SOLD OUT! All-day event celebrating LGBTQ culture in football returns on Friday 28 June 2024, this time in London; confirmed performance of acclaimed ‘PITCH’, a theatrical production about a grassroots queer football team; speakers include Georgia Robert from TV’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’; updates here on packed programme…
Non-league footballer Ruaridh Donaldson found his allyship of the LGBT+ community crystallised after experiencing homophobia first-hand. Now he uses his voice to be a role model on the pitch and in the dressing room, as he tells Laura Howard…
Three Lions Pride say they’ll be out in force at the European Championship in Germany; the last two men’s World Cups have been hosted by countries with anti-gay laws; the group’s co-founder Joe White joins the Football v Homophobia Podcast to preview the Euros through an LGBTQ+ lens…
The first player to come out publicly as gay while active in senior Scottish men’s football is the guest on a new episode of the Football v Homophobia Podcast; Zander Murray talks about ongoing interest around pro players coming out, and the positive impact he’s making in LGBTQ education…
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…
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…
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…
FvH issues call to action to leagues, clubs, coaches, officials, players and fans across the game, urging them to take a strong vocal stand against all forms of anti-LGBTIQ+ discrimination…