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World Cup: A Year Out, Growing Attacks on Rights

 The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should take immediate and demonstrable steps to safeguard human rights for all people involved in the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. With just one year until the monumental event kicks off across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and only days until the Club World Cup kicks off on June 14, 2025, escalating attacks on human rights and civil freedoms threaten to undermine FIFA’s human rights commitments and responsibilities. “In 2018, the US, Mexico, and Canada provided clear human rights commitments in their bid documents to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World […]

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The New York Mets went all out for Pride Night 2025, and homophobes are – predictably – furious

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New York Mets fans have praised the iconic baseball team’s celebration of Pride Month, flying the Progress Pride flag during the national anthem and spotlighting a gay kiss on the jumbotron. On Friday (13 June), the Major League Baseball (MLB) game between the Mets and the Tampa Bay Rays became a showcase of LGBTQ+ acceptance and joy, marking the Mets’ ninth annual Pride Night celebration. As per the Mets website, Pride Night is “one night each year when Citi Field swaps blue and orange for the entire rainbow!” Despite losing the game (9-0), the Mets pleased many fans with their full volume support of LGBTQ+ rights. A couple […]

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In 2025, Why are Men Still Afraid to Come Out in Professional Sports?

When Jason Collins came out in a 2013 Sports Illustrated cover story, he broke down the long-sealed closet in men’s sports by becoming the first openly gay active player in any major league sport. President Barack Obama called him to offer his support, saying he “couldn’t be prouder,” and Oprah Winfrey called him “a pioneer.” “By not having to hide who I am, just being able to live an authentic life, there’s something powerful about being the one to out yourself and step forward and speak your truth,” Collins told Uncloseted Media. “There’s no greater feeling.” Many thought that Collins’ announcement would lead to […]

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Dismantling the top 5 myths about trans athletes

“You ready?” the doctor asked, syringe poised. “Yep,” I replied tentatively. “One, two, three.” He jabbed my right thigh into my muscle. Even though I’d been preparing for this, I’d never had a shot in my leg before. Almost immediately, it felt achy. As that first drop of testosterone hit my bloodstream, I violated the rules of my women’s hockey league and said goodbye to my life as a professional hockey player and my identity as an elite athlete. It hurt. As a kid, I always played women’s sports. I didn’t think too much about how men and women are divided in […]

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The gay tennis players smashing down barriers at the French Open 2025

The second Grand Slam event on the 2025 tennis calendar, the French Open, or Roland Garros, got underway in Paris on Sunday (25 May), and there are several gay tennis players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation. Since the days of trailblazing gay Grand Slam champions Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provided some of the biggest LGBTQ+ names in sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour carrying that torch for a new generation. The men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour continues to lag way behind the women’s game: Until last year, […]

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Trump demands California stop trans girl competing in state high jump finals

President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if California did not stop a transgender girl in high school from competing in state track and field finals, and said he would discuss it with Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. Trump, in a social media post, appeared to be referring to AB Hernandez, 16, who has qualified to compete in the long jump, high jump and triple jump championship run by the California Interscholastic Federation at a high school in Clovis, California, this weekend. The CIF is the governing body for California high school sports, and its bylaws state that all students […]

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Poll: Most Americans oppose trans women competing in female sports, including 2 of 3 in Gen Z

For 22-year-old Alex Ann, conversations about transgender women are black and white. “Trans women are women,” said Ann, who identifies as a nonbinary trans person. And when it comes to trans women competing in female sports — an issue that the Trump administration has made part of its policy agenda since Inauguration Day — Ann said that trans women should have all the same rights as cisgender women. “When you are talking about what a woman is, well now you’re talking about checking to see if you’re really a woman,” said Ann, a South Florida resident. “And the kind of violation that in and […]

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Minnesota sues Trump over “shameful bullying” of trans kids in sports

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During a press conference on April 22, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced his filing of a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Department of Justice (DOJ). The suit challenges the president’s anti-trans executive order directing agencies to withhold federal funding from educational programs that allow transgender girls to compete on women’s sports teams, under the claim that it violates both constitutional rights and Title IX of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. On February 20, Ellison issued a formal legal opinion expressing concerns that complying with the executive order entitled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” would violate the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA). […]

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Trans athletes are under more scrutiny than ever. Some have found a safe space in gymnastics.

Raiden Hung, of Jurassic Gymnastics in Boston, relaxes after competing on the uneven bars at the NAIGC national competition in Pittsburgh on Friday.Gene J. Puskar / AP PITTSBURGH — Raiden Hung can’t imagine a life without gymnastics. And to be honest, he doesn’t want to. There’s always been something about the sport that’s called to him. Something about flipping. Something about the discipline it requires. Something about the mixture of joy and calm he feels whenever he steps onto a mat. “It keeps me sane, I guess,” the 21-year-old student at Northeastern University in Boston said. “Gymnastics is the love […]

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USA Fencing disqualifies female fencer for refusing to fight trans opponent

USA Fencing said on Thursday its decision to disqualify a female fencer from a recent event in Maryland after she refused to compete against a transgender opponent was in line with rules established by the sport’s governing body. The incident occurred on March 30 during a USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament that was not an NCAA event. At the tournament, Stephanie Turner discarded her mask and took a knee in protest ahead of her bout against transgender opponent Redmond Sullivan and was then issued a black card by the referee, resulting in her expulsion from the event. USA Fencing said its […]

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