This week The Trans Sporter Room beams up Adrienne "Ace" Billings-Smith: the Black queer athlete, former coach and the president and founder of the Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford, Conn., who is also co-chair of the Town of West Hartford Human Rights Commission, an attorney and a flight attendant. Topics this week: the NCAA gives notice to states banning trans student-athletes, but whiffs when they could have swung for the fences. Sebastian Lletget promises to do better after sharing a post on Instagram of him uttering an anti-gay slur. We also discuss a topic near and dear to the heart of Lima City, Ohio's assistant boys basketball coach, Warren Pughsley. Plus, find out about the new NABJ scholarship to honor the memory of award-winning trans blogger, activist and friend of the podcast, Monica Roberts. Follow Ace on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ALBS33 Watch her on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4rBgwXlYIwY and visit her website: https://albillingssmith.wixsite.com/albslaw/attorneys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TSR 78: NCAA, Sebastian Lletget and Ace Billings-Smith

Ever met anyone that could knock a guy out in the ring and put on a drag show the next day? Well MMA/Bare knuckle fighter Diego Garijo (he/they) is the guy you'll want to meet. Diego beautifully collides his passion for the ring and his heels to express himself in ways that most people can't fathom. Listen to Diego discuss what it's like to be a fighter, drag artist, content creator, husband, and father. This is one knockout drag show podcast you CAN'T miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The GAMEDAY TEA: Diego Garijo - Pro Fighter & Drag Artist

Sheena Lawrick was out to family and friends when she played softball for the Univ. of Nebraska and represented Canada in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Yet through it all, she never talked to the media about being gay. In her first interview about being an LGBTQ Olympian, Lawrick opens up about her love of softball, her journey as a gay athlete, raising a family, both winning and losing bronze medals, and why she decided to not pursue a spot in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sheena Lawrick gives her first interview about being a gay Olympian - Five Rings To Rule Them All

On this week's show, Alex catches up with gay surfer Nick Vallejo, who wrote his coming out story with Outsports in 2017. Alex talks to Nick about his sexual journey, and what prompted him to recently start his own OnlyFans account. Follow Nick on Twitter, @nickdvallejo1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sports Kiki Ep. 61: Gay surfer Nick Vallejo talks OnlyFans and importance of feeling sexy

Next week on April 15th, MLB will be celebrating Jackie Robinson Day. And they'll be doing so after taking a social justice stand that Jackie Robinson would have supported for the first time in...*checks notes*...ever? Today, friend of the pod and Outsports Podcast Network cohort D.Gil (The Gameday Tea) is back to talk about MLB moving the All Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's new voter suppression laws. It's a very important discussion because D.Gil comes at this issue from the perspective of both a Black and gay Atlanta native as well as a former Braves gameday employee. And we break down what moving the All Star Game means as a public rebuke of a racist law and how it effects the people who depend on baseball to make a day-to-day living. After digging into that very weighty topic, we lighten the mood a bit by overreacting to the Braves' season opening four game losing streak. They'll be fine! And I even find a way to work in a discussion of Love, Simon--perhaps my favorite thing to come out of Atlanta... Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @DGilTM @TheGAMEDAYTEA Insta: @kenthinguy @dgiltm @thegamedaytea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Strikes, You're Out #70: No ASG for the ATL with D.Gil

Hello, Lovelies! Before sitting down to watch all of the WrestleMania week festivities, Brian Bell welcomes "The Real Mutha Trucker" Dewey Murray to the show. A known name within the northeast, Murray details how growing up around the ECW locker room pushed him to enter pro wrestling, how the influence of the late Brodie Lee affected him beyond the ring and the pride he takes as an advocate with the National Psoriasis Foundation. They also get into Murray's 15-plus year in-ring career, including the birth of "Dewdust!" Follow Dewey Murray on Twitter: @realmuthatrucka Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LGBT In The Ring Ep. 82: Dewey Murray

This week, we react to Arkansas Republicans overriding Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto and making their state the first in the nation to outlaw affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The new law bans puberty blockers and gender transition surgery for anyone under 18. We also examine the Outsports investigation into the Women's Sports Policy Working Group and beam up trans ally and "quite gay" educator, social media maven and former powerlifter, Justin Gibson aka Jangles ScienceLad. Follow Justin on Twitter @sjwdebates and subscribe to JanglesScienceLad on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JanglesScienceLad And stay tuned for Karleigh's sneak peek at the next episode of For All Mankind and Dawn's review of WandaVision! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TSR 77: Arkansas Transphobes, Jangles ScienceLad and 'Biological Sex'

Alex Hulisz joins D.Gil to discuss the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. We talk about all the upsets, the interesting story lines, and why we love all the madness. Was your bracket busted? Of course it was! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The GAMEDAY TEA: Talkin' NCAA March Madness with Alex Hulisz

Nancy Hogshead-Makar has won Olympic gold medals in swimming. She has fought for the inclusion and protection of women in women's sports for decades. Now her Women's Sports Policy Working Group is focused on finding the best-possible policies for the inclusion of trans girls and women in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, trans inclusion in sports and the Women's Sports Policy Working Group - Five Rings to Rule Them All

On this week's show, Alex talks about the exhausting Twitter spat between Kevin Durant and Michael Rapaport, and why it's hypocritical for Durant to call himself an ally while using anti-gay insults with impunity -- even during a private conversation. Alex also talks about MLB moving its All-Star game From Atlanta, and says it's long past time for the NCAA to take a similar stand for trans athletes. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sports Kiki Ep. 60: Why Kevin Durant's vile anti-gay insults are big deal

The 2021 Season is officially underway! So I guess I'd better get to previewing it... It's time for 3SYO's annual crossover pod with Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala of the Away Games Podcast! As per tradition, we took an in depth look at the 2021 Cubs on Kevin and Adam's show (Click here to listen!) and on today's episode, we're examining the rest of the MLB landscape. Over the next 50 minutes, the three of us dive into the burgeoning Dodgers/Padres rivalry, ponder whether Tony LaRussa's douchebaggery is powerful enough to sink the White Sox juggernaut, toast Juan Soto's dominance, and mull over which team possesses the most compelling postseason drought. Plus, we make our yearly fearless predictions at the end of the show. Last year, I bravely went out on a limb and guessed the Dodgers would win the World Series. As for this year's prediction? Let's just say that Outsports Podcast Network colleague D.Gil is going to consider this a must-listen. Play Ball! Extend Rizzo! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @adammamalway @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Strikes, You're Out #69: 2021 Season Preview with Away Games Podcast

Hello, Lovelies! The wait for Butch vs. Gore's Cassandro Cup is finally over and Brian Bell welcomes DJ Accident Report (The Nobodies, Judgement) back to the show to break down all the hard-hitting LGBTQ action. DJ Accident Report gives his insights as a commentator in the building for the show, including Edith Surreal's powerful tournament win, the beauty in how uncomfortable Billy Dixon and Darius Carter's clash made audiences and why this event embodied its namesake, the legendary luchador Cassandro. Plus all the tea from the Britney Spears Invitational! Follow DJ Accident Report on Twitter: @eric_shorey Check out The Nobodies Patreon and Judgement Check out the Cassandro Cup on-demand at IWTV Get your copy of the limited edition Cassandro Cup zine at edithsurreal.bigcartel.com Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LGBT In The Ring Ep. 81: Cassandro Cup w/ DJ Accident Report

This is Part 2 of our episode for the Transgender Day of Visibility. Karleigh and Dawn continue their conversation with Erica Vanstone, about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation began in part one, Episode 76A. Yes, A.. As in 1701-A! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trans Sporter Rm 76B: TDoV Part 2 with Erica Vanstone

Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility and Karleigh and Dawn discuss what it means for them, and announce the final winner of the Outsports Triumph Awards, Fallon Fox, for being a pioneer! This is a two-part episode, in which Erica Vanstone beams up to talk about her excellent essay, Trans Women Are Women. In Sport and Literally Everything Else. The executive director of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association is a straight cisgender ally and a Star Trek fan, too! Our conversation continues in part two, Episode 76B. B... As in Barricade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trans Sporter Rm 76A: TDoV Part 1 with Erica Vanstone

MLB opening day is finally here as D.Gil is joined by Paul and Ray to discuss the new upcoming 2021 season. We share our best free agent acquisitions, our picks to win the world series, Covid-19 guidelines at MLB parks, and so much more. Also listen to find out out more about our MLB pride fan groups on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The GAMEDAY TEA: MLB Opening Day with Paul and Ray

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