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2 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jay Robinson
The WNBA’s 29th season is well underway. Never before has a season been more important to the future of the league than this one. Sure, some may argue that the first season was the most crucial. There’s always that perspective. Or perhaps a milestone season like their 25th was tops. Yet the 2025 season — the one we get to watch right now through September — is the bellwether season that will tell us more about the future of the WNBA than any other. How lucky are we to sit back and watch?
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2 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jay Robinson |Karleigh Webb
A gay rugby team from Israel has been banned from a major International Gay Rugby tournament as allegations against the team, its members and the government of Israel have reached a crescendo. The Tel Aviv Ibex are fighting back, claiming they are the victims of “discrimination.”At the same time, the gay rugby international governing body says none of the allegations against the club or members are backed up by facts they’ve seen.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Charlie Smith |Jay Robinson
It began with two award-winning authors in children’s literature with an idea to pivot to sports. They huddled with a mix fellow authors, a diverse team of LGBTQ athletes, fans and an Outsports writer-contributor who hits the field. The result is “Athlete Is Agender: True Stories Of LGBTQ People in Sports.” The anthology was edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, both award-winning queer authors and the editing team beyond the critically acclaimed “This Is Our Rainbow” in 2021.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Charlie Smith |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz
Sasha Acheson wants to send a message to the people who rolled back rugby’s inclusive reputation when they banned trans women from the women’s game. Acheson won several international caps as a prop for the England women’s team and has also played for the famous Barbarians invitational side. She is organizing “The Ruck You Match,” which will see her line up alongside former teammates to face a team of trans women players.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Jon Holmes |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz
The 2025 WBNA season starts on Friday, with a 44-game regular-season schedule that goes through early September and then the playoffs start. The 13-team league has many out LGBTQ players and we are giving you one per team (with one exception) to root for. This list is not all-inclusive, but it shows the variety of talent in the league.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz |Karleigh Webb
On the day it was announced that Hungary had banned public gatherings for LGBTQ people, anxious messages were shared in the Atlasz Sports Club’s group chat. “At first it came as a shock, although in hindsight it could have been expected, given the upcoming election in 2026,” says “Gabi”, an Atlasz member, speaking to Outsports under anonymity. Founded in 2004, the Budapest-based inclusive club is the only one of its kind in the Eastern European country, where LGBTQ rights are in reverse.
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3 weeks ago | 
lgbtqnation.com | Jay Robinson |Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler
There’s this thing that happens when you’re transgender. You’re just trying to live your life — running a race, going to work, shopping for groceries — and someone hits you with a question, an assumption, or a comment that makes you feel like a novelty instead of a person. It’s exhausting. And it happens more often than you’d think. As a trans man, I’ve had people question whether I’m “really” a man because I haven’t had bottom surgery yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Jay Robinson |Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler
There’s this thing that happens when you’re transgender. You’re just trying to live your life — running a race, going to work, shopping for groceries — and someone hits you with a question, an assumption, or a comment that makes you feel like a novelty instead of a person. It’s exhausting. And it happens more often than you’d think. As a trans man, I’ve had people question whether I’m “really” a man because I haven’t had bottom surgery yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
queerty.com | Jay Robinson |Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler
There’s this thing that happens when you’re transgender. You’re just trying to live your life — running a race, going to work, shopping for groceries — and someone hits you with a question, an assumption, or a comment that makes you feel like a novelty instead of a person. It’s exhausting. And it happens more often than you’d think. As a trans man, I’ve had people question whether I’m “really” a man because I haven’t had bottom surgery yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Jay Robinson
One thing to understand about transgender people in the comments of any trans-related story: We avoid them at all costs. Even on positive stories, like Tifanny Abreu ending a playoff hot streak with a Superliga title in hand or Nikki Hiltz on the charge in Grand Slam Track, the level of anti-trans ignorance is toxic. This year, and especially last week, has been one long real-life comment section if you are trans, and especially if like sports.
