🐻NEW POD ALERT🐻 Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "The Bear Maximum" Bovi to the show! We chat his @fullqueer.bsky.social debut at Folsom, running World's Greatest Wrestling, using the privilege of straight passing to uplift the queer community & more! 🔗⬇️

💫NEW POD ALERT💫 Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back "The Spotlight" @loganknightpro.bsky.social! We chat impending fatherhood, stepping away from wrestling temporarily, working through injury & an update on the fight against the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission! 🔗⬇️

🤫NEW POD ALERT🤫 Hello, Lovelies! This week it's a free preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive show Required Reading! In this portion, @WonderboyOTM & @YesterdayBadGuy discuss Anton Voorhees vs. Richard Shhhnary in the Sanctum of Silence. 🔗⬇️

🎊NEW POD ALERT🎊 Hello, Lovelies, and happy 300! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social celebrates by welcoming back "The Business" Billy Dixon! We discuss retirement, working with Sonny Kiss at @enjoywrestling.bsky.social, protecting queer pro wrestling history, ASÉ Wrestling, Darius Carter & more! 🔗⬇️

***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT*** Hello, Lovelies! Episode 300(!) of LGBT In The Ring drops tomorrow, and we have the perfect guest to celebrate this milestone: "The Business" Billy Dixon! Download & Listen Friday Lovelies!

💅NEW POD ALERT💅 Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back Priscilla, Queen of the Ring! We discuss retirement, @truegritwrestling.bsky.social, PCW, why the story of Priscilla vs. HT Drake was so special to them, weaponizing baked potatoes & more! 🔗⬇️

Shit like this is why I feel like I'm constantly running into a brick wall when it comes to feeling like I'm working in a credible field sometimes. No shade to Sean and the other good souls at Fightful, but this coming from someone at the head of a huge name in the field erodes the foundation.

Good on SRS for saying something about this on his post-show stream. But I just cancelled my subscription and listed this as the reason. I like SRS, Kate, and a few other folks there a lot. But this is bullshit.

Someone sent the tweet to Sean during his post-show live stream and...yeah. "I can't control what Jimmy says. I wish I could, because I wouldn't have him saying ridiculous bullshit like that."

🌟NEW POD ALERT🌟 Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes @commandersterling.bsky.social! We chat trans & disability visibility in pro wrestling, the personal significance of her matches with @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social & Priscilla, her wrestling bucket list + more! 🔗⬇️

🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️ Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social sticks in the South this week as we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! We chat Norse Paganism & how it informs her in-ring persona, wrestling the way she wants to + more! 🔗⬇️

If you're constantly angry that journalists sit on stories until they can publish them in a book, Hulk Hogan is the reason why.

And here it is: off the top rope. Read to the end - her finisher is worth it www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...

Hulk Hogan wasn’t complicated. The ‘good guy’ and the ‘bad guy’ were always the same man. - www.outsports.com/2025/7/24/24...

***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT*** Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! Download & Listen Thursday, Lovelies!

Revisited a post about how Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” set the standard for wrestling theme music, in case you wanna watch The Road Warriors smash some motherfuckers tonight. www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbat...

🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️ Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes Saraya Saber back to the show! We chat her historic SCI weekend appearance, wrestling across the country, asexual representation in pro wrestling & more! 🔗⬇️

Don't even want to be ironic, fuck this holiday youtu.be/9AGAeGsBCvc?...

unfortunately pride doesn't stop capitalism 🙃 asking is very hard, but i'm struggling to afford meds and essentials. if anyone is able to contribute, it would be a huge help to this queer trans person right now 🫶🫂 ko-fi.com/patcheschance

Anyway

HEY Every single person in a military or cop or mall cop or guard or security position in this entire country is, every day, CHOOSING to do their jobs. Malicious compliance or quit. "Just doing my job", "just following orders" didn't cut it at Nuremburg. 🤷🏼

The New York Times will collaborate with Nazi criminals who break into universities in an attempt to undermine democratic candidates, destabilize elections, fuel Islamophobia, and continue the attacks on higher education. They don’t *cover* the crime, they PARTICIPATE in it.

Let's be 100% clear on this, Microsoft is investing $80 Billion in AI. This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Folks don’t understand what hunger and despair will really drive people to do.

this is like my least favorite thing to do it makes me so embarrassed but i am honestly struggling. i had to spend the last of my money on flea and tick med for my fluffy guys, and i could really appreciate the help. thank you. love you. ❤️ cashapp & venmo @ziggyhaim fluffy guy pics as thanks. 💕

Brody King with the Abolish Ice shirt in Arena Mexico #AEWDynamite

Simone Biles, Riley Gaines, and the big Twitter beef. And a special interview with U.S. Army Maj. Kara Corocoran. An accomplished athlete. A decorated soldier and leader in combat. She's being being purged from serving her country because she a transgender American. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QByL...

🏳️‍🌈NEW POD ALERT🏳️‍🌈 Hello, Lovelies! Today @lgbtringpod.bsky.social kicks off our return with @realbrianbomb.bsky.social, Brianna Bandz & Jay Luxx chatting Fight For Pride II! We discuss the event, connecting with NYC Pride, NYC's roots in queer resistance, intersectional representation & more! 🔗⬇️

***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT*** Hello, Lovelies! We're double dipping for our return week and for our first show back, we welcome @realbrianbomb.bsky.social, Brianna Bandz & Jay Luxx to chat the upcoming Battle Club Pro Fight For Pride II event on June 22! Download & Listen Tuesday, Lovelies!

Yeah, it’s time to move the Olympics and the World Cup

Did ICE call in a fake emergency to the FDNY to give cover to a van leaving full of immigrants? They've done it before and looks like they've done it again. @hellgatenyc.com with the scoop. hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...

As usual with these dust-ups she is retreating to the ‘compromise’ position that sporting bodies should make standards about transition. The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

Pro wrestling and #Pride go hand-in-hand all over the world, and I've got the guide to all the events going down this year! Do you know of a Pride-focused or LGBTQ-led pro wrestling event that I missed? Let me know! This is a living list and I'll add to it.

31 LGBTQ and Pride-focused pro wrestling events celebrating Pride 2025. www.outsports.com/2025/6/6/241...

Hello, Lovelies! (Feels good to type that again) I'm still getting up to speed over at Outsports after my break, plus part of my desk decided it was done existing this morning, so the next episode of LGBT In The Ring won't drop until next week. 💜💜💜

Always enjoy joining my friends at @gritglitterpod.bsky.social! Check it out!

It’s Pride Month and if you want to support independent queer + trans sports journalism, a paid subscription to my newsletter is a great way to do that. Paid subscribers also get access to events & a queer sports Discord server!

Happy #PrideMonth @outsports.com @lgbtringpod.bsky.social

PDX Folx! My queer af softball team is hosting a drag bingo fundraiser at The Pharmacy in downtown Portland this Wednesday, May 14! If you're in the area, come by and show support for us as we raise funds for our entry into the Portland Cup and Emerald City Classic this summer!

What bums me out about doing this remotely is that plenty of shows with matches that would likely make this list that I won't see because they won't be streamed. Especially spots like PrideStyle, GrapHouse, Versus, BVW & others that hold down Vegas. Share video if you got it!

I'm not in Vegas this week & I wish all of you there the best of luck, but I do have news. Still on mental health leave, but I'm back for this week only. I'll be writing my annual Best LGBTQ matches of Mania week list for Outsports. Let me know where I can watch your shows!💜

IRV IS BACK FROM A MONTHLONG EXCURSION TO JAPAN. I trained under Taka Michinoku at Just Tap Out. Book me and let me show you what I’ve learned. Singles or tag, I’m eager to take on your favorites. Hit my line, share with your friends and enemies. 📸: Aaron Woods

A king dies and his rule is over // the martyr dies and their rule begins.

We never do

Microsoft is the real offender here, but anyone who writes even a news post about the copilot "AI" Quake 'tech demo' without describing how it actually functions (or fails to) it is is doing unpaid PR work.

Hello, Lovelies! Today I'm announcing that LGBT In The Ring & my work with Outsports is going on an indefinite hiatus. I speak about that decision in today's special episode, but my mental health is in a very poor place and need to step away to get right.💜💜💜 open.spotify.com/episode/6ZQX...

DUSK Pro debuts in Las Vegas as part of Shooting Star Fest! Come witness the best 🤼‍♂️ from Canada, Mexico and across the United States collide in one of the best shows you're going to see all Mania Week! 🕑 - April 17th at 3 PM #WrestleSky 🎟 - Buytickets.at/DuskPro 🎨 - @elliottt93.bsky.social