Outsports

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.

1 week ago | outsports.com | Brian Bell |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Charlie Smith

João Lucas Reis da Silva is on a hot streak during the six months since he came out publicly as a gay man late last year, and it’s bringing him close to his highest ATP ranking yet. Reis da Silva captured his second consecutive tournament championship last week, winning the AAT Challenger de Santa Fe in Argentina to claim his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title in his career. He is the first out gay male player to do so in the history of the tour.

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.

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.

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.