Category: Sport
Spain’s newly crowned World Cup champions have set queer social media alight after videos showed players kissing each other, embracing and becoming unusually affectionate with the trophy during their victory celebrations. For the record, none of the 26 players in Spain’s World Cup-winning squad has publicly identified as gay or bisexual. That has not stopped […]
The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are placing member nations’ LGBTQ+ human rights records firmly in the spotlight through an exhibition highlighting countries that continue to criminalise consensual same-sex relationships. Zero Flags Commonwealth is a special presentation developed by the international Zero Flags Project for the Glasgow Games. Installed at Candleriggs in the city’s Merchant City […]
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been an illuminating — and often complicated — tournament for LGBTQ+ football supporters. For the first time, the competition was jointly hosted by three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada. It was also the largest men’s World Cup to date, expanding to 48 teams and 104 matches played […]
OutRunnerz founder Ken Ogg and lead runner Josh Martin share the keys to the growing success of Auckland’s LGBTQ+ running club, where fitness meets friendship When Ken Ogg first joined LGBTQ+ sports clubs, he was searching for something he felt had been missing in his youth: a sense of belonging. After competing in swimming at the […]
Patricio Manuel, the first openly transgender man to compete in a professional men’s boxing match, announced his retirement from the sport over the weekend. His professional record tells part of the story: four fights, three victories and one defeat. But Manuel leaves boxing with a title that stands as proudly as any championship belt. Patricio […]
Gay Olympian Mark Foster has opened up about the years he spent hiding his sexuality in his new tell-all memoir, My Double Life. The BBC pundit and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant came out in 2017 at the age of 47, after a long and successful career as a professional swimmer. Foster won an Olympic […]
The US Supreme Court has upheld two state laws barring transgender girls and women from female sports teams. In a decision handed down on Tuesday, 30 June, the court sided with West Virginia and Idaho in two closely watched cases, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. The ruling allows states to prohibit transgender […]
The World Cup is well underway, which means there is plenty of football to watch day and night. But as with any major sporting tournament, it is not just what happens on the pitch that has fans talking. The girls and the gays have their eyes firmly on some of the world’s most swoon-worthy stars, […]