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LPGA Celebrates Pride Month With Pro Mel Reid & Family; Golf World Sends Love

The LPGA Tour is celebrating Pride Month with Mel Reid and her wife, Carly. The couple announced the birth of their son, Kai Willaim Reid, last November. Since then, the toddler has traveled with them to watch his mom compete a couple of times. Carly, who also works as a senior common relations and social media manager, for Better Serve , took Kai to his first event, the Grant Thornton Invitational, last year.

The LPGA Tour posted a picture of the Reid family on their Instagram handle to mark the start of Pride Month. Mel Reid shared her experience of being a mother: “It’s almost favor you become a kid again. It’s the small things in life and the little progression that Kai makes, it makes us so happy, people don’t tell you how hard it is. It’s really hard work, but it’s just worth it. 100 per cent.”

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Reid and Carly Grenfell tied the knot at Clay Theatre in Green Cove Springs on April 16, 2022, two years after announcing their engagement. The English pro, who came out in 2018, has change into the face of the LGBTQ community in the elite circuit of wom

Women’s golf alumnus Ryann O’Toole discusses animation as an openly gay athlete

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Being true to yourself isn’t always the easiest thing to do.

But for former UCLA women’s golfer Ryann O’Toole, it’s been the one thing that has propelled her through her career.

During her four years as an undergraduate, O’Toole was the only openly queer student-athlete at UCLA. The 2009 alumnus said remaining loyal in herself has been key to her success as a professional golfer despite the challenges brought on by discovering her identity.

“By me sticking sturdy to who I was and not fearing it or not running from it or not listening to those close to me or any outside voices saying that this isn’t the way it should be, … it’s made me into a stronger individual,” O’Toole said. “It challenged me, but I feel appreciate I overcame it.”

Now, the LPGA Tour pro and No. 44-ranked golfer in the world is thriving both on and off the course, picking up her first triumph at the 2021 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open and marrying her wife Gina Marra last year.

However, her route to success wasn’t always easy, she said. O’Toole picked u

The World of LGBTQ Golf

Golf has been one of the fastest growing sports internationally for the past twenty years. It is a high profile sport in the developed world, with plenty of media attention, glamour, prominent athletes, sponsors, and money. Players include amateurs and professionals who range across all age groups and demographics. It is fascinating to look at the participation of the LGBTQ community in this sport because there are several contradictions.

On one hand, there are no out lgbtq+ professional golfers. This is disappointing because there are certain to be gay players in the professional golf circuit. What is holding back the male male lover players from coming out?

On the other hand, lesbian and transgender professional golfers are very prominent and have made a significant mark in the sport. The winningest golfer in history is American Kathy Whitworth with 88 professional wins to her record. The two top female players in the sport's history have been lesbian. Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias of the Merged States was voted as the female sports person of the Twentieth Century, while today's Australian player Karrie Webb has tied Zaharias for the most p

Pride Month: LPGA Tour players Georgia Hall and Ryann O'Toole hope relationship inspires others to be "true to themselves"

Former AIG Women's Uncover champion Georgia Hall hopes her partnership with fellow player Ryann O'Toole will encourage others to be "true to themselves".

Hall and O'Toole had been acquaintances for several years before finally entity paired in a tournament in 2022 and their bond blossomed from then on.

"I knew her, knew her designate and knew who she was but we really didn't play together at all for prefer five years and we would never be near each other," Hall said in an interview with the LPGA Tour to label Pride Month.

"Then we got paired together a couple of times last year, and we just got on really well and it went from there really."

Although the couple are not reserved about their bond online, Hall admits she still feels her sexuality surprises some of her fans.

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"There are so many comments from people we don't know saying appreciate , 'So happy for you guys.' They can see on our faces how happy we are and our love," the 27-year-old from Bournemouth said.

"Maybe (there are) a rare peopl