Category: Women in Sports
Jaiyah Saelua- #AsianPacificIslanderHeritageMonth
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) Jaiyah Saelua (B. 07/19/1988) is a soccer player from...
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Compete Celebrates Lesbian Visibility Week
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) Lesbian Visibility Week is an annual celebration and...
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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and LGBTQ+ Irish Athletes
St. Patrick’s Day celebrated all throughout the world is Ireland’s most well-known national...
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Meet Team Say Maybe: Two Out Athletes Taking A Year To Build Community & Bring LGBTQ+ Visibility To Endurance Racing
By Jules Bursee & Kristina Nungaray Follow Team Say Maybe on Instagram and TikTok! It is only...
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Bisexual Speedskater, Ireen Wüst Becomes First Person to Win Gold at Five Consecutive Olympics
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) The Dutch Speedskating Phenomenon was already...
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Las Vegas and a Bus Full of Cheerleaders, My Adventure with Pride Cheerleading Association at the Sin City Classic
By David “Dirk” Smith, M.Sc., SDL (He/Him) I (Dirk) recently attended an event called the...
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#RainbowLaces, Gay Games and Asian LGBTQ Athletes with Amazin LêThị
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) It’s been a busy few months in the world of LGBTQ+ Sport, with...
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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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#LesbianVisibilityWeek- Katie Sowers the NFL’s First Openly Gay Coach and First Female Super Bowl Coach
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) The second annual Lesbian Visibility Week kicks off today, April...
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What exactly is Spikeball and Roundnet? Catching up with SDC Member Nora White for the Scoop
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) With the rise in popularity of Spikeball and Roundnet around the...
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Flagging Down A Cure for Breast Cancer with Mashonda Gilmore and the Lynn Lewis Foundation
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) All of us at Compete Sports Diversity are excited for the...
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NCAA March Madness Must Do Better To Confront Gender Inequality
By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him) As the NCAA March Madness tournament is wrapping up, we are...
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