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The Sports Media LGBT+ Review of 2024: We’ll always have Paris, plus other memories

From Team LGBTQ’s exciting exploits at the Olympics and Paralympics, big get-together events such as Football Pride and the FvH Awards, and further progress for our community in the sports media industry, here are selections and reflections taken from the last 12 months…

By Jon Holmes, 6 months31/12/2024 ago
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‘Out Olympians have inspired so many other LGBTQ+ people – let’s investigate the impact’

At London 2012, there were 23 out LGBTQ+ athletes competing – at Tokyo 2020, there were at least 186; Dr David Eldridge is part of a team of academics studying the impact of this surge in visibility; he writes about his own sporting journey and lays out an exciting opportunity for researchers interested in this topic…

By Jon Holmes, 2 years11/01/2023 ago
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Ten iconic Team LGBTQ+ moments from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

From the letter ‘X’ to the ‘Queen of Tokyo’, from a trail-blazing trans triumph to Britain’s No 1 knitter, here’s our collection of quality queer-friendly memories that will linger on long after the Olympic flame has been extinguished in Japan…

By Jon Holmes, 4 years09/08/2021 ago
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Pansexual Visibility Day: Makayla Gerken-Schofield on Winter Olympics dreams, being pan in snowsports, and LGBTQ+ learning

She’s one of the British trio of siblings making headlines in freestyle skiing ahead of Beijing 2022 – and she’s also helping to provide representation in sports for people who are pan. We caught up with Makayla for an exclusive Q&A about the bump and roll of moguls and being a role model…

By Jon Holmes, 4 years24/05/2021 ago
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#AuthenticMe: Golden memories!

Our second annual event celebrating authenticity in sport was held in London in October 2019, featuring Matthew Mitcham, Susannah Townsend and Michael Gunning…

By Jon Holmes, 6 years16/10/2019 ago
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