Welcome back to another episode of LPFPod:Rugby Edition. This episode I spoke with two members of the Jozicats, a South African gay/inclusive rugby team. I was able to speak with one of the founding members of the club Mpumelelo 'Puma' Khuzwayo and the Touch side manager Jason Rogers. From the opening moment I knew I was going to have a great time with this two. While talking about race and LGBTQ issues in South Africa to start we do manage to get in some laughs as we talk about the founding of the club, the touch and contact side of the club, a future program for beginners as well as some Rugby World Cup talk at the end. 

I hope you enjoy this episode and learn about the Jozicats. Puma and Jason are great and hope I get a chance to meet them at next years Bingham Cup in Ottawa. 

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BBC reporter and commentator Jack Murley talks about growing up in Cornwall, the path to finding himself through his work and the strength he finds in being an openly gay man in his field of work...all before totally geeking out on professional wrestling.

I reached out to Kirk a few weeks ago and was excited for him to say yes. We spoke on a Monday night a few weeks ago and I enjoyed our conversation. During the 1 hour or so we chatted we covered a lot as we talked about his life. From growing up in southern California during the 70's and 80's, learning at a young age that he loved the experiencing of coaching the sports just as much as playing. Over his softball coaching career that started at UCLA while attending the school, he would move into a head coaching career at Oregon State. While there he was successful in building a strong program as well as building an amazing family. He explained how he ended back at UCLA as an assistant coach. Throughout our conversation you get a sense of the love, passion and appreciation he has for women in sports and specifically softball.

During our chat Kirk mentions a couple of groups currently on facebook you could join for players and coaches in college sports. Reach out to him with the email address he mentions during our chat. Below you can find some links as well to find him on the social networks. I am also including a link to the UCLA Softball Instagram page.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirk.walker.52

Instagram: @kirkwalker23

Twitter: @KirkWalker23

UCLA Softball Instagram :@UCLASoftball

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BBC reporter and commentator Jack Murley talks about growing up in Cornwall, the path to finding himself through his work and the strength he finds in being an openly gay man in his field of work...all before totally geeking out on professional wrestling.

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Welcome to this week's episode where I speak with Vassar College graduating senior, Nick Lee. Nick and I had a great conversation where we touched on a range of topics from sports as child, mental health (which included topics like Anxiety, Depression and Self Harm). After coming out as a junior in High school we end up focusing on a lot of time at Vassar College on the tennis team, in class as well as the many ways Vassar College and the athletic department are welcoming to LGBT students. 

 

I hope you enjoy this chat with Nick, he was a pleasure to talk with and learned a lot from him. Enjoy

Reach him on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/nicklee.aka.licknee/

Here are some of the articles he has written at Outsports:

Coming Out - https://www.outsports.com/2018/6/11/17447078/nick-lee-vassar-tennis-gay-coming-out

Mental Health and being gay - https://www.outsports.com/2018/7/24/17596304/athletes-gay-mental-health-nick-lee-vassar

Being Out - A new feature at Outsports.com - https://www.outsports.com/2019/5/16/18524501/being-out-nick-lee-gay-tennis-player

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Welcome to my latest Rugby Edition episode. This episode I speak with Matt Carter, a founder of the new IGR team South London Stags. After a short introduction of who Matt is we jump in and start talking about the movie that he wrote, directed and is currently editing "In From The Side". We then talk about how resources for the film helped a group of guys create the South London Stags. I personally love the kit, logo and can't wait to get my own top. Holding you to your word, Matt. The photo used for this episode shows how fast this club is growing. Here are some links to all the important socials for the film and the South London Stags. In From The Side Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/InFromTheSide/ Instagram : @infromtheside South London Stags Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SouthLondonStagsRFC/ Instagram : @southlondonstagsrfc Twitter : @slsrfc And finally here is a link to the article I referenced at Boner Magazine, basically because I wanted to write Boner in my show notes. https://bonermagazine.com/gay-rugby-south-london-stags/

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Former Team USA gymnast Josh Dixon talks about his unique family upbringing, coming out during his time at Stanford, competing at the Olympic Trials, how he learned to bounce back from professional setback and why he's decided to pivot into a life of politics and social activism.

Former Team USA gymnast Josh Dixon talks about his unique family upbringing, coming out during his time at Stanford, competing at the Olympic Trials, how he learned to bounce back from professional setback and why he's decided to pivot into a life of politics and social activism.

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Reposting my older episodes on the new Outsports Podcast Network. This episode is where I really started my education on what it means to be a trans athlete. My guest this episode is World Champion Dr. Rachel McKinnon. As with every episode we talk about her athletic career began. Coming out as a trans person means coming out so many ways and we talk about what it meant with Rachel. Along the way we talk some science, at the time a recent ruling on Caster Semenya and so much more.

You can follow Rachel on twitter at @rachelvmckinnon

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Welcome to the first edition of LPFPod:Rugby! Every other Thursday I will be introducing you to a club from IGRugby. My first Rugby episode is with the Chairman of Union Cup 2019, Richie Fagan. Richie is a member of the the IGRugby club, Emerald Warriors, out of Dublin, Ireland. We learn a little bit about Richie before we jump straight into talking about the bid process to host, what to expect when you arrive and the benefits of hosting in Ireland this year. Here are some links to get more info about this episode. https://unioncupdublin.ie/ Twitter: @unioncuprugby Emerald Warriors : https://ewrfc.ie/ IGRugby http://www.igrugby.org/

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