NFL's support for the LGBTQ com...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--37-Ryan-Russell-e20rmej

Here we are folks The dream we all dream of Rays vs. Dodgers In the World Series of...Texas? You know it's been a weird year when the Dodgers' longest homestand of the season takes place in Arlin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-49-The-Lone-Star-Series-with-Adam-Mamawala-e20rmn3

Hello, Lovelies! We kick off year two of LGBT In The Ring with our first tag team guests: The Runway. Calvin Couture and Tyler Klein's friendship is on full display in and out of the ring, epitom...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--58-The-Runway-Tyler-Klein--Calvin-Couture-e20rmmv

This week, we salute Fordham University Women's Basketball alum Bryson Cavanaugh who publicly came out as transgender via a post to his Instagram! Also: The U.S. Department of Education convinced...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-53-Fordham-WBB-Alum-Bryson-Cavanaugh-Comes-Out-As-Trans-e20rmq7

Ever wonder why you still support your favorite sports team even though they continue to let you down? Due to another Atlanta Braves playoff collapse, D.Gil talks about six reasons why we stay in...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Bad-Sports-Relationships-e20rmit

The International Olympic Committee is again hiding behind its false claims of not engaging in human rights and politics as questions emerge about the selection of China to host the 2022 Winter O...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-46---The-Olympics-and-Gay-Games-tussle-with-human-rights-e20rmj9

On this week's show, Alex discusses Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barett using the term "sexual preference" in her confirmation hearing, and why focusing on the phrase distracts from the real t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--36-Is-it-offensive-to-say-sexual-preference-e20rmnk

I love Clayton Kershaw. He's the best pitcher of this generation and a pure joy to watch. But...it's October. Which means that Kershaw is distressingly...ordinary. On this episode, Sara Sanchez (...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-48-Kershaw-Groundhog-Day-with-Sara-Sanchez-e20rmrg

Hello, Lovelies! EFFY's BIg Gay Brunch put queer identities front and center Saturday afternoon, and who better to unpack it all than two queer pro wrestling connoisseurs. Brian Bell welcomes Elm...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--57-EFFYs-Big-Gay-Brunch-w-Elm-Hill-e20rn1a

Hartford community activist Kamora Herrington joins Dawn and Karleigh in a podcast to mourn Monica Roberts, the creator of the award-winning TransGriot blog. Roberts, who died Oct. 5, was known a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Transporter-Rm-Ep52-RIP-Monica-Roberts-e20rmji

On this episode of The GAMEDAY TEA D.Gil talks to Torch George, the 16th female member of the Harlem Globetrotters. We discuss her growing up playing basketball, what's it's like being a Harlem G...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Torch-George-e20rmvh

Jorik Hendrickx had already been to one Olympic Games when he came out publicly just days ahead of his second, the 2018 Games in South Korea. He had competed in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and didn't ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-45---Olympic-figure-skater-Jorik-Hendrickx-e20rn3p

On this week's show, Alex speaks with ESPN's Israel Gutierrez about his powerful coming out story, personal tragedy, and the journey to living a fulfilled life as an openly gay man in sports medi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--35-Israel-Gutierrez-of-ESPN-e20rmte

The Houston Astros are like 2020. We're all just trying to survive until they're done. But they JUST WON'T GO AWAY. And now they're here to ruin the 2020 postseason by embarking on some kind of w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-47-Please-God--Not-the-Astros-with-Adam-Sokol-e20rmah

Hello, Lovelies! We close out this week's two-fer with an engaging conversation with former AEW Women's World Champion and LGBTQ pro wrestling trailblazer Nyla Rose. The Native Beast has made a h...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--56-Nyla-Rose-e20rmnv

Hello, Lovelies! We have a doubleheader of shows this week and we're kicking things off with an in-depth conversation with pro wrestler EFFY discussing his Big Gay Brunch event this Saturday. Fro...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--55-EFFY-Returns-e20rmpp

They're far away in Southern Sweden right now but Quinn is the toast of the world of soccer as the sport's first out transgender professional player. We talk about deadnaming, transition, trailbl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-51-Out-Transgender-Soccer-Player-Quinn-e20rmrp

D.Gil talks with soccer player Henry Bethel about his experiences with gay slurs on the pitch, our reaction to Collin Martin of the S.D. Loyal being called a gay slur, and what measures can be ta...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-GAMEDAY-TEA-Soccer-and-LGBT-Activism-with-Henry-Bethell-e20rmn6

Olympians across the LGBTQ spectrum have been trailblazers when it comes to coming out. Literally hundreds of people who have competed in the Olympic Games have shared their stories publicly, som...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-44---Olympians-and-their-coming-out-stories-e20rn23

On this week's show, Alex chats with Jeff Rueter, who's a staff writer at The Athletic covering professional soccer. Alex and Jeff talk about the Collin Martin story, and Jeff's coming out as bis...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--34-Jeff-Rueter-from-The-Athletic-e20rn1b

As you can hopefully tell from listening over the past year, this podcast is mostly about celebrating your baseball team. I've had guests from across the MLB fan spectrum on and I always enjoy he...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-46-Contract-the-Marlins-with-Kevin-McCaffrey-e20rn1o

Hello, Lovelies! Bi+ Awareness Month comes to an end this week as Brian welcomes independent wrestling staple Solo Darling to the show. Darling came out publicly as pansexual during Pride month a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--54-Solo-Darling-e20rmve

Her mom disowned her when she came out... because that burst her fantasy of having a gay son to go shopping with! Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Chardonnay Webb beam up trans runner, author and advocate...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-50-RunnerAuthor-Cate-Spice-e20rn3n

Last week we talked with former Ambassador to Germany and Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell about the push to ban Iran from the Olympic Games after the murder of national-champion...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-43---Ban-Iran-from-the-Olympic-Games-e20rmut

On this week's show, Alex interviews Aria DiMezzo, who is a trans satanist anarchist running for sheriff in New Hampshire. Alex asks Aria about her belief system and decision to run in the Republ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--33-Aria-DiMezzo--trans-satanist-anarchist-for-sheriff-e20rmso

I didn't think I was going to do a Cincinnati Reds episode this year. For most of 2020, the Reds seemed to be spinning their wheels. They finally put together a top notch pitching staff but their...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-45-WOKE-in-Cincinnati-with-Mark-Chalifoux-e20rmuj

Hello, Lovelies! Bi+ Awareness Month rolls along as Brian welcomes the Bisexual King "All That" Keita Murray to the show. Murray has wrestled for promotions coast-to-coast in his career, but is j...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--53-Keita-Murray-e20rmra

Karleigh and Dawn reflect on the big stories this week: After 101 days of silence, Connecticut's governor tells the Trump administration and Betsy DeVos to butt out and leave the state's school c...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-49-Lamont--HBO--SCOTUS-e20rmh1

Thank you so much everybody for listening to my podcast. I had a lot of fun doing this, I learned a lot about the LGBTQ community and also myself. My guest this week is the managing editor of Out...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---060---Dawn-Ennis-e20jvue

Navid Afkari was murdered by Iran's government on Sept. 12 because he dared say a negative word about the Iranian regime. He had also been accused of killing someone during a protest, but his adm...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-42---Richard-Grenell-on-banning-Iran-from-the-Olympics-e20rmvq

The Big Ten Football Conference will be play this fall after all. Does this mean the athletes win, or that non-revenue sports will no longer be on the chopping block? Not so fast. On this week's ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--32-Who-wins-with-Big-Ten-Football-coming-back-e20rmh8

I don't know if anyone's pointed it out yet but this year is kinda weird. And baseball is certainly not immune to the horrors, the strangeness, and the almost violent stupidity of 2020. And since...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-44-The-Roof-is-On-Fire-with-Brian-Bell-e20rmu7

Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off Bi+ Awareness Month on the show this week with the Biconic Russell Rogue! He sits down with Brian to discuss his own journey as an out bisexual man in pro wrest...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--52-Russell-Rogue-e20rn2k

We start with an apology from Outsports to out trans soccer athlete Quinn for a mistake we made, one it seems like every outlet made in reporting their coming out late last week. Then, we beam ba...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep48-Dr-Juniper-Simonis-e20rmpu

I want to thank everybody who has listened, supported, shared and reached out throughout my time with this podcast. It has been a very fun ride that unfortunately is coming to an end. Next week i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-059---Matt-Bishop-e20jvvo

When Jerry Windle adopted 18-month-old Jordan from Cambodia years ago, he had no idea he was stepping into the world of elite diving. Yet from a young age, Jordan Windle was identified as a top d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-41---Team-USA-diver-Jordan-Windle-and-his-dad--Jerry-e20rmkn

It's football season! On this week's show, Alex previews the 2020 NFL season with former baseball standout-turned-porn star Kacey Edenfield. Alex and Kacey go over their picks and talk some smack...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--31-The-big-gay-NFL-preview-e20rn0c

The Cubs are in first place. And have been since the first week of the season. So if you have any Cub fans in your life, you know what that means... PANIC!!!!! This week, I'm joined for a 50 minu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-43-GayCubsTwitter-Angst-with-Ryan-Thomure-e20rn82

Hello, Lovelies! We close out 50th episode double dose extravaganza by welcoming Em Fear (PWTorch's Grit & Glitter podcast) back to the show to chat all about MV Young's Poly Cult Party 2! Fear w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep-51-MV-Youngs-Poly-Cult-Party-2-w-Em-Fear-e20rmv9

Hello, Lovelies! Brian rings in 50 episodes by recapping AEW's All Out event with Fanbyte's Colette Arrand. The event featured superb clashes between Jon Moxley & MJF, Hikaru Shida & Thunder Rosa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep-50-AEW-All-Out-2020-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rn5h

This week Karleigh and Dawn bring you a new episode a day early just in time for STAR TREK DAY! We are joined by transgender runner June Eastwood, who shares both stories of her success and not a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-EP47-June-Eastwood-e20rmkr

Mitch Dalton didn't always feel comfortable being out and gay in swimming. When he was a kid, being out was the last thing on his mind. Even coaching NCAA swimming, he'd feel uncomfortable around...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-40---Swim-coach-Mitch-Dalton-e20rmro

On this week's show, Alex highlights a topic that's central to our mission at Outsports: LGBTQ kids playing sports. Alex speaks with Casey Close of The Trevor Project about the organization's rec...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep-30-Why-sports-are-so-important-for-LGBTQ-kids-e20rmqo

You've got a diamond, you've got nine men You've got a hat and a bat and that's not all... For the first time since 2016, you've got a contending Toronto Blue Jays team! Thanks to the rules of pa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-42-OK-Blue-Jays--Lets-Play-OK--with-A-J--Andrews-e20rmkl

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell sits down with award-winning drag queen Washington Heights this week to discuss her relationship with her father, famed deathmatch wrestler New Jack. Heights details w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--49-Washington-Heights-e20rn9c

This week, Karleigh and Dawn beam up trans youth soccer ref Jacqueline Harper-Grubb of MIssouri, to talk about her transition and the inspiring amount of support and acceptance she has found! Fir...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-46-Out-trans-referee-Jacqueline-Harper-Grubb-e20rmu5

It was years after she began her transition that Mianne Bagger earned the invitation to play professional women's golf. And it truly was an invitation. While she had returned to the links post-tr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-39---Trailblazing-trans-pro-golfer-Mianne-Bagger-e20rmf8

On this week's show, Alex chats with another gay sports talk veteran, Ben Livingston, who used to produce Philadelphia's No. 1-rated afternoon show on WIP. Alex and Ben talk about encountering ho...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--29-Being-gay-in-sports-talk-radio-e20rmet

There are no adjectives baseball people like to throw around more than "young and exciting." Last week, we talked about the young and exciting Padres and now it's time to head to the South Side a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-41-No-Hits--All-Class-with-Fritz-Nothnagel-e20rmdl

Hello, Lovelies! After one of the most jam packed wrestling weekends in some time, Brian Bell welcomes his partner KC back to the show to discuss the most important show of the weekend: Saturday'...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--48-Black-Wrestlers-Matter-e20rmje

Rugby athlete Grace McKenzie beams up to share the story of how she organized a petition to stop a proposed ban on transgender athletes by World Rugby. She shares the story of transition, activis...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-45-Rugger-Grace-McKenzie-e20rmqu

Hannah Mouncey is a woman of rare distinction. She's either one of one, or one of two, people to compete on a World Championship-qualifying men's team, and then do it on a women's team. She playe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-38---Handball-and-Aussie-rules-football-player-Hannah-Mouncey-e20rn5v

It's a summertime mailbag on this week's "Sports Kiki!" Fresh off some overnight radio stints, Alex answers listener questions, ranging from naming his best friend to lessons he's learned about h...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--28-Summer-Mailbag-e20rmmo

It's just another week in Major League Baseball: the only sport where you occasionally have to apologize for being the best player in the game. Fernando Tatís Jr is amazing. He crushes home runs...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-40-The-Unwritten-Podcast-with-Jono-Zalay-e20rmob

Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring welcomes back "The New Classic" Billy Dixon this week to chat about his upcoming event that brings ballroom culture and pro wrestling together, Paris Is Bumping....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--47-Billy-Dixon--Paris-Is-Bumping-e20rmsn

Federal judges issued 2 orders this week that show support for transgender Americans, particularly trans student athletes. Karleigh and Dawn discuss what's next. Then we beam up D-Gil, Darius Gil...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-44-Courtroom-Victories-and-Game-Day-Tea-e20rmv7

US Rowing coxswain Julian Venonsky says he was never in the closet. Even during his years competing for Cal, which ended in a national title, he was out to teammates, they knew his boyfriend, and...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-37---US-Rowing-coxswain-Julian-Venonsky-e20rn58

Alex begins this week's show with a look at the hottest stories of the week on Outsports, including a gay cyclist who's found more sponsor support than she could've imagined. Then, Alex delves in...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--27-Is-homophobia-playing-role-in-Alex-Morse-story-e20rn2m

This feels like a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE, doesn't it? I've found that rarest of species: someone who's actually been inside a major league ballpark to witness a 2020 MLB game IN REAL LIFE. And yes, th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-39-2020-Baseball-IN-PERSON-with-Alex-Plinck-e20rmsq

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is running solo again this week, but that won't keep him from speaking to one of the most frustrating yet unsurprising bits of wrestling programming to air in recent w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--46-Retribution-e20rn3q

A lot to talk about this week as Dawn and Karleigh update listeners on the lawsuit against Idaho's HB500, the conferences canceling college football, misgendering attacks against PA Health Secy. ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-43-Idaho-College-FB-WNBA-Lower-Decks-e20rmhp

Last week I got a notification of a follow on my twitter handle @lpfpod and saw that it was from The Game Day Tea podcast. After listening to two episodes, the host D-Gil and I started messaging....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-058---D-Gil-From-GameDay-Tea-Podcast-e20rmdc

Laura Hurff won a national championship with Syracuse and coached at Cornell. Now she's representing Team USA on the international stage and hoping for a spot in the 2024 Olympics. She talks abou...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-36---Team-USA-field-hockey-player-Laura-Hurff-e20rmpo

On this week's show, Alex speaks with acclaimed attorney and college athletes' rights advocate Richard G. Johnson about Pac-12 and Big 10 players demanding rights, and whether these movements wil...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--26-Will-coronavirus-be-turning-point-in-college-athlete-rights-e20rmj0

Well, it took the Mets all of one week to Mets up the 2020 season. Quick word of advice to MLB GMs: during a pandemic, try not to create an unnecessary panic about one of your players going missi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-38-Wheres-Yoenis--with-Johnny-MacDonald-e20rn7g

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell runs through MV Young's Outdoor Poly Cult Party and Ariel Italic's exit from The Nobodies before touching on the recent closure of the Acworth, GA Shoney's restaurant ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--45-The-Scott-Steiner-Shoneys-e20rn2o

This week, rugby athlete and commentator Alice Soper beams up from Wellington, New Zealand. She chats with Dawn and Karleigh about World Rugby's proposed trans ban, her own story of competing, co...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm42-Rugbys-Alice-Soper-e20rmtd

Welcome to another episode of LPFPod. This is episode 57 and I am extremely excited to talk with my first person from Crystal Palace Football Club from England. I hope you enjoy my chat with Pala...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-057---Chloe-Morgan-e20jvug

On this week's show, Alex speaks with gay sportswriter Tony Paul of the Detroit News. Alex and Tony defend sportswriters who are critical of sports returning during the midst of the coronavirus p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--25-Fake-outrage-about-NBA-players-kneeling-during-anthem-is-lame-and-racist-e20rn24

One full week of 2020 baseball is in the books and 28 out of 30 teams aren't currently in quarantine! As Jack Nicholson said in Mars Attacks, "And that ain't bad!" Or was that Rob Manfred? This w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-37-Pandemic-Baseball-Week-1-with-Chris-Calogero-e20rmni

Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring goes international again this week as Riptide Wrestling Pride of Brighton champion Cassius brings his infectious energy to the show. "The Neon Explosion" joins B...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--44-Cassius-e20rn0m

Karleigh and Dawn discuss the coronavirus impact on MLB, the proposed ban on trans athletes by World Rugby, the latest from Idaho, a sudden spate of murders of Black trans women, then welcome CTN...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-41-MLB--Rugby--Idaho--Trans-Murders-and-Susan-Bigelow-e20rmbg

It certainly has been a while since my last episode but I am extremely glad to be back with an all new episode of LPFPod. This episode was actually recorded back in May. Matt found the sport of b...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-056---Matt-Barker-e20jvv2

Martha McCabe swam for Team Canada in two Summer Olympic Games, finishing as high as fifth in one event. She talks with us about being so focused on her sport that she didn't even realize her tru...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-35---Canadian-Olympic-swimmer-Martha-McCabe-e20jvvr

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex examines the bizarre phenomenon of Kelly Loeffler attacking her own league, the WNBA, for cheap political gain. Alex speaks with WNBA journalists...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--24-Is-Kelly-Loeffler-currently-the-most-shameful-owner-in-sports-e20rmss

What's this?! Actual PRESENT DAY baseball to talk about? IS THAT ALLOWED?!!! It's Opening Day 2020...which shouldn't be a complicated sentiment but since "2020" is a part of that phrase, it is. I...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-36-2020-Season-Preview-with-Away-Games-e20rmch

Hello, Lovelies! Brian is running guestless this week, but that won't keep him from giving his thoughts on a number of major events from a collection of major promotions. The past weeks brought u...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--43-Dominion--Slammiversary--Extreme-Rules-e20rmsk

We're beaming up Coach Curt Miller of the Connecticut Sun as they prepare to begin play in the WNBA Bubble in Bradenton, Fla. Plus find out the latest on efforts by World Rugby to ban transgender...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-40-Curt-Miller-e20rn8j

Paul Ruggeri is mapping a new course for his life, focused on family and nursing. He brings us into his new life in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y., where he has returned after years of living in ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-34---Former-Gymnast-Paul-Ruggeri-e20rn50

On this week's show, Alex chats with Sky Sports editor and writer Jon Holmes about the tawdry tabloid British tabloid culture, which keeps promoting dark essays from alleged closeted Premier Leag...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--23-Why-do-British-tabloids-engage-in-gross-gay-fear-mongering-e20rmkc

When I started this "funny joke man talks ball and stick" podcast, I assumed that I'd spend most of my time on subjects about as weighty as "Anthony Rizzo RULZ." But this episode...wow...we go DE...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-35-LGBTQ-Realness-on-MLB-Network-with-Evan-Davis-e20rmus

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is back for the second time this week to chat Sonny Kiss vs. Cody at All Elite Wrestling’s Fight for the Fallen. The match was so nice we had to talk about it twice....

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--42-Sonny-Kiss-vs--Cody-e20rms8

This week, Gabrielle Spierer joins Dawn and Karleigh to discuss an issue that is too rarely discussed, particularly within the transgender population: domestic violence. The Long Island, N.Y. nat...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Rm-39-1-Gabrielle-Spierer-and-LGBTQ-Domestic-Violence-e20rmhg

Hello, Lovelies! This week's special early edition of the show welcomes All Elite Wrestling's Sonny Kiss! As the Concrete Rose prepares to take on Cody for the TNT championship at Fight for the F...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--41-Sonny-Kiss-e20rmue

Alex is back from his 4th of July hiatus, and enraged about the state of the country. On this week's show, he chats with queer journalist Mathew Rodriguez about the phenomenon of coronavirus soci...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--22-Dont-shame-the-Fire-Island-Gays-e20rmu1

This week's episode is so Boston, I'm pretty sure it counts as an Affleck. Outsports Deputy Managing Editor Alex Reimer (The Sports Kiki podcast) joins me to talk all things Red Sox and like alwa...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-34-Lovin-That-Dirty-Water-with-Alex-Reimer-e20rn2l

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is taking a spell from the discourse to chat about some fun wrestling matches that he showed his partner, KC. First up, we take a look at the recent battle across Broo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--40-Ringlights--Bodega-Fights-e20rmsr

Trans sprinter Valentina Petrillo talks about her ambition to compete in the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics, about her transition, her family and a film about her life by Elisa Mereghetti of Ethnos Films...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-38-Valentina-Petrillo-of-Italy-e20rn2f

Ever since my first baseball roadtrip to Cincinnati in 1988, I've set a goal of seeing a game in every major league ballpark. Some people are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, I d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-33-25-Minutes-About-17-Ballparks-e20rmoh

Hello, Lovelies! Don't worry if you feel the ground trembling under you this week because we have a kaiju on the show this week. A Big Bad Kaiju to be precise. Veteran wrestler O'Shay Edwards cam...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--39-OShay-Edwards-e20rn1m

The host of the popular Outsports podcast Level Playing Field, Randy Boose, returns from hiatus to share his story with Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis, including his struggle with suicide, coming o...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-37-Randy-Boose-of-Level-Playing-Field-e20rn29

Chris Kinney came out publicly on Outsports, and now he joins us to talk about the reaction to his story. He also shares more details about some of the interesting parts of his story, including h...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-32---Olympic-bobsledder-Chris-Kinney-e20rmuq

Fresh off a week of overnight radio shows, Alex hosts his second mailbag episode, answering questions about his desire to debate with thick-headed Republicans and newfound proclivity for haircuts...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--21-Mailbag-e20rn08

Well, hey, look at that! We're gonna have baseball in 2020*! *raging nationwide pandemic permitting Because a 60 game season is going to be almost completely unprecedented, I'm joined by former C...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-32-MLB-The-Short-Short-Version-with-Jeff-Katz-e20rmrc

Hello, Lovelies! The last week has seen a deluge of survivors speak out about systemic issues of abuse, predation, manipulation and sexual assault within the pro wrestling industry thanks to the ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--38-SpeakingOut-and-Beyond-e20rn92

Mitch Harrison of Kenai, Alaska beams up from the Titan Arena following his hard-fought competition on this week's exciting episode of NBC's The Titan Games, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. S...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-36-Titan-Games-Competitor-Mitch-Harrison-e20rmtc

Swimmer Erica Sullivan committed to swim for USC at 16, in the midst of dealing with the death of her father, coming out and mental health issues that consumed her. She talks with Cyd Zeigler for...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-31---Swimmer-Erica-Sullivan-e20rmrk

Are you like me? When you watched ESPN's Long Gone Summer doc, did you think, "Hey, wasn't Sammy Sosa supposed to be in this?" 66 homers ain't what it used to be, apparently. So on today's episod...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-31-The-Summer-of-Sammy-with-Away-Games-Podcast-e20rmop

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with a full rundown of WWE Backlash. Patches Chance (Daily DDT, Bell To Belles) joins host Brian Bell to analyze the card, including a stellar hoss fight, an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--37-WWE-Backlash-2020-w-Patches-Chance-e20rmrq

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex Reimer speaks with Gerald Bostock, the only surviving person at the center of the three landmark LGBTQ workplace-discrimination suits that were s...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--20-Gerald-Bostock-e20rmsh

This week's landmark ruling on trans and gay rights by the Supreme Court is our main topic of discussion as competitive sailor and sailmaker Stephanie Helms beams up to The Trans Sporter Room. Sh...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Trans-Sporter-Room-35-SCOTUS-and-Stephanie-Helms-e20rmq9

On this week's show, Alex chats with Outsports contributor and stand-up comedian Ken Schultz about how athlete activism has become mainstream, from the NFL declaring "Black Lives Matter" to WNBA ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--19-How-athlete-activism-became-mainstream-e20rmmm

Hello, Lovelies! As protests in response to police brutality continue worldwide, we're continuing our frank discussions regarding Black Lives Matter this week with a special focus on Black trans ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--36-Black-Trans-Lives-Matter-e20rn3c

Transgender mountain biker Kate Weatherly beams up from New Zealand, to discuss the worldwide reaction to the killing of George Floyd, her transition, her boyfriend and literally breaking her nec...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP34-Mountain-Biker-Kate-Weatherly-e20rn4r

On this week's show, Alex Reimer chats with openly gay former Greco Roman Wrestler and community advocate Akil Patterson about systemic racism and police brutality in America, and real solutions ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--18-Akil-Patterson-on-being-Black-in-America-e20rmjv

Hello, Lovelies. With protests and civil disobedience taking to the streets across the U.S. and beyond, Brian Bell welcomes pro wrestlers Russell Rogue & Devon Monroe and F1ght Club Pro Wrestling...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--35-No-Justice--No-Peace-e20rmu8

Karleigh and Dawn welcome back community leader Kamora Herrington, the founder and CEO of Kamora's Cultural Corner in Hartford, for part two of our conversation. We begin where we left off. the C...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Response-to-Racism-Pt-2-e20rn8q

Karleigh and Dawn welcome community leader Kamora Herrington, the founder and CEO of Kamora's Cultural Corner in Hartford. She offers a crucial perspective on racism given all that is happening a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Response-to-Racism-Pt-1-e20rmmr

It's Video Game Week at SB Nation, and we take a trip down memory lane revisiting the first great sports video game, Summer Games. It was designed for the Commodore 64 and released in 1984, featu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-29---The-first-great-sports-video-game-featured-the-Olympics-e20rmv5

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Washington Blade White House reporter Chris Johnson about covering the Trump Administration, the usefulness of daily press briefings a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--17-Chris-Johnson--Washington-Blade-White-House-reporter-e20rmn1

Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back to tackle one of pro wrestling's recent tragedies, the death of Stardom and Terrace House star Hana Kimura. Fanbyte's LB Hunktears helps Brian Bell work ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--34-Death-of-Hana-Kimura-w-LB-Hunktears-e20rn66

OUTSPORTS EXCLUSIVE: Dawn Ennis, Karleigh Webb and special guest Alex Reimer talk with Lindsay Hecox, the Idaho teen who's suing Gov. Brad Little for signing the law that made Idaho the first st...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-31-Lindsay-Hecox-EXCLUSIVE-INTERVIEW-e20rmub

Rachael Rapinoe represented the United States in international soccer competition for years, as well as starring on the successful Univ. of Portland women's soccer team. Now with her soccer caree...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-28---Soccer-player-and-entrepreneur-Rachael-Rapinoe-e20rmqs

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with LGBT mental health researcher Jack Turban about his research into Grindr, and safe sex practices during a pandemic. They also talk abo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--16-Jack-Turban--LGBT-mental-health-researcher-e20rmsj

Baseball might be on the path to restarting! But in the shadow of a worldwide pandemic, is this a good thing? I'm joined by comedian and Tiger fan Adam Sokol (NY Times) and we decide...maybe not ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-28-To-Baseball-or-Not-To-Baseball-with-Adam-Sokol-e20rmuk

Hello, Lovelies! This week, Brian Bell welcomes Hoodslam founder DARK Sheik to the show! Sheik discusses Hoodslam's 10-year history of promoting progressive attitudes within pro wrestling and ref...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--33-DARK-Sheik-e20rmou

Karleigh and Dawn select the underdogs of sports, society and science fiction, plus we have the latest news on the court battle over trans inclusion in school sports, what we're binging these day...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-30-Underdogs-e20rmlc

Welcome back to LPFPod and thanks for your support. This week we are diving into the sport of lacrosse as I chat with two people from the LGBTQ+Ally lacrosse group, the Rainbow Rexes Lax. I spoke...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-055---Tilly-Powell-and-Edmund-Connolly-e20rmbj

Eric Radford was one of the first publicly out gay men to compete in a Winter Olympics when he took to the ice in South Korea in 2018. There he won two medals, including gold, for Team Canada. He...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-27---Figure-skater-Eric-Radford-e20rmo9

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with gay Kansas City Royals marketing executive Matt Schulte about how to market a professional team in the midst of a pandemic. Alex and M...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--15-Out-Kansas-City-Royals-marketing-executive-Matt-Schulte-e20rn5j

Do you like baseball meltdowns? Do you enjoy when it looks like ballplayers just escaped from a Nine Inch Nails video? Today is the episode for you! It's another classic games edition of 3 Strike...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-27-The-Pine-Tar-Game-with-Karleigh-Webb-e20rmun

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week to tear through Titan Towers and recap WWE Money In The Bank. Daniel Trainor (Pro Wrestling Sheet, Same Team podcast) joins Brian Bell to analyze all the roo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--32-WWE-Money-In-The-Bank-2020-w-Daniel-Trainor-e20rn6e

Meet out transgender pro golfer Jamie O'Neill, whose coming out story appeared in Outsports.com in December 2019. She shares that story for the first time in a podcast, talking with Dawn and Karl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-29-Pro-Golfer-Jamie-ONeill-e20rn14

It is so good to be back making new episodes of my podcast. I have only made a few while we have had this pandemic with massive closures in California and around the country so when it was nice t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod--Episode-054---Aiden-Mann-e20rn4s

When Olympic rower Robbie Manson came out publicly on Outsports in 2014, he had no idea the national and international headlines he would make. He talks about his journey in rowing since then, as...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-26---Olympic-rower-Robbie-Manson-e20rn6a

On this week's show, Alex examines a question that's been on his mind for the last several weeks, ever since U.S. senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler was caught selling seven figure...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--14-How-can-Kelly-Loeffler-own-a-WNBA-team-e20rmns

Last week, we talked about how the minor leagues are an essential part of baseball. Today, the focus is on how MiLB is an essential part of baseball's connection to the LGBTQ community. I'm joine...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-26-MiLB-Pride-with-Ben-Pereira-e20rn7a

Hello, Lovelies! We're keeping SB Nation's Marvel Week going this week with two super guests. First, Uncanny Attractions' Darnell Mitchell and Brian Bell explore the intersection of pro wrestling...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--31-Marvel-Week-w-Darnell-Mitchell--Hollis-Adler-e20rmnt

Karleigh and Dawn beam up two players from the Maine Women's Senior Basketball League: trailblazing trans woman Julie Woodbury and Joanne Lannin, author of "Finding A Way to Play: The Pioneering ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-28-Talkin-Womens-Hoops-e20rn60

This week, Outsports is joining SB Nation in celebrating the MCU. And not just the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Marvel comics and the Saturday morning cartoons of our youth, too. Six members of...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/MCU-Meets-Outsports-LGBTQ-Sports-Superheroes-e20rn4e

When Abby Dunkin was suffering emotionally, physically and mentally in 2013, she stumbled upon the sport of wheelchair basketball. In just two years she was representing the United States on the ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-25---Paralympian-Abby-Dunkin-e20rn09

On this week's show, Alex does his first ever mailbox, answering listener questions about his WEEI career, favorite topics to write about and ... whether he podcasts naked. He also recaps his rec...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--13-Mailbag-e20rmqm

MLB has a plan to eliminate 42 minor league teams. Like most ideas MLB has, this is a very bad plan. For example, MLB once thought the Marlins were a good idea. This is the Marlins of plans. Toda...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-25-Save-the-Minor-Leagues-with-Jeff-Lantz-e20rmie

Hello, Lovelies! Filmmaker Antonio "Electric Llama" Hernandez enters the LGBT Ring this week to chat his new documentary about Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Champion Trish Adora, how his "...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--30-Electric-Llama-Antonio-Hernandez-e20rmml

Sports editor and Toronto Blue Jays superfan A.J. Andrews joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis for conversations about baseball, transitioning and quarantining. She wants to be known as a blogger a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-27-Talkin-Baseball-e20rn8r

On a special edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with queer Muslim writer Samer Hassan about the controversy over actor Jeff Goldblum's question about Islam to Jackie Cox on Drag Race, and ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--12-Why-Jeff-Goldblums-comments-about-Islam-on-Drag-Race-are-problematic-e20rmn9

Kendall Wesenberg burst onto the skeleton seen a few years ago, landing a spot on Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She talks with us about being her girlfriend, being bi, and what it was lik...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-24---Olympian-Kendall-Wesenberg-e20rn1f

With the NFL Draft this weekend, Alex chats with Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler about the intensive interest surrounding Michael Sam, and how much it still matters whether a major NFL star come...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--11-Does-it-matter-if-theres-an-openly-gay-NFL-star-e20rmjb

With MLB currently playing no games, this seems like a good time to look back at a guy who played ALL of them. In this episode, author and Orioles fan Emily Guy Birken (End Financial Stress Now) ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-24-Cal-Ripken-and-2131-with-Emily-Guy-Birken-e20rn76

Hello, Lovelies! This week Brian Bell welcomes 'One Tough Broad' Corinne Mink. Fresh off her appearance on TLC's Dragnificent, Mink details her unique introduction to pro wrestling, her long-stan...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--29-Corinne-Mink-e20rn4q

Dawn and Karleigh welcome Lauren Rosenberg, the first out LGBTQ sports reporter at the University of Missouri’s campus radio station, KCOU, and also a pioneer for women. We breakdown the WNBA d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-26-WNBA-and-Lauren-Rosenberg-e20rn4l

Diver Joey Cifelli was preparing for the Olympic Trials until 2020 was canceled. He dove at Purdue University and graduated just last year. Now living in Los Angeles and coaching at USC, he talks...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-23---Diver-Joey-Cifelli-e20rmos

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with Boston Magazine Food & Entertainment editor Scott Kearnan about whether gay bars will be able to survive the coronavirus lockdown, gi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--10-Will-gay-bars-survive-the-coronavirus-lockdown-e20rmle

We could all use a little positivity right now. And just as a certain Number 23 did for the Cubs in 1982, Episode Number 23 came along at just the right time. Today is all about celebrating Ryne ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-23-The-Ryne-Sandberg-Episode-with-Cuppa-Cubbie-Blue-e20rn1v

Hello, Lovelies! This week's show is a tale of two worlds that's sure to intrigue. First, Fanbyte's Colette Arrand joins Brian to discuss WWE's talent cuts and overall response to the coronavirus...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--28-OTM-Reunion--Colette-Arrand-e20rmpm

Karleight and Dawn welcome back trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper of Minnesota who is also a public worker impacted by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. We also chat about escaping our troubles th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-25-Coronavirus--JayCee-Cooper-e20rmuf

Thank you for listening to another episode of Level Playing Field podcast. This week I have Kellie Maloney as my guest on the podcast. Before transitioning Kellie was a manager and promoter for w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-053---Kellie-Maloney-e20jvut

Shelley Holroyd says that when she competed for Team Great Britain in javelin at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, everyone around her knew she was gay. She never had a coming-out moment, people jus...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-22---Olympian-and-coronavirus-survivor-Shelley-Holroyd-e20rmrr

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with LGBT medical researcher Sean Cahill from The Fenway Institute. They discuss the coronavirus' disproportionate impact on minority comm...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--9-LGBT-medical-researcher-Sean-Cahill-e20rn12

As a certified baseball nerd, my podcast usually concentrates on the "SPORTS" part of Outsports. But since there's no baseball to speak of right now (sigh), I wanted to spend at least one episode...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-22-Putting-the-Out-in-Outsports-with-Calvin-Cato-e20rn5p

Hello, Lovelies! Just like WrestleMania 36, this edition of LGBT In The Ring is far too long for one episode. Brian Bell and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) kick off the two-part episode with ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--26-WrestleMania-36-Night-One-w-Daniel-Trainor-e20rmak

LGBT In The Ring's first ever two-part episode wraps up as Brian Bell and Daniel Trainor discuss night two of WrestleMania 36. The night featured emotional triumphs, both love and hip hop and per...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--27-WrestleMania-36-Night-Two-w-Daniel-Trainor-e20rmsv

Caitlyn Jenner talks with Dawn about the impact of the coronavirus on her life, on the Olympics and how she's working to fund the next generation of transgender athletes, lawyers, doctors and eve...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-24-Caitlyn-Jenner--Athena-del-Rosario-e20rmmt

Took a few weeks off because of my work schedule and now we have the world on a break as we get past the Corona Virus pandemic. Outsports managing editor, Dawn Ennis has encouraged us to think ou...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-052---Zachary-Zane-e20rmua

On this week's "Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller about the WNBA's decision to postpone the season and how he's preparing for the WNBA Draft later this month amidst ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--8-Curt-Miller-e20rn1p

You know things are bad when we're talking about the Cubs offseason to brighten the mood. This week, #CubsGayTwitter is out in force as baseball blogger Ryan Thomure (Cubs Insider) joins me to di...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-21-Missing-Opening-Day-with-Ryan-Thomure-e20rmdk

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with the sweetest of guests: Candy Lee. Quarantine can't keep Lee and Brian Bell from discussing the importance of trans visibility, reclaiming the "diva" mo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--25-Candy-Lee-e20rmkq

Dawn and Karleigh follow-up on the fallout since Idaho's governor signed the most anti-transgender bills in the nation into law. Then, When Podcasts Collide! Meet Marcia and Marybeth from Disable...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-23-Idaho-Laws-and-Disabled-Girls-Who-Lift-e20rn4i

On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, Dawn and Karleigh bring listeners a special episode, featuring an interview with the policy director of the Idaho chapter of the American Civi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-SPECIAL-EPISODE-e20rn8g

When Michael Gunning got the news that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games had been postponed to 2021, he was crushed. He had been working hard for years to get to those games, and a delay hurt. Yet w...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-21---Jamaica-swimmer-Michael-Gunning-e20rmpt

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with Detroit News sportswriter Tony Paul about the greed of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, who was the last NHL owner to announce any c...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--7-Bruins-owner-Jeremy-Jacobs-chooses-greed-over-compassion-during-coronavirus-pandemic-e20rn0j

It's a crossover episode with comedians Kevin McCaffrey & Adam Mamawala from the Away Games Podcast! This was also supposed to be a 2020 season preview. But because 2020 is...well...2020, we deci...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-20-THE-CUBS-WIN-THE-PENNANT--with-Away-Games-e20rml8

Hello, Lovelies. The Coronavirus pandemic has the world on edge right now, including pro wrestling. With everything up in the air, Brain Bell decides to take a break from the usual format and spr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--24-A-Little-Break-e20rmk7

As the IOC decides for the first time in history to postpone the Olympic Summer Games, transgender marathoner Megan Youngren beams up from Alaska, fresh from making history of her own. While she ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-with-pioneer-marathoner-Megan-Youngren-e20rn63

Denis Finnegan has been out to family, friends and colleagues for years. Yet the gay 10-time national champion in Ireland is just now ready to come out publicly for all the world to see. We talk ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-20---10-time-national-champ-Denis-Finnegan-e20rn7h

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with out high school basketball coach and athletic director Anthony Nicodemo about the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on our stude...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--6-Anthony-Nicodemo-e20rmq8

We're giving our listeners a chance to re-listen to one of our favorite 3 Strikes You're Out podcast episodes this week. It's episode number 9, paying tribute to Number 9: The Greatest Hitter Who...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-The-Ted-Williams-Episode-with-Ron-Krasnow-e20rn4n

Hello, Lovelies! I hope we're all self-isolating and practicing good social distancing. We're doing that on the show this week while working through all of the ways the Coronavirus pandemic has i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--23-Pro-Wrestling--WrestleMania--Coronavirus-e20rn3t

Lilah Sturges, comic book writer and founder of the TransPizza giveaway campaign on Twitter, joins Dawn and Karleigh this week. While she readily admits she's not a sports fan or an athlete, Lila...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-with-Lilah-Sturges-e20rmsu

Cyd Zeigler, one of our co-founders, wrote an article about my guest in December. It was the first I heard of Jason Ellis. Since then I have taken in as much as possible. Listen to his show on Si...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-051---Jason-Ellis-e20rmp8

Stephanie Zaza, the President of American College of Preventive Medicine, joins us this week to talk about the impact the coronavirus is having on the sports world and beyond. She previously serv...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-19-Disease-control-and-public-health-expert-Stephanie-Zaza-e20rn2u

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex speaks with former amateur golfer John Brooks, who talks about the struggles he's endured as an openly gay man in the golf world -- and yet, how ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--5-John-Brooks-e20rmnf

This episode begins with a slow clap for Rob Manfred because he made the correct call and delayed the start of the season in response to the coronavirus. So all it takes for the commissioner to d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-19-Good-Job--MLB---with-Randy-Boose-e20rn2a

Hello, Lovelies! It's a special episode this week as Brian Bell and his partner, KC, return from D.C. with a live report from Prime Time Pro Wrestling's historic LGBTQ pro wrestling event, Butch ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--22-Butch-Vs--Gore-e20rn7c

YouTube personality, amateur softball player, singer and photographer Melody Maia Monet joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb to talk about her transition, the acceptance she found on the softball f...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-20-Melody-Maia-Monet-e20rn87

When I first started this podcast there were people I made as a goal to get on my show. I have been fortunate to have a couple on already. Collin on this week's episode adds to goals that have be...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-050---Collin-Martin-e20rn4h

Nick McCarvel went from imaging himself winning Olympic hardwood-skating gold in Montana to interviewing some of the biggest athletes in the world and covering the Olympics. He talks with us abou...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-18-Sports-writer-and-commentator-Nick-McCarvel-e20rn1e

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex talks about the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues insultingly scheduling their "Hockey is for Everyone" night during a road game with USA Toda...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--4-St--Louis-Blues-insult-LGBTQ-fans-by-scheduling-Hockey-is-for-Everyone-during-road-game-e20rmru

In this episode, Ken welcomes comedian and Indians fan Michael Palascak (Late Show). The 2016 World Series gets brought up pretty quickly. Does it get awkward? We're comics...if it wasn't for awk...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-18-Cleveland-Rocks--with-Michael-Palascak-e20rn35

Hello, Lovelies! We're talking all things All Elite Wrestling this week as Fanbyte's (or Fanfyte's) Colette Arrand stops by to help break down the good, bad and sublime from AEW's Evolution pay-p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--21-AEW-Revolution-2020-w-Colette-Arrand-e20rn11

Co-hosts Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis talk about the historic run of Megan Youngren, the health challenges facing Laurel Hubbard and a plan by the Connecticut GOP to raise money off three cisgend...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Megan-Youngren--Laurel-Hubbard-and-the-GOP-e20rmmi

Thank you for listening to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports podcast network. I am so thankful for each and every guest that comes on that I get a chance to speak with. This...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-049---Rory-Molleda-e20jvud

The Olympics seem to be, after running Outsports for 20 years, one of the most popular sporting event for gay men. Part of that, we figure, is the eye-candy quotient for the Summer Games: diving,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-17---Alex-Reimer-and-Olympic-thirst-e20rmqq

On this week's edition of the "Sports Kiki Podcast," Alex chats with Kacey Edenfield, who was a high school baseball standout before becoming an adult-film star. Alex and Kacey talk about his uni...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--3-Troy-Ryan-e20rn57

This week, Ken Schultz finds out the answer to the question: Whatcha gonna do when the power of Outsports wrestling expert Brian Bell (LGBT in the Ring) runs wild on the baseball podcast?! You ta...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-17-NatsExposRays-316-with-Brian-Bell-e20rmta

Hello, Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back this week with a very special episode. In celebration of 20 episodes, Brian takes questions from all the lovely listeners! Learn more about your ad choic...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--20-Ask-Brian-Anything-e20rn0b

This week, Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb are joined by trans man Chase Strangio of the ACLU and the first out transgender track and field NCAA champion, CeCé Telfer. In this special episode, we d...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-CeC-Telfer-and-Chase-Strangio-e20rms3

Welcome back to another episode of LPFPod on the Outsports podcast network. I am so excited to bring you this week's episode where I speak with former MLB player Billy Bean. BIlly spent his caree...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-048---Billy-Bean-e20jvul

Joanna Harper has become one of the most important voices in the conversation about trans-inclusion policies in women's sports. She has worked with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in cr...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All--Episode-16---Trans-researcher-and-athlete-Joanna-Harper-e20rn7u

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex chats with out sports columnist and longtime friend Steve Buckley about the different ways they've carried themselves as openly gay sports writer...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--2-Steve-Buckley-e20rn03

What's the least depressing thing about talking Detroit Tigers baseball? Well, it keeps us from talking about Rob Manfred... This week, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Tigers fan Nate Frids...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-16-8-Mile--5th-Place-with-Nate-Fridson-e20rmr3

Hello, Lovelies! A monumental week needs a show worthy of it, so we have two awesome guests this week. First, Colette Arrand (Fanbyte) joins Brian to discuss Nyla Rose's historic AEW title win. T...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--19-Darnell-Mitchell--Colette-Arrand-e20rmqr

Tony Paul from the Detroit News returns to Same Team to talk about his recent reporting on the current state of the Michigan State football program, the heat he gets online for his writing and th...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Tony-Paul-2-e20rn1r

Welcome back to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports Podcast Network. This week I am joined by return guest Brock McGillis. Together we talk with recently out bisexual hockey p...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-047---Zach-Sullivan-and-Brock-McGillis-e20jvv0

Robert Dover became the first publicly out gay athlete to compete in the Olympics when he told the media he was gay. We talk with him about the acceptance of him as a gay athlete in equestrian an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Episode-15-Olympic-trailblazer-Robert-Dover-e20rmv1

On the inaugural edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex Reimer speaks with Outsports managing editor Dawn Ennis about the war on transgender student-athletes, with at least 10 states actively conside...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Sports-Kiki-Ep--1-Why-trans-issues-are-todays-biggest-LGBTQ-battleground-e20rn7r

*(We actually used a much stronger word.) Ken Schultz is on the road in NYC this week and he's joined IN PERSON by the podcast's first repeat guest: comedian Kevin McCaffrey (Late Show). Most of ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-15-Choose-Your-Own-Villain-with-Kevin-McCaffrey-e20rmvj

Hello, Lovelies! Brian has the flu, but that won't keep him from chatting with LGBTQ pro wrestling icon EFFY. The outspoken athlete discusses his upcoming Big Gay Brunch event (including another ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--18-EFFY-e20rn38

ESPN’s senior editor for MLB and one of the co-founders of Baseball Prospectus, Christina Kahrl, joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb, as pitchers and catchers report for spring training. Christi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-ESPNs-Christina-Kahrl-e20rmnq

This is a little longer than my episodes have been lately but I was able to get 3 guests from different countries to speak about soccer/football in their country. Mr. Gay Germany - Benjamin Näß...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-046---Soccer-Episode-e20jvvi

Pride House is an installation that pops up at every Olympics to celebrate the LGBTQ community and be a safe, welcoming place for LGBTQ athletes, coaches and fans. Olivier Fabre is one of the peo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Olivier-Fabre-of-Pride-House-e20k006

It's the greatest era in Kansas City sports history! The Chiefs just won the Super Bowl! And the Royals...might only lose in the double digits! To celebrate, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-14-Kansas-City-Royalty-with-Justin-Williams-e20rmsa

Hello, Lovelies! We're staying posi as possible this week with Wrestling With Gender creator Sam Didier. They sit down with Brian to discuss using pro wrestling to build inclusive communities, ad...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--17-Wrestling-With-Genders-Sam-Didier-e20rmvg

Jake Barreau, assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Oklahoma, talks about his childhood in Wisconsin, his journey through the coaching world, how he addresses his sexuality with...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Jake-Barreau-e20rn3f

Welcome to an all new episode of LPFPod. Please follow me on the socials at @LPFPod on twitter and Instagram. Please like and share this episode on all the social networks. This week I am joined ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-045---Justine-Mules-and-special-co-host-Ellise-Gallagher-e20jvur

Chris Mosier is a trailblazing trans athlete who recently competed in the United States Olympic Trials for racewalking. It's a sport he's entered only in the last year. He talks about how his suc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Team-USAs-Chris-Mosier-e20rmqe

This week Dawn and Karleigh discuss the spate of hate in at least eight states targeted transgender children, our predictions for the Super Bowl, which team is the most LGBTQ-friendly, a controve...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-16-Super-Bowl-Preview-and-more-e20rmqb

I don't know if you've heard but some...other sport is having its championship game this weekend. And unfortunately, Ken Schultz can recite more verses of the Super Bowl Shuffle than players invo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-13-Super-Bowl-Preview-with-Brian-McGuinness-e20rmt7

RJ Ochoa (Blogging the Boys) & Jeanna Thomas (The Falcoholic) sit down with Dr. Jen Welter, the first female NFL coach, to talk about everything from shoes to Madden to her time in the league and...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/SUPER-BOWL-LIV-Dr--Jen-Welter-e20jvvl

Hello, lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with a full dissection of WWE Royal Rumble 2020. Sam Didier (Wrestling With Gender) and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) help Brian sift through the go...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--16-Royal-Rumble-2020-w-Sam-Didier--Daniel-Trainor-e20rnbj

You can find queer contra dancing events in many major U.S. cities, but unlike Voguing and formal ballroom dancing, it has never really been taken up as a sport. Longtime queer contra dance organ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-Queer-Contra-Dancing-Isnt-Exactly-Competitive-e20rn75

Kerron Clement won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championships. He came out publicly as gay last October at an event for Nike, becoming the most decorated American male Olympian to come ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-Episode-12-Olympic-champion-Kerron-Clement-e20rn20

Transgender soccer player Kirsti Miller of Australia joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to talk about her successful athletic career before and after her transition, rejection, acceptance, findin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-15-Kirsti-Miller-e20rmfa

In a shocking development, Derek Jeter was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday. So Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Yankee fan Meghan Hanley (Laughing Skull and Women in Comedy Festival) ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-12-Yeah-Jeets-e20rn4k

Hello Lovelies! The "American Attraction" MV Young sits down with Brian this week to discuss how embracing his sexuality in the ring let his character flourish, fusing wrestling and drag with Unc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--15-MV-Young-e20rmrh

Earlier this month, the New Jersey Devils hosted one of the most comprehensive, inclusive and impressive Pride Night celebrations in history. Joe Altenau, VP of Event Operations and Guest Relatio...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Joe-Altenau-e20rn5a

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports podcast network. This week I speak with gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo. With any episode I ask him about growing up, which f...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-044---Esera-Tuaolo-e20rmo0

Outsports has covered gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes in the Olympics for two decades, and we have noticed a huge interest in the topic. We talk about the stories that have driven...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-Epis--11-Outsports-co-founder-Jim-Buzinski-e20rms1

Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis welcome the newest member of the Outsports team: new deputy managing editor Alex Reimer of Boston. He brings his Beantown perspective to the baseball cheating scandal...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-14-Meet-Alex-Reimer-e20rmqi

It's kind of a depressing time for baseball. So who better to talk about it than a Mets fan? Ken Schultz is joined by Outsports Managing Editor Dawn Ennis (The Trans Sporter Room) to discuss Carl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-11-The-Mets-Manager--Other-Tragedies-with-Dawn-Ennis-e20rmja

Hello Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with MLW ring announcer (among 70+ other promotions) Mark Adam Haggerty (@MarkAHaggerty). Mark sits down with Brian to retrace his pro wrestling journey f...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring--Ep--14-Mark-Adam-Haggerty-e20rn7n

Daniel Villarreal examines the roots of the gay rodeo and speaks with International Gay Rodeo Association President Candy Pratt and its PR Chair David Hartwell about why the IGRA is experiencing ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-Steers-and-Queers-Ride-with-the-International-Gay-Rodeo-Association-e20rn5o

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field podcast. This episode I actually have two guests. The first guest is Nick McCarvel. Nick is a media personality who focuses mainly on tennis and ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-043---Nick-McCarvel-and-Rowen-dSouza-e20rmse

Randy Gardner joins us this week to talk about discovering he was gay in the 1970s, even as he and his figure skating partner, Tai Babilonia, were winning National Championships. As Gardner was t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-Episode-10-Figure-skater-Randy-Gardner-e20rmqv

Our very first cisgender guest, Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to discuss our GLAAD Media Award-nominated series on transgender inclusion in women's sports, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-13-Cyd-Zeigler-e20rmmq

Back from the holiday break, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Padres fan Jono Zalay (writer for Amazon, Fox, & Comedy Central) to discuss the distinctly unfamiliar sensation that is San Dieg...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-10-Wil-Myers-is-Unconscious--with-Jono-Zalay-e20rmk5

Hello, lovelies! This week's episode is all about NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14. After watching nearly 15 hours of top-tier pro wrestling from Tokyo, there's a lot of gold, looks and deadeyed drama to ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--13-Wrestle-Kingdom-14-w-C-K--Stewart--Rachel-Giuliani-e20rmlq

It's the first-ever Same Team Q&A! Listener questions about sports, the Academy Awards, pro wrestling, Real Housewives and more get answered by a sorta sick host. It's a chaotic experience! Learn...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---QA-e20rmol

This week I welcome to the podcast Ben Pereira, Ben works for Minor League Baseball with the job title of Specialist, Diversity & Inclusion. Before we talk pride nights we get to know Ben a littl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-042---Ben-Pereira-e20rmuu

Sarka Pancochova has competed in three Olympic games as a snowboarder. Yet as she aims for No. 4 in 2022, she's doing so in a relationship with her girlfriend, Laree. Both Sarka and Kaileen join ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-9-Olympic-Snowboarder-Sarka-Pancochova-e20rn86

MMA trailblazer Fallon Fox asks Outsports managing editor Dawn Ennis why trans women like her were conspicuously absent from the Outsports 20 list of LGBT heroes of 2010 to 2019. You'll hear Dawn...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-12-Fallon-Fox-e20rn69

Hello, Lovelies! We're recounting the top 25 queer wrestlers of the year this week with the show's first annual QWI 25 list, but not before more Butch v. Gore talk with the Prime Time Pro Wrestli...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep-12-The-2019-QWI-25--Billy-Dixon-and-Lolo-McGrath-e20rmvl

It's the end of the year and Same Team is switching things up! Sports are (mostly) left on the back burner as Daniel and special guest Xander Pakzad discuss their favorite movies, TV shows, music...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Year-In-Review-e20rmrv

For this holiday week before New Year's, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes, from Nov. 18, 2019: Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talked with Track & Field Olympic hopeful Nikki Hiltz ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-3-Nikki-Hiltz--Track-and-Field-Olympic-Hopeful-e20rmo6

In this last episode for 2019, Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb discuss the winners of the 2019 Outsports Awards, plus we look back at the biggest sports stories of 2019, as well as the decade. We al...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep11-All-Our-Yesterdays-e20rn67

In the spirit of Dickens and the ghost of Christmas past, we're revisiting the inaugural episode, in which host Ken Schultz talks about the Nationals/Astros World Series with comedian Kevin McCaf...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-World-Series--Baseball-Pain-e20rn04

Hello, lovelies! The final show of 2019 features an awesome chat with Prime Time Pro Wrestling's Chief Brand Officer and co-founder Lolo McGrath. They haven't been in the business that long, but ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--11-Lolo-McGrath-e20rn9f

For Christmas Eve we're revisiting the Dec. 10th episode in which I spoke with the amazing trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier. When I first started this podcast back in March, Chris was one ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-041---Chris-Mosier-e20rn83

Stephanie Wheeler is a three-time Paralympic champion. She's done it in wheelchair basketball as both a player and a coach. She talks about how she came across the sport as a kid, reaching the pi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-8-Paralympian-Stephanie-Wheeler-e20rn48

Team USA's Chris Mosier, fresh off announcing he is competing in the Olympic Trials for race walking next month, joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb to talk about this historic opportunity, his ad...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-10-Chris-Mosier-e20rn3l

Hello Lovelies! Daniel Trainer (Same Team podcast) returns to the show to help Brian pick through the plunder, injuries and Devon Monroe sightings to find the good and bad from WWE's final pay-pe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--10-TLC-2019-w-Daniel-Trainor-e20rn93

Since it's almost New Year's, we're talking with veteran queer journalist Zack Ford about 5 LGBTQ sports stories that will emerge in 2020 and why they matter for the larger LGBTQ community. Learn...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-5-Queer-Sports-Stories-thatll-Hit-Big-in-2020-e20rmsd

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field. I am your host, Randy Boose, and this is my podcast where I speak with LGBTQ people involved in sports. This episode is a little different becau...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPOD---Episode-040---Daniel-Trainor-e20jvv8

Lifelong Olympics fan Charley Cullen Walters has built an incredible career for himself that has taken him to every Olympics since the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008. His Olympics blog, Olympics...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-7-Charley-Cullen-Walters-and-Gold-Meets-Golden-e20rmph

Transgender auto racer Charlie Martin joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb from the United Kingdom to talk about her goal of competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the medical steps she took as part...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-9-Charlie-Martin-e20rn0h

This week, the first words out of my guest's mouth are "That is so depressing!" So that's how you know we must be talking about the Cubs' offseason. Andi Cruz Venacek (Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-8-Do-Something--Cubs--with-Andi-Cruz-Vanecek-e20rn8h

Hello, lovelies! This week Brian welcomes Emily Fear, co-host of the Pro Wrestling Torch's Grit & Glitter podcast, into the ring to discuss a topic near and dear to her heart: women's pro wrestli...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--9-Pro-Wrestling-Torchs-Emily-Fear-e20rmt5

Brad Thorson was a local hero in his hometown after committing to play football at the University of Wisconsin. Two years later, he was kicked off the team. Thorson talks about what led to his di...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Brad-Thorson-e20rmvi

Chelsea Wolfe is aiming to be the first publicly out trans athlete to compete in an Olympic Games. Emerging as one of the world's most dominant women in BMX freestyle, she has a shot. Learn more ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-6-Chelsea-Wolfe-e20rn3r

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb chat with trans roller derby athlete and biologist Juniper Simonis about her transition, her experience as a roller derby competitor, the false descriptor "biological...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-8-Juniper-Simonis-e20rmtu

To quote Gross Pointe Blank: "TEN YEARS!!!" In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian Chris Calogero (@RealChrisCal on Twitter) to discuss the unbearable Yankees World Series drought of ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-7-THEEEEEEEEE-Yankees-Drought-with-Chris-Calogero-e20rn17

Hello lovelies. This week's edition of LGBT In The Ring features the return of Brian's partner KC! We chat about attending DOA Naughty or Nice, featuring the Portland debuts of notable LGBTQ pro ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--8-DOA-Naughty-or-Nice-w-KC-e20rn40

To mark World AIDS Day, we examine how HIV affected sports in the early '90s, and talk to HIV prevention expert Erin Butler about why we seldom hear about HIV and sports today and how difficult i...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-How-HIV-changed-the-sports-world-e20rmio

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field here on the Outsports Podcast Network on SB Nation. This week I enter the world of MMA, a world I know nothing about, and get educated and have s...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-039---Dave-Doyle-e20rmlu

British Olympic Race Walker Tom Bosworth shares his story with co-founder Cyd Zeigler, from his engagement to his recovery from deep depression and suicide attempt. Bosworth joins Cyd from Austra...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-5-Tom-Bosworth-e20rmnr

Travel back in time with Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb as they review the highlights from the past six episodes, plus a look at the news impacting the transgender community this holiday weekend, L...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-7-Time-Warp-Review-e20rn0n

What's this?! A Cub fan and a White Sox fan talking for 50 minutes with nary a single mention that the other team sucks? Yes, nary! Dogs and cats living together, etc... In this episode, Ken Schu...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-6-The-CubsSox-Thing-with-Fritz-Nothnagel-e20rn5l

It's an Outsports Radio Network tag team effort this week as the Same Team podcast's Daniel Trainor joins Brian to run through NXT Takeover: Wargames and WWE Survivor Series. The wrestle boys dis...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--7-Takeover-Wargames-and-WWE-Survivor-Series-2019-w-Daniel-Trainor-e20rn4o

Kate Scott, on-air personality and play-by-play analyst for the Pac 12 Network, talks about her rise in the world of sports journalism, the challenges she's faced as an openly gay woman in the fi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Kate-Scott-e20rmm2

A special Thanksgiving Week podcast from Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, in which he talks with Olympian and out soccer phenom Robbie Rogers about his family, his experience at the Beijing Game...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep4-Robbie-Rogers-e20rn5d

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Chardonnay Webb talk with award-winning TransGriot blogger and longtime transgender advocate Monica Roberts of Houston, Texas. We discuss TDoR, the custody court battle in...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep-6-Monica-Roberts-e20rmln

In podcast #5, Ken Schultz is joined by fellow Cub fan Sara Sanchez (Baseball Prospectus, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast). You might have noticed that this episode runs well over an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-5-Contreras-Catches-Our-Hearts-with-Sara-Sanchez-e20rmvp

"The New Classic" Billy Dixon (A Matter Of Pride, PTPW) joins the show this for a ki all about his experiences as a gay black wrestler . From his early days of feeling othered to his memorable an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--6-Billy-Dixon-e20rn5q

Near the 30th anniversary of "Paris Is Burning," we speak with Shemar Garcon, father of the House of Garcon's gulf coast region, about how he became a house father, how he recruits new competito...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-Are-Voguing-and-Ballroom-Actually-Sports-e20rn4d

Before we talk about this episode I wanted to let you know about the episode I first heard about Haley. During Pride Month in June, she appeared on Same Team with Daniel Trainor and she went over...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-038---Haley-Videckis-e20rmv0

For Trans Week, Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis talk with Caitlyn Jenner Foundation researcher Dr. Bethany Grace Howe of the University of Oregon about her study, the Oregon Ducks, and Jenner. They ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-5-Bethany-Grace-Howe-e20rn06

In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Brewers superfan John Egan (@brewersmoose on Twitter). There's Chicago/Milwaukee tension in the air and it tastes like Secret Stadium Sauce!...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-4-Christian-Yelich--Thirst-Trap-MVP-e20rmi2

Fresh off their SHIMMER debut, Sophie King joins the show to discuss the unique beginnings of her love for pro wrestling, navigating the industry as a non-binary wrestler and why they stan RISE a...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--5-Sophie-King-e20rmr4

As a collegiate bowler at Penn State, Tim Culin-Cowells found himself as a bisexual man. We chat about bowling culture, why I haven't been able to get better as a bowler despite being in a league...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Tim-Culin-Cowells-e20rmv2

I return to the world of Women's professional hockey, this time speaking with a member of the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association. My guest this week is Canadian National Team member, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-037---Brianne-Jenner-e20rn0o

Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Amini Fonua, the out Olympic swimmer who competed for Tonga, where being gay is illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-To-Rule-Them-All-Ep-2-Amini-Fonua-e20rmuo

Karleigh and Dawn welcome former college volleyball athlete Chloe Psyche Anderson whose ambitions to play as the woman she is were frustrated by a university coach who's had his share of trouble ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Episode-4-Chloe-Psyche-Anderson-e20rn5e

Wrestling Twitter favorite Rachel Giuliani (@EffingBoring) joins Outsports' Brian Bell to unpack the NJPW's Power Struggle event and its Wrestle Kingdom 14 ramifications before diving into the de...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-in-the-Ring-Ep--4-NJPW-Power-Struggle-and-Kennys-Quest-w-Rachel-Giuliani-e20rn1k

We speak with T. Cooper, director of the 2018 documentary "Man Made" — a film about trans male bodybuilders — and ask him why we see so few films about trans men or trans athletes in general,...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-Transgender-athletes-and-the-2018-documentary-Man-Made-e20rmpr

I first heard about Scott Norton, a former Professional Bowler on the PBA tour, when Outsports wrote an article about his involvement in the first gay kiss on ESPN. Scott was out early in life an...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-036---Scott-Norton-e20rmoq

In his inaugural episode of his new podcast, Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon about his memoir, "Beautiful On the Outside," his Olympic victories, his...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Five-Rings-to-Rule-Them-All-Episode-1-Adam-Rippon-e20rn4f

For the first time since this week's breaking news, trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper speaks exclusively to Outsports about entering into mediation with the USA Powerlifting Association over her cl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Ep3-JayCee-Cooper-e20rmjf

In this special World Series wrap-up episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and longtime Astros fan Zach Sims (New York Comedy Festival, On the Road with Gabe, Dan, and Zach) to put a bow on ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-3-Game-7-Aftermath-with-Zach-Sims-e20rmnm

Wrestling's rainbow road marches on as Boxing Scene and DAZN's Corey Erdman stops by to discuss WWE's latest trek to Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury's homophobic past, his work on the Kenny Omega docume...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--3-WWE-Crown-Jewel-w-Corey-Erdman-e20rn64

Kevin DeMille, assistant women's basketball coach at George Washington University, discusses his professional rise in the sport, the time he spent inside the program at UConn, the power he has fo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Kevin-DeMille-e20rn7d

In the second episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian Adam Mamawala (Comedy Central, Away Games Podcast) to talk about the 2019 World Series. As an experiment, Ken and Adam record the first ha...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/3-Strikes--Youre-Out-2-World-Series-of-Mood-Swings-e20rmtr

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb bring you the latest news about a proposal to require transgender people to carry I.D. cards, trans cyclist Dr. Rachel McKinnon defends her world championship title, ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-EP-2-NCAA-Champion-CeC-Telfer-e20rmfm

The ring gets good and stuffy when Impact Wrestling's "Girl on Fire" Kiera Hogan joins the show to unpack her "Coming Out Party" advocacy tour during Bound For Glory weekend. From speaking to LGB...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--2-Kiera-Hogans-Coming-Out-Party-e20rn8d

Stephanie Lynn Wheeler, head coach of the Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team at the University of Illinois, and Andrew Gurza, a queer sex and disabilities podcaster, both discuss disabled athle...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Extra-Points-Disabled-Athletes-and-the-2012-Film-Morgan-e20rmqn

I had enough problems figuring out my own sexuality as a pre-teen and into my teen years, I could not imagine having to deal with gender issues. Especially in a time when we did not have so much ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-035---Sammy-Walker-e20rn45

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb reflect on news of the week impacting transgender athletes and interview roller derby athlete Jessica Firinn of New London, Connecticut. Learn more about your ad choi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/The-Trans-Sporter-Room-Meet-Jessica-Firinn-e20rna4

Hello, lovlies! Outsports' Brian Bell kicks off this journey into the humanity and celebration of LGBTQ pro wrestling by sitting down with his partner, KC, to discuss the good, the bad and glorio...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LGBT-In-The-Ring-Ep--1-Queer-Wrestling-101-e20rn3d

Renegade professional wrestler EFFY talks about growing up in the South, how addiction drove him to the sport, the ways in which being openly LGBTQ has impacted his career, the viral promo he gav...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---EFFY-e20rn0s

I first saw women play hockey in 1995 when the IIHF hosted the 1st Pacific Rim tournament in the rink I worked. National teams from Canada, China, Japan and the United States. While Canada would ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-034--Anya-Packer-e20rn8c

Originally posted on October 8, 2019. There are stats that report that there are about 11% of tackle football players are women. While youth football continues to decline, more and more girls are...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-033---Holly-Custis-e20jvvc

Originally posted October 1, 2019. This week's episode is my talk with NJ Devils and Prudential Center employee Joe Altenau. I first heard about Joe when he wrote an article for Outsports.com whe...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-032---Joe-Altenau-e20jvus

Originally posted September 24, 2019. I have wanted to talk with Richard Morris for a while but scheduling issues, mainly with me, prevented that chat from happening. A week and a half ago we fin...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-031---Richard-Morris-e20jvvb

Originally posted on September 17, 2019. I have followed Micah for a while on social media and was excited to get him on as a guest on the show. Not only does he have a life that is unique to som...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-030---Micah-Porter-e20jvva

I got together with Athena Del Rosario a few weeks ago in our local library and had a discussion about her life. Transitioning in the 90's was tough without doctors and the internet but Athena fo...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-029---Athena-Del-Rosario-e20rn34

Welcome back to another episode of my podcast. This week's guest was ranked number 1 for years in doubles, won 17 Grand Slam titles, 2 gold medals and now starts a campaign to help Puerto Rico ge...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-028---Gigi-Fernandez-e20k003

Originally posted August 27, 2019. First of all so sorry for my voice during the intro and outro, recorded while sick. I loved talking tennis this week, especially as we begin the US Open the nig...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-027---Brian-Vahaly-e20k01d

As a kid my family would all go and watch great USA vs USSR volleyball matches and from there I fell in love with the sport. This week I host my second person involved in volleyball when I speak ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-026---Jake-Barreau-e20k007

Originally posted August 13, 2019. Spoke with Dale the first week of July and spoke for a while. Covering his life as a baseball umpire from his teen years to his retirement from Major League Bas...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-025---Dale-Scott-e20k030

Re-Releasing this episode from my pre-Outsports day. The new season starts with former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan. Ryan grew up in Redding, California. After impressing some coaches he ended up ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-024---Ryan-OCallaghan-e20k03c

A few weeks ago I was fortunate to sit down with three members of the Inclusive rugby club from Chicago, the Dragons. Tony, Bob and Jack spent about an hour talking about all things Dragons. We m...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-023---Chicago-Dragons-e20k01c

Extremely happy to have Jon Holmes, from Sky Sports and SportsMedia LGBT as my last guest of the season. We talk about his growing up, coming out and how he got started in journalism. We then tal...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-022---Jon-Holmes-e20k00v

Over a month ago Andy Brennan came out on Instagram telling the world that he was gay. What is so surprising to me is that it was less than a year that he really accepted who he was. This episode...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-021---Andy-Brennan-e20rn3i

When I first heard about Luke Tuffs I knew I wanted to get him on the podcast. Between his humor and willingness to be open and honest, he made it a great chat. I loved learning about Luke's earl...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFpod---Episode-020---Luke-Tuffs-e20jvv4

Originally posted June 18, 2019. When I first started this podcast I knew my next guest was a lofty goal and to have achieved the opportunity to chat with this Bay Area media person was rad. We t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-019---Kate-Scott-e20jvu5

Originally posted June 11, 2019. As a fan myself of interview/storytelling type podcasts myself, this episodes guest is near the top of favorites for me. I hope you enjoy my interview with former...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-018---Anastasia-Bucsis-e20jvu6

Former collegiate basketball player Haley Videckis and her girlfriend Layana White sued Pepperdine University for anti-gay discrimination, blazing a trail for LGBTQ athletes' rights. Videckis tal...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Haley-Videckis-e20rmpn

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 t...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-017---Ian-Roberts-e20rmoa

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 found...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-016---Jozicats-e20jvui

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-015---Kirk-Walker-e20k01n

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Jack-Murley-e20rmp9

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, menta...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-014---Nick-Lee-e20k01a

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-013---Matt-Carter-e20k04m

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 profession...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Josh-Dixon-e20rn94

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 Champi...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-012---Rachel-McKinnon-e20rn5g

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. R...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-011---Richie-Fagan-e20jvuj

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-010--Noel-Guevara-e20k00o

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 ...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Tadd-Fujikawa-e20rn6i

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 ha...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-009---Brock-McGillis-e20k015

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-008---Coco-Basket-e20k01m

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...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Rob-Kearney-e20rn39

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, Ju...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-007---Justice-Horn-e20k04d

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 coll...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-006---Andrew-Ford-e20k01g

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 ho...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/Same-Team---Joe-Johnson-e20rmv8

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 s...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lgbtq-sports-podcas/episodes/LPFPod---Episode-005---Chris-Voth-e20k00e