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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 21/10/2026

🗓️ It’s International Pronouns Day, and in a NEW article, we’re with the Perth Parrots whose striking jerseys make a proud statement… 🦜 The floorball club’s players wear their pronouns on their sleeves - just one way in which they help to create an LGBT+ inclusive environment for all. 1/2

A picture of two Perth Parrots players in floorball action

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 17/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏆🏳️‍⚧️ The outstanding achievers in LGBTQ sports in London and the South East are celebrating their success at the Out For Sport Awards 2026. 🎉 It was a night of celebration in Shoreditch, as the winners in 11 categories claimed their trophies - we’ve got all the news… 1/2

London Royals Hockey Club’s Ella Slade holds the trophy for the Game Changer of the Year as they celebrate with teammates at the Out For Sport Awards 2026 (image: James Budgen)

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 15/10/2026

🏆 NEW: The stars and unsung heroes of the thriving LGBTQ+ sports scene in London and the South-East will be honoured at Friday’s Out For Sport Awards. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🎾 Ryan Watson and his South London Smashers tennis club were big winners at the last edition of the Awards - he explains why they matter so much…

Ryan Watson holds his Out For Sport Lifetime Achievement Award; a picture of 5 players from the South London Smashers

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 08/10/2026

🌈 It’s Rainbow Laces Day - time to lace up and show support for LGBTQ inclusion in sports, just like Mersey Rose Recreationals Cricket Club… ✍️ “The friendly club” was an early adopter of the Proud Pledge, a way to clearly display the values that underpin the #RainbowLaces campaign 1/2

An image of a batter playing cricket wearing a rainbow wristband

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 24/09/2026

🎥 September 2016 saw the premiere of WONDERKID, an independent short film about a young professional footballer who is gay and is struggling to come out. Written and directed by Rhys Chapman, the drama had a huge impact and within months, it was being broadcast to the nation by Sky Sports.

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 08/08/2026

🇮🇳 “Both of us got a scholarship from the organisers and the runners club in India to participate in the #GayGames. Otherwise it would not have been possible” - Gowthami Kandhasami (Goaty), Team India at Valencia 2026 👉 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengalu... #LGBTQ #sports

Gowthami Kandhasami (Goaty) earned four Gold medals (image via Times of India)

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 31/07/2026

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ New LGBTQ+ Supporter Group Toolkit launched by FSA and Pride in Football 🗣️ “With rising levels of homophobic abuse, LGBTQ+ supporters groups are needed more than ever… This toolkit will make existing groups stronger and make it easier for new groups to form” - @prideinfootball.bsky.social 1/2

The LGBTQ+ Supporter Group Toolkit (image: Pride in Football)

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 02/05/2026

📚⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ So joyous to see ‘Jacob’s Transition Goals’ by @bernietranders.bsky.social on the bookshelves at @gaystheword.bsky.social Buy a copy and show your support! 🧣 We spotted a couple more #LGBTQfootball books in the shop as well… which others should we read? 🏳️‍🌈 #JacobsTransitionGoals #FvT2026

A copy of ‘Jacob’s Transition Goals’ on the bookshelf at Gay’s The Word

A copy of ‘One Life’ by Megan Rapinoe on the bookshelf at Gay’s The Word

A copy of ‘Justin Fashanu: The Biography’ by Jim Read on the bookshelf at Gay’s The Word

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 28/04/2026

🌈 A little representation means a lot… very proud to have Sports Media LGBT+ on the big screen at the London Palladium! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our content in 2025 - you all helped to get us shortlisted for the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 🙏 #SJA2025

The shortlist for the Specialist Sports Publisher category at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards is shown on the big screen at the London Palladium

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 15/04/2026

🏏 Invicta Icons are the UK’s newest LGBTQ+ inclusive cricket club - the sixth such team to be established 🌟 For influencer Jordan Chan, being part of the club has sparked an unexpected passion for cricket. Now he wants others in the local area to discover this too… 1/2

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 13/04/2026

⏳ Time is running out for those in full-time tertiary education to enter the Football Writers’ Association’s annual Student Football Writer of the Year Awards… ⚽️🏆🌈 Keane Handley won the ‘Unheard Voices’ category last year, and with it, £1,000 in prize money @fwaofficial.bsky.social 1/2

Keane Handley poses with his trophy after winning the FWA Student Football Writer Unheard Voices award (Pic: John Walton/PA Wire)

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 07/04/2026

⚽️ Wednesday night in west London… one of the biggest games in the history of Stonewall FC! Support the Stones ⚽️🌈 Tickets link in thread 🔗

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 28/03/2026

🎊 Exciting news for Sports Media LGBT+! We’ve been shortlisted at the @sportsjournalists.co.uk’s British Sports Journalism Awards, considered the ‘Oscars’ of our industry 🙌 It’s the second consecutive year that our digital content has earned us a place in the Specialist Sports Publisher category.

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 20/02/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Lisa Power announced as Patron for EuroGames Cardiff 2027 🙌 ‘Activist. Historian… first openly queer person to address the UN on #LGBTQ rights. A Cardiff local. A self-confessed “serial interferer” (the best kind).’ @thisislisapower.bsky.social 👏 #EuroGames2027 @pridesportscymru.bsky.social

Lisa Power wears a Queer Britain T-shirt and a Pride rainbow flag

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 18/02/2026

🎥 More than 150,000 views of the #LGBTQfootball film ‘PLAY ON’ at the time of writing, and it’s not even been live 24 hours yet! Read our Q&A with writer-performer Myndstate, as he discusses making the short with director John Reavey 👉 sportsmedialgbt.com/play-on-shor... #FvH2026 🩷⚫️ 1/2

A man in a yellow football jersey - the spoken word artist Myndstate - high fives his teammate in the locker room, in a still from the short film ‘PLAY ON’

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 12/02/2026

NEW: Kick It Out have already received a record number of reports of homophobia in 2025/26, with several months of the football season remaining. The release of the discrimination data coincides with the launch of a new reporting relationship with Football v Homophobia. 1/2

An infographic from Kick It Out showing they’ve received 139 reports of homophobia so far this season

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 01/02/2026

🩷⚫️ It’s the annual Football V Homophobia Month of Action - to mark #FvH2026, we have a new FvH Podcast episode with #LGBTQ fan groups Chelsea Pride and Marching Out Together 🎧 Tracy and Wiggy discuss the impact of abuse and look ahead to the PL ‘With Pride’ @footballvhomophobia.com 1/2

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 27/01/2026

‘Data shows 1 in 5 Britons has experienced discrimination or harassment in a pub, increasing to 3 in 5 among disabled people and the #LGBTQ community. Ethnic minorities are more likely than other minorities to say they’ve experienced this behaviour on matchdays.’ 👉 www.kickitout.org/news-media/k...

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 03/01/2026

📸 Vogue Australia has the exclusive photos from the beautiful Sam Kerr - Kristie Mewis wedding. Photographer is Sarah Tonkin 👏, write-up by Gladys Tai. 👉 www.vogue.com.au/brides/weddi...

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis dancing at their wedding. Image - Vogue Australia. Wedding photographer - Sarah Tonkin

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 03/01/2026

📸💋 Chelsea and Australia star Sam Kerr shares first official photo from her wedding to former USWNT international Kristie Mewis in Perth, captioned simply “Wifey” Huge congrats to the newlyweds! 🫶 (Image via @samanthakerr20 on Instagram and Threads) #LGBTQ #football

Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr celebrate their wedding with a kiss - image via @samanthakerr20 on Instagram and Threads

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 24/12/2025

🎄 Happy holidays everybody! Wishing you all a peaceful and sport-filled Christmas period… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you for following us here, and for your support for Sports Media LGBT+ in 2025 #LGBTQsports #LGBTQfootball

A Christmas tree with sports-related baubles in Pride progress colours

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 04/12/2025

🏅 NEW: Vicki Carter has received the British Empire Medal for services to LGBTQ inclusion in swimming and sports. The former co-chair of Out for Sport and Out To Swim collected her honour in a ceremony at the Tower of London. 🗣️ “you just feel so honoured and thrilled!” 1/2

Vicki Carter with her British Empire Medal

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 12/11/2025

🧤 Mary Earps is set to play for PSG away to her old club Man Utd in the #UWCL tonight… we’ve looked at the goalkeeper’s new book through an LGBTQ lens 👉 sportsmedialgbt.com/mary-earps-f... #LGBTQfootball #ManUtdWomen

A graphic showing Mary Earps, the Barclays WSL trophy in rainbow ribbons for Rainbow Laces last season, and Leah Williamson’s rainbow captain’s armband during England v USA at Wembley in November 2024

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 07/11/2025

We’re at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, for the @lgbthm.bsky.social 2026 theme launch… which is… 🥁… ‘Science and Innovation’ 🧫🏳️‍🌈🧪🏳️‍⚧️🧬! #LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26

Science and Innovation - theme announcement

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 11/10/2025

NEW: It’s #ComingOutDay, and on the FvH Podcast, there’s good advice about how to be true to yourself in grassroots men’s football when you’re gay or bi ⚽️ Callum Hodge is a prolific striker for Chew Magna FC and has been out in the county league for many years… #LGBTQfootball #FvH2025 /1

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 27/09/2025

⚽️ Lovely touch - a new #FansForDiversity flag with logos of fan groups and organisations (including ours!), unveiled at Friday’s Meetup event at Emirates Stadium 🙏 Great to spend quality time with friends from across the game #FFD @prideinfootball.bsky.social @footballvhomophobia.com

The new Fans for Diversity flag raised at the Emirates Stadium

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 23/09/2025

🩵 September is the second anniversary of Coventry City’s LGBTQ+ and allies fan group @proudskyblues.co.uk, which is going from strength to strength! 🩷💜💙 … and Sep 23rd is #BiVisibilityDay, so a perfect time for a Q&A with the group’s founder Lewis Wale 🙌 🔗 Link in reply! /1

A picture of Lewis Wale wearing a sky blue Coventry City jersey

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 06/09/2025

📸 Neatly taken header from Declan Rice, and a neat photo for @villaandproud.bsky.social too #LGBTQfootball

Declan Rice celebrates scoring for England agains Andorra at Villa Park, with the Villa and Proud flag in the background

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 02/09/2025

✌️ A spirited show of defiance characterised #FootballPride 2025, not least in the panel chat focusing on the new and ongoing challenges facing LGBTQ+ fans 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ The @prideinfootball.bsky.social alliance of groups has a decade of experience to build upon - catch up on the discussion… /1

Images from Football Pride 2025 including the ‘Pride and Progress’ panel

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 25/07/2025

🏳️‍🌈🕺🏻🪩🏳️‍⚧️ Let’s #dancesport! We’ve been making moves at #EuroGamesLyon2025 and celebrating one of its most cherished events, at the Palais des Sports de Gerland Lyon. British entrant Tom Dane, competing with dance partner Kevin Haycock, joins us for a Q&A! Read here 👉 sportsmedialgbt.com/lgbtq-dances...

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 23/07/2025

📣 @leapsports.bsky.social have confirmed there WILL be a Pride House Glasgow at next year’s Commonwealth Games, 23 July to 2 August 2026! 🏳️‍🌈🏠🏳️‍⚧️ Read more here 👉 leapsports.org/news/prideho... #PrideHouse #Glasgow2026 #LGBTQ @glasgow2026.bsky.social #humanrights

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 06/07/2025

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank you to our @intermediauk.co.uk family for again including Sports Media LGBT+ on their #PrideInLondon banner - always so proud to see our network group represented in the UK’s biggest Pride, means so much! Here’s to all the LGBTQ+ sports reporters, storytellers and content creators 🙌

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 27/06/2025

Also see Jack’s post on Instagram, or thread on X (first of 5 tweets shown here) 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DLadpl-o7O...

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 06/06/2025

🆕 A trans charity that's among several organisations to benefit from London Titans FC's 'Transcend Limits' campaign says it is "so grateful" for the club's support 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ @notaphaseorg.bsky.social and five other LGBTQ+ good causes will share in a £9,600 pot raised by the Titans 👏 1/2

A graphic showing the club badge of London Titans FC, the charity fundraiser total of £9,600, and the logos of the organisations benefiting, in neon pink and blue colours

A photo of around 40 London Titans FC players in front of a goal net with the slogan 'Trans Rights Are Human Rights' at the Pride in London parade

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 17/05/2025

🗓️ Saturday, @may17org.bsky.social, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or #IDAHOBIT - an opportunity to highlight the discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ people around the world, and celebrate the work being done to overcome prejudice. 1/4

The poster for IDAHOBIT 2025 - The Power of Communities

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 03/05/2025

🏳️‍⚧️⚽️ Goal Diggers FC are leading a broad nationwide movement in vocal opposition to bans on trans women playing women’s football in England and Scotland 🏟️ GDFC players and friends will walk 12 miles across London to deliver an open letter to Wembley chiefs calling for the FA ban to be reversed 1/2

A photo of Goal Diggers FC players and the slogan ‘Let Trans Women Play’

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 25/04/2025

🗣️ “Find a niche you actually care about… For me, it’s the intersection of sport and social justice.” Evie Ashton (@evieashton.bsky.social) is channeling her passion and expertise into ‘It’s Just a Game’, a #sportsmedia project that’s getting attention and gathering steam #LGBTQ #sports 1/2

A photo of Evie Ashton, the logos of Sports Media LGBT+, Evie's 'It's Just A Game' blog, Lesbian Visibility Week 2025, and a photo of Evie with her ECB media award

Title - ‘I’ll never compromise on reporting truth in sports media’: Evie Ashton Q&A in Lesbian Visibility Week

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 24/04/2025

🏆⚽️ The #FBLcelebration evening for the Football Black List such an uplifting occasion - superb speech from this year’s LGBTQI+ Award winner, Jahmal Howlett-Mundle 👏 @footballvhomophobia.com @isthmianleague.bsky.social

LGBTQI+ Award at the Football Black List

A display showing images of winners at the Football Black List

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 24/04/2025

Looking forward to tonight’s Football Black List event and showing appreciation for our friend Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, winner of this year’s LGBTQ+ Award 👏 #FBLcelebration

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 21/04/2025

🆕 Women in Football (@womeninfootball.co.uk) recruiting for new Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Group. LGBT+ people included among mention of those from under-represented & marginalised groups from whom applications especially welcomed. ⚽️👉 www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/04...

A screenshot of the Women in Football website article showing attendees at an event

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 20/04/2025

📸 Kerstin Casparij on Instagram, on her goal celeb in support of trans rights: “My goal today was dedicated to all my trans siblings… You have all been on my mind and in my heart, you deserve so much more than what this government & society is giving you... 🫶🏽🏳️‍⚧️” 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DIrXkd8Ig9J

A screengrab of Kerstin Casparij’s Instagram post showing her goal celebration after scoring for Man City on Sunday, kissing a wristband in trans pride flag colours

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 16/04/2025

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 A statement from Sports Media LGBT+ in solidarity with our trans members, friends and supporters 1/3

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Statement

Sports Media LGBT+ shares in our community’s disappointment caused by the UK Supreme Court ruling about the legal definitions of words in the Equality Act.

As a network group and as a digital publisher, Sports Media LGBT+ has always been fully and proudly inclusive. We strive to provide welcoming, respectful spaces for all members, working alongside our many industry allies.

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 02/04/2025

🏆⚽️ Congratulations to our friend Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, who is the very worthy recipient of the LGBTQ+ honour on the new Football Black List! 👏 So great to see this deserved recognition 🙌 #FBL2024 #LGBTQfootball 👉 footballblacklist.com/archives/1257 @jahmalhm.bsky.social

A photo of Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, Football Black List, LGBTQIA+

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 16/03/2025

InterPride (@interpride.bsky.social) has issued a travel advisory update to trans & NB people planning to travel to the U.S. following a recent White House exec. order 👉 www.facebook.com/share/p/1AQh... With 15 months to go until the next men’s FIFA World Cup kicks off, how welcoming will it be? /1

Travel Advisory Entering the USA | InterPride

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 06/03/2025

🏆 Friday night is FvH Awards Night in Glasgow! And joining us on a special episode of the @footballvhomophobia.com Podcast to preview the big party are Megan and Amanda, aka The Sideline podcast 🙌 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There are no finer guides to the city’s #LGBTQfootball scene! /1

Megan and Amanda from The Sideline podcast; Camp Hellcats FC players in a huddle; CHFC players with an FvH Scotland banner at Glasgow Pride

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 22/02/2025

⚽️ "I made the decision to talk about being non-binary publicly when I'd realised that so many people were being misrepresented" - Caz Simone, talking to FA WNL Read more 👉 womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Article/Behi... #LGBTQfootball #FvH2025 @htafcwomen.bsky.social

Caz Simone, dressed in a yellow top and blue shorts, pictured doing keepy-ups with a football

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 12/02/2025

⚽️ NEW: LGBTQ+ Professionals in Football Collective members speak up for the importance of activism in the game at special event in London to mark @footballvhomophobia.com’s #FvH2025 Month of Action More here 👉 sportsmedialgbt.com/lgbtq-profes... 🩷⚫️

A picture showing 11 people involved in the Football v Homophobia special event at London City Hall

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 09/02/2025

When people ask, ‘why don’t gay footballers come out in the men’s game?’ - show them this 🙄 Posted on FB page with millions of followers YouGov in 2024: “UK fans are most likely to think the potential reaction from the media is a top reason why footballers haven’t revealed they are gay.” #FvH2025

A screenshot of a Facebook post on the Daily Mail Sport page on Sunday 9 February

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