Sports Media LGBT+ in 2024: Join our network – events calendar, advice, content and more

We’re a group of sports journalists and media professionals who understand the importance of storytelling; we welcome enquiries from prospective new members, and we share inclusive content on our website and social channels; our focus is on amplifying the voices of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in both sport and sports media…

‘My own journey inspires me to cover LGBTQ+ athletes’: Sky Sports’ Becky Thompson Q&A for International Women’s Day

From interviewing trans athletes for the Telegraph and CNN, to fronting an LGBT+ History Month video for Sky’s WSL TikTok account, Becky Thompson is telling important stories at a time when women in sport face a high risk of abuse on social media; to mark IWD 2024 and its #InspireInclusion theme, she talks about the icons she admires, her Ultimate Frisbee passion, being pan, and the advice she got from an industry great…

Cardiff will be first UK host city of LGBTQ+-inclusive EuroGames multi-sport event in 2027

Pride Sports Cymru successful in securing bid to host EuroGames in 2027; the result comes after a tightly contested vote at the EGLSF (European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation) Annual General Assembly in Antwerp; “The legacy the games will create is enormous,” says Sport Wales’ Jess Williams…

Zander Murray, Tracy Brown, Man Utd and Gender Goals among winners at fabulous Football v Homophobia Awards

Impactful work on educating young people, improving fan experience and trans inclusion highlighted at fifth annual ceremony; Proud Baggies make it a hat-trick and Stargazy FC also successful on LGBTQ+ football’s biggest night of the year; FvH campaign director Lou Englefield says event at Manchester’s National Football Museum was “a joyful celebration of resistance”

‘I spent so long not allowing myself to know I was gay’: Matt Morton on the Football v Homophobia Podcast

The Thetford Town FC player-manager speaks on a new episode, after his appearances in TV documentaries ‘Rylan: Football, Homophobia and Me’ and ‘The Last Taboo’; Sevenoaks Town player Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, a fellow member of the LGBTQ+ Professionals in Football Collective, also appears in the programme; they join Jon Holmes for an in-depth conversation – listen now…

Toxic social media and the LGBTQ+ fan experience highlighted at Football v Homophobia Month of Action event

The 15th FvH Month of Action in February was launched at Portcullis House, Westminster, at the invitation of Hannah Bardell, MP; speakers included Signify AI CEO Jonathan Hirshler and the PFA’s Simone Pound; LGBTQ+ fans Peter Davey, Tracy Brown and Rishi Madlani; and TRUK United players Natalie Washington and Arthur Webber…

Get in the game! Past winners on why the Football v Homophobia Awards are fabulous

“You’ve got to be in it to win it!” Seven people previously shortlisted for the FvH Awards tell Sports Media LGBT+ why the community event is so important; nominations deadline for 2024 now closed; the gala ceremony to be held at the National Football Museum in Manchester on February 23…