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Women's sports bars are on a winning streak and 'slaying the trolls'

When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.

Joe Biden sends queer lawmakers & LGBTQ+ allies to Paris Olympics

President Joe Biden is showing LGBTQ+ allyship as elite athletes compete from France on the world’s stage.

Kamala Harris addresses hundreds at White House event in first speech after Biden quits presidential race

It was the first time the vice president spoke publicly after news broke that President Biden would set aside his candidacy for reelection. She's announced that she will now run for president.

Donald Trump closes transphobic Republican National Convention with long, lie-filled speech

The Republican nominee repeated his usual falsehoods about the 2020 election having been stolen from him, while his son Eric spewed some transphobia.

Paris Olympics will give out 300,000 condoms to athletes, continuing long-held tradition

300,000 condoms will be available in the Paris Olympic Village, returning to tradition after the IOC issued an intimacy ban and social distancing orders for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Idaho and West Virginia ask Supreme Court to review anti-transgender sports laws

Federal appeals courts have ruled against the laws, so the states are petitioning SCOTUS.

U.S. hurdles star Trey Cunningham comes out as gay: 'I had to take my time'

Cunningham did not qualify for the upcoming Paris Olympics but is ranked 11th in the world in the men's 110-meter hurdle race.

Trans nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz dedicates record-breaking Olympic qualifier to 'all the LGBTQ folks'

Hiltz was in fourth place with 300 meters left before they suddenly accelerated past their competition, breaking the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials record.

Meet the triathlete who just happens to be transgender and deaf

Kamden Romano recently completed the Escape From Alcatraz triathlon, which he says is a metaphor for his life.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell promises to support LGBTQ+ players: 'We will have their back'

"Diversity makes us better and LGBTQ people continue to contribute to the success of the NFL," Commissioner Roger Goodell recently said.

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100-meter, earning spot at Paris Olympics

The fastest woman in the world will finally represent the United States at the Olympics.

Inside the undiscovered queer life of U.S. hockey’s first superstar, Hobey Baker

The executive producer of a new ESPN podcast about Baker talks to The Advocate about this remarkable athlete, and how the NHL may want his story to go away.

Missouri pol says ‘unpatriotic lesbian’ Brittney Griner should be in Russian jail, not Olympics

Valentina Gomez made the inflammatory remarks about the WNBA star in a video posted on social media platform X.

20 out and proud pro wrestlers to follow this Pride Month

There's nothing we love more than a hot queer in wrestling trunks!

Missouri school district must pay trans student $4 million after barring him from boys bathrooms

Justices determined that the plaintiff was discriminated against for having "female genitalia" when the district "does not speculate, inspect, or otherwise inquire as to the genitalia of other male students.”

Meet Brendan McFatridge, the gay pro hockey player awarded as a Gen Z 'changemaker'

McFatridge, the first out gay player in the Western Hockey League, is one of 10 winners of The Future is NOW! Awards for his work combating bullying.

Dwyane Wade and transgender daughter Zaya launch new resource for trans youth and families

Translatable is an online resource that will focus on communities of color and offer a safe space and accurate information.

UFC star Bryce Mitchell will homeschool his son so he doesn't 'end up turning gay'

The featherweight went on an unprompted rant against everything from vaccines and LGBTQ+ people to Edgar Allen Poe.

This is why the Kansas City Chiefs need to do something about Harrison Butker

Patrick Mahomes, the best quarterback in the NFL and Taylor Swift’s Travis Kelce, will soon be drawn in as Butker becomes a liability for the Chiefs and the NFL.

Harrison Butker’s ‘inaccurate, ill-informed and woefully out of step' sexist speech is fact-checked by GLAAD

LGBTQ+ media advocacy group GLAAD issued a fact-check calling out some of the false and misleading things the ultra-conservative Kansas City Chiefs player said during a graduation ceremony.