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We'll continue to partner with organizations that support the LGBTQIA+ community, be accountable where we fall short of expectations, and never stop telling stories about LGBTQIA+ athletes, like the ones that we’ll be sharing in this thread.
Transgender kids in the U.S. are stuck in the middle of the ongoing debate over science and assumption, sex and gender identity, politics and policy.
This is the story of Becky, Stephanie and Kris — three athletes who just want to play: es.pn/3qpxlHE
Players and coaches around the NBA reacted to the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday:
A thread of NBA player and coach reaction to the scenes that emerged from Washington after a mob of President Trump supporters descended on the U.S. Capitol:
From Ali to Maya Moore, Bill Russell to Colin Kaepernick, athletes have consistently used their platform to spotlight injustices.
Here is a look at moments where athletes did not simply stick to sports:
After Chicago White Sox’s Cap Anson demanded Moses Walker, an African-American, not play, Toledo manager Charlie Morton took a stand, called his bluff and started Walker in right field.
In 1940, football players at New York University stood in solidarity with fullback Leonard Bates after an NYU coach accepted the request of an opposing team to not use Bates in a game because of the color of his skin.