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Oakland A – Anti gay? – Go away.

Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce has been suspended for two games without pay after using an anti-gay slur during an exchange with a fan during Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Major League Baseball’s communications department announced Joyce’s suspension would begin on Saturday.

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Gay cricket in the UK.

On a hot Sunday afternoon in June, the team at Grace’s, the UK’s first LGBT cricket club, played a squad from Merton, Wimbledon. Asad comes click-clacking up the narrow wooden staircase in his spikes and pulls on a helmet that turns out not to be his – he can’t get the chin strap done up. “Do I really need a helmet out there?” he asks, nodding towards the field, framed by the dormer window in a hot and airless changing room. Team-mate Stuart’s response is immediate and firm: “Definitely.”

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White water transgender.

Kayakers from across the country will be in Ottawa this weekend for the Whitewater National Championships, but one long-time competitor is racing for what feels like the first time. Transgender paddler Katalina Murrie has competed in the men’s category of paddling competitions for years, but this time she’ll be competing with the women.

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FSU diver Aidan Faminoff – The next Greg Louganis?

Olympian Greg Louganis is considered one of the greatest divers in history and an icon in the LGBT community. Decades after Louganis’ run in the Olympics, Tom Daley took over as the latest gay aquatic athlete to inspire young queer kids around the world. But there’s a new kid in town, and luckily for us, he’s not camera shy.

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Baylor football to hypothetical gay player – ‘You’re one of us’

Two years have passed since Baylor University changed its sexual conduct policy to drop specific references to homosexual acts in its code of student conduct. The change, a spokeswoman said at the time, came because “we didn’t believe the language reflected Baylor’s caring community.”