It’s Lesbian Visibility Week and Sports Media LGBT+ has again teamed up with our friends at Football v Homophobia to add to the awareness with a special edition podcast; our guests are a content producer and a broadcaster who have created platforms celebrating the quirky and often queer culture within women’s football…
Episode 2 of ‘The Pride House Podcast’ out now, bringing you stories from Surfers Paradise where the 2018 Pride House Gold Coast was held; star athletes and community heroes featured in ‘Australian LGBTIQ+ Sporting Trailblazers’ exhibition; sun, fun, music, and a sense of solidarity made for a special atmosphere; listen here!
Aston Villa star Anita Asante, swimmer and trans rights advocate Eden Elgeti, Birmingham-based campaigner and activist Khakan Qureshi and the Commonwealth Games Federation’s Hartwell Mhunduru will speak at event at Pride House Birmingham venue on evening of Saturday 23 April – register to attend
Unique one-day event to be held on Saturday, April 23, in the venue space for Pride House Birmingham in heart of city’s Gay Village; Pride Sports UK, Athletics Pride Network, Pride In Water and Sports Media LGBT+ are conference partners, with GSK sponsoring; register to attend for network and learning opportunities…
‘The Pride House Podcast’ launches as build-up continues to opening of Pride House Birmingham 2022 in July; first episode focuses on success of Glasgow venue, the first to be held at a Commonwealth Games; “seeing individual impacts up close was so special,” recalls co-organiser Hugh Torrance; listen now!
A few months ago, NRG joined several other inclusive women’s clubs playing in a tournament in Georgia in support of Fare’s #FootballPeople campaign. Now the Kyiv-based team’s players are scattered across Ukraine and wider Europe. Co-founder Anna Tregubova tells Sports Media LGBT+ how the spirit and sisterhood of NRG is a source of motivation amid the horror of war…
Statement issued by eight supporters groups, including Three Lions Pride from England and The Rainbow Wall from Wales, says neither world football’s governing body nor Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have made enough effort to engage with concerns of LGBTQ+ fans…
On Trans Day of Visibility on Thursday, a landmark football friendly will be held at Dulwich Hamlet FC’s Champion Hill ground (kick-off 7.30pm). Defender Abi Cornell tells Sports Media LGBT+ why it’s a ‘dream’ to play in the game and how LGBTQ+ people and allies can show support…
The ongoing global expansion of inclusive rugby clubs is one of the success stories of LGBTQ+ sports and a major inspiration behind new movie ‘In From The Side’. Writer-director Matt Carter talks exclusively to Sports Media LGBT+ about the film’s world premiere, telling gay stories on screen, and his rugby passion…
Having accepted an invite to attend an Arsenal game and be part of their LGBTQ+ inclusion initiative, Arthur Webber – Twitter’s @BernieTranders – saw for himself how true support goes both ways between a club and its fans, as he told QueerAF in the Football v Transphobia campaign’s Week of Action…