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Record numbers attend Britain's biggest LGBT sporting event
Organisers of the biggest LGBT sporting event in the UK have hailed the tournament a great success with record numbers attending. More than 400 rugby players and supporters, plus an army of volunteers, descended on Percy Park in North Shields for the annual Hadrian Cup tens tournament.
March 10, 2020
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Goat dressing and a wild drag race; 35th Arizona Gay Rodeo in Phoenix
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The weekend-long rodeo at Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds in Laveen celebrated its 35th anniversary and featured gay and straight contestants. The rodeo, organized by the Arizona Gay Rodeo Association,...
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February 17, 2020
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Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes
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Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in Febr
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January 27, 2020
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All-transgender hockey team 'like an instant family'
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The goals are big for an all-transgender hockey team known as Team Trans. Comprised of more than a dozen players from Canada and the United States, it's believed to be the first ice hockey team made e...
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November 25, 2019
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Gay Softball World Series draws 5,000 people to Kansas City area
Organizers of a big softball tournament in Kansas City this week want to deliver a message that can be summed up in one word, inclusion. The Gay Softball World Series is presented by the National American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance. The tournament will include 208 teams and is expected to attract more than 5,000 people. The following was not always so large, said Scott Switzer, executive direct...
September 04, 2019
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A gay Canadian referee on why homophobia almost drove him out of professional hockey
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Andrea "Dre" Barone has loved playing hockey since he was a little kid. But the sport has not always loved him back. He has been subjected to abusive homophobic comments, which first left hi...
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August 04, 2019
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‘The Gay Footballer,’ Real or Not, Challenges English Soccer to Champion LGBT Equality
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On Twitter “The Gay Footballer” claims to be an English pro-soccer player about to come out. That he’d be one of a kind shows how urgently change is needed in “the beautiful game.”
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July 18, 2019
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Baseball has an inclusion problem
Last August, I attended my first LGBTQ Pride Night at New York's Citi Field. Queued in the blazing heat to see the Mets play the Atlanta Braves, fans were handed rainbow flags to take into the park. Yet many, like myself, hadn't even realized it was Pride Night in the first place; the event was overshadowed by a coveted Noah Syndergaard bobblehead giveaway.
June 04, 2019
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