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TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesWhere Does Gender Identity Fit in American FootballThe Super Bowl (or should we say the Bad Bunny halftime show, featuring football) is coming up this weekend. While there aren’t any openly trans people participating in the competition, Imara chats with this week’s guest about where trans people fit into one of America’s most popular sports, especially since it has long been a space dominated by hyper masculinity. First, Imara chats with Justine Lindsay, a former cheerleader who made history as the first openly trans person to cheer in the NFL. Then, Karleigh Webb, an LGBTQ sports writer and recreational football player sh...
2026-02-0558 min
TransNormal PodcastTrans Women In Sports: Can it be inclusive and fair?In this episode, hosts Jo & Laura sit down with sports journalist and athlete Karleigh Webb to tackle one of the most heated debates of our time: trans inclusion in women’s sports.From hormone rules and puberty advantages to team culture and fairness, the discussion goes deep into what it really means to compete, belong, and create space for everyone. Karleigh shares her firsthand experience as a women’s tackle football player and journalist covering LGBTQ sports, while Jo and Laura raise tough questions about fairness, safety, and storytelling.This is a candid, respectful conversation about inclusion, competition, and the...
2025-09-041h 58
Edge of SportsJournalist and Trans Athlete Karleigh Webb & Great Point Guards of YesteryearThis week, we speak to Outsports journalist and Connecticut Ambush football player Karleigh Webb about her journey and insights on trans issues in sports. Also, we speak to hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the long-lost days of the court general, who was the point guard. We also remember the late great John Feinstein. Karleigh Webbhttps://www.outsports.com/author/karleigh-webb/https://www.instagram.com/rocketdyne1965/?hl=enZirin, “I’m Terrified”: Trans-Feminine Athletes in Their Own Wordshttps://www.thenation.com/article/society...
2025-03-171h 56
TransqatTransqat Episode 70: PFLAG (updated file)Excerpts from the PFLAG Northeast Regional Conference, held inn October 2024.Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Show NotesSponsor: Small State ProvisionsPFLAGPFLAG HistoryBasketball Hall of FameCape Cod ChapterTQ Episode 54 (B...
2024-11-2951 min
TransqatTransqat Episode 70: PFLAGExcerpts from the Northeast Regional Conference of PFLAG from October 2024.Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Sponsor: Small State ProvisionsPFLAGPFLAG HistoryBasketball Hall of FameCape Cod ChapterTQ Episode 54 (Ben Greene)...
2024-11-291h 05
Political MisfitsHurricane Helene Makes Landfall, Sportswashing, Eric Adams ControversyLeading activist and evangelist for Modern Monetary Theory Steve Grumbine joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss who voters trust more on the economy between the major party candidates, the lip service paid to the middle class by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, the uselessness of insurance in a world of increased natural disaster zones, and how Pennsylvania voting demographic changes could sink Harris’ chances of winning the state.Journalist, videographer and anti-imperialist and labor rights organizer Karleigh Webb discusses the hypocrisy of Western accusations of “sportswashing,” and why defense and capital cooperation with supposedly oppres...
2024-09-281h 54
BICONICEp. 16: A gay wrestler, trans Olympian and bisexual Love Islander walk into a barMegan is experiencing "Love Island"-induced hysteria and looked into historical gay happenings in the franchise. Grace is putting on the sports correspondent hat this week to talk about trans and nonbinary athletes in the Olympics, wrestlers getting gay married, and Mother's return to the ring. And we're possibly even more confused than last week about this Keke Palmer/DivaGurl business.Follow BICONIC on Instagram and TikTok.Follow your hosts Megan and Grace.Sources:“Trans runner Nikki Hiltz headed to Paris Olympics, sends a message in record US Trials win” by K...
2024-07-0640 minBICONICEp. 16: A gay wrestler, trans Olympian and bisexual Love Islander walk into a barMegan is experiencing "Love Island"-induced hysteria and looked into historical gay happenings in the franchise. Grace is putting on the sports correspondent hat this week to talk about trans and nonbinary athletes in the Olympics, wrestlers getting gay married, and Mother's return to the ring. And we're possibly even more confused than last week about this Keke Palmer/DivaGurl business.Follow BICONIC on Instagram and TikTok.Follow your hosts Megan and Grace.Sources:“Trans runner Nikki Hiltz headed to Paris Olympics, sends a message in record US Trials win” by K...
2024-07-0640 min
Jabari VOC MediaBlack and brown unity panelBlack and brown unity panel part 1 Is last friday night 8 pm est on YouTube, X, and Facebook. Joined with x hanadles @AlRSuarez2 ALex Suarez @ChardonnayM and Karleigh webb and Thabisa Rich!!
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2024-06-231h 39Political MisfitsICJ Orders Halt in Rafah, Norfolk Southern Settlement, NCAA Allows PayPhil Kelly, a political commentator and socialist activist based in Belfast, joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the International Court of Justice’s order to Israel to stop its operation in Rafah, why the court was forced to act, and whether to expect any effort from the UN to enforce this order. He also talks about the anticipated rightward shift in European politics, how immigration policies reveal the overlap between the far right and supposedly liberal politicians, and how the EU intends to manage potentially absorbing a country like Ukraine.Levi Rickert, editor an...
2024-05-251h 57
The End of SportEpisode 135: Hungary, Sportswashing, and Global FascismThis episode is an interview that friend and repeat guest of the podcast, Karleigh Chardonnay Webb, did with Johanna in August 2023. Karleigh is an Outsports contributor and co-host of the Transition Defense podcast. She interviewed Johanna to analyze Hungary's sportswashing in light of Budapest hosting the World Athletics Championship last August and the announcement that World Aquatics is moving its headquarters from Lausanne, Switzerland to Budapest.
Johanna begins with a more current intro that articulates why Hungary and its sportswashing matter in 2024 as global fascism continues to surge with the help of Putin, Italy, and the U.S. Right, and the...
2024-04-101h 13
What A DayTrans Athletes Fight For RightsThe federal government announced on Thursday some upcoming changes to the next Census. The form will consolidate two existing questions about race and ethnicity into one question. There will also be a longer list of race categories for people to select from, along with the ability to choose more than one. The list will include, for the first time, the option to select “Middle Eastern or North African.”This Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility. It comes amid a legislative, political and sociocultural assault on the lives of trans people. Sports journalist and athlete Karleigh Chardonnay Webb...
2024-03-2924 min
Where It All StartsTrans Athletes Fight For RightsThe federal government announced on Thursday some upcoming changes to the next Census. The form will consolidate two existing questions about race and ethnicity into one question. There will also be a longer list of race categories for people to select from, along with the ability to choose more than one. The list will include, for the first time, the option to select “Middle Eastern or North African.”This Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility. It comes amid a legislative, political and sociocultural assault on the lives of trans people. Sports journalist and athlete Karleigh Chardonnay Webb talks about one...
2024-03-2924 min
The Journalism SaluteErin Reed, Transgender Journalist, Newsletter Writer "Erin In The Morning"On this episode, we’re joined by Erin Reed. Erin is an independent journalist. She covers transgender issues and anti-transgender legislation for her newsletter, Erin in the Morning, available on Substack. She also does video pieces on Instagram and TikTok. Erin is transgender and uses the pronouns she/her.Erin explained her entry into journalism, what it’s like to cover and track anti-transgender legislation across the country. She told us about the stories she’s most proud of, ranging from a rebuttal of an erroneous New York Times piece that got more than 4 million pageviews to a pers...
2024-03-0538 min
TransqatTransqat Episode 30: Karleigh WebbHost Clare McCarthy talks with sports journalist, trans activist, and Middletown Pride Grand Marshal Karleigh Webb.Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Show notes:Karleigh WebbKaty TierneyABC Sports PlaysetABC Wide World of SportsJackie StewartJim McKay in mustard blazerRoone ArledgeBobby Alison 1987 crash
2023-07-141h 04
By Any Means NecessarySupreme Court Decisions Demonstrate the Need for a People’s MovementIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss a federal judge striking down Arkansas’ ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Roger McKenzie, International Editor of the Morning Star, the world’s only daily socialist newspaper in the English language to discuss an upcoming bill in the UK parliament which would prevent public bodies from divesting from companies complicit in t...
2023-06-221h 51
CovertAction BulletinCulture Wars, U.S. Imperialism & Pride MonthPride month is here in the US. It’s a time for LGBTQ people to celebrate, to build community, to honor our elders, and to continue the tradition of protest for recognition, safety and equal rights. In the face of “don’t say gay” laws, book bans, street harassment, attacks on trans athletes and drag shows and laws targeting trans healthcare and even families who provide gender-affirming care for trans children, Pride has a stronger meaning and spirit behind it this year.These renewed attacks by the right wing in the US have been joined by PR campaign...
2023-05-3155 minBy Any Means NecessaryWhat The Media Misses in Coverage About Jordan NeelyIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss the anniversary of the arrest of Kalief Browder, who died after his incarceration on Rikers Island, how it compares with the killing of Jordan Neely, and how both cases showcase the brutality that the capitalist system depends on.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room and Sputnik News Analyst Morgan Artyukhina to discuss the silencing of Montana state representative Zooey Zephyr and how...
2023-05-161h 53
DisruptedTransgender people face growing discrimination, but still find joyThis hour, we explore the recent rise in anti-trans legislation. Orion Rummler of The 19th News takes us through anti-trans bills that are being passed at the state level. Karleigh Chardonnay Webb explains why attacks on trans athletes are about more than sports. And Dawn Ennis talks about finding joy during a time of discrimination. GUESTS: Orion Rummler: LGBTQ+ reporter for The 19th News Karleigh Chardonnay Webb: contributor to Outsports, peer support operator for Trans Lifeline, organizer for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Reapers Women’s Football team member. Dawn Ennis: journalist, professor at the Un...
2023-05-1049 min
Top Shelf with Russell LibraryPride Preview︱2023 Grand MarshallsMiddletown Pride 2023 is almost here! On today's episode, Ayanna & Christy will be interviewing this year's Middletown Pride Grand Marshalls, Derek Cartagena and Karleigh Webb. They generously share a bit about their personal journeys, along with the many hats they wear within the Pride community. This interview reminds us that we always have something to learn from one another, as long as we're willing to create the space for conversation. We'll see you on June 3rd! https://middletownpride.org/https://www.qplusct.org/https://ctpridecenter.org/Trans Awareness: Christine Rebstock https://middletownstrong.buzzsprout.co...
2023-05-091h 31
SputnikHeadline: Colorado Shooting Underlines Need for Solidarity Among Working PeopleIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room, and Rosa Astra, organizer with the Trans march in San Francisco to discuss trans day of remembrance and the attack on an LGBT club in Colorado Springs, how a campaign of violence against transgender people has been waged in the last few years by right-wing forces, how anti-tans rhetoric contributes to violence against trans people and the connections between attacks on transgender people...
2022-11-211h 54
SputnikWhy Sports Will Always Be Much More Than Just EntertainmentIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss a national version of Florida's Don't Say Gay bill and how it would effectively ban any acknowledgment of LGBTQ people, how congressional Republicans are using this bill and words like “transgenderism” and “gender ideology” as a scare tactic to take away the rights of LGBTQ people and more, why only an organized movement of working people will be able to stop the looming fascist...
2022-10-211h 54
Jabari VOC MediaThoughts on lula da silva presidential race in brazil with Karleigh Webb 3:28 episodeThe first round is complete for voting in Brazil's presidential elections. Surprisingly, Lula did not make it to 51% with votes; nevertheless, he is leading and posed for the second round at the end of October. Journalist Karliegh and I have an discussion on our predictions of the election. We also go into the history of Brazil and the history of this young Brazilian democracy. Let us no your thoughts and like and subscribe link in my profile description.
2022-10-0459 min
SputnikThe Pandemic Continues To Rage Despite Joe Biden’s WishesIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss new regulations introduced by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin which would restrict the rights of transgender students to identify according to their gender identity, how the specific insertion of bathroom-bill-like regulations points to a broader agenda to defund public education, how this move fits into the broader assault on transgender rights in the US, and why solidarity is crucial to combating this assault on...
2022-09-201h 52
SputnikThe Pandemic Continues To Rage Despite Joe Biden’s WishesIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss new regulations introduced by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin which would restrict the rights of transgender students to identify according to their gender identity, how the specific insertion of bathroom-bill-like regulations points to a broader agenda to defund public education, how this move fits into the broader assault on transgender rights in the US, and why solidarity is crucial to combating this assault on...
2022-09-201h 52
Audacious with Chion WolfGOOD NEWS! That’s how we celebrate 100 episodes of AudaciousWe know that some of our Audacious episodes, well, they can be kinda heavy. So for our 100th episode, it’s all about GOOD NEWS! You’ll hear about a baby announcement, an upcoming wedding, and a big grant approval. Plus, a powerful compliment, an important anniversary, a surprising acceptance at a funeral, and even what it’s like to find out that you just won a year’s worth of free smoothies! GUESTS: Alexa La Fever, Empress of Tease: Burlesque teacher based in Hartford, CT Coleman Gladis: Filmmaker, composer, and Chion's cousin, base...
2022-09-1650 min
Sports History This WeekTrans Rights Take Center Court at the U.S. OpenAugust 27, 1976. Renee Richards expects to play tennis at this year’s U.S. Open. Coming off several impressive performances in top amateur tournaments, she wants to try her hand against the best competition in the world. But today, shortly before the tournament is set to begin, the USTA bars her from playing on the basis of her gender identity. A media firestorm and a precedent-setting lawsuit soon followed, changing the landscape for trans athletes for generations to come. Why did the U.S. Open initially decide to keep Renee Richards from competing, only to reverse its decision 11 months later? An...
2022-08-2435 min
SputnikWhite Supremacist Violence Has An International ScopeIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by KJ Noh,a scholar, educator and journalist focusing on the political economy and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific, member of Veterans for Peace, and senior correspondent with Flashpoints on KPFA to discuss the recent delegations by US officials to Taiwan following the visit by Nancy Pelosi and why US politicians are interested in challenging the One China policy, how the trade talks initiated by the US constitute an attempt to decouple Taiwan's economy from the mainland as part of a broader strategy...
2022-08-221h 51
SputnikNancy Pelosi Escalates China Tensions With Reckless Taiwan VisitIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss a new requirement for student athletes in Oklahoma public schools to sign a biological sex affadavit, a clear consequence of laws which target transgender women athletes, the disturbing turn towards fascism that this law and others represent and why this oppression matters to all working and oppressed people, the attacks on transgender athletes by social media accounts under the ruse of promoting fairness...
2022-08-021h 53
SputnikDC Heads To The Polls But For Most It Looks Like More of the SameIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss an absurd new regulation by the International Swimming Federation barring transgender athletes from women's sports, how attacks on transgender athletes like Lia Thomas have intensified and led to this and other bans on trans athletes, the deepening systemic violence against transgender women that this regulation is a part of and the complicity of liberals in this violence, and the importance of a movement...
2022-06-211h 50
SputnikElections in France & Colombia, Russia Is China's Biggest Oil Supplier, Trans Sports & DC PrimaryKenneth Surin, is a political and foreign affairs analyst, Professor Emeritus of literature professor of religion and critical theory at Duke University joins the show to talk about the fall out following parliamentary election in France over the weekend. Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally Party, which normally gets about 20 percent in national votes, had just eight seats in the last parliament. Now, the party is a force to be reckoned with. It did so well that it now has the power to launch parliamentary investigations, speak on the floor of parliament, and be represented on committees. It also...
2022-06-201h 54
SputnikUS Rains Terror Abroad While It Refuses To Rein In Terror At HomeIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss a new bill passed by the Ohio House of Representatives that would ban all transgender students from playing high school and college sports and require genital exams of children and young adults in any disputes, how the growing attack on LGBTQ and trans rights by right-wing politicians has been met by almost no resistance from Democrats and why those attacks are an affront...
2022-06-061h 53
SputnikAmerican Empire Continues To Lash Out At Signs of Its DemiseIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss the Oklahoma legislature passing yet another anti-trans bathroom bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender identities, how this law undercuts Title IX and fits into the broader right-wing assault against public education, how these attacks on trans people fit into the broader attacks against abortion rights and other rights, and the refusal of the Democrats to do anything to protect trans...
2022-05-281h 54
CybernormerKønskrigerne 2: Det handler ikke om sportHver gang en transkvinde som vægtløfteren Laurel Hubbard eller svømmeren Lia Thomas deltager i en sportskonkurrence, eller måske ligefrem vinder, fylder det spalteplads i medierne og vælter kommentarsporene. Mange er bekymrede for fairness i kvindesport - også folk, der ikke ellers bekymrer sig om kvindesport. En del mener ligefrem, at der er tale om mænd, der skifter køn alene for at vinde medaljer. Men er det virkelig så nemt bare at stille op og konkurrere i kvinde-ligaer som transkvinde? Hvad sker der egentlig med kroppens styrke og hurtighed, når man får hormon...
2022-04-1256 minThe End of SportEpisode 95: On Transphobia in Capitalist Sport with Karleigh Chardonnay WebbIn this episode, Johanna and Derek sit down with Karleigh Chardonnay Webb to talk about the transphobic moral panic surrounding Lia Thomas, exclusionary practices and discourses of ‘fairness’ and ‘competition’ in capitalist sport, and how allies and put in the work to make sport an inclusive space for trans folks.
Karleigh Chardonnay Webb has been working as a sports journalist including for ESPN for over 27 years. She currently writes for Outsports and hosts a podcast called The Trans Sporter Room, which we *highly* suggest listeners check out. She is also an athlete of many sports, and a staff operator forTrans Lifeline...
2022-02-151h 46
Crossing The Lane LinesTrans-Continental Divide: How The Outcry over Trans Athletes is Something Much More SinisterLia Thomas, a trans female swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania's Women's Swim team, has caused quite an uproar not only in the swimming world, but amongst the general public as well. Many claim that opposing Thomas' participation in women's sports has nothing to do with her being a trans athlete. However, over the last ten years, multiple states have banned trans athletes from participating in sports alongside they're cis-gender counterparts. But what's really going on with these bans? Is there a more broader agenda, and how does this tie in to the Black community in general, and the Black...
2022-01-2854 min
Real Talk: A Diversity in Higher Ed PodcastTransgender Identities and the Target On Transgender Youth: Karleigh Chardonnay Webb and Eliot OlsonYou keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means... Yes. We're pulling from our good friend Inigo Montoya to help us spell out the "T" in LGBTQIA+, because some of the misconceptions we're hearing today are truly inconceivable...As the transgender community continues to fight for public space, at least 28 state legislatures are weighing measures that would bar transgender youth from participating in sports or receiving medical treatment. Our guests help break down the political context, possible implications of passage, and some of the myths that are reinforced...
2021-04-271h 20
Disabled Girls Who LiftE22: DGWL Goes Live! Q&A Part IIIt's quarantine for most of us, and let's be honest we're not really that chill. We're going live to take your questions and speak on all things disability & COVID-19. Together on one platform, live in the comfort of your own homes, join these beautiful and resilient ladies as we discuss how we continue to adapt to new environments.
We witness conversations online and in the media about disability, health and safety, adaptability, fat-shaming, food and medicine rationing, unemployment... We’ll talk about it all—the good, the bad, the ugly.
We went Live! Sunday 4/19 @ 3pm EST...
2020-04-251h 05Disabled Girls Who LiftE22: DGWL Goes Live! Q&A Part IIt's quarantine for most of us, and let's be honest we're not really that chill. We're going live to take your questions and speak on all things disability & COVID-19. Together on one platform, live in the comfort of your own homes, join these beautiful and resilient ladies as we discuss how we continue to adapt to new environments.
We witness conversations online and in the media about disability, health and safety, adaptability, fat-shaming, food and medicine rationing, unemployment... We’ll talk about it all—the good, the bad, the ugly.
We went Live! Sunday 4/19 @ 3pm EST...
2020-04-2556 minDisabled Girls Who LiftE20: "The Fight is Long but We Will Win" with Karleigh WebbOn this episode, we dive into how equity in sports affects all aspects of our lives. We are joined by the lovely Karleigh Chardonnay Webb (@rocketdyne1965), who is a triathlete, activist, writer, Outsports journalist, poet, and gamer. Karleigh speaks on how allyship and trans awareness spills into healthcare, human rights, and more of every person in the working class. Able bodied or disabled, trans or cis, take this episode to heart and consider ways we can band together and organize our voices for all who are marginalized. The fight is long but we will win.
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