Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Strap Daddy himself, the Princex of Pride champion Da Shade! He and Brian Bell discuss his journey through the Las Vegas pro wrestling scene, winning the Princex of Pride title at Full Queer, the definition of Yeet Season and his title defense against Kidd Bandit at PrideStyle 2 this Friday.

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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.

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On January 19, the NCAA Board of Governors voted to replace its 10-year-old Transgender Student-Athlete Inclusion policy with a completely new policy based loosely on the forthcoming International Olympic Committee set to take effect in March.

The NCAA's new policy instituted immediately in the middle of a competitive season and it will immediately have to be used. A transgender woman in the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas has two confirmed A-cut qualifying marks in the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta in March.

But the questions are on the table: What will the next policy look like, and how it will affect Thomas competing, and how will this affect in issue with is raging from college athletic departments to 38 state legislatures.

Joining Karleigh Webb this week is a pair of guest coming from different sides of the issue. Sports Illustrated Copy Chief and writer Julie Kliegman has been on this beat as a reporter for the last year, and will look at how the new policy will affect sports, and how media has affected perceptions about issues and the trans community in greater detail.

Also sitting in: Oberlin College (OH) diver Lucas Draper. Young trans man competing at the college level who recently wrote an editorial at swimmingworldmagazine.com clapping back on the brickbats and venom thrown in Thomas' direction. Draper took a great deal of criticism and open transphobia for his views. He'll talk about why her took a stand as a student and as an athlete.

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Wyatt is the first openly gay college football player to catch a touchdown. Now he's a grad student studying Behavior/Mental Health at the University of Dayton. Listen in as D.Gil catches up with Wyatt to discuss his sports journey from a child to now an adult. A story you'll want to hear again.

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Lewis Gibson first shared his love for his now-husband with the world on Valentine's Day two years ago with a cute Instagram post. Since then he and his ice dancing partner, Lilah Fear, have risen the world rankings. Now they are poised to represent Team Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex talks about the NCAA's sudden changes to its transgender policy, and how one of the most influential sports organizations in the world essentially punted on this important issue.

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Hello, Lovelies! It's Southeast First day, and we've got the man challenging for the IWTV World title, AC Mack, on the show to chat all about it. Mack and Brian Bell trace his path to the IWTV World title, winning the SCI tournament, making Southeast First a statement to the wrestling world and the chance to become the first out LGBTQ male world champion in pro wrestling history!

Follow AC Mack on Twitter: @AC_Mack

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. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

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Hello, Lovelies! Like wrestling media itself, Journo January evolves this week as we sit down with the creator of the new pro wrestling fan community Trans Graps, Sally. Trans Graps is a space for trans wrestling fans made by trans wrestling fans and is quickly growing into a platform for trans and gender-diverse people to discuss pro wrestling, queerness and everything in between. Sally and Brian Bell chat what led her to create Trans Graps, watching it blow up, her love for Candy Lee and Veny and cool dad Luther.

Follow Trans Graps on Twitter: @TransGraps

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. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

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Sporting federations around the world are taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee and looking at their policies regarding transgender athletes, and recent Denmark did as well.

The European nation had an inclusive process in many respects, but it is also dealing with a media that has trended towards anti-trans slants and is dealing with some dedicated sectors of resistance to inclusion.

Sound familiar?

At the intersection of this are people like Nadia Jacobsen. Three years ago she came out, while at the same time being in the game as a volleyball player. Through her transition, sports wasn't just a diversion, it was a lifeline.

And that lifeline ended up golden at last year's WorldPride and EuroGames in Copenhagen. She was part of a gold medal-winning squad in her volleyball division.

Through it all, Jacobsen and many others have been targets of emerging harassment on online, and that has been a focus of an investigative series that Maia Kahlke Lorentzen has taken on as part of her popular podcast "Cybernaume". Lorentzen is a cybersecurity consultant and has done extensive research in regard to online extremism and is taking a focus on anti-trans extremism. One of her examinations in her coming series will be centered on the trans sports issue.

Both sat down with Karleigh Webb to look at how the issues in America has influenced the debate in their homeland, and how trans people and allies are fighting through it and fighting back.

Also this week:

Debate on the IOC's new groove

JayCee Cooper powerlifts curling

Michael Phelps speaks, but what did he really say?

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Happy 100th episode! We've made it! On this week's show, Alex celebrates the Outsports community, and the importance of staying connected throughout this hellacious pandemic.

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Hello, Lovelies! Journo January continues with the Paul Pratt (Wrestling Inc.), aka "The Manager of Champions" Pollo Del Mar. He and Brian Bell discuss how decades of work in drag, pro wrestling and entertainment paved the way for his breakout 2021, accomplishing his dream of writing for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the connection wrestling built between him and his father. Plus, some fun Dustin Rhodes and Stone Cold Steve Austin stories!

Follow Paul Pratt on Twitter: @TheGlamazonPDM

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. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

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