Category: Compete Network Feature Stories
Charger’s Coach Brandon Staley Shows of What it Means to be a Sports Diversity Leader
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Los Angeles Chargers head coach, Brandon Staley has just shown...
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Compete Sports Diversity Celebrates #NationalComingOutDay
As a way of honoring the 1987 March on Washington, National Coming Out Day has been designated...
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#NationalComingOutDay: Why I Left Swimming
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) My return to the sport of swimming came when I turned 20 and I...
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Busting Stereotypes About Black Swimmers
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) An often heard and constantly repeated racist stereotype that...
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International Gay and Lesbian Football Association Announces Double Host for 2022 Championships
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) After the decision to pull the 2022 IGLFA Championships out of...
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San Francisco Giant’s and MLB’s First Female Coach Reaches World Series Playoffs
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) 2020 was an important year for the MLB when the San Francisco...
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Reality TV Show Focused on LGBTQIA+ Flag Football in Development, Including Filming at #GayBowlArizona
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Titled “Flags”, the reality show will follow the athletes and...
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Gay Bowl 2021 Kicks Off with New NGFFL Hall of Fame Inductees
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) For the first time in two years, the Gay Bowl is set to hike the...
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One on One with Openly Gay Basketball Player, Derrick Gordon
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Recently, our sports editor, Dirk Smith, caught up with Derrick...
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2021 Gay Softball World Series in Columbus Comes Back Swinging
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) After a two-year break, the Gay Softball World Series made its...
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All Female Football Referee Crew Paves the Way
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) In Oregon high school football, an otherwise normal game between...
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Catching Up with Rob of “Rob and Sam”; A Pillar of the Community
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Our managing editor, Dirk Smith, caught up with Rob Tanis-Evons...
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