Outsports Radio

Hello, Lovelies! The wait for Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup is finally over and Brian Bell welcomes DJ Accident Report (The Nobodies, Judgement) back to the show to break down all the hard-hitting LGBTQ action. DJ Accident Report gives his insights as a commentator in the building for the show, including Edith Surreal's powerful tournament win, the beauty in how uncomfortable Billy Dixon and Darius Carter's clash made audiences and why this event embodied its namesake, the legendary luchador Cassandro. Plus all the tea from the Britney Spears Invitational! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Check out The Nobodies Patreon and Judgement Check out the Cassandro Cup on-demand at IWTV Get your copy of the limited edition Cassandro Cup zine at edithsurreal.bigcartel.com 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

This is Part 2 of our episode for the Transgender Day of Visibility. Karleigh and Dawn continue their conversation with Erica Vanstone, about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation began in part one, Episode 76A. Yes, A.. As in 1701-A! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility and Karleigh and Dawn discuss what it means for them, and announce the final winner of the Outsports Triumph Awards, Fallon Fox, for being a pioneer! This is a two-part episode, in which Erica Vanstone beams up to talk about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation continues in part two, Episode 76B. B... As in Barricade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB opening day is finally here as D.Gil is joined by Paul and Ray to discuss the new upcoming 2021 season. We share our best free agent acquisitions, our picks to win the world series, Covid-19 guidelines at MLB parks, and so much more. Also listen to find out out more about our MLB pride fan groups on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex begins this week's show with his thoughts on Cyd Zeigler's op-ed on sports' embrace of suspensions instead of cancellations to correct regretful tweets and statements from athletes. Much like Cyd, Alex agrees that education is the best way to fight bigotry. Ahead of the men's Sweet 16, Alex also highlights underdog Oral Roberts University's history of anti-LGBTQ policies. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's less than a week until Opening Day! Am I doing my hair toss and checking my nails? Because I'm feeling good as hell! This is like an advent calendar where every door contains a full day's supply of serotonin... And after the year we've all lived through, this year's Opening Day is going to feel extra special with actual fans in actual ballparks. So this week, Royals Sr. Manager of Special Events and Promotions Matthew Schulte is on the podcast to talk about how Kansas City's front office has gone about preparing to welcome fans back to Kauffman Stadium. No more cardboard cut-outs! Actual baseball noise besides fountains splashing! KC just resigned 2015 World Series MVP Salvador Pérez to an extension...and Pride Night 2021 is on the schedule! All in all, not a bad offseason for Matthew's team--and he's looking forward to that moment just after first pitch when it sinks in that everyone's work has all come together to make another baseball season happen. One that's going to be historic for (hopefully) all

Hello, Lovelies. Brian Bell goes solo this week to unpack his feelings around a week of events in pro wrestling that unfortunately touched on personal past traumas and internal struggles. Brian discusses the accusations against this week's previously scheduled guest, Joshua Wavra, the Will Ospreay angle from NJPW's New Japan Cup Final and why the personal connections to these events sent him into a mental health haze this week. It isn't all dour though. Brian has something special to share with all of the lovelies as well. Check out Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup on Sunday, March 28, at 7pm ET on independentwrestling.tv 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 B

Kenra Stansbury wrote a letter to her 3-year-old daughter, for the hypothetical day that she might compete in sports and lose to a transgender girl. As a straight cisgender LGBTQ ally, daughter of coaches and former athlete, Stansbury asked Outsports to share that letter with our readers, and joined Karleigh and Dawn to talk about the lessons of losing, the importance of supporting trans athletes and yes, her memories of watching Star Trek. She was a fan of The Next Generation and grew up watching The Original Series with her mom, who headed her school's Gay Straight Alliance. Follow Kendra @kendralynnwrite Read Stansbury's letter here: https://www.outsports.com/2021/3/11/22324468/trans-women-in-sports-a-mother-s-letter-to-her-daughter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode features Heidi Wiesenfarth, a Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai fighter who holds back nothing in this episode. Find out what Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai mean to Heidi, her struggles growing up being adopted, and how fighting helps her "knockout" so many potential obstacles in and out of the gym. Heidi is a wonderful example of a #lesbianathlete Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Proud to Play is a new book highlighting some of the LGBTQ athletes who have helped pave a path toward inclusion in Canada. Erin Silver, the author, joins us this week to talk about some of her favorite stories in the book and how she went about selecting who would be included. Several Olympians are featured, including Eric Radford, Mark Tewksbury and Anastasia Bucsis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex is joined by Sarah Crowley, an out All-American lacrosse player and all-around badass. Sarah talks about how her coming out led to a "rainbow avalanche" among her lacrosse teammates, and her evolution as a sexually fluid woman. Alex and Sarah also talk about her new podcast, "Tombabe." Follow Sarah on Instagram, @scrowlz_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, I wrote a review of a wonderful new Glenn Burke biography called Singled Out. It's the most comprehensive examination to date of the life and times of the first openly gay player in MLB history and the numerous difficulties he faced during his all too brief career. On today's pod, I'm joined by Singled Out's author Andrew Maraniss to examine Burke's trailblazing legacy and the tragedies he endured in order to be true to himself in the conservative and close-minded world of late-70s baseball. Andrew recounts the incredible impact Burke made on teammates who embodied a range of personality types from Dusty Baker's coolness to Steve Garvey's "wholesome" image consciousness. We also discuss Burke's bravery in living an open gay life as a celebrity in San Francisco's Castro District at the same time Dodgers management did everything possible to keep it under wraps. Finally, Maraniss details the many prominent moments of post-Stonewall LGBTQ history that intersected with Burke's career. It's a fascinatin

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Technicolor Technico" Erica Leigh to the show! Host Brian Bell and Leigh discuss the diversity of queer representation in pro wrestling, straight wrestlers portraying LGBTQ characters, the importance of authenticity in wrestling personas and Leigh's stream of consciousness approach to Twitter. They also discuss Leigh's banner 2020 and returning to Butch vs. Gore for the Cassandro Cup on March 28! Check it out and drop those twee twees! Contribute, learn and donate to combat anti-Asian sentiments at anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co Follow Erica Leigh on Twitter: @EricaWrestles 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

Stephanie Byers is an out transgender woman who represents her Kansas hometown in the State House of Representatives. She shared her coming out story and her fight for recognition as a Native American with Dawn and Karleigh as well as her ongoing work to protect the rights of trans student-athletes. Stephanie is also a big fan of Star Wars! We chat about the past, present and future of that galaxy far, far away. Follow Rep. Byers online here and on Twitter. If you are considering suicide and age 24 and younger, contact the Trevor Project Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is available to people of all ages and identities. Trans Lifeline, for people who are trans, non-binary or gender-nonconforming, can be reached at 877-565-8860. All are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Women's History Month episode highlights women in the National Football League. From the front offices to the field, women are prominent fixtures in the NFL. Listen as D.Gil spills some history on some of the women who make the NFL possible. Happy Women's History Month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conor McDermott-Mostowy is a speed skater on the rise. After a strong performance representing the United States at the 2021 World Championships in February, and then following up with a double-title-winning performance at the U.S. Championships last week, he’s at the top of his game. Now he talks for the first time about being gay and aiming for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The cruel war against trans athletes continues to heat up, with Mississippi enacting a law this week that will ban trans females from playing girl's and women's sports. On this week's show, Alex speaks with someone who's been on the front lines of the battle for inclusion: trans MMA fighter Fallon Fox. Alex and Fallon talk about the discrimination she's faced, and the gross lies that are continually spread about her. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's face it...the Yankees are going to be real good in 2021. You're probably not happy about this. After all, you have a soul. So as a public service, I'm welcoming back friend of the pod and nicest damn Yankee fan on the planet Chris Calogero to talk about his team heading into the upcoming season. The Yanks playing well makes Chris happy like few things outside of Bruce Springsteen volunteering to be his own personal dog walker. And if Chris is happy, the rest of us should feel a little better. Weirdly, today's episode sounds an awful lot like the discussion we had about last year's team. Are they going to have enough starters behind Gerrit Cole? Will any of those starters have functioning arms by June? Can the hitters strike out a little less when it matters most? Will this agonizing eleven year championship drought ever end? OK, now you really hate the Yankees again. I don't blame you. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @RealChrisCal Insta: @kenthinguy @realchriscal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell welcomes Colette Arrand (Fanbyte/Fanfyte) back to the show to unpack AEW Revolution. The exploding barb wire deathmatch produced AEW's first true brush with pro wrestling infamy, but there was plenty to get behind on this show. From Maki Itoh's surprise debut, a superb Women's World title match and the Sonic ring being elevated to the prize that it truly is, join Brian and Colette for all the big scoops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanna Harper’s new research shows why trans athletes should be able to compete in women’s sports. The acclaimed researcher’s latest paper explains why transgender female athletes don’t hold a sustained competitive advantage. She spoke with Karleigh Chardonnay Webb recently from London. Read about Karleigh's interview with Joanna here: https://www.outsports.com/2021/3/9/22321015/joanna-harper-transgender-athlete-research And read the full paper here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/28/bjsports-2020-103106.long Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices