Now with a superstar to rally around, PWHL Seattle — the eighth and newest team in the Professional Women’s Hockey League — has added 11 new players to its roster, providing fans with their first glimpse into the team’s future on the ice.

“It sounds silly to say, but I think I was just literally looking at a baseball,” said Keri Zierler, the creative director of the Seattle Mariners, when asked what inspired the team’s new LGBTQ+ tradition.

“It’s been wild seeing a women’s team getting this kind of support,” Sarah, a veteran Bushkeeper, told the SGN.

At the Seattle Basketball Club (SBC), we believe that sport is more than competition — it’s community, connection, and collective joy.

On a weekend afternoon in April at the Amy Yee Tennis Center in Seattle, a group of eight gathered to play mixed doubles. Some had been playing tennis for many years, while for others, this was one of the first times they had picked up a racket.

Red Panda Muay Thai martial arts school, which first opened its doors in August of 2024, is dedicated to teaching the art of Muay Thai, with a focus on serving the expansive Queer and Trans community.

When Steven Thompson and Joey Gale started the Seattle Pride Classic in 2020 (moved to 2021 due to COVID-19), it was the world’s largest LGBTQIA+ hockey tournament.

This June, Seattle’s summer sports teams are hosting "Pride Night” celebrations for the LGBTQIA+ community: The Mariners are having two such games at T-Mobile Park, and the Seattle Storm are prepping for a rainbow showdown against the Connecticut Sun.

Only the perfect storm of a complete divisional shake-up, paired with a nationwide trend toward women's sports, could have resulted in two brand-new preprofessional soccer teams playing their inaugural game against each other.

As new fish in the pond, Salmon Bay FC are prepared to swim the upstream fight as they kick off their first-ever season in Seattle on May 18 against WS Rhodies.