The LGBT Sport Podcast

So another year comes to an end. And even by our standards on this podcast, it's been a massively busy one - so we wanted to wrap things up with the second part of our 'Best Bits' special with some of the most memorable moments from July-December. So in this episode, we'll remind ourselves of our chats with: - Stephen Fry - Georgia Elwiss, Hen Cowen and Gordon Hollins from our Big Cricket Roundtab...

He’s one of the rising stars of the British wrestling scene. Along with partner Jack Tayson, Adam Bolt has performed for promotions across the country. And in 2021, he spoke for the first time publicly about the fact he was bisexual – and was sharing his story to help other LGBTQ+ people in the industry. We love doing professional wrestling on the podcast, and Adam is someone we’ve wanted to have...

Snow is falling, the night's have drawn in - and there are only a few days left in 2022. So it seemed like the perfect time to take a look back at the past year on the podcast, and remind ourselves of some of the amazing guests who joined us for a chat over the last twelve months. This episode takes us back through January to June - where we'll remind ourselves of our conversations with: - Scottis...

There’s no other way to put it – Abbie Eaton is a very cool person. The British racing driver has travelled around the world, competing in races across the globe – and pitted her driving wits against Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on The Grand Tour. After some time out of racing due to an injury we talk about in this episode, she’s now back behind the wheel – and is continuing to m...

Josh Jones has been cycling for the better part of a decade. Road-racing, cycle-cross, a bit of mountain-biking as well – he’s done it all! But it didn’t always feel like the culture in cycling was particularly welcoming to LGBTQ+ racers like Josh, which is why he started ALL IN Racing. The not-for-profit initiative is working to make the sport inclusive of LGBTQ+ folk at all levels of cycling – a...

A lot of words were bandied around when England netball star Stacey Francis-Bayman announced her retirement this summer – and one you heard a lot was ‘legend’. After all, the Team Bath star was part of the club’s first-ever Superleague squad, and was part of all five of their Superleague-winning campaigns. She played for England at three Commonwealth Games – including taking bronze in Delhi in 201...

Gymnastics has been in the blood for Heath Thorpe for - well, seemingly forever! The Australian has accumulated multiple titles and international medals, and made his first World Championship earlier this year in Liverpool. Now he’s using his platform to try and make sport a place where everyone belongs – and to do that, he’s bringing his own experiences of discrimination in sport and in life to t...

When Liam Braisdell was young, he had a bedroom decorated top-to-bottom in Arsenal colours, so it’s no surprise that he found a way into football. Only in his mid-20s, he’s currently the manager of St Martin’s FC – so when he dropped us a message, saying he wanted to share his story as a gay man in football, we were only too happy to have him on. And honestly, this episode is an absolute joy – the...

There’s no other way to say it. Nicholas Daines is a very cool guy – and if you don’t believe me, take a listen to this resume. As a gymnast, he represented Britain on the international stage – and he’s also a medallist as a diver on the masters level as a diver. Alongside that, Nicholas is a world-renowned, award-winning stuntman and stunt co-ordinator who has worked on some of the biggest movies...

Born into a sporty family, Brandon Gregory was always into football – in fact, it was the ‘Invincibles’ of Arsenal that got him into it. But when he decided to share the fact he’s gay with his local team as a teenager, it felt like the beautiful game no longer had a place for him. Despite that, he found a way back thanks to the Cardiff Dragons - where he now plays, manages and helps others to get...

It’s been more than a decade since Swedish footballer Anton Hysén came out. At the time, he was one of the only men in the world of football to be open about his sexuality – and while he was always pretty chilled about the whole thing, he admits that the attention got close to overwhelming at times. More than ten years on from sharing his story, Anton is still an inspiration to so many gay and bis...

Aubrey Edwards is one of the most recognisable figures in All Elite Wrestling. From grudge matches to world title contests, the referee has taken charge of some of the biggest bouts in the promotion’s three-year history. And as if that wasn’t enough, she also co-host’s the company’s podcast and has played a key in developing AEW’s soon-to-be-released video game. So, busy is one way to describe Aub...

It’s fair to say that Cristian Colás knows a lot about what it takes to make a football team tick. He’s coached in Helsinki, as well as in his home country of Spain – and is currently in his second spell in charge of Biggleswade United. Cristian also happens to be gay – and while his sexuality is far from a secret, this is the first time he’s ever sat down with a podcast like ours to talk about wh...

The last time that Robyn Love and Laurie Williams were on the podcast together, it was literally days after they got engaged. And now, the British wheelchair basketball stars are back on the show again to talk about the exciting news that the pair of them are expecting their first child in April! When they dropped us a message to say they’d love to come on and say more, we were delighted to say ‘y...

He’s the player-manager of Thetford Town Football Club – and in many ways, Matt Morton’s influence in football extends beyond what he's managed to achieve on the pitch to the role-model he's become off it. Because when Jake Daniels was considering coming out publicly, it was Matt that the Blackpool player turned to – and Jake wasn’t alone in that. It’s because Matt was, for a number of years, one...

It’s fair to say the last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for Zander Murray. Less than a fortnight ago, the Scottish striker came out as gay – and since then, he’s been pretty much everywhere, talking about his journey. The Gala Fairydean Rovers player says he’s sharing his story because he wants to help others who may be struggling – and we’re delighted to have him with us today, in his fir...

She’s a double Olympian; a former Commonwealth gold medallist; and one of British judo’s most-established stars, with more medals than you can shake a stick at. But while Natalie Powell was smashing it in her sporting life, it took a long time for the Welsh judoka to feel the same way when it came to her sexuality. For years, she felt uncomfortable with who she was – and called the period where sh...

If you live in Cornwall, you will know who Edward Rowe is. And if you don’t, prepare to be introduced to an absolute gem! The Cornish actor and comedian is a legend in the county – and he's just written, filmed and directed his first-ever short film, all in the Cornish language, looking at a coming out story at a Cornish rugby club. It’s called ‘Mab Hudel’ – and tells the story of a player called...

For Hayley Ladd, playing football wasn’t a choice. It was just a given from the off. As soon as she was old enough, she was kicking a ball around with local lads on the cul-de-sac that her family lived on – and when she was nine, she was in Arsenal’s Centre of Excellence. Stints at Coventry City, Bristol Academy and Birmingham City followed – alongside a time playing in Finland! – before Hayley en...

Paul Greetham has always loved cricket. He grew up playing it at an age-group level for Warwickshire and, for the past eight years, has been helping to bring the best out of the players coming through the ranks at Edgbaston as the High Performance Manager at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He’s someone who knows everything there is to know about coaching, having done it since he was a teenager –...

Sometimes, it’s good to take a moment to stop and reflect on things. And as the summer begins to draw to a close, we thought it was worth pausing to remind ourselves of some of the amazing guests who have joined us on the podcast so far in 2022. So, we’re taking a trip into the archive to remember conversations with the Olympians, World Cup winners and history-makers who have been on the show sinc...

More than 150 thousand people are expected in Manchester today for the city’s Pride parade - and obviously, we wanted to be part of it! So we decided to take the show to the heart of the city to record a special episode with four brilliant guests who happened to be in Manchester ahead of today’s march. Olympic swimmer Dan Jervis, British wheelchair basketball star Laurie Williams, Scottish footbal...

There is so much we could tell you about Peter Caruth - who has justifiably earned his reputation as a bit of a legend in the world of Irish hockey. There’s the silverware he’s won at club level, as well as the bronze he took with the Irish national side at the 2015 Eurohockey Nations Championship – plus the small matter of the Rio Olympics in 2016, and the fact he’s amassed more than 140 caps for...

In a career that spanned the best part of two decades, there was very little that Alex Blackwell didn't manage to accomplish. The former Australia captain led her side to World Cup and Ashes victories on her way to becoming, at one point, Australia’s most capped female cricketer ever - and now she writes about and commentates on the game that she still loves so much. Alex also made history as the...

If you're anything like me, you probably loved watching the Commonwealth Games over the past couple of weeks. And if you were lucky enough to be in Birmingham for the event, you may well have paid a visit to Pride House Birmingham - which has been putting on events, talks and seminars throughout the entirety of the Games. We wanted to reflect on what the space meant to the people behind it, as wel...