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WrestleCon apologises to Gisele Shaw for Rick Steiner’s anti-trans comments

WrestleCon has apologised to openly trans wrestler Gisele Shaw after she was bullied by retired WCW pro Rick Steiner. On 31 March, the 34-year-old athlete revealed on social media that Steiner spewed hateful transphobic rhetoric towards her at the LA-based event. “I was at an autograph signing event today at WrestleCon, and while I was walking to my table, I heard someone yelling, ‘you’re a man,’ ‘you’re a dude,’ you’re a piece of trash,’ ‘you are filth,’ ‘get the f**k away from here,’” she revealed.  “I kept my head down…

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Rugby sevens Olympic gold medalist Ellia Green comes out as trans

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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