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News, networking, consultancy and helping to build a #sports community of #LGBT+ people & allies. DM / 📧 [email protected] 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖤🤎
UK based, but worldwide
Joined November 2017
International Gay Rugby chair says guidelines are better than blanket trans bans, ahead of the Bingham Cup. https://t.co/3b8levIwLD
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International Gay Rugby chair says guidelines are better than blanket trans bans, ahead of the Bingham Cup.
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Hey everyone! The Outfield Podcast is back after a long way away and the first episode back is with Mitch Brown, the first ever AFL player to come out as bi. Here's a little preview of the episode.
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🆕 In a Q&A, he tells us why the competition is well worth checking out… 🔗 #footballwriting #LGBTQfootball #FWA 2/2 https://t.co/lD5DGSePeL
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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'...
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⏳ 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 1/2
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Hace menos de un año asistimos a esta marcha histórica en Hungría que desafió a Orbán. El Orgullo LGTBI, prohibido, se transformó en una masiva reivindicación por la democracia y las libertades. Hoy Orbán ha caído. Cuando la gente se levanta, se para a los fascistas.
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England’s Claudia Moloney-MacDonald and Ireland's Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald do not have a normal marriage, as they explain to @fi_tomas_ 🏉❌ No rugby chat on the phone 🔊 Spotify pranks on the bus 🤕 Kicked in the head on the pitch 🔗: https://t.co/OIXEUTFv9J
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After previously winning five silvers and a bronze, Kirsty Gilmour has won her first European Championship title after winning gold in the women's badminton singles 🏸🥇
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We are proud to announce the launch of the Rainbow Rovers supporters’ group with the aim of ensuring a supportive and welcoming environment for those from the LGBTQ+ community. 🗞️ https://t.co/NeSggghntq
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I’ve seen documents from disciplinary hearings in English football where players have attempted this defence, claiming they said “maggot”. Those attempts failed on the evidence and the balance of probability, and so should Lance Collard’s. For @outsports
https://t.co/PZMN8apvpB
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Lance Collard denies using a gay slur in an AFL match, claiming the word he said was 'maggot.' He was previously banned 6 games for a slur.
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⚽️ LGBTQ football fans continue to celebrate Nacho Lago’s visibility. Trailblazing gay athlete Sebastian Vega, who has won basketball titles in Argentina with Boca Juniors, is among those taking heart: “I celebrate such courage.” 🇦🇷🏳️🌈 Read on @outsports
https://t.co/EWnPmSSAkN
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After soccer pro Nacho Lago made headlines, gay basketball pro Sebastian Vega is among those praising the player’s courage.
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🏳️🌈 Éxito en los Gay Games València 2026: ya se han inscrito más de 8.500 personas 🔗 Será la primera vez que el evento se celebre en España e incluye disciplinas como natación, tenis, atletismo, fútbol o vóleibol https://t.co/8Ihkl3pSdf
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Será la primera vez que el evento se celebre en España e incluye disciplinas como natación, tenis, atletismo, fútbol o vóleibol
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⚽️ 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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⚽️🏆 Deadline approaching for the @theofficialfwa Student Football Writer Awards! Three winners will each receive £1000 prizes (to be eligible, entrants need to be in full time tertiary education). Check out the info and submit by Friday 24 April, 2026. https://t.co/LT6us7hdNi
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Win £1000 in the FWA Student Football Writer of the Year Awards 2026, which are open for entry from January 20.
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Happy news! It appears that South America now has its first-ever active footballer who is out as gay or bi in the men’s professional game. There continues to be an outpouring of positive messages about Colón winger Nacho Lago and his boyfriend, in Argentina and beyond. 1/2
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A special moment on an unforgettable night ❤️ Lauren Price with her partner Carlie Jones after victory in Cardiff 🏴🥰
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🧣⚽️🏳️🌈 The first-ever #FIFAWorldCup Pride Match has an official scarf, featuring artwork by a local designer. 🗣️ The scarf will provide “a visible presence in the stands” - Seattle organizers Egypt v Iran tickets were available in the open sale (via @outsports) 1/2
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🏟️ Still plenty of tickets available at time of writing for the #FIFAWorldCup Pride Match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle. Organizers have also created an official Scarf, with artwork and the slogan ‘We Stand Together’ in rainbow colors. For @outsports
https://t.co/IlVx9j4jCS
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The FIFA World Cup Pride Match between Egypt and Iran was among the games with good availability when ‘last minute’ ticket sales opened.
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🗣️ “It’s so moving to see the words with the pictures, the real lives in these portraits. It’s giving even more life to the language.” Sarah McCreadie discusses ‘Let The Dolls Play’, her poem about the trans footballers impacted by the FA ban 👉 https://t.co/tJLgWJU6Gk
#FvT2026
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