Martina Navratilova

Some of sports most memorable moments pushed a progressive social agenda and influenced the nation.

This is just one of three anti-LGBTQ bills that the state legislature sent to the governor.

The legislator used Martina Navratilova and “transgenderism” to speak in favor of an anti-abortion bill. The bill passed, but it didn’t even go far enough for him.

“Trans women are women. We are female. And we are not taking over,” the doctor/professor/athlete wrote in an op-ed.

South Dakota lawmakers killed their fourth anti-transgender bill this legislative season.

She wrote that trans women will “win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune” before de-transitioning.

She apologized, but also says that she regrets nothing.

The couple speaks to the BBC following their wedding ceremony in New York on Monday.

NEW YORK — Tennis great Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend on the big screen of Arthur Ashe Stadium between the U.S. Open men’s semifinals. Navratilova popped the question to Julia Lemigova in the Tennis Channel suite Saturday, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd. “I was very nervous,” Navratilova said later. “It came off. She said yes. It was kind of an …

UNITED NATIONS — Former professional basketball player Jason Collins and tennis great Martina Navratilova on Tuesday urged world sports bodies like the International Olympic Committee and FIFA to take gay rights into consideration when awarding major sporting events.