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Only The Most Advanced Gay WNBA Fans Will Ace This WNBA Trivia Quiz

If you scored well on the last Gay WNBA quiz, it’s time to really put your knowledge to the test.…

Riese

Oct 15, 2025

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28 LGBTQ+ Women and Trans People Competing in the 2024 Paralympics

The 2024 Paralympics in Tokyo kick off this week, and we’ve found all the queer and trans athletes to watch — including the first trans woman to compete and the…

Natalie and Riese

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Aug 28, 2024

A group of queer smile as they bump into each other on a roller derby rink.

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You Have Texas Queers To Thank for Roller Derby

“The adrenaline rush from the sport is addictive in nature, but it’s the community that keeps you coming back.”

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Aug 26, 2024

sports

The Olympics Have Always Been a Battleground for Gender Panic

Once again, the conversation on sex testing women’s sports has blasted back into our international consciousness, and people are debating everything from the efficacy to the necessity to the injustices…

Stef Rubino

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Aug 13, 2024

PARIS, FRANCE: AUGUST 11: Brittney Griner takes a selfie of The United States team of Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Sabrina Ionescu, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, A'Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Diana Taurasi, Jackie Young, and Alyssa Thomas as they celebrate with their gold medals after the Women's Basketball Medal Games at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on August 11th, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

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55 LGBTQ+ Women Athletes Won Medals In the 2024 Paris Olympics

Over out LGBTQ+ women won medals in the 2024 Olympics — we ran, we hooped, we kicked, we swam, we rowed, we rugbied, we boxed, we fenced, we cycled, we…

Riese and Natalie

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Aug 12, 2024

sports

The Queer Chess Club Saying Checkmate to Imperialism

NYC-based chess group Queer’s Gambit has always made organizing for queer, trans, and anti-imperial causes a core aspect of the club.

Audrey Black

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Aug 12, 2024

sports

Nothing Is Gayer Than My Love for Women’s Basketball

In some moments, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to find fandom in women’s sports. All the years I missed! But my passion has found me at…

Melissa Febos

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Aug 8, 2024

Team Silent Assassins in a huddle before a game

sports

Hot Queers at Bat: 47 Years Later, Big Apple Softball League Is Still Swinging

“To have a space that is completely your own, that you can show up as you are — if you want to show up in drag, if you want to…

Audrey Black

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Aug 7, 2024

sports

Quiz: Which U.S Olympic Athlete Is Your New Best Friend?

Have you become best friends with the pommel horse guy or are you riding with the face of USA Rugby? Find out in this accurate personality quiz!

Riese

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Aug 4, 2024

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Only The Most Advanced Gay WNBA Fans Will Ace This WNBA Trivia Quiz

28 LGBTQ+ Women and Trans People Competing in the 2024 Paralympics

You Have Texas Queers To Thank for Roller Derby

The Olympics Have Always Been a Battleground for Gender Panic

55 LGBTQ+ Women Athletes Won Medals In the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Queer Chess Club Saying Checkmate to Imperialism

Nothing Is Gayer Than My Love for Women’s Basketball

Hot Queers at Bat: 47 Years Later, Big Apple Softball League Is Still Swinging

Quiz: Which U.S Olympic Athlete Is Your New Best Friend?

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