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2 days ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Jim Buzinski |Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes

Luke Prokop is the lone out gay athlete in all of men’s pro ice hockey in the United States or Canada. Now his AHL team, the Milwaukee Admirals, have won their second consecutive season division title, all with the out gay player on the roster. The AHL is one level below the NHL in North American professional men’s ice hockey. Prokop’s NHL rights are owned by the Nashville Predators, who drafted him with the 73rd overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Colby Grey

The first-ever goalscorer in the Northern Super League? They just so happened to be trans. Quinn scored from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute of the Canadian soccer league’s inaugural match Wednesday, and the goal proved enough to give Vancouver Rise a 1-0 victory over Calgary Wild. More than 14,000 fans at BC Place witnessed the moment, a rare scoresheet appearance for a player who had only previously registered one goal in their senior club career.

1 week ago | outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler

Redmond Sullivan, the trans athlete in fencing who has become the latest face of the debate about trans athletes in women’s sports, gave her account of opponent Stephanie Turner’s forfeit and demonstration against trans athletes to Rolling Stone over the weekend. Sullivan berated Turner’s actions and said that she felt an agenda was afoot from the beginning. “I was bewildered. Flabbergasted, even,” Sullivan said as she described when she heard Turner say she would not compete.

1 week ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Karleigh Webb |Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler

Welcome back to Talkin’ Gaysball where we assume “Somewhere That’s Green” is about Fenway’s left field wall…As the baseball world has grown accustomed to the concept of “fun is good,” home run rituals have become a big part of the game’s culture. If you squint, a few of these celebrations can even come off LGBTQ-adjacent for certain members of our community.

1 week ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jim Buzinski

From the day I first saw a photo of Red Sox slugger Triston Casas playing a baseball game with painted nails, I’ve been a fan. But I have to admit, one of his quotes from this past spring training gave me a bit of pause. When asked about whether a trio of promising Sox rookies should make the big league roster, Casas shot the idea down with a decisive “No. I think we’ve got some grown men up there right now that need to iron some things out…I think their time is gonna come.