Brian Bell (They/Them)
@wonderboyotm.bsky.social
Contributor - @Outsports.com
Host - @lgbtringpod.bsky.social
QWI 200 Curator
Queer pro wrestling journalist
patreon.com/lgbtringpod
Host - @lgbtringpod.bsky.social
QWI 200 Curator
Queer pro wrestling journalist
patreon.com/lgbtringpod
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It's QWI season again, which means the nominations ballot for the 2025 QWI Awards is now live! Submit your favorites from the world of queer pro wrestling in all 16 categories between today and Nov. 21 before the final ballot releases on Nov. 24!
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Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
We’re here, we’re queer, we can go on the ballot.
It's QWI season again, which means the nominations ballot for the 2025 QWI Awards is now live! Submit your favorites from the world of queer pro wrestling in all 16 categories between today and Nov. 21 before the final ballot releases on Nov. 24!
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November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We’re here, we’re queer, we can go on the ballot.
🤍NEW POD ALERT🤍
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "Exquisite" @eddiejadepw.bsky.social to the show! We chat working with Wrestling With Pride, coming up in PCW, the theater kid to pro wrestling pipeline & becoming the inaugural Pride Evolution champion!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "Exquisite" @eddiejadepw.bsky.social to the show! We chat working with Wrestling With Pride, coming up in PCW, the theater kid to pro wrestling pipeline & becoming the inaugural Pride Evolution champion!
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November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🤍NEW POD ALERT🤍
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "Exquisite" @eddiejadepw.bsky.social to the show! We chat working with Wrestling With Pride, coming up in PCW, the theater kid to pro wrestling pipeline & becoming the inaugural Pride Evolution champion!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "Exquisite" @eddiejadepw.bsky.social to the show! We chat working with Wrestling With Pride, coming up in PCW, the theater kid to pro wrestling pipeline & becoming the inaugural Pride Evolution champion!
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Hello, Lovelies! It's a quick pod this week with several announcements about the 2025 QWI season!
open.spotify.com/episode/3RER...
open.spotify.com/episode/3RER...
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hello, Lovelies! It's a quick pod this week with several announcements about the 2025 QWI season!
open.spotify.com/episode/3RER...
open.spotify.com/episode/3RER...
It's QWI season again, which means the nominations ballot for the 2025 QWI Awards is now live! Submit your favorites from the world of queer pro wrestling in all 16 categories between today and Nov. 21 before the final ballot releases on Nov. 24!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's QWI season again, which means the nominations ballot for the 2025 QWI Awards is now live! Submit your favorites from the world of queer pro wrestling in all 16 categories between today and Nov. 21 before the final ballot releases on Nov. 24!
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👑NEW POD ALERT👑
Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social kicks off its 6th year with "Zaddy" himself, Dillon McQueen! We discuss McQueen's passion for Tennessee wrestling, breaking barriers with his husband, @uncannyatx.bsky.social, gender expression, returning from injury & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social kicks off its 6th year with "Zaddy" himself, Dillon McQueen! We discuss McQueen's passion for Tennessee wrestling, breaking barriers with his husband, @uncannyatx.bsky.social, gender expression, returning from injury & more!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
👑NEW POD ALERT👑
Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social kicks off its 6th year with "Zaddy" himself, Dillon McQueen! We discuss McQueen's passion for Tennessee wrestling, breaking barriers with his husband, @uncannyatx.bsky.social, gender expression, returning from injury & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social kicks off its 6th year with "Zaddy" himself, Dillon McQueen! We discuss McQueen's passion for Tennessee wrestling, breaking barriers with his husband, @uncannyatx.bsky.social, gender expression, returning from injury & more!
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Had to be an Astro...
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Had to be an Astro...
Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
unfortunately, i have been really struggling financially. i’m in the process of looking for a second job and it’s just been sucking the soul out of me. if you could share or have the means, i would appreciate you so much. 💕
venmo & cashapp are ziggyhaim
here is ichi sleeping funny as thanks
venmo & cashapp are ziggyhaim
here is ichi sleeping funny as thanks
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
unfortunately, i have been really struggling financially. i’m in the process of looking for a second job and it’s just been sucking the soul out of me. if you could share or have the means, i would appreciate you so much. 💕
venmo & cashapp are ziggyhaim
here is ichi sleeping funny as thanks
venmo & cashapp are ziggyhaim
here is ichi sleeping funny as thanks
🐻NEW POD ALERT🐻
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "The Bear Maximum" Bovi to the show! We chat his @fullqueer.bsky.social debut at Folsom, running World's Greatest Wrestling, using the privilege of straight passing to uplift the queer community & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "The Bear Maximum" Bovi to the show! We chat his @fullqueer.bsky.social debut at Folsom, running World's Greatest Wrestling, using the privilege of straight passing to uplift the queer community & more!
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September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🐻NEW POD ALERT🐻
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "The Bear Maximum" Bovi to the show! We chat his @fullqueer.bsky.social debut at Folsom, running World's Greatest Wrestling, using the privilege of straight passing to uplift the queer community & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes "The Bear Maximum" Bovi to the show! We chat his @fullqueer.bsky.social debut at Folsom, running World's Greatest Wrestling, using the privilege of straight passing to uplift the queer community & more!
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💫NEW POD ALERT💫
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back "The Spotlight" @loganknightpro.bsky.social! We chat impending fatherhood, stepping away from wrestling temporarily, working through injury & an update on the fight against the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back "The Spotlight" @loganknightpro.bsky.social! We chat impending fatherhood, stepping away from wrestling temporarily, working through injury & an update on the fight against the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission!
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September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
💫NEW POD ALERT💫
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back "The Spotlight" @loganknightpro.bsky.social! We chat impending fatherhood, stepping away from wrestling temporarily, working through injury & an update on the fight against the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back "The Spotlight" @loganknightpro.bsky.social! We chat impending fatherhood, stepping away from wrestling temporarily, working through injury & an update on the fight against the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission!
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🤫NEW POD ALERT🤫
Hello, Lovelies! This week it's a free preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive show Required Reading! In this portion, @WonderboyOTM & @YesterdayBadGuy discuss Anton Voorhees vs. Richard Shhhnary in the Sanctum of Silence.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week it's a free preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive show Required Reading! In this portion, @WonderboyOTM & @YesterdayBadGuy discuss Anton Voorhees vs. Richard Shhhnary in the Sanctum of Silence.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🤫NEW POD ALERT🤫
Hello, Lovelies! This week it's a free preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive show Required Reading! In this portion, @WonderboyOTM & @YesterdayBadGuy discuss Anton Voorhees vs. Richard Shhhnary in the Sanctum of Silence.
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Hello, Lovelies! This week it's a free preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive show Required Reading! In this portion, @WonderboyOTM & @YesterdayBadGuy discuss Anton Voorhees vs. Richard Shhhnary in the Sanctum of Silence.
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🎊NEW POD ALERT🎊
Hello, Lovelies, and happy 300! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social celebrates by welcoming back "The Business" Billy Dixon! We discuss retirement, working with Sonny Kiss at @enjoywrestling.bsky.social, protecting queer pro wrestling history, ASÉ Wrestling, Darius Carter & more!
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Hello, Lovelies, and happy 300! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social celebrates by welcoming back "The Business" Billy Dixon! We discuss retirement, working with Sonny Kiss at @enjoywrestling.bsky.social, protecting queer pro wrestling history, ASÉ Wrestling, Darius Carter & more!
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August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎊NEW POD ALERT🎊
Hello, Lovelies, and happy 300! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social celebrates by welcoming back "The Business" Billy Dixon! We discuss retirement, working with Sonny Kiss at @enjoywrestling.bsky.social, protecting queer pro wrestling history, ASÉ Wrestling, Darius Carter & more!
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Hello, Lovelies, and happy 300! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social celebrates by welcoming back "The Business" Billy Dixon! We discuss retirement, working with Sonny Kiss at @enjoywrestling.bsky.social, protecting queer pro wrestling history, ASÉ Wrestling, Darius Carter & more!
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Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Hello, Lovelies! Episode 300(!) of LGBT In The Ring drops tomorrow, and we have the perfect guest to celebrate this milestone: "The Business" Billy Dixon! Download & Listen Friday Lovelies!
Hello, Lovelies! Episode 300(!) of LGBT In The Ring drops tomorrow, and we have the perfect guest to celebrate this milestone: "The Business" Billy Dixon! Download & Listen Friday Lovelies!
August 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Hello, Lovelies! Episode 300(!) of LGBT In The Ring drops tomorrow, and we have the perfect guest to celebrate this milestone: "The Business" Billy Dixon! Download & Listen Friday Lovelies!
Hello, Lovelies! Episode 300(!) of LGBT In The Ring drops tomorrow, and we have the perfect guest to celebrate this milestone: "The Business" Billy Dixon! Download & Listen Friday Lovelies!
💅NEW POD ALERT💅
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back Priscilla, Queen of the Ring! We discuss retirement, @truegritwrestling.bsky.social, PCW, why the story of Priscilla vs. HT Drake was so special to them, weaponizing baked potatoes & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back Priscilla, Queen of the Ring! We discuss retirement, @truegritwrestling.bsky.social, PCW, why the story of Priscilla vs. HT Drake was so special to them, weaponizing baked potatoes & more!
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August 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
💅NEW POD ALERT💅
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back Priscilla, Queen of the Ring! We discuss retirement, @truegritwrestling.bsky.social, PCW, why the story of Priscilla vs. HT Drake was so special to them, weaponizing baked potatoes & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes back Priscilla, Queen of the Ring! We discuss retirement, @truegritwrestling.bsky.social, PCW, why the story of Priscilla vs. HT Drake was so special to them, weaponizing baked potatoes & more!
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Shit like this is why I feel like I'm constantly running into a brick wall when it comes to feeling like I'm working in a credible field sometimes. No shade to Sean and the other good souls at Fightful, but this coming from someone at the head of a huge name in the field erodes the foundation.
Time to cancel Fightful Select.
Sorry, Sean. This is absolutely not your fault, but I can't give a cent to this guy anymore.
Sorry, Sean. This is absolutely not your fault, but I can't give a cent to this guy anymore.
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Shit like this is why I feel like I'm constantly running into a brick wall when it comes to feeling like I'm working in a credible field sometimes. No shade to Sean and the other good souls at Fightful, but this coming from someone at the head of a huge name in the field erodes the foundation.
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Good on SRS for saying something about this on his post-show stream.
But I just cancelled my subscription and listed this as the reason.
I like SRS, Kate, and a few other folks there a lot. But this is bullshit.
But I just cancelled my subscription and listed this as the reason.
I like SRS, Kate, and a few other folks there a lot. But this is bullshit.
Time to cancel Fightful Select.
Sorry, Sean. This is absolutely not your fault, but I can't give a cent to this guy anymore.
Sorry, Sean. This is absolutely not your fault, but I can't give a cent to this guy anymore.
August 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Good on SRS for saying something about this on his post-show stream.
But I just cancelled my subscription and listed this as the reason.
I like SRS, Kate, and a few other folks there a lot. But this is bullshit.
But I just cancelled my subscription and listed this as the reason.
I like SRS, Kate, and a few other folks there a lot. But this is bullshit.
Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
Someone sent the tweet to Sean during his post-show live stream and...yeah.
"I can't control what Jimmy says. I wish I could, because I wouldn't have him saying ridiculous bullshit like that."
"I can't control what Jimmy says. I wish I could, because I wouldn't have him saying ridiculous bullshit like that."
August 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Someone sent the tweet to Sean during his post-show live stream and...yeah.
"I can't control what Jimmy says. I wish I could, because I wouldn't have him saying ridiculous bullshit like that."
"I can't control what Jimmy says. I wish I could, because I wouldn't have him saying ridiculous bullshit like that."
🌟NEW POD ALERT🌟
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes @commandersterling.bsky.social! We chat trans & disability visibility in pro wrestling, the personal significance of her matches with @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social & Priscilla, her wrestling bucket list + more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes @commandersterling.bsky.social! We chat trans & disability visibility in pro wrestling, the personal significance of her matches with @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social & Priscilla, her wrestling bucket list + more!
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July 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🌟NEW POD ALERT🌟
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes @commandersterling.bsky.social! We chat trans & disability visibility in pro wrestling, the personal significance of her matches with @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social & Priscilla, her wrestling bucket list + more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes @commandersterling.bsky.social! We chat trans & disability visibility in pro wrestling, the personal significance of her matches with @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social & Priscilla, her wrestling bucket list + more!
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🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️
Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social sticks in the South this week as we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! We chat Norse Paganism & how it informs her in-ring persona, wrestling the way she wants to + more!
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Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social sticks in the South this week as we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! We chat Norse Paganism & how it informs her in-ring persona, wrestling the way she wants to + more!
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July 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️
Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social sticks in the South this week as we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! We chat Norse Paganism & how it informs her in-ring persona, wrestling the way she wants to + more!
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Hello, Lovelies! @lgbtringpod.bsky.social sticks in the South this week as we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! We chat Norse Paganism & how it informs her in-ring persona, wrestling the way she wants to + more!
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Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
If you're constantly angry that journalists sit on stories until they can publish them in a book, Hulk Hogan is the reason why.
This @fastcompany.com article about the legacy of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker is well worth a few minutes of your time.
Hulk Hogan changed media forever with his Gawker lawsuit
The superstar athlete, who died on Thursday, cast a long shadow over the world of professional wrestling—and a far more ominous one over the world of internet publishing.
www.fastcompany.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you're constantly angry that journalists sit on stories until they can publish them in a book, Hulk Hogan is the reason why.
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And here it is: off the top rope. Read to the end - her finisher is worth it www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
July 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
And here it is: off the top rope. Read to the end - her finisher is worth it www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
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Hulk Hogan wasn’t complicated. The ‘good guy’ and the ‘bad guy’ were always the same man. - www.outsports.com/2025/7/24/24...
July 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hulk Hogan wasn’t complicated. The ‘good guy’ and the ‘bad guy’ were always the same man. - www.outsports.com/2025/7/24/24...
Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! Download & Listen Thursday, Lovelies!
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! Download & Listen Thursday, Lovelies!
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
***GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! Download & Listen Thursday, Lovelies!
Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Valkyrie of Violence" Sigrid, Scourge of Odin (@jesssdfisher.bsky.social) to the show! Download & Listen Thursday, Lovelies!
Reposted by Brian Bell (They/Them)
Revisited a post about how Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” set the standard for wrestling theme music, in case you wanna watch The Road Warriors smash some motherfuckers tonight.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbat...
www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbat...
Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" Is Wrestling's Greatest Theme Song
When Black Sabbath recorded "Iron Man," they accidentally set a bar for wrestling theme music that hasn't been reached since the Road Warriors adopted it.
www.bigeggwrestling.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Revisited a post about how Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” set the standard for wrestling theme music, in case you wanna watch The Road Warriors smash some motherfuckers tonight.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbat...
www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbat...
🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes Saraya Saber back to the show! We chat her historic SCI weekend appearance, wrestling across the country, asexual representation in pro wrestling & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes Saraya Saber back to the show! We chat her historic SCI weekend appearance, wrestling across the country, asexual representation in pro wrestling & more!
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July 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🗡️NEW POD ALERT🗡️
Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes Saraya Saber back to the show! We chat her historic SCI weekend appearance, wrestling across the country, asexual representation in pro wrestling & more!
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Hello, Lovelies! This week @lgbtringpod.bsky.social welcomes Saraya Saber back to the show! We chat her historic SCI weekend appearance, wrestling across the country, asexual representation in pro wrestling & more!
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