Ballin' Out
Season 1
Created by: Cyd Zeigler, Jim Buzinski, Michiel Thomas
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Season aired: 2024-08-22
Overview
This 5-part Emmy® winning doc series, presented by Outsports, follows the LGBTQ+ women on Team USA's wheelchair basketball as they compete at the World Championships in Dubai, while simultaneously shining a light on their personal lives
Episodes · 5
Out LGBTQ+ athletes for USA Wheelchair Basketball
Episode 1 of 'Ballin' Out' introduces viewers to the out LGBTQ women of the USA Wheelchair Basketball Team. Several players and coaches, including coach Desiree Miller, and players Courtney Ryan, Kaitlyn Eaton and Josie Aslakson, talk about their gold-medal goal.
Disabilities
Episode 2 of 'Ballin' Out' shares the journeys of each of the out LGBTQ athletes on the USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, as they realized their disability and found the sport that would take them across the country and around the world, representing the United States.
Being LGBTQ in wheelchair basketball
Episode 3 of 'Ballin' Out' explores the private lives of the women on the USA Wheelchair Basketball Team who are LGBTQ.
Mental Health
Episode 4 of 'Ballin' Out' explores the mental health of the out LGBTQ athletes for Team USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball, as well as some of the other women around the team.
Pride
Episode 5 of 'Ballin' Out' explores the Pride some of the athletes and coaches for the USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team take in being LGBTQ and out, as they pursue a World Championship.