Lesbian.com : Connecting lesbians worldwide | athletes https://www.lesbian.com Connecting lesbians worldwide Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:30:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 British lesbian Olympians to wed https://www.lesbian.com/british-lesbian-olympians-to-wed/ https://www.lesbian.com/british-lesbian-olympians-to-wed/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:00:20 +0000 http://www.lesbian.com/?p=17090 Kate Walsh and Helen Richardson, who placed third in the London 2012 Olympics, to wed this weekend.

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Walsh and Richardson (Photo via Joebelle/Flickr)

BY KELLY MORRIS
TheSeattleLesbian.com

Kate Walsh and Helen Richardson placed third in the London 2012 Olympics. Now, with a five-year relationship under their belt, the two British Olympians are set to enter into a civil partnership on September 14, 2013.

Walsh, captain, and Richardson, a midfielder, became engaged in January and plan to have their ceremony in Henley-on-Thames, near where they live.

Though the entire hockey training squad is invited to the wedding, Walsh is hoping to avoid the “cheesy” guard of honor with hockey sticks.

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An image from a recent photoshoot in ESPN. Photo: Cass Bird

BY KEVIN MATHEWS
Care2.com

As corporate America continues to warm to the LGBTQ community, advertisers have begun to recruit new types of faces as role models. Following that cue, Nike is now sponsoring its first openly gay professional athlete: new WNBA player Brittney Griner.

But it’s not just Griner’s sexuality that makes the endorsement excitingly progressive: Griner has also been granted free reign when it comes to her gender expression. Rather than wearing womenswear like Nike’s other female athletes, Griner will don apparel designed for men like Nike SB, the company’s skateboarding brand.

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