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Out NBA Player Fights Brain Tumour

Posted on 13 Sep 2025 in Sport

Online LGBTQIA+ current affairs magazine Them reports that the first gay man to come out in baskeball, Jason Collins, is fighting a brain tumour. Mr Collins family issued a statement requesting that their privacy be respected at the present time. Mr Collins is formally retired from the sport, but since coming out in 2013, has spoken out on the need for more male athletes to come out. He is also a proud supporter of African American men in sports, acting as a positive role model and speaking on issues of solidarity. For much of his career, Collins wore a

Council Member Denies Homophobic, Racist Post

Posted on 16 Jul 2025 in Sport

In Groveland, Florida, a local councilwoman is being held to account over several tweets over a period of years, which were discovered and published in a local newspaper. Judi Fike, a right winger in the mould of Donald Trump, is alleged to have portrayed former President Barack Obama as an ape,

Footie Brother Opens Sports Camp for LGBTQs

Posted on 11 Jul 2025 in Sport

Cable news channel CNN and Houston's LGBTQIA+ magazine OutSmart both report on a great new initiative from American Football ace Khalen Saunders, who has a gay brother, Kameron. CNN says "

Manchester Uni to Look into Athletic Prowess

Posted on 30 May 2025 in Sport

Instead of the hearsay and conjecture of right wing newspapers, feminist commentators and the fairweather parts of the left, academics are investigating the truth behind claims that trans+ athletes experience greater range, power and athleticism against cisgender ones.

Rowling "Knows Nothing" About Paralympian

Posted on 5 Feb 2025 in Sport

Valentino Petrello, the first openly trans woman to compete at the Paralymic Games, which were recently concluded in Paris, has eloquently and intelligent clapped back at transphobic writers spearheaded by Joanne Rowling who accused her of being a cheat. Ms Petr

Dec

Olympics Should Back Brave Athletes

The Human Rights Watch NGO based in New York, reports that an Olympic Athlete has been disqualified from the recent Paris Games because of their public statement about the situatio

Dec

Defending Trans Inclusion in Sports

Top LGBTQIA newswire Pink News reports that endurance racing car driver Charlie Martin has backed trans inclusion in sports during an appearance on a BBC radio programme alongside

Dec

Challenge to Anti-Trans Narrative in Sports

The Independent Newspaper reports that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has filed an official complaint after winning the Olympic gold, having faced backlash throughout her time competi

Nov

Gay Hero Olympian Slams Hate Peddlars

Australia magazine DNA and the US based newswire Queerty both report that Matthew Mitcham, the Australian diver who made history as the first out athlete to win Ol

Nov

Racism and Transphobia are Intertwined - Out

The horrible and interwined history of transphobia and racism in sport and politics is analyised by LGBTQIA+ magazine Out this month. The magazine's Mey R