“ I'm a soccer player, I'm Christian, and I'm gay. Those are things that people might say wouldn't go well together. But my family raised me to be an individual and to stand up for what I believe in. ”
ContextRogers, the first openly gay man to play in a major US men's professional sports league, on being all of who he is at once.Read More: LGBTQ+ Voices
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ContextBiles on taking risks, from a gymnast who reshaped her sport and spoke openly about athletes' mental health.Read More: Women in Sport
Their StoryAmerican gymnast and the most decorated gymnast in world championship history. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she withdrew from several events, citing her mental health and a disorientation known as 'the twisties', and returned to compete at the Paris 2024 Games.Her post-Tokyo and Paris interviews are the clearest primary sources for her own framing.See Their Full Story
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ContextBiles on withdrawing from Tokyo events to protect her mental health.Read More: Women in Sport
Their StoryAmerican gymnast and the most decorated gymnast in world championship history. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she withdrew from several events, citing her mental health and a disorientation known as 'the twisties', and returned to compete at the Paris 2024 Games.Her post-Tokyo and Paris interviews are the clearest primary sources for her own framing.See Their Full Story
ContextWright speaking to young people about the abuse he suffered as a child, and about carrying that weight silently for decades before getting help.
ContextKing came out publicly in 1981 and became a leading advocate for equality in sport.Read More: Women in Sport
Their StoryOne of the greatest tennis players of the twentieth century, who won the 1973 Battle of the Sexes and fought for equal prize money. Outed in 1981, she became one of sport's most prominent advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusion.Her memoir 'All In' gives the fullest account in her own voice.See Their Full Story
Their StoryAmerican gymnast and the most decorated gymnast in world championship history. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she withdrew from several events, citing her mental health and a disorientation known as 'the twisties', and returned to compete at the Paris 2024 Games.Her post-Tokyo and Paris interviews are the clearest primary sources for her own framing.See Their Full Story
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ContextKing on refusing to settle for partial equality in prize money and pay.Read More: Women in Sport
Their StoryOne of the greatest tennis players of the twentieth century, who won the 1973 Battle of the Sexes and fought for equal prize money. Outed in 1981, she became one of sport's most prominent advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusion.Her memoir 'All In' gives the fullest account in her own voice.See Their Full Story
“ The pressure I did feel before matches was self-inflicted. I didn't go out on court there thinking about what was being said in the papers and on TV about me. ”
