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Tom Daley wins Changemaker at GAY TIMES Honours 2022

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Olympic athlete Tom Daley has been named the recipient of this year’s GAY TIMES Honour for Changemaker presented by Meta Quest. GAY TIMES CEO Tag Warner announced the win alongside designer Daniel W. Fletcher in front of an audience full of LGBTQ+ community members and allies on 25 November at Magazine London in the heart of the capital. Daley being given the Honour for Changemaker will come as no surprise, as the Olympian has tirelessly used his platform to advocate for and represent LGBTQ+ people across the world. As 1.5…

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Tom Daley calls for more LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports: “Everyone should feel welcome”

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Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley called on sports organisations to fight for more inclusivity and less discrimination. Over the last few years, LGBTQ+ athletes have steadily made their mark in the sports world by living their truth openly and proudly. However at the same time, governing bodies like FINA, the British Triathlon, and various rugby leagues have introduced rules that have effectively banned trans athletes from participating. In a recent interview with The Independent, Daley opened up about the importance for sporting bodies to create a welcoming environment for all.…

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Rugby sevens Olympic gold medalist Ellia Green comes out as trans

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Former rugby sevens player Ellia Green has come out as a trans man. The Australian retired from the sport last year and has suffered with serious mental health issues since then. Green made the announcement in a pre-recorded video shown at a summit on ending homophobia and transphobia in sport. The 29-year-old said: “I promised myself that when my rugby career ended, I would continue to live the rest of my life in the identity and the body that I know I am meant to be in.” “I just knew…

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Nicola Adams welcomes first baby with girlfriend Ella Baig

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Olympic gold medallist and former boxer Nicola Adams has announced the birth of her first child, a baby boy, with girlfriend Ella Baig.  On Instagram, Adams shared a sweet black and white photo of herself and Baig cradling their baby’s feet and a snap from the delivery bed showing the couple donned in hospital robes smiling down the camera lens. “The first moment we laid eyes on you we felt an instant love and the strongest bond,” Adams wrote. “We went to the moon and back to get you and…

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Ireen Wüst becomes first athlete to win individual gold at 5 Olympic Games

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Ireen Wüst made history as the most successful Olympic speed skater of all time during this year’s Winter Games. The athlete, who is bisexual and representing the Netherlands, won her sixth gold medal in the Women’s 1500m on 7 February by less than half a second. It marks the first time a competitor has won an individual gold medal at five different Olympics (Summer or Winter). “This is just amazing. There’s a lot of different emotions going through my mind right now. I mean, it’s just bizarre that I was…

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Policy protecting transgender participation in sport dropped by NCAA

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced changes to its transgender participation policy on 19 January. The latest guidelines mean that trans women wishing to compete on a women’s team have to follow rules set by both national and international governing bodies, meaning a certain testosterone level will have to be met in order to participate. Despite this, there was no medical or legal guidance provided in the announcement and “a sport-by-sport approach” will now be adopted to bring the NCAA in line with both domestic and foreign Olympic Committees.…

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Timothy LeDuc could be first out non-binary athlete to compete in Winter Olympics

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Timothy LeDuc is on the brink of becoming the first-ever out non-binary athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. With the US Figure Skating Championships taking place this week, LeDuc could be about to skate their way straight to Beijing this winter. Should the Iowa native join Team USA for the Winter Olympics, their achievement will go down in history – regardless of how they perform. Speaking on NBC Sports’ ‘My New Favorite Olympian’ podcast, LeDuc said that it’s not something they take lightly. “For me, as a person that…

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Team LGBTQ+ wins Outstanding Impact at GAY TIMES Honours 2021

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Team LGBTQ+ has been named the recipient of this year’s GAY TIMES Honour for Outstanding Impact presented by SKITTLES®. SKITTLES® GAY TIMES Honours delivered by Gorillas celebrates the individuals and organisations who have had a profound effect on the lives of LGBTQ+ people over the past 12 months. RAYE announced Team LGBTQ+’s win in front of an audience full of LGBTQ+ community members and allies on 19 November at Magazine London in the heart of the capital. Team LGBTQ+, a sporting category dedicated to queer Olympic and Paralympic athletes, brought…

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Olympic volleyball player cut from Brazil’s national team after biphobic Superman post

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A Brazilian pro-volleyball team has cut one of its players after they made anti-LGBTQ+ comments about DC’s bisexual Superman.  Earlier this week, Mauricio Souza uploaded the viral photo of Jon Kent kissing his boyfriend alongside a biphobic caption.  “Oh, it is just a drawing, it’s no big deal. Go on and we’ll see where we end up,” he wrote.  Soon after he uploaded the post, many of Mauricio’s peers condemned his comments including his gay Olympic teammate Douglas Souza. Taking to social media, Douglas expressed his disappointment in the situation…

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“Fairness and safety cannot co-exist,” says new guidance on trans inclusion in sport

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New guidance suggests creating “open” and “universal” categories could be the way to include transgender people in sport. The Sports Councils Equality Group (SCEG) says “for many sports, the inclusion of transgender people, fairness and safety cannot co-exist in a single competitive model”. As such, the wide-ranging review concluded that current policies will require a complete overhaul to become more inclusive. New formats should find “innovative and creative ways to ensure nobody is left out”. The guidance continues: “In order to survive and thrive in the future, sport must adapt…

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