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Angela Ruggiero has the Olympic medal trifecta: gold, silver and bronze. Since retiring from ice hockey, she's focused on becoming a successful businesswoman. That has taken her to the board room in 'The Apprentice' and now CEO of Sports Innovation Lab, which examines market research to help brands figure out the behavior of sports fans. While she's built a successful business, she has had to navigate a business world dominated by straight men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex praises the words of straight MLB allies Liam Hendriks and Kevin Youkilis, and expresses his concern over the venomous pushback to Red Sox Pride Night on social media. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! With only one day until Pro Wrestling VIBE's Pride & VIBE Weekend festival, we welcome another icon that carved a path for LGBTQ people in the wrestling world, Eddy McQueen. He and Brian Bell discuss the LGBTQ pro wrestling festival, his upcoming induction into Paris Honors and his fight to be taken seriously in pro wrestling in a less LGBTQ-friendly era. McQueen also touches on the mental toll wrestling takes on those in it and how he found balance through beauty. Follow Eddy McQueen on Twitter: @Thefabulouslif3 Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independe

Since becoming the chief technology correspondent at Axios in 2017 Journalist Ina Fried has been a voice in covering the biggest pieces of what is coming next. It should be no surprise in a nearly 30-year journalism, she's always been ahead of curve. She even pursued her truth ahead of curve, as a journalist at CNET 20 years ago. Last summer, she was on the scene at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. As perhaps the only trans journalist covering the games, she covered some of key people that made these games the gayest, queerest, most transtastic in history. Fried sits down with out Karleigh Webb to talk about Tokyo, tech and the state of being trans in a tenuous time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nicholas Spadaro is loud, proud, and a gay athlete. Listen as he joins D.Gil to discuss his sports background, his journey as a Soulcycle instructor, and what pride means to him personally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kristie Mewis was one of the most-discussed athletes at Outsports ahead of and during the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The question we wrestled with was whether she was publicly out as an LGBTQ athlete. Because we couldn't find a definitive answer to her being out, we decided she was not; Yet she considered herself publicly out because she was living her life openly. When her girlfriend, Sam Kerr, posted an image of them kissing shortly after the Olympics, all questions were answered. Mewis joins us this week to talk about that, the Olympics and her Title IX promotion with Six Star Nutrition celebrating female athletes and giving away jerseys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! This week, Alex chats with Michael Powell of the New York Times, who recently wrote the feature story, "What Lia Thomas could mean for women's elite sports." Alex asks Michael about his approach towards reporting on a divisive topic and where he sees the debate going from here. Alex also admonishes the Rays for their Pride Night fiasco. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're going to the Subspace Division this week as we welcome "Lightning in a Bottle" Sandra Moone to the show. She and Brian Bell discuss her upcoming match against Papa Jace to crown the first PrideStyle Pro champion, the importance of breaking out of your comfort zone and her growing national presence on the independent pro wrestling scene. Moone also talks about coming out as pansexual during Pride month one year ago and the unique approach she and #S4TB take with their own promotion, Graphouse. Follow Sandra Moone on Twitter: @SandraMoonepie Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in

Pride 2022 is in Week Two, and our host Karleigh Webb is tanned, rested, ready and rather upset at the landscape -- especially Florida and Ohio But the guest this week make up for it, one is future voice making her mark, the other is a pioneer back in the saddle The Future: 14-year-old Emily Williams has spoken out for trans kids like herself in the UK since came out, teamed up with her loving mom Emma, they been a family in resistance, even while dealing with a piece of the current anti-trans media crush there. Also, Emily lived a dream last weekend, with a little help from Truk United FC The Pioneer: Savannah Burton made history in 2015 as the first transgender Canadian to earn a place on a national team for an international competition when she made Team Canada Dodgeball and helped the team win a silver medal at the world championships that year. She also fought a successful fight to take down archaic regulations that hampered trans participation in the sport, which affect policy in other. With her leading

Eli Danielson joins the podcast to discuss his background in sports, his coming out story, and why it's important to share coming out stories such as his. Happy Pride Month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Pride Month! On this week's show, Alex credits the New England Patriots for publicly rebuking homophobic fans, and former NFL tight end Desmond Clark for posting a heartfelt message addressed to his transgender son. To close out the show, Alex shares what he's most thankful for this Pride Month. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're kicking off Pride month in supreme fashion as IWTV World champion AC Mack returns to the show. He and Brian Bell discuss his historic title win in Jan. 2022, making pro wrestling history as the first out LGBTQ male world champion and the continued impact of that moment some five months later. They also discuss Mack's episode of IWTV's "The Life Of" docuseries, bringing Uncharted Territory to the South and finding love. Follow AC Mack on Twitter: @AC_Mack Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independe

The first show of Pride 2022 sees Karleigh Webb fresh off a birthday, Hailey Davidson set to tee off and fresh new face comes back to the Trans Sporter Room. This week, Hailey Davidson, the first solo guest of the Karleigh Era, comes back for a preview of the upcoming Colorado Women's Open. It will be the biggest tournament of her career thus far and she talks about the work she's put in to upgrade her game to be ready, the success she has found in the '22 season, and why being a role model matters. Also joining us is a 12-year-old swim star in the making, who told us about a research project they put together on popular perceptions of the issue of transgender participation in competitive sports. We beam them up again to present their findings. HAPPY PRIDE!!!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! On this week's show, Alex talks about U.S. soccer officially banning anti-LGBTQ chants, and Warriors reporter Mark Haynes getting caught with at least 56 hateful tweets from his past. But the way they were uncovered is pretty odious. Follow Alex on Twitter, @AlexReimer1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for Dodgers Pride Night! My guest on today's episode is Dodgers Senior Vice President Erik Braverman and he takes us through the growth of his team's Pride promotion into the most popular event of its kind in Major League Baseball. We also highlight the history making game with the arch-rival Giants where both teams will be taking the field in rainbow insignia caps. And perhaps most importantly, we celebrate the return of Glenn Burke's family to throw out the Pride Night first pitch and reconnect the Dodgers to one of the most important trailblazers in team history. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @ErikBraverman Insta: @kenthinguy @erik_braverman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This one is going to be emotional, y'all. "The Business" Billy Dixon returns to the show one more time before they close this chapter in their pro wrestling journey. Dixon and Brian Bell discuss what factored into their decision to retire, the mental health and self-worth issues pro wrestling presents and what they want young wrestlers to learn from their example. Dixon also chats Pride & Vibe Weekend, Paris Honors, dropping the Chocolate City championship to Andino and his final match against Darius Carter at Cassandro Cup II. Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Pro Wrestling VIBE on Twitter: @PWVibe Tickets for Pride & Vibe Weekend are available here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy.

A lot of history in this week's transporter room. This week, three years ago, a transgender woman walked into court in Connecticut, and walked out with the name she chose to represent who she is. Three days after that she saw CeCé Telfer make NCAA history and a few weeks later she was writing for Outsports. Around that same time, a freshman softball pitcher at the University of Scranton was battling on the field, while continuing wrestling who they were as a person. In that same moment, a young woman who had ambitions with pro golf was navigating a year in Law School. In this last year, these three lives have intertwined. The pitcher, now Scranton senior E Kerr, left the game because identity meant more. and explained why on the Trans Sporter Room in October. In January, with the intense scrutiny surrounding Lia Thomas, the tour hopeful-turned-law student, Maya Reddy organized a mass response of support for the senior student-athlete who was seeking to make the history Telfer did. Interviewing them both was K

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about 17-year-old English pro soccer Jake Daniels coming out, and how he's been widely embraced. But is he being embraced because he presents as heteronormative? Alex weighs in on the conversation. Plus, sports broadcaster Megan Barnard speaks out after being outed by a now-fired co-worker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! "Out In The Ring," the documentary chronicling the history of LGBTQ identities in pro wrestling, has a premiere date, so it's only natural that we welcome back the film's director, Ry Levey, to chat about making the film and its significance ahead of its debut June 3 at the Toronto Inside Out Film Festival. Follow Out In The Ring on Twitter: @outinthering Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT Learn more about your a

Seattle, Washington. A city that seems to groove to a beat all its own. It seems to zig when much of country zags. It's known for grey flannel skies with a soundtrack of raw grunge. It the place where a space needle once took up space on the jersey of the city's first winner. Its the town that gave us Supersonics, Kid Griffey, Ichiro...and "Baby Got Back" It's the sports town that dared to embraced the beat of the Sounders, that welcomes the Storm, and now releases the Kraken. In this city lives a proud lady named Brittney Miller. steeped in Seahawk blue-silver and Cougar crimson-grey fiercely worn through many Apple Cups, she loves to the hit and field in softball, and she can play. Just ask her ;) A year ago , Miller decided to celebrate her game and her journey by starting a team built to bring those usually left on the bench into the fray. She picked quite the name for this squad: Puget Sound Pronouns For real. The Pronouns. But as she as founder/manager and her front office right hand in team videographe