Former tennis player Renée Richards is known as a pioneer among trans athletes and coached Martina Navratilova to two Wimbledon titles. Richards made waves on the professional tennis circuit in the 70s and was one of the first recognised professional trans athletes. She had success on the court with her left-hand serve and in 1977 won […]
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has issued a scathing response after Pedro Pascal called JK Rowling’s antics “heinous loser behaviour”. The Fantastic Four star, whose sister Lux is trans, criticised the Harry Potter author for her reaction to the UK Supreme Court’s decision regarding definition of the words “sex” and “woman” in the 2010 Equality Act. The UK’s top […]
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Championship side Millwall have been fined £15,000 ($20,500) after fans directed anti-gay chants at Crystal Palace player Ben Chilwell. An independent regulatory commission also imposed an extended anti-discrimination action plan on the club until the end of the 2025-26 season, and gave them a warning for misconduct, in relation to crowd control during a fifth-round […]
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England and Arsenal forward Beth Mead has said she and her girlfriend, Dutch footballer Vivianne Miedema, are both “very competitive”, as they prepare to face each other at the Women’s Euros in Switzerland. The tournament kicks off on Wednesday (2 July), with the Lionesses’ first game on Friday (5 July) when they face France in Zurich. […]
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The third Grand Slam event of 2025, Wimbledon, gets underway in London on Monday (30 June), and there are several gay tennis players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation at SW19. Since the days of trailblazing gay Grand Slam champions Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provided some of the biggest […]
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Right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been named the ‘king of Pride’ after the country saw its largest–ever parade in Budapest in response to his anti-LGBTQ+ ban on the event. The right-wing Fidesz party, which has seen Viktor Orbán as the European country’s Prime Minister since 2010, passed an anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride marches […]
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