Outsports Radio

The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games will swell to over 100 if the Games are held. And that last part is the question. Will the Olympic Games be held? Cyd Zeigler says they will be held, and the Olympics are ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex looks at whether Pride celebrations are too corporate, and discusses the controversy in New York City over the banishment of uniformed police officers from the Pride parade. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mookie Betts trade sucked. In fact, the last time Boston had suffered such an incalculable loss of valuables was the Gardner Museum heist. And in the immediate aftermath, the 2020 Red Sox sucked too. This year? Not so much. The Olde Towne Team is hitting the hell out of the ball and through two months, they've got one of the best records in the American League. But can Boston learn to love its Prodigal Sox? Hell, can Boston learn to love anything? Today, friend of the pod and The Sports Kiki's own Alex Reimer is back to answer those questions and live up to his Mr. Boston title that he was completely unaware of until I sprung it on him at the beginning of the episode. We go off on weird billionaire John Henry, identify a surprising new face of 2021 the Red Sox, and compare Sox/Yankees to MLB's newfound love affair with Dodgers/Padres. Along the way, we also hit conversational detours like reminiscing about favorite hockey brawls, analyzing the Ricketts family's relations with the LGBTQ community, and comp

Hello, Lovelies! LGBTQ powerhouse Parrow joins the show this week! "The Twink Hunter" chats about his experiences in pro wrestling, his upcoming Pride deathmatch event Fear The Gay Agenda and the event's connection to the 5th anniversary of the Pulse shooting. Parrow and Brian Bell also discuss the placement of LGBTQ pro wrestlers on cards and how to move past stereotyping of LGBTQ pro wrestlers! Check out No Peace Underground's Fear The Gay Agenda on June 11, 8pm ET, live on independentwrestling.tv Follow Parrow on Twitter: @Parrow_ Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independe

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with two episodes! First up, Fanfyte's Colette Arrand returns to discuss AEW's latest pay-per-view event Double or Nothing. She and Brian Bell run recap two stellar women's matches, the "F+" Ogogo-Rhodes nationalist clash, Sting taking off his shirt and why this should be the final Stadium Stampede match despite Tully Blanchard's Pride fit. Follow Colette Arrand on Twitter: @colettearrand Follow Fanfyte on Twitter: @FanFyte Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions wo

David Roche and Megan Roche are top ultra distance runners and trail runners. Both have won national championships and have represented the USA on the world stage. As founding coaches of Some Work All Play, they have dedicated themselves to running for all and they have been steadfast cisgender voices in athletes for inclusion for transgender people in sports and have spoken out extensively against the current anti-trans surge that added Florida to the roll call of backlash. Karleigh Webb beamed them up to discuss the misconceptions, the issues, and with both being coaches based on science, why the science also points to inclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is geared towards bringing attention to racism in rugby as D.Gil is joined by Mark Jordan and Devin Ibañez to get a first hand listen on this subject matter. Mark and Devin discuss their own personal experiences with racism within rugby, experiences within gay rugby organizations, why the issue of racism starts at the top, what's being done now, and how to combat racism in rugby in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex welcomes in Alex Schmider, one of the producers for the Hulu documentary "Changing The Game," which allows transgender athletes to take back their narratives. Alex and Alex (love it!) talk about the making of the powerful film and the importance of restoring humanity to marginalized communities. "Changing The Game" premiers on Hulu June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As of this recording, the A's are currently in first place. And the A's are currently still playing in Oakland. Which feels like a bigger miracle. Friend of the pod and friend of Outsports Randy Boose is back to talk about what it's like when a good team's terrible ownership decides it's time to flirt with Vegas in order to extort a new stadium out of their current home. Oakland has seen this movie before and it doesn't end well. On the positive side, the A's are doing well on the field--their dilapidated, occasionally sewage filled field. Despite this, Matt Olson and Ramón Laureano are giving it their all to try and get Oakland back to the postseason. And nothing bad ever happens after that, right? Don't answer that. Finally, we pay tribute to Outsports expatriate editor Dawn Ennis at the end of the episode. She's the best and we miss her enormously. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RandyB_SC @LPFPod Insta: @kenthinguy @lpfpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hailey Davidson is a 28-year-old Floridian by way of Scotland who made a piece of golf history. With a win in a National Women's Golf Association mini-tour event on May 13, she became the first transgender woman to earn a professional golf tourney victory. She made the history by 1 stroke while outlasting a current LPGA tour pro. The win is next step in a goal she worked toward for last 5 years, She sat down with Outsports' Karleigh Webb to tell a story of high hopes amid some long odds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Well, as the "Ep. X" implies, this week was originally supposed to be a break for LGBT In The Ring host Brian Bell. But an eventful week pulled them back into the home studio for an "unofficial" episode! Brian runs through all the amazing Pride month wrestling events lined up, outlines the podcast's scheduled guests for Pride month, reveals the special nature of the show's 100th episode in July and shares some thoughts about limiting queer pro wrestling identities to Pride month. Spoiler: it's bad and there are no more excuses for doing so. Make sure to submit your questions for LGBT In The Ring's 100th episode role reversal extravaganza at [email protected] Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on

Indiana University has yet another graduate from their university. That's Thomas Vanderbrook, Bisexual swimmer from New Orleans. Thomas joins D.Gil to discuss his years at IU, what's upcoming in his life, and a message to closeted swimmers. This episode was very lively and you'll here birds letting us know just how lively they can be too. Thomas will leave you wanting to know more about him after listening to this episode. Check out his Outsports interview here: Indiana University swimmer finds peace and purpose after coming out - Outsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanna Lohman played soccer for the US Women's National Team and professionally for many years. Now, along with soccer dad and author Paul Tukey, she has written a book taking the lessons learned from the USWNT and women's soccer to empower girls through the sport. She shares her favorite stories from the book and some of the athletes who most impacted her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex is back with a fresh Kiki this week! He's spent the last couple of weeks speaking to LGBTQ college activists about what they're currently fighting, and relays his findings. Despite all of the progress, they're fighting for what they've always fought for: Visibility. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Exhibition of Intrigue" Edith Surreal back to the show! Surreal and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming episode of IWTV's reality series "The Life Of..." which gives a glimpse into the lives of top independent pro wrestlers. Surreal's episode is poised to be significant in terms of trans visibility and displaying a slice of the trans experience for all audiences. The two talk about the vulnerable nature of filming those experiences, her relationships with Solo Darling, Willow Nightengale and Dark Sheik and what she hopes audiences take away from the episode. They also chat about Surreal's breathtaking entrance at IWTV Family Reunion during WrestleMania week! Check out "The Life Of Edith Surreal" when it debuts June 1 on IWTV Follow Edith Surreal on Twitter: @edithsurreal Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.

This week we beam up Breanna Diaz, Co-chair of Pull For Pride, to the Trans Sporter Room, to talk about their strength sports grant program for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex athletes who need assistance in paying for costs related to participation in strength sports. Also joining the conversation are transgender powerlifters Val Schull (they/them) and Scott Percy (he/him) to talk about the grant program, inclusion in their sport and being trans athletes in a time of hope and backlash. You can follow Pull For Pride on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adan is a surfer and hooper living in Sayulita, Mexico striving to be the best athlete he can be. We discuss what it's like being a gay surfer in Sayulita, his future in surfing, how he can pay it forward to the local community, and why hula hooping gives him so much freedom. Adan's story will leave you rooting for him to succeed in and out of the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex welcomes Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler to talk about two issues that court absolutely no controversy: trans inclusion and COVID-19 restrictions. As an Olympics aficionado, Alex asks Cyd about how the possibility of eight openly transgender athletes competing in this year's Olympics, and whether we'll even have the Olympic Games at all. Cyd also issues a valiant defense of LA gays. Follow Cyd on Twitter, @CydZeigler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been 73 years since the Cleveland Baseball Team won a World Series. And while it might be little consolation to the Cleveland faithful, that 1948 team was worthy of a compelling book. So on today's episode, I'm joined by baseball author Luke Epplin who has written the compelling book that squad deserves. It's called Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball. In it, Epplin recounts the three-team pennant race that summer, the one game playoff victory over the Red Sox that gave Cleveland the pennant, and how they became the first integrated team in baseball to win a World Series. But more than that, it's a story about four of the most fascinating Hall of Famers in history. Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier the previous year and 1948 is when he put his name on the map. 42 year old Satchel Paige had spent his entire career journeying through the Negro Leagues and that summer, he proved to the nation that he still had it. After creating his own legend a

Hello, Lovelies! Sprout your wings and take to the heavens as we welcome "The Notorious Angel" Amber Jo to the show this week. Amber made history last year, becoming the first trans woman ever to wrestle under the banner of top British wrestling promotion Rev Pro. She and Brian revisit that moment, which was also one of her first matches ever, as well as providing representation to trans and autistic communities, learning from trans pro wrestling trailblazers and her Chyna body goals! Follow Amber Jo on Twitter: @TheAmberJo_Pro Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro