Today is National Girls & Women in Sports Day, so let’s celebrate with these two new middle grade titles starring young queer athletes—including what may be the first middle grade book to include a scene at a Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) game!
Pro hockey players and spouses Brianne Jenner and Hayleigh Cudmore, along with one of their three kids, star in a new commercial from Hyundai Canada with a sweet twist. Watch it here:
Queer parents have been making headlines in sports lately! Let’s take a look at what’s been happening on and off the field, with a baby announcement from soccer stars, first-ever public baby photos from a basketball star, and more.
Wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, widely considered “the fastest woman in the world,” brought her Paralympic medal count to 22 in this year’s games, making her the most-decorated U.S. track and field athlete in either the Paralympics or Olympics. She was also raised by two moms!
Did you know that the U.S. Paralympics Track & Field co-captain was raised by two moms? And that there are at least five queer parent Paralympians also competing in Paris this week? Let’s meet them!
Although queer parents made up a small fraction of the record-breaking number of out queer athletes at the Paris Olympics, an astonishingly high percentage of them came home with medals. Meet them here—and see some of the kids’ reactions to their parents’ new hardware!
As the Olympics roll on, let’s celebrate with some recent board, picture, chapter, and middle grade books featuring LGBTQ athletes and sports themes! Check out these exciting biographies and imaginative fiction titles.
Training to be an elite athlete is tough. Parenting is tough. Being a queer person can be tough. Yet some of the athletes and coaches in the Paris Olympics are doing all three, and deserve our special respect and admiration. Here’s a little about them and their families.
WNBA basketball star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her spouse, attorney Cherelle Griner, are parents! The couple announced the arrival of their first child today, just ahead of the WNBA All-Star Weekend.
WNBA great Candace Parker and wife Anna Petrakova, a former Olympic basketball player for Russia, have announced the birth of their third child with customary flair—and his name includes an homage to legendary college basketball coach Pat Summitt.
