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2026 Winter Olympics: All 40+ Gay Women and Trans Athletes

The first out queer woman Olympic figure skater, the first openly trans athlete competing in the Winter games, a real-life…

Natalie

Feb 9, 2026

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The Sex of the Game

That competitiveness I felt with her, the joy I derived from getting in her head was, I realized later, erotic in its intensity, intimate in its knowledge. I wanted that…

Mac Crane

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May 15, 2025

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2025 WNBA Eastern Conference Preview: Dream, Sun, Liberty, Fever and Mystics

Our guide to what to expect this 2025 WNBA season from the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, New York Liberty, Connecticut Sun, Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever.

Natalie

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May 14, 2025

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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

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May 9, 2025

Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr with their new baby boy

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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

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May 8, 2025

(Photo of Sellers getting drafted by Elsa/Getty Images. The other photo is of Sellers and her fiancce, Faith

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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…

Riese

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Apr 15, 2025

Jade Carey who came out and has a girlfriend holds up a bronze medal for a photo

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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

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Mar 21, 2025

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

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

Natalie

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Mar 5, 2025

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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

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Feb 12, 2025

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2026 Winter Olympics: All 40+ Gay Women and Trans Athletes

The Sex of the Game

2025 WNBA Eastern Conference Preview: Dream, Sun, Liberty, Fever and Mystics

Everyone Deserves Sports

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

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

Jade Carey Has Two Gold Medals AND a Girlfriend!

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

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

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