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Anaya Bangar, the daughter of former Indian cricketer Sanjay Bangar, has partnered with the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport in the U.K. to assess her physiological profile following her gender-affirming surgery and undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
From January to March , the year-old underwent an eight-week verb project that measured her glucose levels, oxygen uptake, muscle mass, strength, and endurance after extensive training.
The results, shared via Instagram, revealed her metrics align with those of cisgender female athletes, positioning her as eligible for women’s cricket under current scientific standards. Bangar’s findings challenge the International Cricket Council’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s cricket, prompting her to call for a science-based dialogue with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the ICC to reform policies for trans inclusion.
“I am talking with scientific evidence in my hand,” Bangar said in an interview posted to her Instagram page. “So, I wish, th
Third Former Major League Baseball Players Comes out as Gay
By Susan Payne
This December, love is taking the place of the shame for former major league baseball player T.J. House who announced his coming out and his engagement to Ryan Neitzel this month.
House pitched for the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays from to , said in an emotional Facebook upload that he used baseball as his drug to numb was what really going on inside.
“I loved every moment of my playing days, and I would go the same route again if I had the chance (with one big change). But even with all the capital, fancy cars, agreeable clothes and a little tiny bit of fame, I would go dwelling every night wishing I could alter. Deep down I wanted something more, I wanted to be loved not for what I did, but who I was,” Residence posted.
House said in the post that he could not be himself around many people because of conversations he heard from others.
“It’s hard listening to people talk about you without them knowing that the words they are saying are directed at you,” he said.
Shame
In his autobiography, “Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball,” Dave Pallone, a gay major league umpire who was quietly fired in after rumors about his sexual orientation circulated in the baseball world, contended that there were enough gay major league players to create an All-Star team.
Since then, attitudes and laws about homosexuality include changed. High-profile figures in business, politics, show business, education, the media, the military and sports have come out of the closet.
Athletes in three of the five major U.S. male team sports – the NBA, NFL and MLS – have come out while still playing, with NFL player Carl Nassib and NHL prospect Luke Prokop coming out in summer Meanwhile, according to OutSports magazine, at least publicly out LGBTQ athletes – 90% of them women – participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, more than in all previous Summer Olympics combined.
But among the more than 20, men who have played major league baseball, not one has publicly come out of the closet while still in uniform.
What’s taken so long? And is baseball ready for its gay Jackie Rob
December 12, — Athlete Ally responded today to news that former Cleveland Guardians and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher TJ Home has come out as gay, making him the third-ever former Major League Baseball player to do so. Residence, who joins fellow out gay former MLB players Billy Bean and Glenn Burke, came out through an sentimental Facebook post describing his journey as a closeted pro athlete, the critical importance of the recently-passed Respect for Marriage Act, and his engagement to his fiancé Ryan Neitzel.
&#;To be the third MLB player in the history of the sport to come out says volumes both about TJ&#;s courage and how much work is still needed to produce baseball a welcoming and inclusive space for gay and bisexual ball players,&#; said Hudson Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of Athlete Ally. &#;We will not see active, professional athletes in men&#;s sports coming out unless they know they will be safe and supported when doing so. T.J&#;s announcement serves as a reminder that we need more education, more understanding and more visible allyship in baseball and beyond if we