Alyson Spinas-Valainis: “Believe the thing that we’re telling you. It doesn’t need to resonate with you specifically for you to respect it.”

For some people, throwing a ball as hard as they can at someone would be an act of aggression. Alyson Spinas-Valainis on the other hand has managed to make a career out of it. Their career as a fast-pitch softball player has taken them all over the world. From picking up the game as a …

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Zy Evangelista: “The moment I stepped on to the court to play that game, it’s like I just forgot about everything else.”

Zy Evangelista went through many of the same emotions growing up that so many other LGBT+ people felt about sport. They were a huge basketball fan, but was never able to commit to playing at school. The difference was that in their case, it had nothing to do with their sexuality or gender identity – …

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