"Gays And Sports?" - Messy Thoughts 45

MESSY THOUGHTS 45. Sunglasses on, identity stolen, and trauma unpacked — welcome back to Messy Thoughts! 🏈🏐🎾 This week BJ and LeBron are talking about THE GAME. Were you a sports kid, or were you the kid on the soccer field picking flowers while your dad lost his mind on the sidelines? (Guess which one LeBron was.) From forced football seasons to bond with Dad, to BJ getting cut from hurdles in record time and finding his calling as a thrower, to the volleyball team he couldn't join because it was "for the girls," the hosts relive every awkward, sweaty, rule-less moment of growing up queer in sports. Then the real debate: what's the gayest sport? (Cheer says hi. 📣) Plus an Austin gay sports league story that ends in an own goal, why sore losers are the worst, and a very real conversation about homophobia in men's sports, the WNBA pay gap, and how women in tennis get picked apart for things the men never hear about. Fresh off the US Open, BJ has thoughts: justice for Naomi Osaka's Allen Iverson tribute fit, love for Taylor Townsend building her own brand, and a message for everyone who tried to discredit Ben Shelton's win over Alcaraz. And before we go: Raven-Symoné says That's So Raven wasn't a black show. The hosts… respectfully disagree. And they have receipts (RIP to every recast TV mom). Tell us in the comments 👇 What sport did you play growing up — and what's the GAYEST sport?

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