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Hello, Lovelies! It's Thanksgiving, which means another chance to gorge ourselves on the best in off-the-wall pro wrestling! This year, Brian Bell and their spouse, KC, take in Max The Impaler's Tokyo Joshi Pro debut against Pom Harajuku. They unpack the moments of humor, menace and courage packed into the match, the personal connections they share with it and the spirit of "Ganbatte" within this battle! Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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. U

TRAGEDY -- Club Q. Colorado Springs, Colorado 11:53pm MST Saturday November 19, 2022. Hate and heroism. CONTROVERSY -- FIFA World Cup 2022. Qatar. Rainbows met resistance as soccer's world championship continues RESILIENCY -- Karleigh Webb sits down with noted policy researcher, media analyst and influencer Erin Reed (aka "Erin In The Morning) to look at the legislative outlook for trans rights, how the media has covered the issues including this weekend's shooting in Colorado, and her formidable work in the community. VICTORY -- You could say she was the "sleeper hit" of 2022. Karleigh's last call looks at how a trivia whiz won a lot of heart and was someone we were thankful for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Dr. Nasser Mohammed, a native Qatari who broke barriers and publicly came out as gay earlier this year. Alex and Dr. Mohammed talk about being LGBTQ in Qatar, the World Cup sportswashing Qatar's dismal record on LGBTQ rights, and the Purple Maroons, the only LGBTQ Qatari soccer fan group. There will be no show next week due to Thanksgiving. The next episode of "The Sports Kiki" will be published on Saturday, Dec. 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestler Joshua City to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his 9 year journey back to the ring after being diagnosed with HIV in 2013, grappling with his diagnosis and now his desire to use pro wrestling as an avenue to educate the public and raise awareness of the realities of living with HIV. City also shares stories about training under Lance Archer, linking up with Full Queer and stepping into the ring again when he never thought he'd get the chance to do so again. Follow Joshua City on Instagram: @joshuacity91 Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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 o

In December 2018, Patricio Manuel stepped into a boxing ring at a California casino for his first professional fight. He won in a decision. He also made a piece of sports history. The former amateur champion and Olympic Trials hopeful became the first transgender man to card a professional boxing win. The win was the end of a long road back to the ring, two years after he stepped away from something he loves to heal someone he loves -- himself. Throughout 2022, we've been fortunate to beam up trans titans in sport, and this week Karleigh Webb sits down with another one, and Manuel says he's far from done. He hasn't stopped training. He hasn't stopped preparing for next chance. He talks about the elation, the frustration, the pride, the hope, and about a special pair of gloves that carried him from dream to dream, and how those gloves will be a part of a special volume of a tome of transgender history. Also this week: I'm an anti-trans bill, yes I'm an anti-trans bill. Team USA to rock rainbow in Qatar 202

This Trans Awareness Week episode highlights the life of athlete Wren Pyle. Wren discusses with D.Gil her love for Skimo, her personal story of overcoming adversity, Everesting for the Trevor Project, and why trans athletes deserve to compete in athletic sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about how the election results show that Republican attempts to fear-monger about LGBTQ people failed. Alex also discusses Qatari officials not even hiding their disdain for gay people, and Brittney Griner getting transferred to a Russian penal colony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome pro wrestling's own "Starrfire," Ashton Starr, to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss Ashton opening up about the trials and peaks of his pro wrestling journey in the documentary "Starrfire," the full circle moment of facing Sonny Kiss in AEW, notching multiple firsts in pro wrestling history and helping to put the Southeast back on the independent wrestling map. Starr also opens up about his new tag team, The Re-Up, with Rico Gonzalez and why he takes so much joy in seeing those around him succeed! Follow Ashton Starr on Twitter: @AshtonIsAStarr Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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 Sp

During a hearing at the emergence of the national anti-trans legislation tsunami in 2021. A transgender woman in Montana stepped to a microphone at a hearing and told a story of person who loved a sport, grew to love themselves, and wanted that path open to another young person who was like themselves. The forces for exclusion had her angered and determined. That young woman decided to just raise her voice, but also to stand on the ballot. On the Trans Sporter Room in August 2021, Zooey Zephyr said she'd make a run for the state legislature in Montana. On Election Night 2022, she became Montana's first-ever openly trans lawmaker in a landslide, and she beamed up to tell Karleigh Webb all about it. Her victory was one of three in for openly trans people in races for a place in state legislatures in the country on what was a razor-thin vote nationwide. Also this week: Election 2022: The Big Picture Qatar and The Critics: Where both get it wrong Karleigh's Last Call: A thought while voting Learn more abo

The Powerball is 1.9 billion and D.Gil shares what type of sports-related purchases would be made if he had the lucky winning numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris have become a force not just in women's soccer, but in the push for the inclusion of women and LGBT people across sports. Having come out publicly in 2019, the two wives now have two kids, two dogs and continue to compete at the highest levels of women's soccer. They talk with us this week about their recent endorsement of Align Woman’s Dual Action Probiotic, and how the idea of them being publicly out and embraced by brands like Align just a few years ago seemed impossible. Plus they talk about how exactly they manage those two careers, two kids and two dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex speaks with Noel Ruiz of Impulse Group, an LGBTQ advocacy organization, about their viral drug chart and how it applies to the health and wellness of gay men. Alex also talks about FIFA telling its teams to stay silent about social justice issues at the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Ahead of his main event match at Pro Wrestling Vibe Prime Time Vibes on Sunday, "The Shooter" Killian McMurphy returns to the show! He and Brian Bell discuss his Cassandro Cup victory, musically invading the PWI office and the continued evolution of The Goons' cinematic work. McMurphy also delves into the inspiration and motive behind his "Gay President" era and exploring the absurdities of homophobia through it. Also Sonic the Hedgehog. Follow Killian McMurphy on Twitter: @TheShooterKM Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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

Hello, Lovelies! This week we're delving back into NLS territory as Kota Holliday returns to the show! She and Brian Bell discuss her experience helming NLS Is For Everyone, facing Ziggy Haim, her impromptu commentary appearance at Wrestle Queerdom and how her transition has impacted her pro wrestling career. Holliday also chats her desire to explore sports journalism, including her love for women's MMA. Follow Kota Holliday on Twitter: @KotaHolliday Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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 even

It began as a play in an early season high school volleyball match in the small town of Highlands, North Carolina. A skilled girl for Highlands got a perfect set, laid down a hard spike, and the opposing player wasn't ready to handle it. The ball hit the girl in the face causing an injury the forced her to leave the match. Something that happens in the sport. A few weeks later, a school board meets on what happened in the game, and it lead to a decision for all the county high school to forfeit against Highlands. The official reason was "safety concerns". But underneath there was hearsay about the player who dropped that scoring hit. A noted right-wing bias website blared out that the student-athlete was a transgender girl, even though her identity was never revealed publicly. Once again, trans sport panic would strike. This time the in a small town in western North Carolina. Or would it? A journalist named Brittney Lofthouse, founder of a small local news blog, didn't take the school board or the clickbait s

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the Human Rights Watch's latest report about the disturbing treatment of LGBTQ people in Qatar, and how it should be discussed heading into next month's World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! It's LGBT In The Ring's 3 year anniversary! And what better way to celebrate than chatting about the queer wrestling movement coming to a brand new city! Cincinnati Pride board member and former pro wrestler Heather Owens sits down with Brian Bell to chat Power! Pride! Pro Wrestling!, Cincinnati's first queer pro wrestling event. Follow Heather Owens on Twitter: @H2Owens Follow Cincinnati Pride on Twitter: @CincinnatiPride Grab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster Tees 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 to

Last week, Karleigh Webb was asked to come to down to a studio in New York City for an interview for a documentary project. She ended up meeting MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin, and from there we boldly go where this podcast hasn't gone before. Trans Women In Cars Getting Coffee! September 10, 2021 was the day where a fighter headed into the cage with a defiant look, and a trans flag...and ended up the winner. We caught up with McLaughlin in the middle of building a documentary on that debut fight to talk about where she's been, where she's looking good, and her take on a year where transgender Americans have been a news item and a political issue. Also This Week Brittney Griner Update Elections 2022: What the candidates say about trans rights Karleigh's Last Call: The kids are alright, and their grandparent are too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Ureta joins this special LGBTQ+ history month episode to discuss his gay sports Instagram page, how fortunate we are to post gay content, and we breakdown why we love what we do as content creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the inspiring coming out stories of college football player Byron Perkins and TV sports reporter Arielle Orsuto. He also discusses pro soccer player Jaelene Daniels being cut from the North Carolina Courage, and whether she deserves to be blacklisted from the NWSL for her anti-LGBTQ views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices