Sports Media LGBT+ and four more industry groups and organisations – BCOMS, Women in Football, The Ability Group in Sport (TAGS) and Brown Girl Sport – working together, with support from the SJA; presentation at SJA Showcase event showed value of networking; DSA keen to discuss opportunities…
Pride Swim 2024 will launch at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London on Saturday, 6 April, with over 20 events planned across the UK from June onwards; “These events are a great way to bring communities together, with a real focus on wellbeing,” says organiser Polly Shute…
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To mark Trans Day of Visibility and in support of the annual Week of Action for the Football v Transphobia campaign, Sports Media LGBT+ recommends feature articles, podcasts and videos that give voice to a much-marginalised community of people in the game…
Goalkeeper Blair Hamilton plays for fifth-tier Saltdean United Women, while Natalie Washington is at Rushmoor in tier six; they’re probably the most high-profile trans women players in English football; on a special FvT Pod for the Week of Action, they discuss welcoming cultures, spikes in anti-trans reporting stats and more…
Sixth annual activation of FvT campaign being held from March 24 through to Trans Day of Visibility at end of month; clubs and leagues encouraged to promote their trans and non-binary inclusive values, using hashtag #FvT2024…
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…
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…
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”
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…