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First Person Sports

Everyone Deserves Sports

We cannot pretend trans people have not been athletes, and we cannot deny trans people access to this important sphere of life.

Pallas Gutierrez May 9, 2025 4 Comments
Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr with their new baby boy
Sports

Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr Had Their Baby, Are Officially Soccer Moms!

The soccer superstars welcome baby boy Jagger Mewis-Kerr to the family.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 8, 2025
(Photo of Sellers getting drafted by Elsa/Getty Images. The other photo is of Sellers and her fiancce, Faith
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

Shyanne Sellers Gets Engaged To Her Girlfriend and Drafted to the WNBA All In One Week

Last week, Shyanne Sellers got drafted to the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries and also got engaged to her girlfriend, Seton Hall basketball player Faith Masonius and both of those things are very gay things to do, I think.

Riese April 15, 2025
Jade Carey who came out and has a girlfriend holds up a bronze medal for a photo
Sports

Jade Carey Has Two Gold Medals AND a Girlfriend!

Jade Carey, member of the iconic “Golden Girls” US Women’s Gymnastics team, dropped a carousel with her girlfriend!

Christina Tucker March 21, 2025 2 Comments
Sports

The WNBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer Diana Taurasi Has Retired

Honestly, it’s hard to imagine the game without Taurasi.

Natalie March 5, 2025 5 Comments
legs running on a track
Politics + Activism Sports

Gender Essentialism Already Had Track and Field in a Chokehold. Now Even Stricter Rules Are Being Proposed

World Athletics — the largest international governing body for track and field and cross country running — wants to enforce stricter “sex testing” in the wake of Trump’s trans sports exclusion EO.

Stef Rubino February 12, 2025 2 Comments
a young trans athlete speaks in front of Congress building against trans sports bans
Politics + Activism Sports

Athletic Governing Bodies Must Resist Trump’s Unconscionable Trans Sports Ban

This Executive Order is just going to give these sports-specific governing bodies who already have policies aimed at trans participation in their sports more fuel to enforce them.

Stef Rubino February 6, 2025 1 Comment
collage of basketball players in the Unrivaled league
Sports

Your Complete Guide to Women’s Basketball League Unrivaled, Which Is 50% Gay

3-on-3 women’s basketball league Unrivaled launches tonight. Here’s your guide to the league, its teams, and which of your favorite gay players you’ll be seeing on the court.

Natalie January 17, 2025 7 Comments
collage of top sports moments of the year
Sports

10 Women’s Sports Moments of 2024 That Everybody Was Watching

In 2024, everybody watched women’s sports — and a lot of those watched athletes were queer women. These are my most memorable women’s sports moments from the past year.

Natalie December 24, 2024 6 Comments
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: 2024 New York #LWTSUMMIT on September 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bonnie Biess/Getty Images for Lesbians Who Tech & Allies)
Sports

Ashlyn Harris Continues to Process Her Breakup With Ali Krieger: “We Never Spoke the Same Language”

Ashlyn Harris appeared on the “Naked Sports” podcast where she talked about her feelings on why her marriage with Ali Krieger didn’t work, including a lack of physical intimacy.

Riese November 26, 2024 13 Comments
Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis pregnancy announcement
Sports

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis Are Going To Be Soccer Moms!

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis are expecting their first child in 2025.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 18, 2024 4 Comments
Courtney Williams and her wife holding ring
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

BREAKING: Extremely Hot and Talented WNBA Star Courtney Williams Is Engaged!

Minnesota Lynx point guard Courtney Williams did a really cute engagement to make it official with her girlfriend, real estate agent Shya.

Riese November 7, 2024 1 Comment
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 06: The New York Liberty, including (L-R) Jonquel Jones #35, Kayla Thornton #5 and Breanna Stewart #30, celebrate on the court after defeating the Las Vegas Aces 76-62 in Game Four of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs semifinals to win the series three games to one at Michelob ULTRA Arena on October 06, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Sports

My 5 Favorite and 5 Least Favorite Things About the 2024 WNBA Season

New York Liberty cinching their first title. An incredible rookie class. Charter flights for players. There was a lot to celebrate in the WNBA this year. There was also a lot to mourn: from how the WNBA handled the Clark/Reese rivalry to saying goodbye to players like Layshia Clarendon and witnessing the firing of coaches like Teresa Weatherspoon.

Natalie October 21, 2024 12 Comments
collage of WNBA players
Sports

The 2024 WNBA Season According to the People Who Love It — and Are Hoping for a Better Future

A look back at this groundbreaking 2024 WNBA season — the good and the bad — from some of the journalists, filmmakers and creators who were part of the conversation this year.

Riese October 21, 2024 3 Comments
soccer players on a yacht
Sports

NWSL Reality Show ‘The Offseason’ Debuts With 3 Lesbians, 1 Miami Castle With a Broken Elevator

In the season premiere of women’s soccer reality TV show ‘The Offseason’, Taylor Smith considers catching and preparing fish for the whole group.

Riese October 18, 2024 3 Comments
Sports

Why Is Boston’s New Women’s Soccer Team Ad Campaign So Transphobic and Bad

Excuse me but who decided that an ad campaign focused on the abundance of cis male genitalia in sports would be an effective method of promoting Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team, Bos Nation?

Riese October 16, 2024 16 Comments
Movie News & Trailers Sports

The True Story Behind Sydney Sweeney and Katy O’Brian’s Queer Boxer Movie

Sydney Sweeney is set to play queer boxer Christy Martin in a movie based on the true story of her life, and Katy O’Brian is set to play her rival-turned-wife.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 16, 2024 3 Comments
two women from the Olympic rowing team fist bump in the boat
Sports

Meet the Queer Women of the US Olympic Rowing Team

“This was a really exciting Olympics for women,” Olympian Teal Cohen tells Autostraddle.

Audrey Black September 18, 2024
A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows
Movie Lists Sports TV Lists

A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows

It’s the U.S. Open, so let’s revisit some of the greatest (and worst) tennis movies, series, and scenes.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 30, 2024 3 Comments
collage of paralympians
Sports

28 LGBTQ+ Women and Trans People Competing in the 2024 Paralympics

The 2024 Paralympics in Tokyo kick off this week, and we’ve found all the queer and trans athletes to watch — including the first trans woman to compete and the married lesbian couple on the same wheelchair basketball team!

Natalie and Riese
August 28, 2024 3 Comments
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