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Nine In 10 LGBT Students In Australia Say They Hear Homophobic Language At School – Star Observer

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Nine In 10 LGBT Students In Australia Say They Hear Homophobic Language At School – Star Observer
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Ninety three per cent of LGBTQI students in Australia have heard homophobic language at school, with 37 per cent of these young people hearing such language daily, a new study has found.

The study, Free2Be… Yet?  Was released by Western Sydney University and is the second of its kind. It  surveyed around 2,376 LGBTQ students aged between 13 and 18 at government, independent and Catholic high schools across Australia.

Alarmingly close to 30 per cent said they had either witnessed or been the victims of physical harassment targeted at LGBTQI students.

Of those who responded, around 57 per cent of the respondents were enrolled at a public school, with around 90 per cent identifying as either male or female. Less than 10 per cent identified as non-binary. 35  per cent identified as bisexual, and 21 per cent identified as lesbian or gay a sizeable minority of participants identifying as pansexual (18 per cent) and queer (7 per cent).

‘Student Threw A Rotten Apple’

One year 12 student, whose identity has been retracted, recalled an incident where a “[A student] threw a rotten apple at the back of my head after telling me that the common room is for ‘normal straight people only’. The teacher present then told me I had to leave because I was causing trouble by being there.”

While transphobic language was reported with less frequency overall, 71 per cent of students reporting ever hearing such language at school. Teachers were described as far less likely to intervene positively to stop students’ use of this language than they were in instances of homophobic language,

29 per cent of participants indicated that they had witnessed physical harassment of classmates perceived to be gender and sexuality diverse, with 7 per cent of participants witnessing such harassment on a weekly basis. Most alarmingly only 11 per cent of young people who witnessed physical harassment which occurred within view of school staff reported that these adults always intervened.

Teachers Rarely Intervene To Stop Homophobia

Led by Jacqueline Ullman, an associate professor of adolescent development, behaviour and wellbeing at WSU who said in an article written for The Conversation that the study “shows alarming rates of homophobic language used in Australian schools. And worse, it shows that, at least from the perspective of students, teachers rarely intervene.”

“LGBTQ+ students who reported more inclusion of diversity issues in their curriculum had significantly better school-based wellbeing than LGBTQ+ students in schools with little to no inclusion.

“Unsurprisingly, LGBTQ+ students with higher levels of these forms of wellbeing were significantly more likely to say they would attend university,” Ullman went on to add.

The survey continued, asking students to also indicate how true it was that their “teachers talk about same-sex attraction (lesbian, gay or bisexual people or topics) in a positive way”. Response options ranged from “definitely false” to “definitely true”.

“Results show that where students viewed their teachers as more positive about same-sex attraction across each of the six response options, they also reported higher academic self-concept,” Ullman said of the findings.

Moves To Erode Rights of LGBTQI+ Students

In New South Wales, Mark Latham’s Education Legislation Amendment Bill which was introduced to Parliament in early August 2020 aims to amend the Education Act 1990, the Education Standards Authority Act 2013 as well as the Teacher Accreditation Act 2004 and ban any possibility for the recognition of transgender and gender diverse students in schools.

Federally, with the ongoing debate surrounding the Religious Freedoms Bill continues and despite three years having passes since Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government would enact a law to ban religious schools from expelling LGBTQI+ students, there has yet been no move yet to keep that promise.

Both bills if passed, are set to erode at the rights and liberties of LGBTQI students in educational settings and the newly released study has proven that fight to protect such rights is far from over and if anything needs to step up a notch.

 

How the UP got AIDS right | News, Sports, Jobs – Marquette Mining Journal

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How the UP got AIDS right | News, Sports, Jobs – Marquette Mining Journal

Blocks of from the AIDS Quilt from the Keweenaw Peninsula are seen. (Photo courtesy of the Marquette Regional History Center)

But by 1985 two people had died of AIDS here and soon public health directors, while trying to avoid panic, were warning that that yes, HIV had crossed the Mackinac Bridge and yes, it could affect men and women, children and adults, gay and straight.

The reaction in the U.P. mirrored what was going on elsewhere in the country. Fear that those “other people” — maybe prisoners or people at the airbase — might be bringing it into our community. A reluctance to allow comprehensive discussions of prevention strategies that might include mentioning the word “condoms” to teenagers.

There was also discrimination and hostility against those infected with HIV. Health care providers refused treatment, people lost jobs, churches turned their backs, and family members were ostracized. One woman reported that a plumber didn’t even want to fix her father’s toilet. Dr. Jeff Gephart, who was the U.P.’s only infectious disease specialist and director of the Marquette County Health Department AIDS Program, observed in 1992 that “the average AIDS patient has become a modern-day leper.”

But the U.P. made a remarkable turnaround — from hatred to compassion and care — as the result of the combined efforts of public health workers and advocates from the affected communities. It’s worth highlighting some of those efforts.

A poster asks for compassion for AIDS patients. (Photo courtesy of the Marquette Regional History Center)

The first was real coordinated care. By 1986 there was a testing and counseling program in Marquette and by 1989 there were support groups in Marquette and Houghton and “continuum of care” funds to provide outpatient services and support. People with HIV who returned to the U.P. from large urban areas with specialty clinics were pleasantly surprised to find that up-to-date care was being delivered in a very personalized manner. People who needed help with transportation, or drug treatment, or dental care got it and got it with a minimum of paperwork and hassle.

The second was the close partnership between people with HIV and public health. This was a big story nationally, but it was also an important one here. In Marquette, Marny Weting, a health department nurse who’d agreed to become the AIDS coordinator, was struggling to figure out how to reach out to the gay community when a couple, one of them HIV positive, walked into her office and asked how they could help.

In Dickinson County, Philip Hefner-Gardiepy, a longtime advocate who’d lost more than 100 friends to AIDS by the time he moved to Iron Mountain in 1992, showed up at the local health department asking how to volunteer and soon started the first support group in that part of the peninsula.

The third, flowing out of the new partnerships, was the decision to bring pieces of the AIDS quilt to the U.P. It was shown in Houghton, Kingsford, and in Marquette. Each time, panels of U.P. residents were included and more were added, including 14 new panels added when the quilt was in Houghton in 1995.

Bringing the quilt to the U.P personalized the epidemic in a way that nothing else could. Philip Hefner-Gardiepy described the time the quilt was in Kingsford as a “magical time.” Two co-workers visiting the quilt learned for the first time that they both had family members who’d died of HIV. A man who was born with HIV introduced a panel for his mother, who’d died when he was 4.

Hundreds of other visitors in all three cities saw names they recognized and the loving panels that had been made in their honor. It was a major change from the days when family members felt they had to write obituaries that concealed the real reason their loved one had died.

We do not yet have either a cure or a vaccine for HIV. But effective drug treatments, discovered in the mid-1990s, mean that most people with HIV are now living nearly normal lifespans. From a public health perspective, what’s at least equally important is that people on treatment are no longer infectious.

Prevention efforts that were once focused on safer sex practices are now mostly focused on testing efforts to identify people who may have the virus but don’t know it and making sure that people who do have the virus have access to care and treatment. And advocacy and education have made the U.P. a more welcoming place for those infected and impacted by HIV.

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Guestwords: Overcoming Sports Anxiety – East Hampton Star

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Guestwords: Overcoming Sports Anxiety – East Hampton Star

Paddlers readying for a past Montauk to Block Island voyage with Paddlers for Humanity.

Growing up in rural Arkansas I was not confident in my athletic abilities. Certainly not when I was playing team sports. I know I would have been in higher spirits if I had believed in myself, self-identified as a better athlete, one admired by my peers. Instead, my lack of assurance in my abilities caused me to have knots in my stomach every time I played a team sport.

In gym class, I knew what was coming as the two star players would choose their teams. There I was with a couple other gawky guys, waiting to see who would be chosen last. Be it baseball, football, or whatever sport, I was always selected at the end. Standing there waiting for the torment to be over, I was nervous and embarrassed, and attempted to conceal my emotions for fear that someone would pity me or laugh at me. That would be intolerable.

Playing the actual game was as bad. Standing in the outfield — always in the outfield, where I would do the least damage — praying for the ball not to come to me was what I did every time. When it inevitably would, I hustled, occasionally catching or fielding it successfully, but it was the misses that haunted me. How could I have let the ball fall out of my glove? Humiliating. 

It was hard to feel good about myself when, at least in my mind, I’m thinking the other players and the coaches would prefer that I wasn’t there. But was I really that bad, or did I just not believe in myself?

One of the few times I received praise for my play was in the fourth grade, when Mr. Stone, our principal and coach, came into my classroom and gave highlights of the football game the afternoon before. Standing in front of the class, he singled out a few of the guys for their good play, and mentioned me as having given it my all. I was shocked. Me, getting recognition for my play, no way. I was certain he was just trying to make me feel better, but maybe not. I had given it my all.

It’s not that I wasn’t an active kid. I loved to move and be outdoors. But in team sports I never found my groove. Fortunately, as I matured and became more assured, I did find satisfaction in sports, primarily individual sport.

I’m now a secure gay man living in Springs and married to my wonderful husband, John. June is L.G.B.T.Q. Pride Month, presenting an opportunity to celebrate and reflect, causing me to ponder if my awkwardness playing team sports was intensified because I was a gay kid.

Of course, there are adults of all kinds who can relate to what I am writing about — straight, gay, whatever — but it is noteworthy that most of my accomplished adult gay male friends tell me they had similar unpleasant experiences of playing team sports when younger. Like me, they tended to gravitate toward individual sport.

Why this was such a common experience is open for discussion. Perhaps it’s that being gay is being different, and not fitting into the heteronormative culture of male team sports. There’s a group mentality when playing on a team, and to feel that you’re not part of it, even if by perception, is extremely uncomfortable. It’s easier to stay in the shadows. Is this still the case for many gay kids playing sports today? I sincerely hope not.

I’m competitive and, if running in a foot race or skiing down a mountain, I want to win. Of course, I don’t always, but I will give it what I’ve got, sometimes to my detriment. That is why a few years ago while aggressively racing my friend Dennis down Aspen Mountain I fell, rolled a few times, and broke my clavicle. C’est la vie.

Contrary to my early years with group sports, my life here has been enriched in many ways by it. When my super-athletic friend Ed approached me about 16 years ago with his idea of organizing an 18-mile open-water paddle from the Montauk Lighthouse to Block Island as a nonprofit event, I wondered whether anyone would actually paddle that distance. He assured me people would do it. Little did I know then that over the years hundreds of people would participate in the Block Challenge, and we would be able to give away almost $2 million to causes related to bettering the lives of kids through the East Hampton nonprofit organization we founded, Paddlers for Humanity.

I’ve now done the paddle, either in a kayak or on a stand-up board, most of those years, with the encouragement of Ed and a remarkable group of people. I’ve had good years and I’ve had bad years. When the conditions are relatively smooth, good. When rougher and windier, bad. I prefer the good, but the bad has helped give me confidence to know what I am capable of.

Entering the water at 6 a.m. just north of the Lighthouse, and headed toward the glorious, florid orange rising sun, surrounded by others who enjoy their sport and whose hearts are in a good place, makes for a special experience. That community of athletes that eluded me as a child keeps me going on the paddle, no matter the conditions. I finally personally experienced the pleasures of a group of athletes coming together for a common purpose. Never will I be the elite athlete that many are, but I now realize that doesn’t matter. Enjoy the moment and do my best is now my motto.

I’ve made lasting and deep connections because of Paddlers for Humanity, with the participants, volunteers, and donors, but also with the outstanding staff at the organizations we’ve supported.

One of the most satisfying relationships began in 2017 when someone I didn’t know signed up for the paddle. I quickly surmised, both on the phone before the big day and while on the paddle, that Antony was a kind and intelligent person whom I wanted to know better. Spending time with him reinforced my initial positive instincts. Soon after, in conversation with my dear friend Joan, it occurred to me that Antony and her delightful daughter Hannah might enjoy getting to know each other. It pleases me that Antony and Hannah married at John’s and my house in Springs last year and are expecting their first child in September.

After a year when we could not organize the paddle because of Covid-19 restrictions, we will paddle again this year, on Sept. 18. I’m excited to be part of the group again.

Still, those uncomfortable childhood sports memories have stayed with me. I’m sure they have made me more resilient, but they don’t go away. The other night while sleeping, having started this piece earlier in the day, I had a vivid dream of walking onto a baseball field with the expectation of playing in a game. I was an adult, and was acutely aware of my anxiety. Would I drop the ball? Would I strike out? Would I embarrass myself?

I’m now strong enough that I could handle the embarrassment and go on my merry way. But if I’m chosen last, maybe not.

Fred Doss is taking part in a memoir-writing class at the East Hampton Library.

40 Incredible LGBTQ+ Places Around the World to Celebrate in 2021 – Time Out

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40 Incredible LGBTQ+ Places Around the World to Celebrate in 2021 – Time Out

Petticoat Lane is easily one of the gay bars to visit in Hong Kong. The bar is popular for its fun drag performances featuring the city’s fiercest queens, and it shines not only as an inclusive space but as a great party venue for late-night revellers. Parties here start at 6pm and go until past midnight. This month, Petticoat Lane moves a few steps away from their old hidden spot to a new location smack in the center of Hong Kong’s famous nightlife spot, Lan Kwai Fong. Tatum Ancheta

Lea DeLaria was hospitalized after brutal homophobic attack – Inside NoVA

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Lea DeLaria was hospitalized after brutal homophobic attack – Inside NoVA

Lea DeLaria was once hospitalized after a brutal homophobic attack.

The ‘Orange Is The New Black’ actress has opened up on the moment she was the victim of a vicious hate crime in San Francisco as she recalled being “majorly gay-bashed” when she was 24 years old.

She told Page Six: “My nose was broken, chipped an eye socket, had several cracked ribs.

“I’ve been verbally abused more times than you can mention in my life, and that still goes on. There’s always someone who’s going to call me a fat guy.”

Lea, now 63, explained how the harassment had lessened for her due to her role as Carrie ‘Big Boo’ Black on the Netflix show, but abuse has “always been incredible rough on butch lesbians”.

She added: “That’s a fact. We get attacked more than any other women in our community.

“It’s always been rough on trans women, very rough especially for trans women of color, and it’s always been incredibly rough on butch lesbians.”

She noted that ‘Orange Is The New Black’ marked a definite change in “presentation”, and “opened up” people’s attitudes in a positive way.

She said: “What ‘Orange’ has done for me, as a butch lesbian, is, it’s opened up people’s hearts and minds to women who look like me.

“Because ‘Orange’ was the first positive representation of a butch lesbian that I’ve ever seen in mainstream media.”

Now, Lea is working on ‘The Lesbian Bar Project’ documentary alongside Jagermeister’s #SAVETHENIGHT initiative to support the nightlife community following the coronavirus pandemic.

With only 21 lesbian bars left across the whole of the US, the star wants to make sure they remain open as she urged fans to watch the film for free and make a donation.

She said: “[When] I walk into a dyke bar, I’m walking into my sense of community, my sense of safety, my sense of camaraderie.”

Legal experts call for quick passage of LGBT equality law in Japan : The Asahi Shimbun – Asahi Shimbun

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Legal experts call for quick passage of LGBT equality law in Japan : The Asahi Shimbun – Asahi Shimbun

More than a thousand lawyers and legal experts issued an emergency declaration on June 8 urging the government to quickly pass legislation to end discrimination against sexual minorities.

A total of 1,285 individuals signed the declaration stating that such an equality law “would be an important first step to realizing a fair society.”

The statement added that those who identify themselves as a sexual minority have made various efforts to raise their voices even as they face difficulties and isolation.

“We cannot find a reason for not submitting such legislation to the Diet,” the declaration concluded.

Meanwhile, an executive of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on June 8 that any legislation to promote understanding of sexual minorities would have to be vastly rewritten from the bill that failed to gain unanimous consent in the General Council last month.

Tsutomu Sato, the General Council chairman, was asked about the large number of voices calling for the legislation to be passed in the current Diet session.

Touching upon the fact that any decision by the General Council required unanimous approval, Sato said, “I cannot say there is not a possibility of it passing the council if a proposal that does not trigger opposition is submitted to the General Council.”

He said the current bill could not be resubmitted to the General Council as is and called for further discussions within the LDP before any proposal is again brought before the party organ.

Lawmakers with traditionalist views in the LDP raised strong objections to the proposal designed to prevent discrimination against sexual minorities.

With no approval granted at the May 28 General Council meeting, the LDP decided that it could not agree to submit the legislation in the current Diet session.

(Ayako Nakada contributed to this article.)

Lycoming County Commissioners at odds over library Pride Month display – Williamsport Sun-Gazette

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Lycoming County Commissioners at odds over library Pride Month display – Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Two Lycoming County Commissioners shared disapproval of an LGBTQ Pride Month display in the James V. Brown Library.

Commissioners Tony Mussare and Scott Metzger both spoke out against the display in the library’s children’s section, which includes a “Celebrate Pride Month” sign and several books connected to LGBTQ issues.

Commissioner Rick Mirabito had a different perspective on the matter, claiming the presence of children’s books such as “Julian is a Mermaid” and “Jack (Not Jackie)” are not being used to ‘indoctrinate’ children as his fellow commissioners contend.

Rather, it’s about creating a community of tolerance.

“We are elected to represent everybody,” he said. “Our personal beliefs can’t get in the way of upholding the law.”

Mussare said he did not believe the books should be removed from the library itself, but from the children’s area, known as the Welch Family Wing.

He said he asked Library Executive Director Barbara McGary to consider removing the books.

“Our children are confused enough,” he said.

McGary could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Metzger said his position on the issue is not an attack on the LGBTQ community, nor is it about censorship.

He said he has been contacted by people in the community who are upset about the issue.

He agreed with Mussare that the books should not be removed from the library, only from the children’s section.

“Why are these books on display?” he asked. “I’m asking them to be taken off display.”

Mirabito said, “When we hide books, we are saying, ‘You folks are second-class citizens.’ Intolerance often escalates into violence, even death.”

He said he realizes the display may conflict with the belief systems of many people, but added, “I think we need to really be aware of the times we are in.”

Mussare said indoctrination of children can have multiple meanings.

“It’s when you tell them a different point of view or giving them a different idea or opinion from what they believe in,” he explained.

Metzger said it means trying to instill one’s own beliefs or values into someone else’s way of thinking.

He said his stance on the issue is not an attack on liberty or the LGBTQ community.

“Kids at that age have no idea of what this stuff is about,” he said. “Adults are going to make their own decisions about these things.”

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, an event considered the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the U.S.

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Commissioners at odds over Pride Month display | News, Sports, Jobs – Williamsport Sun-Gazette

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Commissioners at odds over Pride Month display | News, Sports, Jobs – Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Two Lycoming County Commissioners shared disapproval of an LGBTQ Pride Month display in the James V. Brown Library.

Commissioners Tony Mussare and Scott Metzger both spoke out against the display in the library’s children’s section, which includes a “Celebrate Pride Month” sign and several books connected to LGBTQ issues.

Commissioner Rick Mirabito had a different perspective on the matter, claiming the presence of children’s books such as “Julian is a Mermaid” and “Jack (Not Jackie)” are not being used to ‘indoctrinate’ children as his fellow commissioners contend.

Rather, it’s about creating a community of tolerance.

“We are elected to represent everybody,” he said. “Our personal beliefs can’t get in the way of upholding the law.”

Mussare said he did not believe the books should be removed from the library itself, but from the children’s area, known as the Welch Family Wing.

He said he asked Library Executive Director Barbara McGary to consider removing the books.

“Our children are confused enough,” he said.

McGary could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Metzger said his position on the issue is not an attack on the LGBTQ community, nor is it about censorship.

He said he has been contacted by people in the community who are upset about the issue.

He agreed with Mussare that the books should not be removed from the library, only from the children’s section.

“Why are these books on display?” he asked. “I’m asking them to be taken off display.”

Mirabito said, “When we hide books, we are saying, ‘You folks are second-class citizens.’ Intolerance often escalates into violence, even death.”

He said he realizes the display may conflict with the belief systems of many people, but added, “I think we need to really be aware of the times we are in.”

Mussare said indoctrination of children can have multiple meanings.

“It’s when you tell them a different point of view or giving them a different idea or opinion from what they believe in,” he explained.

Metzger said it means trying to instill one’s own beliefs or values into someone else’s way of thinking.

He said his stance on the issue is not an attack on liberty or the LGBTQ community.

“Kids at that age have no idea of what this stuff is about,” he said. “Adults are going to make their own decisions about these things.”

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, an event considered the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the U.S.

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City rejects landscaping bid | News, Sports, Jobs – The Express – Lock Haven Express

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City rejects landscaping bid | News, Sports, Jobs – The Express – Lock Haven Express

LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven’s public works employees will continue cutting the grass and landscaping city parks throughout the summer.

The city contracted the service to D.A.D.’s Landscaping of Jersey Shore until recently.

“They (D.A.D.’s) unfortunately went out of business,” Public Works Director Tony Stopper said.

Since council’s last meeting, Stopper solicited for bids and only received one from Clinton County Landscaping.

“(Clinton County Landscaping’s) total price is more than twice the amount of D.A.D.’s so my recommendation is to reject the bid and have city staff continue to do the mowing this year,” Stopper said.

He said the city could solicit for bids again in the fall or winter for mowing in 2022.

All members of council were present for Monday night’s meeting held via livestream on the city’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

In other business council:

— Received notice from the Department of Community and Economic Development that the city received $500,000 in their HOME grant to provide improvements for low to moderate income households. “They average about $45,000 per house hold in investments in things like insulation, new windows, roofs. It really can be a life saver for a lot of people and help reduce their energy cost,” Wilson said. The funds will be administered by SEDA-COG with help from City Planner Abbey Roberts.

— Entered into an agreement with FireHouse Grants for the the application and administration of a FEMA grant to cover 95% of the cost of the replacements of the city’s three hose companies SCBA unites. The city share for the application fee is $2,379 and will have to match $18,900 locally for the equipment.

— Authorized the bid for utility street patching projects.

— Approved an ordinance clarifying the collection procedures for sewer and water utilities.

— Approved the temporary closure of select city streets for the Rally for Recovery 5k on Aug. 28 and a banner request from Relay for Life of Clinton County on July 12-Aug. 1.

— Received an email and postcard commending council for its decision to allow the Clinton County LGBT Network to paint temporary pride flags at two intersection downtown.

— Approved a request to PennDOT from Woodward Township resident Terry Banfill who would like to hang a wooden American flag across Main Street on select days.

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Skipping PE at school to avoid being outed as gay – Stylist Magazine

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Skipping PE at school to avoid being outed as gay – Stylist Magazine

Warning: this article discusses disordered eating.

As a teen, I thought that being strong would inevitably lead to me being outed. It took actually coming out for me to realise that homophobia has nothing to do with the kinds of sports you play and that we’re all having to unlearn what we were taught at school.

Skipping school physical education is a rite of passage for many teens but in my case, it was a survival technique – to avoid being outed as gay by my classmates. Despite being good at sports, I actively tried to fail physical education for fear that being fast and strong would make me appear too masculine.

Paranoia, body dysmorphia and anxiety about safety are all things that LGBTQ+ kids experience at school so when I look back, I’m not surprised that I believed being stronger, faster or looking different might make me a target for homophobia. People are homophobic because they’re homophobic, not because you’re a sporty kid. But 15 years ago, when I was coming to terms with my sexuality, schools were still somewhat responsible for the institutionalised prejudice hammered into us by Section 28 (a law that forbade “the promotion” of homosexuality in schools). Kids were conditioned by the dearth of necessary support.

PE classes can be challenging for queer pupils because of how exposed they tend to make people feel. Around the age of 14, I realised that I wasn’t into boys in the same way that everyone else seemed to be. Lying about who I fancied and having friends who agreed to performatively go out with me were natural survival tactics. Being sporty, however, began to feel like something that might give my sexuality away. 

I used to be good at cross country running and spent lunchtimes playing football with the other kids but I soon realised that I’d have to give up both of these hobbies; competitive fitness tends to reiterate binary gender stereotypes. At my school, where girls played netball and boys were footballers, that sense of having to conform has the potential to make things incredibly difficult for anyone struggling with their gender identity or sexuality.

I became obsessed with appearing too “masculine” and subsequently being outed. As a result, I started running slower, killing my pace so as not to win races. I’d allow the other girls to overtake me, step to one side to let them score and attempted to showcase weakness as a signifier of what I believed to be femininity. I left the football team and stopped exercising at home. I started wearing black eyeliner and told my mum that I needed high-heeled school shoes. Eventually, I started skipping PE classes altogether. 

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Emilie at 17, having shunned sports to protect her sexuality.

An A-grade student, I wasn’t the sort of person who’d miss classes, but the anxiety I felt in the changing rooms before PE was overwhelming. And the girls-only swimming classes? Forget it. I went nowhere near those. It was easier to just be absent from any fitness-related class altogether or at the very least, feign weakness, forge sick notes and hang around on the sidelines.

I was even conscious that my wardrobe could give my sexuality away, and so I swerved sportswear, neutral colours and anything else that might make me seem gay or boyish. Even my train-track braces were bright pink and purple. Everything had to be colourful and femme. Ironically, I’m now aware of just how camp and LGBTQ+ friendly my ultra-femme look of rainbow scrunchies and pink fluffy ski boots actually was and have since lovingly recreated it at Pride.

A year or two later, I was finally outed against my will – after coming out privately to a few close friends. Had I known that was going to happen, perhaps I wouldn’t have denied myself something that I really enjoyed – sports. School was tough after that and to stay slim, I began to starve myself instead of exercising. I’d created this warped idea of what obviously gay behaviour and “normal” straight behaviour was. Of course, giving up exercise never actually prevented anyone at school from calling me a “dyke” or spreading homophobic rumours about me.

At university, my bizarre relationship with exercise and my sexuality continued. I stayed in the closet throughout that time, and kept my fitness and food issues firmly hidden too. All of my relationships with women happened in secret and I still saw being strong as a “gay giveaway”. 

It wasn’t until I came out of a four-year relationship with a man that, aged 27, I finally decided to properly come out to my friends, family and online followers as sexually fluid. It was at this point that I started to exercise again. I started gently with weekly yoga classes. At the time, I had zero upper body strength and my wrists cracked and hurt when I planked. My cardio fitness was worse than my grandmother’s so I took to running around the park by my house every evening.

For the first few months, I hacked and wheezed up the inclines of Hilly Fields (Lewisham) and hated every moment. But soon, the combination of yoga sessions with an incredibly patient, kind teacher, combined with my focused park runs, left me feeling more powerful than I’d felt in years. I decided to go all-in on the endorphins and started strength training at the gym and having weekly cognitive behavioural therapy sessions too. 

Actual sportswear found its way back into my wardrobe and I started eating high-protein meals. Being heavier, fitter, fuller began to help me unpick a decade of shame and anxiety linked to my sexuality. 

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Today, Emilie has fully embraced fitness – having come out publically as sexually fluid.

Today, the link between mental health and exercise is well known – but those of us who went to school during the ‘90s and ‘00s weren’t taught about holistic wellbeing. You were either good at sports, which was considered to be a relatively masculine trait, or you were “girly”. Size zero was beautiful and if you were gay at a school like mine, you were a target of suspicion from pupils, parents and teachers.

I don’t blame my teachers. Most people my age received a paltry sex education, Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) and personal support at school. That’s not surprising when you learn that Section 28 was repealed when I was already 13-years-old and as such, most of my teachers had no training for how to speak to kids about LGBTQ+ issues.

Today, aged 31, I’m impressed and amazed at what my body can do every day. If you see me in head-to-toe activewear with a giant water bottle under my arm, it means that I finally have nothing to hide. When you finally experience that, it’s a great feeling.

If you or someone you know is struggling with disordered eating, visit the eating disorder charity Beat. MindOut is the LGBTQ+ mental health service run by and for the community.

Been out of the sporting space a while? Not sure where to start fitness-wise? Join the Strong Women Training Club – a supportive and inclusive community designed to get you stronger today than you were yesterday.

Virginia Judge temporarily reinstates anti-trans elementary school teacher – Los Angeles Blade

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Virginia Judge temporarily reinstates anti-trans elementary school teacher – Los Angeles Blade

LEESBURG, VA. – A Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge issued a temporary injunction Tuesday reinstating a physical education teacher who told the County School Board that he would not respect the gender identity of transgender students by use of their preferred pronouns.

In his ruling, Circuit Court Judge Jim Plowman Jr. ordered that Byron “Tanner” Cross be reinstated to his job at Leesburg Elementary School and also wrote in a seven page opinion;

“The court finds that the plaintiff’s speech and religious continent are central to the determination made by the defendants to suspend plaintiff’s employment. […] The court further found that the weight of the evidence and the totality of the circumstances, show that the four prongs for issuance of temporary injunction have been satisfied.”

In an interview with WTTG Fox 5 in Washington D.C. Tuesday after the ruling, Tanner said; “We’re so happy- there’s lots of tears, lots of hugs,” he said. “We’re just happy that we were reinstated, and I look forward to going back to serving Leesburg Elementary.”

Cross told Fox News that he did not accept any science to suggest gender identity can change. However, he said he would call a child by their desired name. “I just can’t say things that are untrue,” he added.

Tanner is being represented by the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom, (ADF), a Scottsdale, Arizona faith based law group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has placed on its Hate Watch List, labeling it an anti-LGBTQ hate group due to its supporting the recriminalization of sexual acts between consenting LGBTQ adults in the U.S. and criminalization abroad; the fact it has defended state-sanctioned sterilization of trans people abroad; that ADF has contended that LGBTQ people are more likely to engage in pedophilia; and its claims that a “homosexual agenda” will destroy Christianity and society. 

Recently the group has backed numerous pieces of anti-trans legislation aimed at banning trans youth, particularly trans-females, from participating in sports. ADF has also backed legislation that would ban physicians from treating trans youth under the age of 18 with hormonal treatments and other medical regimes.

A statement issued today by the group after the Judge issued his opinion read:

“Nobody should be punished for expressing concern about a proposed government policy, especially when the government invites comment on that policy. For that reason, we are pleased at the court’s decision to halt Loudoun County Public Schools’ retaliation against Tanner Cross while his lawsuit continues,” said ADF President and CEO Michael Farris. “Educators are just like everybody else—they have ideas and opinions that they should be free to express. Advocating for solutions they believe in should not cost them their jobs. School officials singled out his speech, offered in his private capacity at a public meeting, as ‘disruptive’ and then suspended him for speaking his mind. That’s neither legal nor constitutional. Dozens of other teachers have shared their beliefs on various policies without retaliation; Tanner deserves to be treated with the same respect.”

Stacy Haney, an attorney representing the school system, however, argued that “the action was based on interference of operation” — that is, that Cross’ actions disrupted the educational setting — and not on his beliefs. She also presented testimony from school officials that the teacher’s remarks had an adverse impact on the school and the system, the Loudoun Times-Mirror reported.

During a public comments session of the Loudoun County School (LCPS) Board session last month, Cross told the board; ““It’s not my intention to hurt anyone,” Cross said. “But there are certain truths that we must face when ready. We condemn school policies like 8040 and 8035 [LCPS proposed policy changes] because it would damage children and defile the holy image of god. I love all of my students,” he said adding, “But I would never lie to them regardless of the consequences. I’m a teacher, but I serve god first but I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl, and vice versa because it is against my religion- it’s lying to a child, it’s abuse to a child, and it’s sinning against our god.”

The ADF in its suit filed on June 1, wrote; “This case is not about how schools should treat students who struggle with gender dysphoria,” reads the lawsuit. “It is about whether public schools can punish a teacher for objecting, as a private citizen, to a proposed policy, in a forum designated for the purpose of considering whether to implement such policies, where the policy would force him to express ideas about human nature, unrelated to the school’s curriculum, that he believes are false.”

The Republican nominee in the Virginia gubernatorial race, Glenn Youngkin, had expressed support for Cross in a tweet and later in an interview with Fox News:

Wayde Byard, public information officer for the school system, in an email told the Loudoun Times-Mirror newspaper in Leesburg that Loudoun County Public Schools had no comment on the judge’s decision

Judge Plowman directed both parties to schedule a trial no later than June 16.

Martina Navratilova: Living as an openly gay superstar set me free – The Irish Times

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Martina Navratilova: Living as an openly gay superstar set me free – The Irish Times

Martina Navratilova is sitting at a dockside restaurant in Florida, wearing worn-out jeans, a denim button-down shirt that hangs loosely at her waist and a 1619 cap that one of her five dogs has gnawed on. The hat, whose logo marks the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia, is her favourite these days.

Athletic tape wraps a thumb and forefinger, not to buffer a tennis racket but to cover a skin condition that causes discolouration. She has not played in a while – the pandemic, aching joints, the usual excuses. A woman about Navratilova’s age, which is 64, says a star-struck “hello” on her way out of the restaurant. But a young waitress has no idea she had served a tuna-salad platter with a side of asparagus to someone who, four decades ago, was working to become the model for the modern, socially aware athlete.

During Navratilova’s heyday, in the 1980s, the world did not have much appetite for an outspoken, openly gay woman whose romantic partners sat courtside while she dominated her sport as no one else had – winning 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 59 in all, the last coming in 2006, when she was 49.

‘I lived behind the Iron Curtain,’ Martina Navratilova says, her eyes still capable of the glare that terrified opponents on the court. ‘You really think you are going to be able to tell me to keep my mouth shut?’

Nowadays, that combination of success and fearlessness can make you an icon. Witness the empathy in recent days for Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam tournament winner who withdrew from the French Open, citing concerns for her mental health, after tournament organisers threatened to disqualify her if she did not appear at news conferences.

Navratilova – an enthusiastic supporter of Osaka and a vocal champion of causes including climate change and animal welfare – may simply have been born too soon. After paving the way for the modern athlete, Navratilova still has plenty to say, and the world seems more willing to listen now, although not everyone agrees with her.

She faced vehement backlash from LGBTQ advocates when she argued in the Sunday Times in support of rules for transgender female athletes competing against other women and was dropped from the advisory board of Athlete Ally, a group focused on supporting LGBTQ athletes. And still, Navratilova wishes Twitter and Instagram had been around back in her playing days, consequences be damned.

As a child in Prague, Navratilova read the newspaper every day. She studied the atlas, imagining where life could take her. She believes now that living out loud helped turn her into the greatest player on the planet. Defecting from Czechoslovakia at 18 saved her soul, she says, and living as an openly gay superstar athlete set her free.

Martina Navratilova lefts the Wimbledon trophy after bearing Chris Evert in 1982. Photograph: Steve Powell/Allsport//Getty
Martina Navratilova lefts the Wimbledon trophy after bearing Chris Evert in 1982. Photograph: Steve Powell/Allsport//Getty

She has no shortage of thoughts and opinions, usually expressed on social media, even if the next day she is providing expert analysis on the Tennis Channel from the French Open. “I lived behind the Iron Curtain,” she says, her eyes still capable of the glare that terrified opponents on the court. “You really think you are going to be able to tell me to keep my mouth shut?” Whatever the political and social culture is buzzing on, Navratilova wants a piece of the action. She tosses Twitter grenades from the left, caring little about collateral, and sometimes self-inflicted, damage. Do not get her started on vaccine conspiracy theories. And she could not resist weighing in on the US Republican Party’s Liz Cheney fracas.

Do people change over time or just become more like themselves? Navratilova – who lives in Miami with her wife, the Russian model Julia Lemigova, their two daughters, five Belgian Malinois dogs, turtles and a cat – certainly has not changed so much as the world has.

As a newly arrived immigrant, Navratilova was called “a walking delegate for conspicuous consumption” by the New York Times in 1975. The article elaborated: “She wears a raccoon coat over $30 jeans and a floral blouse from Giorgio’s, the Hollywood boutique. She wears four rings and assorted other jewellery, including a gold necklace with a diamond insert shaped in the figure 1. The usual status symbol shoes and purse round out the wardrobe. She owns a $20,000 Mercedes-Benz 450SL sports coupe.”

She was labelled a whiner and a crybaby (by Nora Ephron, no less) and a danger to her sport, because she was so much better than everyone else. After Navratilova criticised the government of her adopted country, Connie Chung suggested during a CNN interview that she return to Czechoslovakia. “She was always opinionated, and always principled,” said Pam Shriver, Navratilova’s close friend and longtime doubles partner. “It would have been so great for her and her fans not to have her voice filtered.”

Martina Navratilova: Defecting from Czechoslovakia at 18 saved my soul. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/New York Times
Martina Navratilova: defecting from Czechoslovakia at 18 saved her soul. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/New York Times

Mary Carillo, a tennis commentator and former player, remembers being next to Navratilova in the locker room as a teenager at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, and noticing sculpted arms “with raised veins and sinewy muscle barely holding them all together”.

“She was smart and quick and funny and emotional, with a game so strong and assertive that it seemed like fans automatically felt the need to cheer for the woman across the net,” Carillo said. “Like Martina’s game wasn’t … what? Feminine? Fair? That drove me nuts.”

Name the qualities that allow a professional athlete to transcend the game. Publicly challenging authority? Being an openly gay superstar? Transforming how people play and train for their sport? Navratilova checked each box. She was a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in the summer of 1975, when her country’s communist government was deciding whether to allow her to participate in the US Open in New York later that year. She hated being unable to speak her mind or tell anyone of her sexual attraction to women.

When she received permission to leave for the tournament, she told her father, who was also her coach, that she would not be coming back. She did not tell her mother. After a semi-final loss to Chris Evert, she headed to a Manhattan immigration office to request asylum. Three hours later, she was free. By the time she woke up the next morning at the Roosevelt Hotel, the story of her defection was in the Washington Post.

Navratilova essentially changed not only the way people played the game but also the way tennis players – men and women – went about their business

Navratilova kept her sexuality private for six more years, because it might have disqualified her from becoming a US citizen. After she was naturalised, a sports reporter tracked her down following an exhibition match in Monte Carlo and told her he planned to write about an off-the-record conversation they’d had about her being a lesbian.

She urged him not to. She said she had been told it would be bad for women’s tennis. The tour was managing a recent controversy with Billie Jean King, who had been sued for palimony by a former girlfriend. King at first denied the affair, then acknowledged it during a news conference with her husband at her side.

The reporter rejected Navratilova’s request, and after years of silence she found herself shoved from the closet. From that moment, though, Navratilova appeared with girlfriends and went about her life as she had always longed to. “I didn’t have to worry any more,” she says. “I didn’t have to censor myself.”

That September, Navratilova lost a third-set tiebreaker to Tracy Austin in the US Open final and cried during the awards presentation. The crowd roared for Navratilova that day, but rarely afterwards, even as she won the next three Grand Slam singles titles, and then 13 more after that. Along the way, Navratilova essentially changed not only the way people played the game but also the way tennis players – men and women – went about their business.

In the early 1980s Martina Navratilova’s physique went from borderline lumpy to sculpted. Photograph: Focus on Sport/Getty
In the early 1980s Martina Navratilova’s physique went from borderline lumpy to sculpted. Photograph: Focus on Sport/Getty

Don’t believe it? Take a look at the physiques of male tennis players before Navratilova became Navratilova. That evolution began in the spring of 1981, when Navratilova was at the Virginia home of the basketball star Nancy Lieberman. She called Navratilova lazy and said she could train much harder. Cross-training was barely a concept then, but soon Navratilova was playing an hour of one-on-one basketball with Lieberman several times a week. She played tennis for up to four hours a day, began weight training with a female bodybuilder and sprinted daily at a local track.

A nutritionist put Navratilova on a diet high in complex carbohydrates and low in fatty proteins. Her physique went from borderline lumpy to sculpted. With the help of Renée Richards, a new coach who played professional tennis in the 1970s after undergoing gender-confirmation surgery, Navratilova learned a topspin backhand and a crushing forehand volley. Her game, powered by her lethal left-handed serve, became about aggression, about attacking the opponent from everywhere on the court.

In 1983, Navratilova played 87 matches and lost only once. In three Grand Slam finals, she lost zero sets and just 15 games. Soon Evert started cross-training, and the next generation of stars looked a lot more like Navratilova. They adopted her fierce style on the court.

Tennis careers generally ended about age 30 back then. Navratilova won the Wimbledon singles title at 34 in 1990 and continued to win doubles championships until 2006, becoming a groundbreaker in longevity. She has no doubt that her dominance on the court and her stridency off it worked hand in glove. “It lifts the pressure off you,” she says. “It’s like having a near-death experience. Once you go through it, you embrace life.”

The social and political commentary, and the requisite blowback, would come in time, starting almost by accident. In 1991, when Magic Johnson announced he had been diagnosed with the virus that causes Aids, saying he was infected through sex with women, Navratilova was asked for her thoughts. She questioned why gay people with Aids did not receive similar sympathy, adding that if a woman caught the disease from being with hundreds of men, “they’d call her a whore and a slut, and the corporations would drop her like a lead balloon”.

Imagine dropping that in your Twitter feed. In 1992, she campaigned against a Colorado ballot measure that would have outlawed any legislation in the state that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. She said President Bill Clinton had wimped out with his “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays in the military. She demanded equal pay for women and bashed tennis parents who behaved badly.

Martina Navratilova is reflected in a monitor while calling a match at the French Open in Paris on June 4th, 2021. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/New York Times
Martina Navratilova is reflected in a monitor while calling a match at the French Open last week. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/New York Times

The pushback reached critical mass in 2002 when a German newspaper quoted her saying policy decisions in the United States focus on money instead of “how much health, morals or the environment suffer”. When Chung took her to task on CNN, Navratilova shot back, “When I see something that I don’t like, I’m going to speak out, because you can do that here.”

Now her eyes light up when she discusses Coco Gauff, the 17-year-old budding tennis star who spoke forcefully at a Black Lives Matter rally near her Florida home last year after the murder of George Floyd. And when she thinks of Osaka – who wore a mask naming a black victim of racial violence before each of her matches at the US Open last year – Navratilova is certain the masks, and speaking out, helped Osaka win the championship. A protest doesn’t take energy away from you, Navratilova explains; it does the opposite.

She never knows where the blowback will come from and knows that it won’t always be from the right. She will write and tweet about her belief that elite transgender female athletes should have gender-confirmation surgery before being allowed to compete in women’s events. “It can’t just be you declare your identity and that’s it,” she says. She feels similarly about intersex athletes who identify as women.

The Black Lives Matter sticker on her car garners the occasional heckle. Navratilova says someone recently saw a photograph of her in the 1619 cap, then announced he was pulling out of a tennis camp where she was scheduled to appear. That is fine, she says. She will keep wearing the cap. – New York Times

Janet Gay Holmes | Bollinger Funeral Home | wvgazettemail.com – Charleston Gazette-Mail

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Janet Gay Holmes | Bollinger Funeral Home | wvgazettemail.com – Charleston Gazette-Mail

On June 5, 2021, JANET GAY HOLMES came to see me.

She had not been feeling well for a while.

-Her eyesight was getting worse from keeping an eye on her children, their children and their children for many, many years. She never saw anything or anyone that she could not help or fix.

-Her feet had gotten tired after jitterbugging for decades with her eternal partner, Ralph, chasing (grand and great grand) kids, pets and anything that tried to come between her and her family.

-Her oversized heart filled every room and occasion with love that spilled over to friends, neighbors, community, and all her extended

family related or not.

-She had a slight limp favoring her “West Side.” 1950 Graduate of her beloved Stonewall Jackson High School.

-Her hearing had started to fade a bit after listening to Ralph for over 60 years, all the cheers, fears and crying from the children that ran to her for comfort and resolution.

August 6, 1955 married her beloved Ralph W. Holmes.

-She had “Bleacher Butt” from watching her spouse, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and beloved Morris Harvey (UC) team’s sporting activities throughout the Kanawha Valley.

Also greatly contributing to this were the countless Sundays sitting in her family’s pew strengthening her faith through prayer and song at Emmanuel Baptist Church where she had been a member since March 28, 1948. When she was able to attend church recently, she could be found seated at Mount Calvary Baptist.

-Her sweet tooth was acting up. She loved her cookies, candy bars and milk shakes.

-Achy knees from carrying burdens and tribulations for close to 9 decades. She never complained or had a bad word for anybody. She just kept lifting the load.

-Her fingers were tired from cutting hair as her first profession and providing the first hair cut for each child, grandchild, and great grandchild. The Diamond Salon and Janet’s House of Beauty.

-Her back would ache off and on. She would get pulled and stretched thin by all of life’s comings and goings but somehow, she always stood tall, much taller than her 4 – and – a – half – foot frame.

-And finally, a sore throat from assuring her family over and over that it would be okay. I love you’s and laughing so hard that she would start coughing. Janet loved to laugh; she wore joy and laughter like a necklace.

I have prescribed Rest for Eternity for Janet. But I want her children – Kim (Tim), Toby (Cindy), Mark (Adele) Trish; grand children-Erica (JR), Timothy (Angela), Derrick (Megan), Jordan, Madelyn (Cole), Chase (Jenn) Madeline (Aaron) and her great grandchildren- Will, Gia, Liam, Kaelyn, Kaedyn, Kaecyn, Emalyn, Luke and Christina to be assured that she will always be with them, watching, comforting and guiding.

Her family doctor,

P.S. I have also asked Janet to help me keep an eye on Ralph who has been with me since 2009.

Please celebrate with our family anytime from 6 to 8 on Friday evening at Emmanuel Baptist Church or 1 hour prior to our mama’s service that will be held at 1 p.m., at Emmanuel. Entombment will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. 1st Mausoleum. Bollinger Funeral Home, Charleston, is handling the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers our family would ask that you donate in tribute to our mother at: The Michael J Fox Foundation PO Box 5015 Hagerstown, MD. 21741 (Parkinson’s Disease)

Or Hospice Care 1606 Kanawha Blvd West Charleston, WV 25387.

Pride Month 2021: Do faith groups oppose gay rights, same-sex marriage? – Deseret News

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This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night.

I love writing about religious freedom and LGBTQ rights, especially when doing so requires explaining complicated policies or significant legal battles.

However, I often worry that my intense focus on conflict between these two values leaves readers with the wrong impression about religious views on the gay community.

To be clear, many faith groups do oppose same-sex marriage and, in part because of that, seek religious exemptions from LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws. A recent survey showed that opponents of gay rights are more likely than U.S. adults in general to identify as white Christians.

But it’s also true that there are a large number of churches that support and promote the rights of gay and transgender Americans. I was reminded of this fact when many of my pastor friends put a rainbow border around their profile pictures last week to celebrate the start of Pride month.

Overall, two-thirds of white mainline Protestants and 61% of Catholics favor same-sex marriage, according to Pew Research Center. And although the percentage of white evangelicals that support gay marriage (29%) is much lower, that figure has more than doubled since 2001.

Perhaps more importantly, a growing share of people of faith recognize that discrimination against the LGBTQ community is a problem in America. Nearly two-thirds of white Catholics and white mainline Protestants, as well as 42% of white evangelicals, told Public Religion Research Institute as much in a January survey.

Findings like these often get lost in debates over religious freedom and LGBTQ rights. Observers sometimes assume that religious rights advocates don’t sympathize with the plight of gay and transgender Americans, as Josh Wester, chairman of research in Christian ethics for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told me earlier this year.

Those fighting for additional religious freedom protections may disagree with LGBTQ rights activists about policy proposals, but they share a desire to build a safer, more peaceful country, he said.

“Christians do not favor discrimination against LGBTQ people. It’s not as if we want to see them be treated badly,” Wester said. “The same faith that we’re seeking to protect tells us that all people are valuable.”

Fresh off the press

I don’t have a new article to share this week, but I thought it would be helpful to resurface a story I wrote in June 2020 that explores even more data on religious support for LGBTQ rights. The article was timed with the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court making gay marriage legal nationwide.

Term of the week: Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention is exactly that: a convention, or group, of Southern Baptists. It’s the official name of that particular religious denomination.

The Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC, is significant because it’s the largest Protestant denomination in the country. Around 5% of U.S. adults identify as Southern Baptists, according to Pew Research Center.

For this reason, the convention is covered by the national media more often than other denominations. Last week, the spotlight was especially bright due to reports of in-fighting among Southern Baptist leaders over racism, politics and women’s roles in the church, among other topics.

What I’m reading

Justice Neil Gorsuch took me by surprise last week when he denied two churches’ request to be protected from Colorado’s pandemic-related gathering rules. I didn’t understand why he’d side with state officials after repeatedly ruling in favor of churches over the past year. When I read CNN’s coverage of the case, things became clearer. It turns out that the churches were asking for much more than the religious organizations involved in previous decisions received.

My friend and faith beat colleague Peter Smith has started a new job at The Associated Press, where he’ll coverage the national religious landscape. I learned a lot from his recent stories on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

As COVID-19 cases drop in the U.S. and the vaccination rate rises, houses of worship are gradually reopening their doors for in-person services. In so doing, some faith leaders are having to face their fear that some worshippers won’t want to return, according to The Washington Post.

Odds and ends

From 2016 to 2020, the share of Republicans who believed being Christian is a “somewhat” or “very” part of being “truly American” fell from 63% to 48%. This finding is among the fascinating data points highlighted by Pew Research Center in a recent post.

I never thought I’d say this, but here it goes: The best story I read last week was a profile of a dog. Madeleine Aggeler at Texas Monthly did such a beautiful job explaining the allure of Benji the blue heeler, who is canine companion to YouTube yoga celebrity Adriene Mishler.

Sports Emmys: TNT & ESPN Lead Networks As Seven Programs Score Two Wins Apiece – Full List – Deadline

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Sports Emmys: TNT & ESPN Lead Networks As Seven Programs Score Two Wins Apiece – Full List – Deadline

TNT edged ESPN for the most trophies at the 42nd annual Sports Emmy Awards, which were handed out tonight in a livestreamed virtual ceremony. The Worldwide Leader turned the tables on Turner Sports for the most wins by network group, however.

See the list of wins by network and network group here and wins by program below or here.

TNT scored seven statuettes to ESPN’s six, after the latter came into the night with a dominant 51 nominations. FS1 was third with five wins, NFL Network had four and a half-dozen nets tied with three apiece. ESPN won the network group race with nine trophies to Turner’s seven, with Fox Sports Media Group next with five.

Seven programs earned two nods apiece to lead that race: NBA on TNT, the NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon, NFL Network’s NFL 360, HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Netflix’s Rising Phoenix, NBC’s Sunday Night Football and Super Bowl LV on CBS.

On-air personalities who collected hardware include Ernie Johnson, Joe Buck, Nate Burleson, John Smoltz, Michele Tafoya, Emmanuel Acho and Pilar Pérez.

With more women nominated in sports personality categories than ever before, the ceremony included a special roundtable introduced by WNBA player Asia Durr that included most of the nominated female sportscasters such as Erin Andrews, Ana Jurka, Adriana Monsalve, Rachel Nichols, Pilar Pérez, Lisa Salters and Tracy Wolfson.

Here is the full list of winners at tonight’s 42nd annual Sports Emmys:

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

2020 NBA All-Star Game on TNT TNT

Executive Producers Craig Barry, Albert Vertino Coordinating Producers
Tara August, Deaton Bell, Tim Kiely, Jeremy Levin, Matt Mosteller, Drew Watkins
Senior Producers
Tyler Lassiter, Craig Murray, Chris Perkins
Supervising Producer James Glenn Producers
Chris Bloxom, Mitchell Glass, Brittany Hardy, Tom Heitz, Danilo Lobo Dias , Sarah Phillips, Tyler Price, Jeff Randolph, Jonathan Scott, Brian Sterling, David Trager, Kyle Wells, Alix Wells, Torrence Wilson
Coordinating Director Steve Fiorello Directors
Andrew Greathouse, Matt Lipp, Jordan Shorthouse
Associate Producers
George Adams, Phil Barker, Natalie Bohonsky, John Boller, Morgan Farr, Kelly Flowers, Shawn Gerchicoff, Keion Grissom, Nick Hoberg, Alex Houvouras, Jason Ingram, Michael Kaplan, Sean Kennedy, Jeff Kibler, Matt Lingerfelt, Ann Lutzenkirchen, Audrey Martin, Sarah Meneely, Garett Montgomery, Bridget Morris, Jeff Paris, Sam Poulos, Ryan Rabern, Garett Ryfa, Olivia Scarlett, Lee Shelton, Dudley Shotwell, Don Slouffman, Ben Spitalnick, Kellen Stargell, Ryan Thomas, Kim Titone, Chandler Traub, Joe Underhill, Alvin Whitney, Mike Winslow, Michele Zarzaca
Associate Directors
Erron Banks, Chasitie Bradford, Donzell Floyd, Mark Garcia, Dina Ghioto, Dan Leroux, Jerry Ma, Chase Oliver, Charlie Owens, Salim Sobers, Jesse Vogel, Morgan Weinbrecht

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES

Sunday Night Football NBC

Executive Producers
Pete Bevacqua, Sam Flood, Fred Gaudelli
Segment Producers
Kevin Brown, Michael Carey, George Chahrouri, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Greenberg, Ken Hirdt, Vincent Rao, Mike Ryan, Joshua Veltrie
Sideline Producer Betsy Riley Director
Drew Esocoff Replay Director Charlie Vanacore Associate Producers
Kylie Callura, Andy Freeland, Alex Haubenstock, Wade Junco, Michael Morrell, Adrian Satchell, Kevin Soldani, Jake Somerville, Matt Stolbof, Tricia Surber, Avery Watlington, John Watson, Emily Winter, Alex Wolochuk
Associate Directors
Brigette Boginis, Michael Eisenstein, Dick Ellis
Stage Managers
Ethan Balcer, Melissa Horton, Lynn Vandenberg

OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE

NFC Wild Card Game Nickelodeon
Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints [CBS Sports]

Executive Producers
David Berson, Harold Bryant, Sean McManus, Brian Robbins
Senior Coordinating Producers Rob Bagshaw, Stephen Karasik Coordinating Producer
Shawn Robbins
Producers
Jackie Barba, Kelley Gardner, Paula Kaplan, Ashley Kaplan, Jon Paul Lomonaco, Ken Mack, Paul J. Medford, Ross Molloy, Drew Simon Segment Producers
Anthony Hartman, Kyle Meek, Michael Stypulkoski
Director
Suzanne Smith
Associate Producers
Lee Brinson, Jennifer Bryson, Terence Coffey, Joe Davola, Amy Heiss, Daniel Kopilnick, Mat Leroy, Ryan Mason, Stephanie Nachman, Ben Pluimer, Jared Roberson, Barry Smoler, Luke Wahl
Associate Directors
Adrienne Ford, Brad Garfield, G. Justin Haley, Nancy Leidersdorff, Jawn Morales, Blair Spitzer, Kayode Vann

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE

NFL Game Day All-Access YouTube
Super Bowl LV [NFL Films]

Executive Producers
Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover, Brian Rolapp , Hans Schroeder
Producers
Jeff Larsen, Emily Leitner, Nick Mascolo, Eric Monaco, Katie Morello, Chip Swain, Chris Weaver
Associate Producers
Meredith Battin, Matt Lathrop, Blake Stuchin

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL

SC Presents: 2020 – Heroes, History and Hope ESPN

Executive Producers
Michael Baltierra, Rob King, Alison Overholt, Jimmy Pitaro, Andy Tennant, Norby Williamson
Coordinating Producers
Vin Cannamela, Robbin Dunn, Mike Johns, Heather Lombardo, John N. Minton III, Eric Neel
Supervising Producers
Jeff Ausiello, Terrell Bouza, Ericka Gallagher, Ben Hobbs, Neely Lohmann, Jayme McMeekin, Ben Webber, Denny Wolfe
Producers
Simon Baumgart, Max Brodsky, Scott Cikowski, Russell Dinallo, Alex Eliasof, Mike Farrell, Blake Foeman, Jennifer Karson-Strauss, Sarah Kazadi, Jason Kostura, Daniel Lindberg, Pia Malbran, Lisa Salters, Frank Saraceno, Jeremy Schaap, Michael Sciallo, Dave Seronick, Jeremy Williams, Quinton Zielke
Directors
Erik Barone, Rob Bentley, Kevin Dooley, Marti Hanzlik, Tony Lacaprucia, Lorenzo Lamadrid, Chris Mantzaris, Chris Watson
Associate Producers
Megan Anderson Rinaldi, Ryan Bastek, Raya Clay, Brad Faison, Jenna Kijowski, Rob Labay, Thomas Maloney, Matt McCormick, Linsey Meeks, Samantha Nicodemo, Shane Norton, Stephen Potvin, Josh Vorensky, Tom Williams, Amanda Winkler, Warren Wolcott

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SERIES

The Shop: UNINTERRUPTED HBO
[UNINTERRUPTED/Frēhand]
Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Philip Byron, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, LeBron James, Devin Johnson, Adam Mendelsohn, Peter Nelson, Bentley Weiner
Co-Executive Producers Tommy Alter, Camille Maratchi Producers
Kevin McGrail, Randy Mims, Brandon Riley, Paul Rivera, Rob Roediger, James Thayer, Stevenson Waite
Director
Robert Alexander Associate Producer Michael Belmonte Operations Producers
Cecile Murias, Holly Peterman, Kirby Williamson

OUTSTANDING ESPORTS COVERAGE

League of Legends World Final YouTube
DAMWON vs. Suning [Riot Games]

Executive Producers
John Needham, Dirk Niestadtkötter, Jarret Siegel, Dave Stewart, Nick Troop
Coordinating Producer Stefan Richardson Senior Producer
Scott Adametz Supervising Producer Janet Shim Producers
Kevin Bell, Brett Bielling, Arthur Chandra, Chaohan Chen, John Daniel Depa, Asa Donat, Eamon Frasher, Yaeweon Jin, Jonathan Lo, Alex Pilaski, Justin Restaino, Emily Stone, Kimberly Van Norman, Bohan Wu
Videotape Producers
Ashley Crocker, Neal Ficker, Oliver Kemp, Cristian Smeu, David Voicu, Anthony Wastella, Bart Wigger
Segment Producers
George Ahlmeyer, Melissa Andres, Brian Bennett, Tamara Bischof, Eunice Cho, Matt Dickey, Dennis Fink, John Heilmann, Jeff Holsey, Denise Kuan, Anthony Rogers, Carr Thompson
Field Producers
Charlie Anderson, Roy Chung, Ryan Chung, Michael Figge, Ismael Zendejas
Highlight Producers
Arthur Craanen, Jeremy Van Der Pas
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Replay Producers
Jannik Fischer, Eva Mortensen, Martin Szarnas
Coordinating Director
Marc Hilko
Directors
Nhat Nguyen, Jakobus Schneider, Sam Wrench
Associate Producers
Florian Bradel, Eike Heimpel, Elias Inaty, Marcus Jacob, Connie Lee, Even Rondahl, Tom Searfoss, Chloe Sevilla
Operations Producers
Michael Alchermes, Ronald Anderson, Michael Caal, Carlos Castillo, Bruno Condez, Jon Daly, Matt Donovan, Panagiotis Galidakis, Daniel Guerin, Kiel Harvey, Pascal Husch, Vicente Jimenez, Kris Johnson, Chris Kelly, Mariko Kelly, David Levy, Seth Lloyd, David Talavera, Jose Klingenberg Tramullas, Maxwell Trauss, Joel Villegas, Rick Voro, Ola Wilczynski
Associate Directors
Gregor Baumann, Andreas Jockisceh-Tessendorf, Cortlan Vitz, Thomas Waleczka, Matt Yochum
World Feed Executive Producer Samuel Kordower Chaimson World Feed Producer
Adam MacKasek World Feed Director Reah Chiu

OUTSTANDING SHORT SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible ESPN+/ESPN
[ESPN Films]
Executive Producers
Stephanie Druley, Libby Geist, Rob King, Connor Schell, Norby Williamson
Producers
Craig Lazarus, José Morales, Lindsay Rovegno, Victor Vitarelli, Ben Webber
Directors
Kristen Lappas, Tom Rinaldi
Associate Producers
Logan Cascia, Mathew Furata, Vin Guglielmina, Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald, Thom McCallum, Eve Wulf
Editor
Lauren Saffa

OUTSTANDING LONG SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Rising Phoenix Netflix
[HTYT Films/Passion Pictures/ Misfits Entertainment/Ventureland]
Executive Producers
Barbara Broccoli, Richard Curtis, Xavier Gonzalez, Andrew Ruhemann, Andee Ryder, Godric Smith, Barnaby Spurrier
Producers
John Battsek, Tatyana McFadden, Greg Nugent
Directors
Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Associate Producer
Robert Ford
Editor
Otto Burnham

OUTSTANDING SERIALIZED SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Outcry Showtime
[Bat Bridge Entertainment]
Executive Producers
Stephen Espinoza, Stephen Germer, Pat Kondelis, Vinnie Malhotra, Michael H. Rockafellow, Jody M. Wingrove
Supervising Producer Lauren Barker Producer
Lynsey Tamsen Jones
Director
Pat Kondelis Associate Producer Justine Zárate Editor
Sean McQueeney

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – WEEKLY

Inside the NBA TNT

Executive Producers Craig Barry, Albert Vertino Coordinating Producers
Tara August, Deaton Bell, Tim Kiely, Jeremy Levin, Matt Mosteller, Drew Watkins
Senior Producers
Tyler Lassiter, Craig Murray, Chris Perkins
Supervising Producer James Glenn Producers
Mitchell Glass, Brittany Hardy, Danilo Lobo Dias, Tyler Price, Jonathan Scott, Brian Sterling, David Trager, Kyle Wells, Alix Wells, Torrence Wilson Coordinating Director
Steve Fiorello
Directors
Lee Mabry, Jordan Shorthouse
Associate Producers
George Adams, Phil Barker, Joanie Barry, Darrell Bernardo, Natalie Bohonsky, John Boller, Joe Bowker, Matt D’Agostino, Kelly Flowers, Alex Houvouras, Sharonica Jones, Michael Kaplan, Sean Kennedy, Matt Lingerfelt, Ann Lutzenkirchen, Jay Maddox, Audrey Martin, Sarah Meneely, Garett Montgomery, Bridget Morris, Justin Nixon, Sarah Phillips, Andrew Prezioso, Ryan Rabern, Garett Ryfa, Olivia Scarlett, Ben Spitalnick, Kellen Stargell, Chandler Traub, Joe Underhill, Rob Wenz, Mike Winslow, Michele Zarzaca
Associate Directors
Anthony Baker, Chasitie Bradford, Donzell Floyd, Mark Garcia, Dina Ghioto, Dan Leroux, Jerry Ma, Chase Oliver, Charlie Owens, Jesse Vogel, Morgan Weinbrecht

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY

SportsCenter ESPN

Executive Producers
Jeff Bennett, Jill Frederickson, Craig Lazarus, Mike McQuade, James Pitaro, David Roberts, Connor Schell, Norby Williamson
Senior Coordinating Producers
Kristie Blasi, Judson Burch, Michael Fountain, Julie McGlone, Tim McHugh, Jack Obringer
Coordinating Producers
Miguel Almeida, Paul Augeri, Johann Castillo, Nancy Cooney, Marissa Cucolo, Manuel De La Fe, Tom Decorte, Greg Dowling, Michael Epstein, Ken Fratus, Amanda Gifford, Robert Guijarro, Sarah Hart, Heath Henry, Geoff Herman, David Kraft, David Kull, Len Lampugnale, Diego Longo, Fernando Lopez, Richelle Markazene, Sandy Nunez, Jennifer Overman, Steve Peresman, John Totten, Barry Vigoda, Elida Witthoeft, Jonathan Wolf
Supervising Producers
Jeffrey Ausiello, Chantre Camack, David Carabello, Ben Hobbs, Jennifer Kocse, Mike L’etoile, Raymond Necci, Jonathan Punko, Kevin Reeder, Dan Remin, Joseph Verge
Producers
Patrick Abrahams, Malinda Adams, Marco Alfandary, Michael Allan, Evan Anderholm, Erik Bolanos, Katie Bourque, Terrell Bouza, Seth Brody, Shavonne Burke, Chris Burnette, Joseph Bushee, Chris Cardello, Megan Cassidy, Audrah Cates, Christina Clancy, Abby Clopton, Greg Condas, Steve Coughlin, Deryk Cumagun, Justin Daly, Kevin Davies, John Deaver, PJ DeCordova-Boyd, Darren Demeterio, Stephen Didamo, Arthur Dolan, Joshua Drew, Tom Engle, Michael Esse, Navid Firoozabady, Shawn Fitzgerald, Tony Florkowski, Greg Fonseca, Brian Franey, Paul Gaeta, Becky Gilles, Jessica Gonnella, Shari Greenberg, Jay Gruber, Jason Hall, Patrick Hanrahan, Keith Hawkins, Jim Holleran, Cj Holley, Seth Horwitz, Zach Jones, Daniel Kim, Kiir Knight, Andy Koritz, Joseph Kosa, Joshua Kramer, Jon Lavoie, Abbey Lostrom, Zuriel Loving, Eric Lundsten, Zach Mariner, Jason McCallum, Tom McKean, Tory McMahon, Robert Morgan, Steven Morrison, Charlie Moynihan, Michael Napolitano, Andrea Pelkey, Stacey Pressman, James Quintong, Brandon Radcliffe, Scott Randall, Michael Ritz, Monica Rivera, Jody Roberts, Jesus Rodriguez, David Rose, Kevin Sanchez, Jason Schwartz, Raajik Shah, Aaron Shea, Jessica Shobar, Michael Sneag, Sam Strong, Tim Sullivan, John Summa, Andy Tillmann, Sam Tonucci, Allyson Turner, Matt Weeks, Dan Weiner, Kareem White, Jim Witalka, Leslie Wymer Coordinating Director
Marti Hanzlik
Directors
Brian Albon, Robert Bentley, Adam Brooks, Eric Discher, Javier Escalante, Kalyn Flockhart, Joseph Iuliano, Brian Kimberley, Rich Kvietkus, Rodney Perez, Chris Russano, Christopher Scott, Matthew Sellars, Lisa Stokes
Associate Producers
Rafael Aldamuy, Todd Anderson, Temitayo Anjou, AJjay Atayee, Dina Bailey, Bryan Beasley, Olivia Bellamy, Adam Bennett, Michael Berggren, Alejandro Berry, Jared Berson, Brian Bishop, Ryan Bissell, Josh Bolander, Tyrese Bolden,
Mike Bonzagni, Camille Bova, Gil Bransford, Amanda Braunlich, Madison Brightman, Chris Caudle, Adam Cheh, Vincent Coladonato, Ashley Colley, Carrie Comerford,
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Cordell Cumming, Max Dash, Dominic Davalos, Julio De Feudis, Sam De La Cruz, Brendan Deangelis, Jose Deleon, Tyler Dencker, Brian Dosteler, Will Erickson, Travis Feldhaus, Zack Feldman, Raul Fernandes, Cesar Fernandez, Marcelo Figueroa, Joe Formisano, John Fornaro, Marc Franklin, Rob Galm, Ryan Garcia, Julian Goldstick, Jonathan Gonzalez, David Gordon, Daniel Greco, Joshua Gronowski, Cj Hangen, Andrew Harrison, Kevin Haswell, Kelli Hyjek, James Jackson, Anthony Jaeger, Vincent Johnson, Jason Joseph, Latisia Keahey, Paul Kinney, Jay Koransky, Margo Krampitz, Kris Kugler, Tim Langlois, Bryan Larson, Daniel Lonky, Eric Lynch, Harrison Marder, Charles Mason, Leighton McClellan, Kelly Millin, Ryan Milowicki, Salim Moore, Molly Nelson, Zach Pereles, Troy Perlowitz, Lauren Phillips, Rebecca Preston, James Quintong, Laura Ramirez, Joseph Rea, Emma Reed, Elanna Rubenstein, Darayus Sanjana, Jon Scott, Sopan Shah, Lee Singer, Jeremy Slone, Aydan Strachan, Julia Theaman, Jessica Turpin, Kyle Van Dam, Lauren Vassallo, Addison Walton, Ashley Williams, Matt Willis, Brian Wong, Sterling Xie, Jaren Yang, Matt Zampini, Rachel Zerbe
Associate Directors
Anthony Barney, Lisa Camarata, Timothy Farrell, Vannessa Ford, Kaley Lamarca, Joshua Laselva, Taylor Maggiore-Neely, Matthew Moss, Alex Pinyero, Sharee Stephens, Earl Thigpen, Ashley Ward, Jonathan Weaver

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – LIMITED RUN

Inside the NBA: 2020 NBA Playoffs TNT

Executive Producers Craig Barry, Albert Vertino Coordinating Producers
Tara August, Deaton Bell, Tim Kiely, Jeremy Levin, Matt Mosteller, Drew Watkins
Senior Producers
Tyler Lassiter, Jerry Ma, Craig Murray, Chris Perkins
Supervising Producer James Glenn Producers
Chris Bloxom, Mitchell Glass, Brittany Hardy, Danilo Lobo Dias , Tyler Price, Jonathan Scott, Brian Sterling, David Trager, Kyle Wells, Alix Wells, Torrence Wilson Coordinating Director
Steve Fiorello
Directors
Lee Mabry, Jordan Shorthouse
Associate Producers
George Adams, Phil Barker, Joanie Barry, Darrell Bernardo, Natalie Bohonsky, Joe Bowker, Matt D’Agostino, Kelly Flowers, Shawn Gerchicoff, Alex Houvouras, Michael Kaplan, Sean Kennedy, Matt Lingerfelt, Ann Lutzenkirchen, Jeff Marta, Audrey Martin, Sarah Meneely, Garett Montgomery, Mike Moore, Bridget Morris, Justin Parham, Sarah Phillips, Andrew Prezioso, Ryan Rabern, Garett Ryfa, Olivia
Scarlett, Lee Shelton, Dudley Shotwell, Ben Spitalnick, Kellen Stargell, Ryan Thomas, Chandler Traub, Joe Underhill, Rob Wenz, Mike Winslow, Michele Zarzaca Associate Directors
Anthony Baker, Chasitie Bradford, Donzell Floyd, Mark Garcia, Dina Ghioto, Matt Kempner, Dan, Leroux, Chase Oliver, Charlie Owens, Salim Sobers, Jesse Vogel, Morgan Weinbrecht

OUTSTANDING SPORTS NEWS/FEATURE ANTHOLOGY

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Peter Nelson, Joe Perskie
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin Coordinating Producer Tim Walker
Producers
Maggie Burbank, Chapman Downes, Josh Fine, Nisreen Habbal, Jordan Kronick, Beret Remak, Jake Rosenwasser, David Scott
Associate Producers
Ramon Arias, Stuart Ash, Lisa Bennett, Evan Burgos, Waverly Colville, Tres Driscoll, Erica Fegely, Max Gershberg, James Grachos, Hilary Gumbel, Emmett Knowlton, Daniel Litke, Stephen Lorenzo, Katie Melone, Hannah Vicente-Kliot

OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO
Fallout: Japan’s Olympic Secret

Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Peter Nelson, Joe Perskie
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin Coordinating Producer Tim Walker
Segment Producer Jordan Kronick Field Producer Shiori Suzuki
Associate Producers
James Adolphus, Tres Driscoll, Albert Kim, Daniel Litke, Yuki Nakayama
Correspondent
David Scott

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE

Sunday NFL Countdown ESPN
The Big Mo Show

Executive Producers
Stephanie Druley, Lee Fitting, Craig T. Lazarus, Seth Markman, José Morales
Coordinating Producers Matthew Garrett, Greg Jewell Supervising Producer
Denny Wolfe Producer Chad Minutillo
Feature Producer Harry Hawkings Associate Producers
Catherine Bourque, Audrah Cates, Angel Cordero, Erin Dunphy, Matthew Knapp, Salim Moore, Bob O’Reilly, Justin Stokes, Julia Theaman
Reporter Sam Borden Editor
Katelin Stevens

OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE

NFL 360 NFL Network
The Gift of Gaba [Ravens Productions]

Executive Producers
David Jurenka, Mike Muriano, Mark Quenzel, Brian Rolapp, Hans Schroeder, Charlie Yook
Senior Coordinating Producer Dallas Hitchcock Coordinating Producers
Trent Cooper, Mike Derouin
Senior Producers
Phil Guidry, Mark Liskevych, Jay O’Brien, Staci Strickland, Ryan Travis
Producers
Mike Altstadt, Jeff Atkinson, Gladys Magana, John Orfanopoulos, Savannah Wilson
Directors
Trent Cooper, Dakota Diel
Associate Producers
Camille Deadwiler, Caprice Ericson, Kate Espejo, Bryan Smaller
Associate Directors
Eddie Coughlan, Gustavo Cuevas, Jeffrey Holland, Nick Modisett, Aidan Petershack, Andy Schwartz, Nick Szpara, Ben Wong
Editor
John Orfanopoulos

OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE

Super Bowl LV CBS
Stand by Me

Executive Producer
Harold Bryant
Senior Coordinating Producer
Stephen Karasik
Producers
David Anerella, Gotham Chopra, Gareth Hughes, James C. Rikhoff, Jelani Rooks, Joyce Tsang, Ellis Williams
Director
Peter Radovich, Jr.
Associate Producers
Kate Brantley, Kayona Ebony Brown, Alex Loschiavo, Dan O’Sullivan, Helmut Von Lichten, Yvette Wyatt, Laurie Zelnick
Editor
Anthony Cortese

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE – EVENT COVERAGE

NBA App NBA Digital
Season Restart

Executive Producers
Mike Allen, Melissa Brenner, Ken Degennaro, Michael Doyle, Eric Jackson, John O’Connor, Hania Polle, Tina Shah, Albert Vertino
Coordinating Producer Brent Berkman Producers
Nick Burke, Timon Chiang, Vidya Dabir, Julie De Jesus-Evans, Paul Dobesh, Pat Kerns, Dennis Lee, Kevin McCormack, Steve Quintana, Jesse Robbins, Kim Saunders, Gerald Smith, Scott Stanchak, Michael Tai, Jason Taylor, Daniel Walker Director
Stephen Lindsey
Associate Producers
Mike Burr, John Butterfield, Michael Callahan, Art Hamilton, Harrison Lewandowski, Mike O’Rourke
Associate Director
Matt Kempner

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE – ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING

NBA on TNT Tuesday TNT

Executive Producer Craig Barry Coordinating Producers Jeremy Levin, Tyler Price Senior Producers
Michael Kaplan, Ann Lutzenkirchen, Audrey Martin
Supervising Producers Tara August, Tim Kiely Producers
Sean Bartley, Lawrence Lacksen, Matt Mansfield, Morgann Mitchell, Andrew Prezioso, Chandler Traub
Coordinating Director Steve Fiorello Directors
Bridget Morris, Matt Wickline
Associate Producers
James Bligh, Asia Brown, Elijah Edwards, Kendall Garriss, Abby Stolz
Associate Directors
Jamal Clay, Lashea Echols, Odni Lim, Ryan Miller, Patrick Rossano, Cole Smith

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION

NBA on TNT TNT
AT&T 5G Holovision

Executive Producers
Craig Barry, Chris Brown, Glenn Couper , Matt Mosteller
Coordinating Producers
Chris Bloxom, Jeff Clark, Mark Hershner, Pete Scott, Melanie Watson
Producers
David Azeredo, Nikolas Gardner, Lauren Kelley, Lesroy Louard, Jeff Marta, Brad McBrayer, Jeff McGovern, Preston Openshaw, Ben Quernheim, Dann Saxton, Lee Shelton, Dudley Shotwell, Zac Southerland, Taylor Warren

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/STUDIO HOST

Ernie Johnson, TNT

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/PLAY-BY-PLAY

Joe Buck FOX/FS1/NFL Network

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/STUDIO ANALYST

Nate Burleson CBS/CBS Sports Network/NFL Network

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/SPORTS EVENT ANALYST

John Smoltz FOX/FS1/MLB Network

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/SPORTS REPORTER

Michele Tafoya NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY/EMERGING ON-AIR TALENT

Emmanuel Acho FOX/FS1

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM EVENT

Super Bowl LV CBS
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Technical Supervisors
Chris Acceta, Mike Angeloni, John Ariz, George Bailie, Rick Ball, Marc Bassche, John Bassett, Justin Batts, Rick Beattie, Scott Beckett, Carston Bell, Komal Bhukhanwala, Alyssa Blake, Jay Bleiweiss, Richard Bonner, Bill Braughton, Lee Brinson, Susan Brown, Kessing Cabrera, Alex Caldwell, Rachel Campbell, Nic Cap, Trevor Carlson, Brian Carr, Ralph Ciurleo, Jason Cohen, Ed Coleman, Shane Conlon, Greg Coppa, Wes Costner, Bernie Courtney, Chris Cruz, Jason Curl, Ashley Dale, Eric Damon, Scott Davis, Mark Defrancesco, Tim Demers, Andrew Devilbiss, Ben Dieterich, George Dimotheris, Nico Dupell, Sam Dusenbury, Clint Edwards, Brad Eisele, Austin Ellsworth, Erinn Enos, Marianne Fischer, Neil Flaherty, Chad Fleming, Kristen Florian, Ceon Forte, Michael Francis, Kevin Francis, Peter Frank, Mike Garci, Chad Geisler, Mike Gorra, Chad Granieri, Mark Guastaferro, Joseph Patrick Hally, Michael Hally, Shannon Hamilton, Bobby Hampton, Eli Hardy, Bill Heiden, Lorenzo Hererra, Randy Hermes, Collin Hermes, Kaiven Humphrey, David Husney, Brian Irizarry, Evelyn Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Pete Kallander, Keith Keller, Patrick Kligel, Jeff Korotkin, Ryan Laborico, Bala Lakshminarayanan, Quinten Lamonica, Hunter Langley, Brian Lavalle, Andrew Lawing, Steve Leotta, Joey Lisko, Matt Little,
Jp Lomonaco, Adam Lopez, Josh Ludlum, John MacDonald, Katey Maguire, Jose Martinez, Michael Mason, John May, Jeff McBride, Bob McGaha, Jim McGuffin, Jenna McKeon, Tom McShane, Zaque Meyers, Lori Migliaro, Eric Miller, Jeff Millet, Desta Moe, Andrew Morel, Adrian Morera, Tim Mueller, Bob Muller, Jon Muro, Nicholas Nicas, Adam Nichols, William Niehoff, Sean O’Halloran, Micha Oka, Christian Pantuousco, Jim Parkinson, David Paucar, Rand Pendleton, Olen Perkins, Patty Power, Michael Price, Richard Quintana, Frank Rafka, Brian Rahe, Chris Rahner, Chris Rexrode, Michael Ribas, Jonathan Richards, John Robledo, Adam Romanowsky, Shoshana Salmon, Emily Sandor, Caitlyn Schiano, Don Sheridan, Drew Simon, Robert Smith, Rob Sommerkamp, Steve Stern, Craig Stevens, Adam Stouter, Richard Strole, Jason Tapia, Tommy Teller, Peter Thibodeaux, Josh Thompson, Vern Tigges, Michael Tritt, Dan Turk, Mike Verma, Kevin Wang, Joe Ward, James Weaver, Steve Webster, Rian Weigart, Stephen Wharton, Derrick Whittington, Noah Wynia, Briana Yow, Laurie Zelnick
Technical Directors
Jonathan Dale, William Mastorakis, Theresa Rozic, Mike Tiffee
Electronic Camera Persons
Justin Amash, James Arminio, Willard Baker, Christopher Bell, Josh Bender, Bob Birkett, Sam Brattini, Mika Brown, John Bruno, Erik Brush, Christopher Byrum, Andy Capuano, Al Cialino, John Cole, Donald Cornelli, Jay Cox, William Denton, Jason Dutcher, David Dzurilla, James Farrell, Joseph Ferlic, Caleb Fischer, Nikolas Gankosky, David Geller, Jeffrey Gentile, Chuck Goslin, Charles Goslin, Chris Hall, Mike Harvath, Charles Hill, Steve Hoss, Andrew Italiano, Phil Jacques, Kevin Kellogg, Igor Klobas, Hardy Kluender, John Kosmaczewski, Paul Kremer, Robert Lawton, David Lewandoski, Frank Lombardo, Carmen Long, Jonathan Mantak, Eddie Martino, Christopher McCullough, Eddie Mikkelson, Don Miller, Janis Murray, Jeffrey Peil, Jonathan Pope, Kenneth Price, John Pry, John Pry, Keith Rees, Jeffrey Robertson, Duane Rodriguez, Patrick J. Rondou, Douglas Rose, Mike Serio, Fred Shimizu, Jeff Silverman, Jackson Smith, Corey Smith, Michael Smole, Marc Sotiropoulos, Nate Spearman, Michael Stahl, Claus Stuhlweisenberg, Jon Tomer, Tony Toste, Scott Winer, Richard York, Mario Zecca
Graphics Operators
Michelle Bacon, Ryan Brown, Laura J Christian, Chris Ciurleo, Dan Clemens, Paul Devlin, Kathy Grimme, James Lockridge, Ian McCarthy, Monica Mendoza, Michael Migliaro, Terry Smith, Adam Zeitlin
Lighting Directors
Neil Burns, Carl Coates, Rasheen Crawley, Beth Fowler, Mark Melvin, Scott Poston, Travis Shupe, Andy Thomas
Senior Audio Engineer
Lee Pfannerstill
Audio Engineers
Jeffrey Barwise, Bob Berry, Christopher Cimmino, Joe Eboli, Dana Kirkpatrick, Kory Loy, John Martin, Karen Pearce, Clark Raymond, Andrew Rostron, Peteris Saltans, Wendel Stevens, Aaron Young
Audio Assistants
Jeremy Baginski, Trey Baker, Ben Banik, David Beal, Al Boileau, Justin Brown, Jeff Bullard, Matt Coppedge, Kevin Delaney, David Dillbeck, Devin Doutt, Jeffrey Fraser, Ernesto Hernandez, Matt Hooton, Eric Kallander, Jason Kearns, Kevin McHale, Joshua Miller, Ryan Outcalt, Dave Perry, Richard Rahner, Adam Rodenberg, Chris Ross, Jose Sanchez, Benjamin Shapiro, Ed Verstraete
Digital Replay Operators
Sam Abramson, Vincent Accardi, Drew Aebischer, Gregory Albrecht, Jason Alperti, Pat Ball, Phil Barker, Steve Barto, Dani Bell, William Blakely, Brett Blau, Charles Burke, Stephanie Cavaco, Matthew Christian, Chuck Cirelli, Willie Cochran, Joshua Cohen, Robert Collins, Joseph Connelly, Lauren Correa-Sikoryak, James Dean, Nelson Dellamaggiore, Jerome Dunson, Jon Epstein, Dan Farrell, Sean Fiorello, Nikk Franklyn, Josh Glaser, William Grittinger, John Grote, Joel Hahn, Tom Hazelton, Michael Head, David Iori, Matt Janke, Joshua Johnson, Scott Jones, Brady Jones IV, Timothy Koenig,
Michael Kramer, Ryan Magee, Matt Matina, Tom Mayahara, Fred McGraw, Tom Meegan, Lisa Menzies, Peter Montalbano, Marian Murray, Chris Nealon, Jimmy Rea, Chris Rider, Tom Ryan, Jon Sauer, Richard Schlomann, Jeff Shook, Amanda Smerage, Sean Sperry, Dave Valentin, Hans Waters, Jim White, Paul Zecca
Senior Maintenance Engineers
Benjamin Beal IV, Shaun Cooper, Kachi Delvalle, Ryan Goldsmith, Keng Lee, Erik Onifer, David Raynes, Edward Schuster
Video Engineers
Michael Azzalini, Sean Ellia, Chris Halloran, Jon Jablonski, Michael Katen, Dan Landers, Nolan Lynch, Travis McKinnon, Scott Milinkov, Brian Neher, Doug Reither, Adam Steinbach, Mike Treber, Daniel Williams
Broadcast Network Engineers
Donald Adydan, Basar Akonder, Christopher Barrett, Brad Bielich, Rich Bracco, Patrick Capperis, Matt Caron, Amleto Colandrea, Jason Conway, Sam Craig, Dan D’Arienzo, Charles Denny, Steve Digiacomo, Scott Eidson, John Figley, Larry Hildreth, Scott Jazmin, Dan Johnson, Ray Laird, Scott Leff, Lucas Males, Rafael Munoz, Michael Noles, Brian Nupnau, Tyler Orgera, Robert Ormaas, Bruce Orr, Niraj Patel, Phil Peggs, Kevin Pingel, Kevin Pitts, Keith Rechtorik, Luis Ruiz, Dave Stoll, Timothy Woods

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

College GameDay ESPN

Technical Supervisors
Jayne Bonn, Chris Calcinari, Andrew Davenport, Justin Endres, Luther Fisher, Michael Foss, Leonard Gray, John Iovino, Lorenzo Lamadrid, Jodi Markley, Richard Rappi, Daniel Reifert, Henry Rousseau, Judi Weiss, Steve Widuch, Carlton Young, Ryan Zainc
Technical Directors
Dean Ellington, Craig Short
Electronic Camera Persons
Joseph Andreasen, David Barnes, Jay Clarke, Anthony Degraw, Randy French, Hoerdemann Gregg, Ryan Jackson, Michael Pacheco, Hoerdemann Sam, Cameron Sheckels, Eddie Stachulski, William Vantwoud
Graphics Operators
Eric Arcisz, Richard Daboul, Brad Griswold, Taylor Huseth, Josh Smith, Zachary Staba
Lighting Directors
Josh Bero, Dave McDonald, Richard Williams, Grant Wisuri
Senior Audio Engineer
Mike Martin
Audio Engineers
Chris Boler, Richard Dorner, Cory Harrilchak, Eric Kimmel, Tom Kirk, Jason Levin
Audio Assistants
Logan Endres, Sanchez James, Michael Jefferson, Stevie Sahutske, Shay Sinnott, Gary Thomas, Katie Vaughan
Digital Replay Operators
Chad Hanna, Ryan Humble, McClaren Jake, Chris Muphy, Myka Rodriguez
Video Engineers
Hunter Anderson, Ben Branch, Jake Daigle, Kyle Monroe, Brad Schiller, Malcolm Thomas, William Verberkmoes
Broadcast Media Managers
Jennifer Altarriba, Dennis Cleary, Liza Cole, Jennifer Solomon
Broadcast Network Engineers
Brian Burney, Kevin Gauthier, Martin Vilem, Adam Whitlock

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK – SHORT FORM

One Shot Red Bull TV
[Red Bull Media House]
Director of Photography Catherine Aeppel Cameraperson
Johnny Schaer

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK – LONG FORM

The Old World – A Mindtrip Through Europe Red Bull TV [Red Bull Media House/ Tillmann Brothers Entertainment]
Director of Photography Toni Tillmann Camerapersons
Mathias Bergmann, Andreas Tillmann, Michael Tillmann

OUTSTANDING EDITING – SHORT FORM

NBA on TNT TNT
Mamba

Editors
Jack Bannon, Gibson Hazard, Brendan O’Connor

OUTSTANDING EDITING – LONG FORM
NFL 360 NFL Network
The Gift of Gaba [Ravens Productions]

Editor
John Orfanopoulos

THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD – SHORT FORM

National League Division Series MLB Network
Cutouts

Writer
Greg Jennings

OUTSTANDING WRITING – LONG FORM

NFL Films Presents FS1
The Lumberman Quarterback [NFL Films]

Writers
Garrett Fittizzi, Ty Schadt

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION

Rising Phoenix Netflix
[HTYT Films/Passion Pictures/ Misfits Entertainment/Ventureland]
Composer
Daniel Pemberton
Lyricists
George Doman, Toni Hickman, Keith Jones

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO/SOUND

Sunday Night Football NBC

Senior Audio Engineer Wendel Stevens Audio Engineers
Charles Brown, Dan Haggard, Rickey Hayes, Mitch Janklow , Brian Melillo, Ryan Outcalt, Demian Padron, Michael Stefko, Andrea Sumner, Eddie Verstraete

OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED AUDIO/SOUND

NASCAR 2020: Under Pressure MotorTrend
[NASCAR Productions]
Senior Audio Engineers Wayne Morgan, Ben Potts Audio Engineers
Paul Cavanaugh, Dave Colozzi, Jamie Gay, Jon Housholder, Max Johnson, Adam King, Adam Lawrence, Jason Ouzts, Joe Radler, Jeff Schafer

OUTSTANDING LIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN

NFC Wild Card Game Nickelodeon
Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints [CBS Sports]

Senior Graphic Designers
Giancarlo Barrera, Komal Bhukhanwala, Mark Defrancesco, Kurt Hartman, Tara Kafer, Tim Lines, Jon Paul Lomonaco, Drew Simon, Michael Waldron
Graphic Designers
Amelia Bolton, Selena Cohen, Mike Goitiandia, Brok Haines, Christian Huthmacher, Sara Lee, Livia Lenhoff, Michael Migliaro, Sander Schouten, Hannah Segraves, Andrew Sherman, Chris Stearns, Ron Tocci, Kerry Villamil, Nicolaas Westerhof

OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED GRAPHIC DESIGN

Greatness Code Apple TV+
[Religion of Sports/UNINTERRUPTED]
Graphic Designers
Emily Eckstein, Lauren Fisher, Orlando Salva, Vinnie Thomas

OUTSTANDING STUDIO OR PRODUCTION DESIGN/ ART DIRECTION

NASCAR Race Hub FS1

Senior Creative Director Gary Hartley Production Designers
Anthony Ayres, T.J. Donaldson, Brian Dwyer, Zac Fields, Hanna Frangiyyeh, Mark Haubner, Helen Kim, John Martin, Colin Moore, Lauren Peterson, Adam Plavocos, James Reed, Alex Seflinger, Eric Sherwood, Danny Tello, Chris Watson Art Director
Craig Chupinsky Creative Director Michael Dolan

THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

MLB Network Showcase MLB Network
Statcast 3D

Innovators
Kyle Burke, Simon Chattington, Jeffrey Coyle, Mark Elinson, Rob Engel, Jim Leonard, Chris Marinak, Alex Shapiro-Weber, Elliot Weiss, Ryan Zander

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Last Dance ESPN
Predictions [ESPN CreativeWorks/Translation]

Executive Producers
Carrie Brzezinski-Hsu, Sean Hanrahan, Anthony Nelson, Steve Stoute
Senior Coordinating Producers
Kate Aspell, Geno Imbriale, Kyle Wright
Producer Nicholas Aquilino Director
Shaun Collings
Associate Producers Sparkle Jones, Carlos Reyes Audio Engineer
Tj Dumser
Editors
Rod Basham, James Boger, Louie Cohen, Chris Weingart
Writers
Lucas Kelly, Andy Truong Graphic Designers Dupree Bostic, Darren Dai Creative Directors
Alex Kaplan, Barry Katz, Jay Marrotte, Jamie Overkamp

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW IN SPANISH

SportsCenter Deportes ESPN Deportes

Executive Producers
Armando Benítez, Craig Lazarus, Rodolfo Martínez
Senior Coordinating Producer
José Morales Coordinating Producer Manuel Cerdeira Producers
Luis Pablo Abascal, Rigoberto Aranda, Arturo Bandala, Rubén Caballero, Xavier Cabello, Carlos Cuellar, Selene Feria, Luisa Fernanda Fernández, Eduardo Lezama, Miguel Ángel López, Ernesto López, Antonio Oviedo, Miguel Salas, Juan Carlos Velázquez, Juan Villicaña, Yoyotzin Zúñiga
Coordinating Directors René Tovar, Luis Zúñiga Directors
Samantha Galván, Edgar Guzmán, César Jiménez, Raúl Medina, Bruno Rodríguez, Teuhctli Ruíz
Associate Producers
Antonio Aguilar, Tlatoani Carrera, Gustavo Coletti, Karina Correa, Germán Cuevas, Sergio Dipp, César Domínguez, Adrián Flores, Daniela Marulanda, Leopoldo Olivares, Alexis Pacheco, Ricardo Puig, Sergio Sánchez, Jorge Eduardo Sánchez, Albert Solans-Rubio, Juan José Tames, Fernando Tirado, Pablo Valdés, José Carlos Walls
Operations Producer
Leticia Pulido

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN SPANISH

Greenland ESPN Deportes
Colombia

Executive Producers
Rodolfo Martinez, Edgardo Mattei
Producer
Guli Corradetti Director Martin Fradkin
Associate Producer Guillermo Gonzalez Editor
Pablo Caceres

OUTSTANDING ON-AIR PERSONALITY IN SPANISH

Pilar Pérez ESPN Deportes

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