Category: Sport
At the 2026 Athletic Brewing Ironman 70.3 Oceanside in California on Saturday, 28 March, more than 3,000 age-group athletes and over 60 professionals took part — but one relay team stood out for far more than its result. Competing together as Team Iron Transmasc were transgender swimmer and three-time Ivy League champion Schuyler Bailar, disabled […]
The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Jaden Ivey after he posted videos criticising the NBA’s Pride Month celebrations, describing them as “unrighteousness”. The team confirmed the decision on Monday, 30 March, citing “conduct detrimental to the team”, after a video of Ivey speaking directly to the camera began circulating online. In the clip, Ivey questioned […]
An AFL player is once again under investigation over alleged homophobic language, in a fresh incident that comes during the same week former player Leigh Ryswyk made history by publicly coming out as gay. St Kilda forward Lance Collard is being investigated over comments allegedly made during a VFL match against Frankston on Friday night. […]
Former AFL player Leigh Ryswyk has publicly come out as gay, becoming the first male AFL player — past or present — to do so. Ryswyk shared the news during an interview on GayFL, the JOY 94.9 football radio show, explaining that while he has been out privately for several years, he felt ready to […]
The number of transgender women who have competed at the Olympics is far smaller than the culture-war debate around the issue might suggest. That conversation has intensified again after the International Olympic Committee confirmed a new policy that will bar transgender women from women’s events from the Los Angeles 2028 Games onward, with eligibility tied […]
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 […]