Category: Sport
Non-binary runner Nikki Hiltz has spoken out against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) newly announced ban on trans women competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games. The IOC revealed the policy on 26 March, saying that eligibility for female categories will now be decided through one-time gene-screening sex tests. According to the committee, the […]
A transgender golfer has launched legal action challenging changes to eligibility rules in women’s professional golf after being denied entry to a US Women’s Open qualifier. Hailey Davidson filed the lawsuit on Thursday (19 March) in New Jersey, naming the United States Golf Association (USGA), the LPGA, three LPGA officials and a golf club that […]
American skier Jake Adicoff has made history at the Winter Paralympics, becoming the first openly gay athlete to win an individual winter Paralympic gold medal — and capping off the achievement with an extraordinary four-gold clean sweep. The 30-year-old from Sun Valley, Idaho, competed in the vision-impaired category and set an ambitious goal ahead of […]
British female track and field athletes are being told they may need to pay for their own eligibility tests to compete in international competitions under new requirements tied to World Athletics regulations. World Athletics — the global governing body for athletics — now requires athletes competing in the women’s category at major championships and Diamond […]
Rainbow Games trustee Paea Longopoa shares her journey growing up queer in a Tongan family in Auckland, navigating culture, identity and finding belonging through rugby and Pacific-led rainbow spaces. Paea Longopoa grew up in Auckland as the only daughter in a Tongan family of five children. Her parents migrated from Tonga in the early 1970s, […]
A transgender amateur cricketer says she feels “completely heartbroken” after being abruptly barred from her local club following a policy change by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Lily — whose name has been changed to protect her identity — had played at her local club for years, serving as captain, coaching junior teams […]
Former West Coast Eagles player Mitch Brown has shared that he feels “at peace” since publicly coming out as bisexual last year. Brown, who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for a decade, made history in August when he became one of the first former players from the men’s competition to come out as […]
Queer athletes have delivered a historic performance at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, securing a record-breaking number of medals and marking a milestone moment for LGBTQ+ representation in sport. Of the 49 publicly out LGBTQ+ competitors who took part in the Games — which concluded on Sunday (22 February) — 19 athletes claimed medals in […]