Jack Turner plays in grassroots football for Bristol-based AC Moose; having found a team environment in which he feels welcome as a gay man, he wants to raise awareness of the importance of creating spaces in sport that are truly LGBTQ-inclusive; he is taking on a mammoth ‘Steps Against Homophobia’ challenge and hopes to gain your support…
The Bingham Cup, one of the world’s biggest LGBTQ-inclusive sports events, will be held in Leeds in summer 2028; each edition of the biennial rugby tournament brings thousands of players and spectators to the host city; Leeds Hunters chair Will McCartney says the club is “incredibly excited” by the opportunity…
More than 1,000 athletes have already registered for EuroGames Cardiff 2027; UK’s first-ever multi-sport event for LGBTQ people and allies is a trans-inclusive positive action initiative; award-winning campaigner Natalie Washington is looking forward to playing in the FLINTA 7-a-side tournament next summer…
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Right-wing media and politicians have claimed the Zero Flags display at the Commonwealth Games is somehow ‘insulting’ and ‘out of touch’ but LGBTQ activists from three of the 29 featured countries with anti-gay laws say the project is respectful and reflects their lived reality; award-winning actor Alan Cumming narrates Pride House Glasgow explainer video…
New resource to help LGBTQ fans launched by Football Supporters’ Association and Pride in Football; the LGBTQ+ Supporter Group Toolkit arrives at a time when reports of homophobic and transphobic abuse are rising in the game…
Football v Homophobia campaign responds to Kick It Out’s end-of-season reporting statistics; FvH director Lou Englefield calls for greater “education, awareness and allyship” from influential figures on LGBTQ inclusion in football…
The Northern U.K. premiere screening of “The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel” drew more than 100 guests to Football v Homophobia’s annual Football Pride event in Leeds; LGBTQ football pioneer Joanie Evans, Stephen Wignal (Marching Out Together) and Baz Sido (Yorkshire Terriers FC) expect film to have great impact; a limited U.K. release begins in London on August 22…
Sharing his story of struggle as a gay, Muslim footballer made Ouissem Belgacem a household name in France. Today, he continues to write books, create documentary films and deliver education, and he’s the guest on the latest episode of the Football v Homophobia Podcast…
Dr. Nas Mohamed, the first person from Qatar to come out publicly as LGBTQ, is fronting a new campaign for the 2026 World Cup; speaking on a special Pride episode of the Football v Homophobia Podcast, the Qatari-American physician says it’s an opportunity to “witness and be witnessed” through the unique opportunity that the tournament presents…
The first-ever IGR Touch Rugby Festival was held in Leeds in late May, with 16 teams competing; the winners of the Global Touch Cup were Raccoons Rugby Roma, a club that only started up two years ago; here, IGR’s Mark Lewis helps to explain the back story to the Italians’ success, and why their victory means so much…