Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records (University of Pennsylvania) Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records in two races over the weekend. The 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio where she smashed two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles. The University of Pennsylvania
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Bronze medallist Italy’s Irma Testa poses on the podium with her medal. (AFP via Getty/ Pool/ LUIS ROBAYO) Boxer Irma Testa, who took home a bronze medal for Italy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has come out as queer. Testa, 23, won a bronze medal in the women’s featherweight category at this year’s summer Olympics,
Team GB’s Tom Daley poses with bronze medal after the ceremony for the men’s 10m platform final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 7 August 2021. (Getty/Clive Rose) The head of the Commonwealth Games is “happy” to meet with Tom Daley to discuss his concerns about countries that discriminate against the LGBT+ community. Homosexuality
Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-tier professional footballer in the world, has revealed his brother had never seen him smiling as big before his historic coming. Speaking to Attitude, as he appears on the cover of the magazine’s latest issue – topping the sport category in the annual Attitude 101 list – Cavallo opened
Texas governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 25 which bans trans athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. (Getty/Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool) Texas governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill banning trans athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identities. House
Floyd Mayweather said he doesn’t “take pictures with guys with no painted nails”. (TMZ) Boxer Floyd Mayweather was caught on video refusing to take a photo with a teenage boy because he had painted nails. In a video released by TMZ and recorded by the young fan, Mayweather can be seen at the Staples Center
Tom Daley at the Tokyo Olympics. (Clive Rose/Getty) Tom Daley has opened up about the impact homophobic trolls have had on him throughout his illustrious diving career. The Olympic medallist is one of the most celebrated British athletes in his field, but he still faces “vile” homophobic abuse on social media over his sexual orientation.
The Olympic rings outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has once again delayed its transgender guidelines for sport because of “very conflicting opinions”. The new guidelines for international sports federations are not expected to be released until after the Beijing Winter Olympics in February
Crystal Lane-Wright after winning her first silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics (Instagram/@lane2985) Out cyclist Crystal Lane-Wright is the latest queer athlete to win big at the Tokyo Paralympics, securing two silver medals for Team LGBT+. The 35-year-old British Paralympic track and road cyclist won her first silver on the velodrome in the 3000 metre individual pursuit on 25 August,
Robyn Lambird. (Athletics Australia/YouTube) Paralympics history has been made after Robyn Lambird became the first out non-binary athlete to win a medal. The Australian wheelchair racer, 24, won bronze in the Women’s 100-metre T34 sprint Sunday (29 August) with a triumphant score of 18.68 seconds. They trailed just nail-biting seconds behind Brits Kare Adenegan and
Out Paralympian Robyn Lambird has spoken frankly about their experience of ableism, saying perceptions of disability often make it “hard to feel empowered and sexy”. The 24-year-old Australian wheelchair racer will compete in the women’s T34 100m Wheelchair Sprint this month as one of three out non-binary athletes in Tokyo. They were diagnosed with cerebral
Tom Daley tears up as he waits to receive his gold medal on 26 July, 2021. (OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty) Tom Daley has opened up about undergoing surgery weeks before the Olympics after an injury left him unable to walk. The British diving champion has been striving for an Olympic gold medal since the age of 14
Team USA’s Kristie Mewis embraces Sam Kerr of Australia after the Olympic football bronze medal match between US and Australia on 5 August 2021. (Getty/Zhizhao Wu) Olympians Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr have revealed that they are officially dating with the most adorable photo on Instagram. Even before the Tokyo 2020 games, rumours swirled online
Fabio Fognini at the National Bank Open tennis tournament first round game on 9 August, 2021 in Toronto. (Icon Sportswire via Getty/ Julian Avram) Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini, who was condemned for his using homophobic slurs during the Olympics, returned to the court in a rainbow outfit. Fognini repeatedly yelled a homophobic slur after
Megan Rapinoe kisses her fiancée Sue Bird after she won the Gold Medal following the women’s basketball final between the United States and Japan. (Getty/ Jean Catuffe) Sue Bird shared a sweet kiss with fiancée Megan Rapinoe, celebrating her fifth gold medal and marking what is likely to be the couple’s final Olympics together. On
Megan Rapinoe (L), Tom Daley (C) and Laurel Hubbard are among the LGBT+ athletes representing their countries at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Alex Grimm/Matthew Stockman/Scott Barbour/Getty) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes competed as a team, they would have come 11th in this year’s Tokyo Games, research has found. A total of 55 out LGBT+ athletes
Team GB’s Tom Daley poses with bronze medal after the ceremony for the men’s 10m platform final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 7 August 2021. (Getty/Clive Rose) Olympian Tom Daley has spoken out about the importance of being an out athlete after being targeted in anti-LGBT+ commentary on Russian state TV. The International
Silver medallist USA’s Erica Sullivan poses on the podium after the final of the women’s 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Getty/Odd ANDERSEN/AFP) Silver medalist Erica Sullivan has revealed that an interaction with her favourite singer on social media fuelled her Olympic dreams. The 20-year-old, who came out as gay in
Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender man and former fencer, says he was forced out of fencing because of transphobia. (Instagram/@fuminosugiyama) Former elite fencer Fumino Sugiyama has opened up about deciding to quit his career in sport because of transphobia. Sugiyama told Bloomberg that he was a member of Japan’s national women’s fencing team before he started
Carl Nassib, the first openly gay NFL player, flexes while smiling before a game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Denver Broncos on 15 November 2020. (Getty/Ethan Miller) Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr says Carl Nassib, the first active gay NFL player, hasn’t been treated differently since he came out earlier this year.
Britain’s Tom Daley competes in the preliminary round of the men’s 10m platform diving. (OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) Tom Daley put his knitting needles down to return to the diving board once again, inching closer to a second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The British diver finished fourth place in the individual men’s 10 metres
Former president Donald Trump brands US women’s football team ‘leftist maniacs’ and targets Megan Rapinoe’s purple hair in a rant. (Getty/Brandon Bell/Laurence Griffiths) Former president Donald Trump tried to burn Megan Rapinoe and the “wokesters” on the US women’s soccer team after they won bronze at the Olympics – and it failed so bad. Trump
Tom Daley, Amandine Buchard and Carl Hester are among the several out LGBT+ athletes to have won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. (Getty/Clive Rose/Franck FIFE/AFP/Julian Finney) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes were a country, they would be tied with Brazil and Switzerland on the leaderboard for the 2020 Tokyo games. There are at least
Canoeist Haley Daniels will see her trans mother judge her at the Tokyo Olympics. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images) A Canadian judge has become the Olympic Games’ first-ever openly trans official – and she even has a daughter competing. At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, more openly LGBT+ athletes will dive, sprint, cycle and throw than ever
Celia Quansah, Tom Bosworth, Demi Stokes, Tom Daley. (Getty) We’re spoilt for choice at this year’s Olympics as the number of out LGBT+ athletes has more than doubled since the 2016 Summer games. The US is leading the way with 47 out athletes, including the phenomenal Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Erica Sullivan and Kayla Miracle.
A giant trans flag unfurled outside the US Supreme Court. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) West Virginia must pause enforcement of a new law that prohibits trans women and girls from participating in sports after a trans youth challenged the vile law. The West Virginia ban was “proudly” signed into law by Republican
Hans Peter Minderhoud and Edward Gal pose with their Silver medals at the 2013 FEI Dressage European Championships in Denmark (Henning Bagger/AFP/Getty) A gay Dutch couple, Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, will compete side-by-side in a team dressage event at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Gal and Minderhoud will be representing the Netherlands in the
Rainbow flag inside the stadium during the UEFA Euro 2020: Round of 16 match between Netherlands and Czech Republic. (Andre Weening/BSR Agency/Getty Images) Volkswagen has claimed that UEFA blocked the company from using rainbow-coloured banners on advertising boards at the Euro 2020 quarter-finals in Russia and Azerbaijan. The auto-maker, a years-long sponsor of the football
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has received an outpouring of support from prime minister Jacinda Ardern. Hubbard, 43, became the first openly trans athlete to be selected for the Olympics when she was picked for the New Zealand women’s weightlifting team for Toyko 2020. Ardern offered Hubbard her full support. “All parties here have simply
Mexico fans at a friendly football match with Honduras on June 12, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP) Mexico will play its next two World Cup home matches in an empty stadium as punishment for fans’ homophobic chanting, FIFA has announced. All spectators will be banned from the World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica (2 September)