#queer athlete

[blacksapphicguide]

Gridiron Grind (movie)

2023 movie. Available on Tubi. Drama, sports, romance.

Plot points:

High school.

Believing in oneself.

The power of perseverance and hard work.

Group dynamics of teammates.

Betrayal.

American football.

Queer athlete.

Questioning and discovery of queer identity.

Friendship.

Interracial lesbian couple (main).

Heterosexual couples.

Black sapphic characters:

Riley Brooks [lesbian] Naomi Grace

Connections:

Riley x Paige (interracial lesbian: black x white)

Sex & Nudity - None

Violence & Gore - None

Profanity - None

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - None

Frightening & Intense Scenes - Mild

Tackling due to the nature of the sport.

Taunting of characters.

[deidricslater]

Hi. I’m Deidric, system cohost and stunt aficionado. Idk what aficionado means I like doing stunts n urbex n athletics. The body has h-EDS and nobody else in this damn system does anything athletic; I’ll be using this blog to keep track of my progress. Would love to receive tips and tricks from other crip athletes; right now I’m looking into low-impact repetitive exercises and learning about stretches. Nice 2 meet y’all, looking forward to making friends

[buttermag]

Cy has been a staple in the ski and mountain bike community for years and I was so lucky that he trusted me enough to open up about his religious upbringing. We love a bi king and Cy is absolutely killing it.

[crossdreamers]

Soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe expresses strong support for transgender athletes

In a recent Time cover story interview, Megan Rapinoe said  that she “absolutely” would accept a trans woman on the United States women's national soccer team.

The two-time defending soccer World Cup champion despises policies designed to keep transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams:

“We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity... It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized ...Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bullsh-t. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening...

“The most amazing thing about sports is that you play and you’re playing with other people, and you’re having fun and you’re being physically active. We’re putting this all through the lens of competition and winning. But we’re talking about people’s lives. That’s where we have to start.”

According to Time Rapinoe believes that questioning transgender participation in women’s sports, as Martina Navratilova and ESPN anchor Sage Steele have done, does harm that reaches far beyond the athletic field:

“I don’t want to mince words about it. Dave Chappelle making jokes about trans people directly leads to violence, whether it’s verbal or otherwise, against trans people. When Martina or Sage or whoever are talking about this, people aren’t hearing it just in the context of elite sports. They’re saying, ‘The rest of my life, this is how I’m going to treat trans people.’”

Would Rapinoe embrace a transgender woman on the U.S. women’s soccer team, even if that woman took the place of someone assigned female at birth? Her answer: 

 “Absolutely. You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument—you’re sort of telling on yourself already—is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way.”

Read the whole Time article here.

See also: US soccer star Megan Rapinoe is supporting trans people’s participation in sports 100% US Soccer Star: Bills to Ban Transgender Kids from Sports Try to Solve a Problem that Doesn’t Exist

[imleotyler]

My vintage motorcycle 🏍️

[yessoupy]

Amber Glenn — first openly queer woman to win a national championship

[blackqueernotables]

Dawn Staley is the first Black coach in Division I college basketball to complete an undefeated season (38-0)

[hyenabeanz]

Jamie Lee Rattray showing off the custom jacket she's wearing for PWHL Boston's pride game.

Made by Jeanius Jackets and going to be auctioned off for charity.

[yourdailyqueer]

Danielle McGahey

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 14 April 1994

Ethnicity: White - Canadian

Occupation: Prof cricket player

Note: First transgender player in an international T20 match.

[bitter69uk]

Born on this day 102 years ago: pioneering homoerotic photographer, filmmaker, founder of Athletic Model Guild studio and Physique Pictorial magazine, “the Cecil B DeMille of the posing pouch” Bob Mizer (Robert Henry Mizer, 27 March 1922 – 12 May 1992). All these decades later, Mizer’s beautiful, joyous and life-affirming vintage beefcake pin-ups celebrating firm male flesh are STILL widely censored on the internet. (Don’t fall for the faux “progressive” pinkwashing done by the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr). Last year I visited “A Hard Man is Good to Find!” (billed as “a bold new exhibition charting over 60 years of queer photography of the male physique”) at The Photographer’s Gallery here in London. It featured an actual posing pouch from Athletic Model Guild, sewn by Mizer’s mother, displayed in a glass vitrine. It was like witnessing a sacred religious artifact - like the shroud of Turin! (I took a photo which I really should post sometime!). Pictured: a “safe for social media” shot by Mizer, 1982.

[crossdreamers]

Female transgender athletes at a disadvantage study claims

A study funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed that transgender female athletes face physical disadvantages compared to cisgender women across various measures.

This research indicates that physically active transgender women exhibit poorer performance in specific cardiovascular tests and possess less lower-body strength than their cisgender counterparts.

Contrary to earlier assertions, the study conducted by researchers at the University of Brighton also concludes that the bone density of transgender women is comparable to that of cisgender women, a factor closely linked to muscle strength.

The research paper says that :

"While longitudinal transitioning studies of transgender athletes are urgently needed, these results should caution against precautionary bans and sport eligibility exclusions that are not based on sport-specific (or sport-relevant) research."

Yahoo! Sports has more.

The study can be found here: Yannis P. Pitsiladis et al: Strength, power and aerobic capacity of transgender athletes: a cross-sectional study

Photo by Gabriel Sanchez on Unsplash.

[imleotyler]

Do you want to come over?

[itsbansheebitch]

Ya know, if I was beat by a trans person at my sport, I'd just assume it was because they were better than me and not be a fucking sore loser lmao

[blackqueernotables]

Christine Mboma: first ever Namibian woman to win a women's Olympic medal and broke the world under-20 and African senior record.

[yourdailyqueer]

Dylan Inserra

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Queer & Demisexual

DOB: 22 May 1987  

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Former prof gymnast, prof rugby player, activist

[spidergvven]

thinking about colin saying he doesnt want to be a spokesperson in contrast with sam embracing the opportunity to be a spokesperson, how even though being closeted in an extremely heterosexual and homophobic environment is a painful experience colin can blend in but thats never been an option for sam or any other black athlete. sam is obviously the type of person to speak up about injustice whether he's obligated to or not but in many ways he doesnt really have a choice, not in the way colin does as a white guy.

even within the queer community a cis masc white guy like colin is not going to experience the kind of bigotry a gender non conforming or trans queer person would. and thats not to say that being closeted is a privilege (it is so very very not) or that the homophobia people like colin face isnt awful and painful but it's just. different. and we see this all the time in real life, there are so many white queer celebrities who feel the same way as colin about being a "spokesperson" but really no one wants to be a spokesperson, no one wants to have to fight just for their right to exist but we're not exactly given a choice.