Sport Valentina Petrillo, the first trans athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games, responds to JK Rowling post calling the athlete a “cheat” Valentina Petrillo, the first trans athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games, has defended her participation in Paris and hit back after Harry Potter author JK Rowling called her a ‘cheat’ on social media. Petrillo represented Italy in the women’s T12 200m and 400m sprint events for partially sigh By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport LGBTQ+ athletes celebrate most successful Paralympics ever, coming 11th in the medal table LGBTQ+ athletes won a total of 28 medals at this year’s Paralympics in Paris, scoring the most medals ever and three more than at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport French athlete Dimitri Pavadé comes out as gay after competing at the Paris Paralympics French athlete Dimitri Pavadé, who represented his home country at this year’s Paralympics in Paris, has come out as gay following his fourth-place finish in the men’s long jump. Pavadé, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, returned to the men’s long jump T64 classification final, where h By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Sutton United Football Club, which recently signed trans Scottish goalkeeper Blair Hamilton, postpones match due to concerns around “wellbeing and safety of players” Sutton United Football Club, which recently signed trans Scottish goalkeeper Blair Hamilton, has revealed their women’s team fixture against Ebbsfleet United on Sunday, September 1 was postponed because of concerns around the safety and wellbeing of their players. The club defended the addition of H By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Martina Navratilova under fire after calling trans athlete Valentina Petrillo a ‘pathetic cheater’ Martina Navratilova has come under fire after calling Italian trans athlete Valentina Petrillo, set to make history at the Paralympics a ‘pathetic cheater’. The 50-year-old, who transitioned from a male to a female in 2019, will compete in the T12 200m and 400m events having won bronze medals in bot By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport “I hope to be the first of many.” Trans sprinter Valentina Petrillo to make history as first trans athlete to compete at Paralympic Games Even before her first race at the Paris Paralympics 2024, Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo is aware she will make history as the first trans athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games. “I hope to be the first of many,” says the 50-year-old, who will compete in the 400m T12 event for visually impa By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport An “important symbol of inclusion”. Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, set to become the first trans athlete to compete at Paralympic Games Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, who is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games, believes her participation is an ‘important symbol of inclusion’. Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, won bronze in the T12 200m and 400m at the 202 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport ‘It’s the end of an era.’ Tom Daley, 30, retires from diving Tom Daley, who won silver in the men’s synchronised 10m platform with partner Noah Williams at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, has confirmed his retirement from diving in an emotional statement. The 30-year-old, who is married to Dustin Lance Black, has won five medals at five Olympic games and bec By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Gay diver Tom Daley chosen as Great Britain’s flagbearer at opening ceremony of Paris Olympics Gay diver Tom Daley has been chosen as one of Great Britain’s flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday. Four-time Olympic medallist Daley, 30, said “I am extremely proud. Being able to be flagbearer at the opening ceremony is a dream come true,” Daley told BBC Sp By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport At least 144 ‘out’ athletes to compete at Paris Olympics At least 144 publicly ‘out’ LGBTQ+ athletes will be in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, according to Outsports, the LGBTQ+ sports site. According to Outsports, the “numbers reflect growing acceptance in the sports world, especially for women athletes, despite the total of out LGBTQ+ Olympians still hove By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film Award-winning film Changing The Game, which sheds light on realities for trans teen athletes, to be released on UK streaming platforms post-Olympics Foton.Pictures and Superfilms has announced that their Primetime Emmy-nominated documentary CHANGING THE GAME – a journey of family, sports, love and life, which follows the lives of three transgender high school athletes, will be released post-Olympics on all UK streaming platforms. Directed by Mic By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport “I like to kiss guys”: American athletics star Trey Cunningham comes out as gay American athletics star Trey Cunningham, a World Athletics Championships silver medallist, has come out publicly as gay. In an interview with The New York Times, Cunningham said that coming out to his family said that coming out to his family in private five years ago was the “scariest thing I’ve ev By Graham Robson • 1 min read
