LGBT In The Ring

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Main Girl" Nixi XS to the show! She & Brian Bell chat coming up in the Midwest, the mentorship of Shazza McKenzie, how Grace Jones, drag and other aspects of queer art inspired her look, hyper-expression of gender and sexuality, sex positivity and self-ownership of one's body, anxiety, Uncanny Attractions & more! Follow Nixi XS on Inst...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome "Critique Brutale" Marquise to the show! She & Brian Bell chat T4T Wrestling, Bash Back Wrestling, cutting promos via blogspot, building new edifaces in pro wrestling, how Dadaism and Arthur Cravan influenced her approach to pro wrestling, the beauty of falling down rabbit holes & more! Follow Marquise on Instagram: @marquiseonthemarquee Follow Bri...

Hello, Lovelies! We hit the home stretch of Pride Month by welcoming Big Bitch to the show! She & Brian Bell chat her history as a filmmaker and dancer, bringing her martial arts experience into pro wrestling, T4T Wrestling, finding her way into the ring through Bash Back Wrestling, exploring femme expression through her character, building spaces for trans & queer people & more! Follo...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome Colorado pro wrestling's queer power couple, pro wrestler Pixi Pulsing and ring announcer Bea Reaves, to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss how they found their place in the Colorado wrestling scene, how their time in the Iowa punk scene helped inspire their promotion F.U.N. Wrestling & Entertainment, Pixi's journey back to the ring after more tha...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome back "The Pride Fighter" American Oni to show! They & Brian Bell discuss taking on a heavier role as a trainer, training trans & queer talent with Everybody Wrestling 101 and T4T Wrestling, Bash Back Wrestling, providing a space for queer combat sports with American Oni's Pride Fights, helping cultivate the rise of trans & non-binary pro wr...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome comedian and rookie pro wrestler Fifi Dosch aka Daphne Wreckage! She & Brian Bell discuss her entry into pro wrestling through Bash Back Wrestling, training for T4T Wrestling, building a community of trans & non-binary folx within pro wrestling in Los Angeles, Trans Angeles Wrestling, Vera Drew, knowing Brock Lesnar was a creep early in life & more! Fo...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome Pound Town Wrestling co-founder and "Pro Wrestling's Most Popular Sugar Baby" Hunter Gallagher to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss PTW's upcoming event on June 13, pairing up with former WWE Diva Ariane Andrew to found the promotion, changing his outlook and priorities to reach his pro wrestling goals, emotional maturity, celebrating the WWE D...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome back friend of the show, the voice of UGWA and NWA New Mexico & 4-time QWI Personality of the Year winner Pollo Del Mar to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss shifting into commentary more so than managing, the vitality of continuing to challenge yourself in any pursuit, Gisele Shaw's NWA Women's World TV title win, working with the NWA, EFFY's B...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome U.K. star "The Dogz Bollox" Scotty Rawk to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss his coming out in the ring at "EFFY's Big Gay Brunch UK 3" last year, using wrestling to overcome mental health and substance abuse issues, building British Wrestling Revolution alongside his partner, how that relationship naturally evolved, moving to London and di...

Hello, Lovelies! We kick off Pride Month by welcoming back Kidd Bandit to talk all things T4T Wrestling! She & Brian Bell discuss how the project is developing ahead of its debut event on July 3, the connection fostered during its boot camp, nurturing new trans and queer minds as they discover themselves in wrestling, Wrestle Queerdom, lessons learned to help make T4T Wrestling sustainable, he...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome champion many times over across the Midwest, "The Elevator" Stxrm Garcon, to the show! She & Brian Bell talk her success so young into her in-ring career, drawing inspiration from Sonny Kiss and DARK Sheik, working The Worst Show All Mania Week, using pro wrestling as an advocacy space for the dolls, Divine Pro Wrestling & more! Follow Stxrm Ga...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome FINCH back to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss the evolution of Darwin Finch to FINCH, the connection between that change & their view and expression of their own gender, their feud/team with Lara Frazier as Slay/Them, helping develop T4T Wrestling & more! Follow FINCH on Instagram: @thisisfinch Follow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Blue...

Hello, Lovelies! Today we're talking all about EFFY's Big Gay Brunch 11 with Let Them Wrestle's Patches Chance! They & Brian Bell discuss the event from a live and broadcast perspective, the air of finality and the first scrawlings of a new chapter the show carried, our other WrestleMania week highlights and much more! Follow Patches Chance on Bluesky: @patcheschance.com Follow Bri...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Sin City Kitty" Tommy Purr back to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss his ongoing battle with cancer, continuing to be an on-screen character throughout his treatment, how the Las Vegas wrestling community supported him, finally stepping back into the ring to wrestle Nic Zander in March, helping build PrideStyle & more! Support Tommy Purr&#...

Hello, Lovelies! With EFFY's Big Gay Brunch 11 around the corner, we welcome EFFY back to the show this week. He & Brian Bell discuss the forthcoming event, continuing to build on the legacy of the Big Gay Brunch, how it has changed in the last six years, his GCW World title reign, battling his sis Allie Katch & is EFFY fine? Follow EFFY on Twitter & Instagram: @effylives Follow Br...

Hello, Lovelies! This week @LGBTRingPod welcomes "The Crypt Queen of New Orleans" Danika Blodwyn to the show! She & Brian Bell discuss her new promotion Dungeon Wrestling's debut event on April 4, beating cancer & returning to the ring, Southern myth, What A Drag Wrestling, the "Reverse Undertaker" evolution her character took & more! Follow Danika Blodwyn on Instag...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Protagonist of Pro Wrestling" Kidd Bandit back to the show! She & Brian Bell discuss her first year back in the ring after her long hiatus, finding her confidence again, how her relationship with wrestling has changed during transition, the importance of events like "Trans Takeover," launching a spiritual successor to T Boy Wrestling a...

Hello, Lovelies! On a special bonus episode, we welcome Rosaleen Grimm and Britney Blair, known collectively as Hard Plastic, to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss CabaRestle's "Trans Takeover" event on March 28, how the evolution of the NYC and Long Island indie scene pushed them to pursue pro wrestling, approaching pro wrestling as queer art & resistance, thier upcoming bout...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the 2025 QWI Rookie of the Year Eli Riley to the show! He & Brian Bell chat the familial ties that brought him into pro wrestling, growing up in the Alabama independent scene, pushing himself to grow and extend beyond his confort zone, winning QWI Rookie of the Year, the influence of Chris Crunk, Retinal Wrestling & more! Follow Eli Riley on Instagram...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back "Black Elegance" himself, Ashton Starr, to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss his decision to step away from pro wrestling at the end of the year, vying for the "Mr. Elegance" role in TNA, how the results of that influenced his decision to cap his wrestling experience, finally meeting Alicia Fox, working with Zamir Zuriel as "Starrw...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we have a special roundtable discussion centered on the current landscape of independent pro wrestling from a queer, Black and POC perspective. Noah Veil, DARK Sheik, Billy Dixon and Suge D sit down with Brian Bell for an open discussion about how the pro wrestling world sits in 2026 at a crossroads for marginalized identities in the artform, why pro wrestlers from margi...

Hello, Lovelies! We return from the Olympic break with two guests to chat about the new short documentary focused on queer pro wrestling, "Heel Turn." The film's focus, Australian pro wrestler Nikki Van Blair, and its director, Isabella Poynter-Symonds, join the show to discuss how the film came together, premiering during Sydney's queer Pride celebration Mardi Gras, the insights a...

Hello, Lovelies! With Winter Olympic prep and coverage taking over my work week, this week is a great time to drop a free look at Required Reading, our Patreon-exclusive series all about conversations in media, particularly pro wrestling and cinema. Every episode, I pick a wrestling match and my close friend and collaborator Hollis picks a film for discussion with one another, with both fitting ou...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome singer-songwriter Semler to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss their song and video essay about Chyna, why her story resonates with them on a personal level, coming to wrestling fandom in adulthood, the push for Chyna's WWE Hall of Fame induction, wrestling as counter-culture & more! Follow Semler on Instagram & TikTok: @gracebaldridge Check o...

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Midwest Muscle Mommy" & "The Babebarian" Juniper Gates! She and Brian Bell discuss the Michigan pro wrestling scene, her constant evolution in character and how it impacted her as a person, pushing the envelope, getting outside of her comfort zone, professional thumb wrestling and more Follow Juniper Gates on Instagram: @musclemommyjun...