It's close but no cigar for the former college swimmer Riley Gaines, yet a familiar position for the anti-trans crusader.
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Jason Whitlock spent the latter half of this year going all-in on claiming the gays were ruining the NFL through commercials and Bad Bunny.
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The top 20 LGBTQ pro wrestlers of 2025 are revealed on the final day of the 2025 QWI 200, and one person makes their list debut.
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Marcus Hansen says he was removed from the Harding football team when coaches discovered he was gay. At Minnesota State he has thrived.
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A game-winning kick. Two teammates embrace. It must be love, fans say after South Florida upsets Florida.
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Skate Canada is refusing to host events in Alberta after the Canadian province barred trans girls from competing in female sports.
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Pippa York's memoir, co-authored by David Walsh, has won a major literary award. The audiobook is very good company on a long drive.
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The 2025 QWI 200 cracks the top 50 on day six. With just one more day to go, who will be revealed in the Top 20?
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Candace Parker, the longtime WNBA star, opened up about her relationship and being an out LGBTQ athlete.
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Olympian Adam Rippon and NBC correspondent Chase Cain, both out gay men, will host the 'My New Favorite Olympian' podcast.
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Matt Lynch has his USC-Salkehatchie men's basketball team off to a strong 12-1 start to the season, the best start of his career.
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Milan will welcome Mariah Carey for the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Many gay artists and supporters have performed at the Olympics.
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Day five of the 2025 QWI 200 delivers 30 more honorees with gay, trans and other pro wrestlers being highlighted.
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Charlie Larson, Ben Letvin, and Jude Norris found joy in gymnastics when they landed on the same team. Now they're spreading that joy on social media.
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Aaron Rodgers is a complicated man with a unique knack for turning off the public. Gay fans of the NFL quarterback have been no different.
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Bronson became the first out queer male wrestler and second-consecutive out LGBTQ wrestler to win the prominent deathmatch tournament.
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Kirk Walker is a Hall of Famer. Again. The softball coach who helped lead teams for 42 seasons in NCAA Division 1 has been announced as an upcoming 2026 inductee of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Walker, who has been part of seven NCAA National Championship women’s softball teams at UCLA, has […]
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Tom Bacsik is an out gay NHL staffer working on hotels and hospitality with his sights currently set on the Winter Classic in Miami.
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At the end of a gruelling year, Noa-Lynn van Leuven deserves credit, despite defeat to former world champion Peter Wright.
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We crack the top 100 LGBTQ pro wrestlers of 2025 as we reach the halfway point of the 2025 QWI 200, with a former No. 1 being named.
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These TV shows are big on sports and have gay characters and storylines. If you like 'Heated Rivalry,' they could score for you.
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Syracuse sports writer Sam Blum used his final column for The Daily Orange to come out publicly as gay. He wrote about finding acceptance from people in his life yet still searching for acceptance from himself.
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Amber Glenn is poised to make her first USA Olympics team in figure skating, after barely missing out in 2022.
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Iran will play Egypt in Seattle on June 26 for LGBTQ Pride at the World Cup. It's an opportunity to showcase their horrific anti-gay policies.
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'I was really happy that I could finally go ahead and do it,' Dave Kopay recalls about his public coming out. While more players have come out since, one statistic remains stagnant.
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