Cyd Zeigler

Los Angeles

Writer at Outsports

Gay sports writer @Outsports. President of Unicornia. Determined to be 'random.' House DJ. Football official. 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈

Articles

N.Y. 'Fight For Pride' LGBTQ pro wrestling event is set

1 week ago | outsports.com | Brian Bell |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes

The growth of LGBTQ figures in pro wrestling and events who highlight and celebrate the LGBTQ community, both during Pride month and beyond, has seen the Venn diagram between LGBTQ-led and allied promotions, Pride and LGBTQ advocacy organizations and the expanding base of LGBTQ pro wrestling fans widen in recent years. Especially as pro wrestling emerged as a source of both joy and resistance for LGBTQ populations under political attack.
LGBTQ fans help reduce Spurs' fine for anti-gay chants

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |John Russell

The value of professional teams working closely with their LGBTQ fans has been clearly demonstrated via a notable appeal verdict in English soccer. In September 2024, a number of Tottenham Hotspur supporters attending the club’s Premier League fixture away to Manchester United sang anti-gay chants on two separate occasions during the match. Spurs won the match, 3-0, in a high-profile game televised live around the world.
Chicago Cubs celebrate Pride by hosting Play Catch With Dad

1 week ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |John Russell

Located adjacent to Wrigley Field, Gallagher Way serves as a heavily monetized social and event space before every Chicago Cubs game. On 80 days every year, it turns into a central location outside the park for parents and kids throwing baseballs to one another, ex-frat bros tossing footballs, and parties of mostly straight people. On one night every year during Chicago Cubs Pride, it turns into Boystown West.
A League Of Their Own had lesbians and queer clues everywhere

1 week ago | outsports.com | John Russell |Brian Bell |Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler

In 2022, creators Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham managed to pull off a rare feat with their Amazon Prime Video series, “A League of Their Own.”They took a beloved and well-regarded film from the early ‘90s and reimagined it in a way that honored the original, updated it for present-day viewers and, as NPR critic Linda Holmes noted at the time, filled in its conspicuous gaps.
Every WNBA team has at least one out LGBTQ player

1 week ago | outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski

The 13-team WNBA has many out LGBTQ players and we are giving you one per team to root for. This list is not all-inclusive, but it shows the variety of talent in the league. If you know one name going into this season, make it “BG.” In 2022, Griner was detained in Russia for 10 months and the entire 2022 WNBA season was filled with calls and messages to “BRING BG HOME.
Gay athlete is only player to play in March Madness for 3 teams

1 week ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Brian Bell |Karleigh Webb |Jim Buzinski

There’s only one player to ever play in March Madness for three different teams. He also happens to be the only Division I men’s college basketball player to come out publicly as gay. Derrick Gordon will forever be tied to that number of NCAA Tournament teams — three. Yet his unique accomplishment is being featured now in Outsports’ “More Than A Number” video series. His story is much bigger than that.
Football weddings feature star players in stunning ceremonies

1 week ago | queerty.com | Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler

Wedding season is here, and fittingly for Pride Month, fans of women’s soccer are already getting to share in a series of stunning nuptial celebrations featuring their favorite players. On the first Saturday in June, England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Bethany England married former Wales midfielder Steph Williams at a beautiful venue in the rural Cotswolds.
Football weddings feature star players in stunning ceremonies

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler

Wedding season is here, and fittingly for Pride Month, fans of women’s soccer are already getting to share in a series of stunning nuptial celebrations featuring their favorite players. On the first Saturday in June, England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Bethany England married former Wales midfielder Steph Williams at a beautiful venue in the rural Cotswolds.
FIFA pauses fight against discrimination for the Club World Cup

1 week ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Jon Holmes |Ken Schultz |Jim Buzinski

The FIFA Club World Cup is upon is. While virtually no one has ever heard of it, it’s a thing, and FIFA is using the event to abandon part of its fight against racism and discrimination.
Gay college volleyball coach marries 'most beautiful soul'

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Jon Holmes |Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler

Their proposal was in front of the Eiffel Tower during the Paris Olympics. Their wedding was 10 months later on a Greek island with a stunning backdrop. For gay couple Nathan Matthews and Daniel Koloff, their special day this month came more than a decade after they first met as high school volleyball players.