Outsports Radio

In her first interview with a transgender journalist since being sworn-in as assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Rachel Levine talks about bans on trans student-athletes, restricting gender affirming care, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and Covid-19. Read Dawn's article at forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis Also hear about an uptick in calls to suicide hotlines by trans youth in Arkansas, transphobia in Wookieepedia and Karleigh and Dawn rave about a fabulous piece of journalism in Sports Illustrated by friend of the podcast, trans nonbinary journalist Britni de la Cretaz! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D.Gil is joined by his college buddy Patrick Faerber to discuss all aspects of being an openly gay umpire. You'll hear what it was like coming out in umpire school, what it's like actually being an umpire, and so much more. Instagram & Twitter: patrickfaerber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's lots of chatter today about boycotts. When Major League Baseball decided to pull its 2021 All Star Game out of Atlanta, some people cheered while others jeered. This week we look at various conversations about sports boycotts from the past, including the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2015 Men's Final Four in Indianapolis. And we look ahead to calls for boycotting the 2022 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, while contrasting that with the quieter calls to boycott the Tokyo Olympic Games over LGBTQ and other human rights issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex chats with gay basketball player Jallen Messersmith, who's carved out a second life in New York City and Fire Island after playing basketball at Benedictine College, a small Christian school in Kansas. Alex and Jallen talk about his time as an out player at a religious institution and his gay awakening on Fire Island. Follow Jallen on Twitter, @pinkgiantgay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Los Angeles Angels are an enigma. For one thing, they insist on being called the Los Angeles Angels despite the fact that they clearly play in Anaheim. No Angeleno ever says, "Well sure, the San Gabriels are nice...but have you seen SPLASH MOUNTAIN?" Today, I'm joined by Angels superfan Jim Allen to talk about his team's most perplexing conundrum: the Angels have the consensus best player in baseball in Mike Trout. They have the most exciting player in baseball in Shohei Ohtani. They have the most fascinating manager in baseball in Joe Maddon. And come June every season, they have no chance. How does this happen? Jim has a few ideas and they're called Arte Moreno and Mike Scioscia. We also reminisce about the joy of 2002 and the heartbreak of 1986. And finally, Jim tells an important story about what it was like to be a gay man who had an ambition to break into broadcasting in the 1970s and 80s. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Our WrestleMania week coverage continues as the original Glamazon, Pollo Del Mar, joins the show to talk all things EFFY's Big Gay Brunch. Pollo shares the experience of hosting WrestleMania week's gayest event, the significance of EFFY and Ace Perry's Soul on a Pole match and the statement made by Billy Dixon and AJ Gray's bloody main event battle! Follow Pollo Del Mar on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM 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 worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit t

Hello, Lovelies! Our final WrestleMania week recap show of the week sees Patches Chance (Daily DDT, RealSport) return to help Brian Bell recap the second and final night of WWE WrestleMania 37! From The Fiend's return to Tamina's shining moment to a wonderful triple threat main event, Patches and Brian share their thoughts on the capper to an amazing week of pro wrestling! Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance 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 worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or

Hello, Lovelies! We're chatting everything WrestleMania week across multiple episodes this week, kicking off with Without A Cause Pro Wrestling co-founder Max Zaleski joining Brian Bell to chat all about the stellar week in independent pro wrestling. From the technical prowess of Edith Surreal and Lee Moriarty to the abundance of deathmatch shows from No Peace Underground and ICW NHB, Max and Brian run through everything that left a lasting memory coming out of pro wrestling's largest week of the year! Follow Max Zaleski on Twitter: @MaxWrestlingWA Follow Without A Cause on Twitter: @WithoutACauseWA 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 In

Hello, Lovelies! We're back to chat about the first night of WWE WrestleMania 37 with returning guest Darnell Mitchell (Pro Wrestling Mothership, Queer Nerd Podcast)! Darnell and Brian Bell discuss the historic main event pitting Bianca Belair against Sasha Banks, Cesaro finally getting his due on WWE's largest stage and all the other emotional highs from a mostly stellar first night under Tampa's stormy skies! Follow Darnell Mitchell on Twitter: @fabulousdnell Follow Pro Wrestling Mothership on Twitter: @pwmothership Follow the Queer Nerd Podcast on Twitter: @thequeernerdz 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

This week The Trans Sporter Room beams up Adrienne "Ace" Billings-Smith: the Black queer athlete, former coach and the president and founder of the Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford, Conn., who is also co-chair of the Town of West Hartford Human Rights Commission, an attorney and a flight attendant. Topics this week: the NCAA gives notice to states banning trans student-athletes, but whiffs when they could have swung for the fences. Sebastian Lletget promises to do better after sharing a post on Instagram of him uttering an anti-gay slur. We also discuss a topic near and dear to the heart of Lima City, Ohio's assistant boys basketball coach, Warren Pughsley. Plus, find out about the new NABJ scholarship to honor the memory of award-winning trans blogger, activist and friend of the podcast, Monica Roberts. Follow Ace on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ALBS33 Watch her on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4rBgwXlYIwY and visit her website: https://albillingssmith.wixsite.com/albslaw/attorneys Learn more abo

Ever met anyone that could knock a guy out in the ring and put on a drag show the next day? Well MMA/Bare knuckle fighter Diego Garijo (he/they) is the guy you'll want to meet. Diego beautifully collides his passion for the ring and his heels to express himself in ways that most people can't fathom. Listen to Diego discuss what it's like to be a fighter, drag artist, content creator, husband, and father. This is one knockout drag show podcast you CAN'T miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sheena Lawrick was out to family and friends when she played softball for the Univ. of Nebraska and represented Canada in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Yet through it all, she never talked to the media about being gay. In her first interview about being an LGBTQ Olympian, Lawrick opens up about her love of softball, her journey as a gay athlete, raising a family, both winning and losing bronze medals, and why she decided to not pursue a spot in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex catches up with gay surfer Nick Vallejo, who wrote his coming out story with Outsports in 2017. Alex talks to Nick about his sexual journey, and what prompted him to recently start his own OnlyFans account. Follow Nick on Twitter, @nickdvallejo1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next week on April 15th, MLB will be celebrating Jackie Robinson Day. And they'll be doing so after taking a social justice stand that Jackie Robinson would have supported for the first time in...*checks notes*...ever? Today, friend of the pod and Outsports Podcast Network cohort D.Gil (The Gameday Tea) is back to talk about MLB moving the All Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's new voter suppression laws. It's a very important discussion because D.Gil comes at this issue from the perspective of both a Black and gay Atlanta native as well as a former Braves gameday employee. And we break down what moving the All Star Game means as a public rebuke of a racist law and how it effects the people who depend on baseball to make a day-to-day living. After digging into that very weighty topic, we lighten the mood a bit by overreacting to the Braves' season opening four game losing streak. They'll be fine! And I even find a way to work in a discussion of Love, Simon--perhaps my favorite thing to come out

Hello, Lovelies! Before sitting down to watch all of the WrestleMania week festivities, Brian Bell welcomes "The Real Mutha Trucker" Dewey Murray to the show. A known name within the northeast, Murray details how growing up around the ECW locker room pushed him to enter pro wrestling, how the influence of the late Brodie Lee affected him beyond the ring and the pride he takes as an advocate with the National Psoriasis Foundation. They also get into Murray's 15-plus year in-ring career, including the birth of "Dewdust!" Follow Dewey Murray on Twitter: @realmuthatrucka 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 bes

This week, we react to Arkansas Republicans overriding Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto and making their state the first in the nation to outlaw affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The new law bans puberty blockers and gender transition surgery for anyone under 18. We also examine the Outsports investigation into the Women's Sports Policy Working Group and beam up trans ally and "quite gay" educator, social media maven and former powerlifter, Justin Gibson aka Jangles ScienceLad. Follow Justin on Twitter @sjwdebates and subscribe to JanglesScienceLad on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JanglesScienceLad And stay tuned for Karleigh's sneak peek at the next episode of For All Mankind and Dawn's review of WandaVision! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Hulisz joins D.Gil to discuss the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. We talk about all the upsets, the interesting story lines, and why we love all the madness. Was your bracket busted? Of course it was! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nancy Hogshead-Makar has won Olympic gold medals in swimming. She has fought for the inclusion and protection of women in women's sports for decades. Now her Women's Sports Policy Working Group is focused on finding the best-possible policies for the inclusion of trans girls and women in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex talks about the exhausting Twitter spat between Kevin Durant and Michael Rapaport, and why it's hypocritical for Durant to call himself an ally while using anti-gay insults with impunity -- even during a private conversation. Alex also talks about MLB moving its All-Star game From Atlanta, and says it's long past time for the NCAA to take a similar stand for trans athletes. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2021 Season is officially underway! So I guess I'd better get to previewing it... It's time for 3SYO's annual crossover pod with Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala of the Away Games Podcast! As per tradition, we took an in depth look at the 2021 Cubs on Kevin and Adam's show (Click here to listen!) and on today's episode, we're examining the rest of the MLB landscape. Over the next 50 minutes, the three of us dive into the burgeoning Dodgers/Padres rivalry, ponder whether Tony LaRussa's douchebaggery is powerful enough to sink the White Sox juggernaut, toast Juan Soto's dominance, and mull over which team possesses the most compelling postseason drought. Plus, we make our yearly fearless predictions at the end of the show. Last year, I bravely went out on a limb and guessed the Dodgers would win the World Series. As for this year's prediction? Let's just say that Outsports Podcast Network colleague D.Gil is going to consider this a must-listen. Play Ball! Extend Rizzo! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @A