‘Sometimes I’m still scared to be me’
Whether it’s phoning the florist or booking a hotel room, hockey player turned broadcast journalist Beth Fisher often finds she has to come out all over again. So how do we help other LGBT+ people with that?
Category: The LGBT Line
#AuthenticMe: Join us on October 9!
You’re invited to our first-ever event, which is being held in partnership with BBC Pride at MediaCityUK in Salford on Tuesday 9 October. Find out more here…
What did we learn from the Rainbow Laces Summit?
Jon Holmes looks back at Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces Summit from a media perspective, and identifies five key points made on LGBT+ inclusion in sport…
Recommended! Where to go for LGBT sports content
Check out our list of websites, podcasts and other digital destinations around the world which provide sports news and content with an LGBT+ spin…
LGBT-inclusive sports media project hits Glasgow 2018
‘Mojo on the Green’ is giving six young reporters the opportunity to shine a light on LGBT inclusion in sport during the European Championships this month…
Mario: UK poster reveal + trailer
Take a look at the UK poster and trailer for Mario, the Swiss movie about a complicated relationship between two footballers which is being released here on July 13…
It’s good to talk about being gay in football
Sports media professionals are being given the opportunity to discuss LGBT inclusion with the Premier League and Stonewall. It’s a chance our industry shouldn’t squander, writes Jon Holmes…
Why Lesbian Day of Visibility matters
To mark Lesbian Day of Visibility on April 26, we’ve collected stories and quotes from women working in sport and sports media on why it’s important for them to be out, and to show everybody…
A thaw point? How ice skating stories show progress
As a new documentary about British Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater John Curry is released in UK cinemas, Jon Holmes looks at what the media can learn from LGBT representation in winter sports both then and now…
In Review: LGBT sport in 2017 – Coming out stories
In the second part of his review of the year, Jon Holmes looks back at some of his favourite interviews of 2017 in which sportsmen and women spoke to the media for the first time about being LGBT…