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South Dakota kills bill that would have held back transgender athletes
South Dakota lawmakers killed their fourth anti-transgender bill this legislative season.
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Martina Navratilova’s transphobic comments are starting to cost her
She wrote that trans women will “win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune” before de-transitioning.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova attacks trans athletes on Twitter
She apologized, but also says that she regrets nothing.
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Tennis great Martina Navratilova marries partner Julia Lemigova
The couple speaks to the BBC following their wedding ceremony in New York on Monday.
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Martina Navratilova proposal broadcast on big screen at US Open
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 …
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Sports stars speak out against homophobia at UN Human Rights day
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.
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National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes
CHICAGO — Dave Pallone, who was part of Chicago history when he umpired the first night game at Wrigley Field, is returning to Chicago to take part in another chapter of American sports history: His inclusion in the inaugural class of what organizers say is the first-of-its-kind National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.