Day: August 10, 2021

Belgium’s public broadcast network has suspended one of their sports commentators following an incident in which he made homophobic and misogynistic comments about the women’s national basketball team. The incident which occurred during a Facebook Live as the team was returning from the Tokyo Olympics included commentator, Eddy Demarez calling one of the women “manly” […]

German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, who wore a Pride shirt during the national anthem at the Hungarian Grand Prix, has been reprimanded for the political display against the nation’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.  Taking place on the 1st of August in Budapest, Hungary, Aston Martin driver, Vettel was wearing a rainbow top that read “same love”, […]

Gold Medal Winning Olympian Tom Daley hit back at anti-LGBTQ+ commentary on the Olympics by Russian State media. Russian state-run media came under fire and are under investigation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for making anti-LGBTQ+ comments while covering the Tokyo Olympic Games. Targeting athletes such as Daley and groundbreaking transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, […]