Category: SPORTS BEAT BLOG
Rain City Soccer Club in Thriving on Building Inclusion Through Intersectionality and Athletic Development. One on One with Club President, Salem Lemmon
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) Our own Managing Editor of Sports, David “Dirk” catches...
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First Ever World Gay Boxing Championships Kicks Off New Era of LGBTQ+ Sport
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) Our managing editor of sports, David “Dirk” Smith...
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A ‘Wake-Up’ Call from the LGBTQIA+ Boxing Community – Make the Sport We Love More Inclusive!
Following on from the success of the inaugural World Gay Boxing Championships held last February...
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Düssel-Cup Comes Roaring Back After Four Years
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) When I first moved to Germany in late 2018, one of the...
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Trans Boxer, Pat Manuel, makes a Winning Comeback to Boxing After Four Year Absence
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) After making his historic debut in December 2018, trans...
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The NHL’s Perception-Action Pride Night Problem Continues to Grow but One Western Hockey League Team Steps Up to Put the Pride in Pride Night
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) Following up with our original article on the NHL’s...
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Megan Rapinoe Named One of TIME’s Women of the Year, Dedicates Award to Trans Community
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Megan Rapinoe is one of our generations greatest athlete’s,...
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Cintas Recognized as an LGBTQ+ Corporate Change Champion by Compete Sports Diversity
Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq:CTAS) was awarded Compete Sports Diversity’s Corporate Change...
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Compete Sports Diversity Celebrates Pride on the Patio with the Arizona Coyotes
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Compete Sports Diversity’s John Deffee, SDLT; Eric Carlyle,...
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Join the Phoenix Coyotes for PRIDE ON THE PATIO!
Connie Wardman, M.A., SDLT (she|her) When the Coyotes Say Hockey is For Everyone, They Mean...
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World Pride 2023 in Sydney Kicks Off and Includes an Amazing LGBTQ+ Sports Program
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) The Biennial event, celebrating LGBTQ+ pride all over the world...
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Following World Rugby’s Ban on Trans Athletes, National Governing Bodies Fall in Line while LGBTQ+ Organizations Challenge Through Participation
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) Back in 2020, World Rugby, the governing body of international...
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