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2026 Winter Olympics features record-breaking number of LGBTQ+ competitors

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A record-breaking number of out LGBTQ+ athletes will compete in the fast-approaching Milan Winter Olympics this year. The upcoming international multi-sporting event, set to commence on Friday (6 February), will make history with its roster of at least 41 out LGBTQ+ athletesrepresenting 13 countries across nine events. These include competitors representing the UK, the US, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Women’s ice hockey will feature the most amount of LGBTQ+ competitors out of any other event, with at least 22 queer women set to compete. Other events include snowboarding, alpine skating, curling, figure skating, speed […]

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New poll indicates how pro athletes may really feel about gay rights

A new survey indicates which pro sports leagues would be most likely to support an out gay star, based on players’ political affiliations.  The results reflect broader trends within America. When people say sports are a microcosm of society, this is what they mean.  Heated Rivalry‘s popularity has highlighted the dearth of out male athletes in pro sports. While a smattering of high-profile figures have publicly come out in Olympic sports like diving, figure skating and track and field, the pro leagues remain barren.  There isn’t a single out athlete today in the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL. Contrastingly, nearly […]

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Ex-Steelers employee alleges antigay, sexist discrimination in lawsuit

A former employee of the Pittsburgh Steelers has taken the football team to court, alleging she faced discrimination on the job due to her sex and sexual orientation. Chelsea Zahn worked for the Steelers from 2013 until 2024, when she left her role of corporate sales manager. In a federal court complaint filed January 13, Zahn alleges she was mistreated, paid less and denied promotions because she is a gay woman. “Pittsburgh is Steelers town. We are very proud of our team,” Joel Sansone, the attorney representing Zahn, told The Advocate. “We can’t have them treating our citizens like this simply because they’re different.” Sansone […]

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Bad Bunny is planning to make his Super Bowl half-time show as queer as possible

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Rapper Bad Bunny has responded to MAGA whining over his upcoming Super Bowl half-time show by using it to honour Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ icons. The 31-year-old ‘King of Latin Trap’ will reportedly pay tribute to generations of queer activists, drag performers, and cultural icons during his upcoming show on 8 February. The award-winning singer, whose real name is Benito Ocasio, refused to cave to right-wing pressure and abuse after the National Football league (NFL) confirmed he would headline the inter-match performance this year. Several right-wing naysayers called for a mass boycott of the major sporting event, branding it and the singer as […]

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Real life queer hockey couple will live out Heated Rivalry at Winter Olympics

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Gay hockey rivals-to-lovers show Heated Rivalry is all anyone can talk about, and for fans of the series looking for a real life queer love story in the sport then they need look no further than the upcoming Winter Olympics. Heated Rivalry is an adaption of Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novel series and follows two hockey players, Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams), who are rivals on the ice but lovers between the sheets.  “Shane and Ilya are two of the biggest stars in major league hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands,” the show’s synopsis […]

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England’s official LGBTQ+ fan group to boycott World Cup over ‘dangerous’ US human rights rollbacks

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The official LGBTQ+ supporters group for the England football team has announced it will not have a “visible presence” at the 2026 Men’s World Cup due to what they describe as the United States’ “dangerous rollback of human rights”. Three Lions Pride, which represents queer England fans, published a strongly worded statement on its website on Thursday (15 January), criticising the United States’ reversal and attacks on human rights, particularly LGBTQ+ rights. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to take place from 11 June to 19 July across the US, Canada and Mexico, with 16 cities hosting the tournament – 11 […]

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Six myths about trans athletes, debunked

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Trans athletes are back in the news again and, as such, so are the myths some use to try to justify their exclusion from sports. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding two cases that could determine the legality of laws banning trans students from sporting events on Tuesday (13 January). Several claims based on myths around physical ability in sport were used to justify bans in Idaho and West Virginia. Here are some of the most common arguments used to ban trans women in sports, and why they’re nonsense. ‘Teams are sex-segregated because boys are better at sports than girls’ […]

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Gay tennis player João Lucas Reis da Silva to make history at Australian Open

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Brazilian tennis player João Lucas Reis da Silva is set to make history again, this time at the Australian Open.  Silva, who arrived in Melbourne this week, made history in late 2024 when he came out as gay by sharing a sweet snap of his partner Gui Sampaio Ricardo to celebrate his birthday. The 25-year-old then became the first out gay tennis pro to compete in a Grand Slam event. He is now set to continue making history by competing in the qualifying rounds of this year’s Australian Open as the first gay man to do so.  At the time of his coming out, Silva […]

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Amber Glenn is set to be the first out queer woman on the U.S. Olympic figure skating team

Glenn has been on an epic run. She won the same competition the previous year, becoming the first openly queer woman to win, and took home her first career Grand Prix Finale title at the end of 2024, recording the highest-ever score for an American woman in the short program. It has been 20 years since an American woman has won an Olympic figure skating medal, but this 26-year-old LGBTQ+ athlete has the opportunity to change that at the Milano Games next month. Glenn is poised to score a spot on her first Olympic team, which would make her the […]

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Trans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington

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A far-right political action committee says it has collected enough signatures to potentially get a trans sports ban onto Washington state’s ballot in November, and that ban would require girls to undergo physical examinations to participate in school sports. As the Washington State Standard reports, Let’s Go Washington collected 445,187 signatures in support of Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, exceeding the 386,000 needed to advance the measure. The initiative would ban transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports statewide. IL26-638 interprets existing state law as requiring students “to undergo a routine physical examination prior to participation in interscholastic sports, which includes documentation of […]

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