Jon Holmes
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Journalist, editor, consultant: @Outsports @SkySports @SportsMediaLGBT 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 📧 [email protected] | @SportSJA @TheOfficialFWA @FvHtweets (he/him)
London, England
Joined February 2009
@outsports To hear more from Josh Cavallo after he signed for Peterborough Sports, watch his exclusive chat with @markmcadamtv for @SkySportsNews . #LGBTQ #football.
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A surprise transfer for Josh Cavallo - he’s signed for sixth-tier club Peterborough Sports FC. 🗣️ “With me being LGBTQ community, it’s important for me to feel safe, and here I feel completely at home.”. For @outsports, some context around the deal….
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RT @outsports: Jess Fishlock's wife 'couldn't be more proud' after historic goal for 'gayest team' at Euro 2025.
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NEW: Homophobic abuse sent to male athletes on social media is common, though few call it out. Now Jack Woolley, an out gay Olympian with thousands of followers, is taking a stand. For @outsports, he told me why he shared a screenshot of an abusive DM….
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There were only around 10 publicly out LGBTQ players at the Women’s Euros eight years ago. At #WEURO2025, there are nearly 80. To celebrate this, here are 10 LGBTQ legends from past tournaments, dating back to the first final, Euro ‘84. For @outsports .
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RT @emmasmithjourno: Exclusive: The FA's updated requirements for trans men who want to play men's football requires players to agree they….
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Very excited for the return of #FootballPride, coming to Leicester in late August - a really special event, and increasingly important for the game 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️.
📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Football Pride is BACK for 2025, this time in lovely Leicester, on Friday 29 August!. 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ It’ll be the 3rd annual summer get-together from Football v Homophobia, celebrating #LGBTQfootball culture & community. Tickets on sale NOW! Link in next tweet…. 1/2
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🇪🇸 With just under a year to go until #GayGames2026, how is host city Valencia shaping up?. For @outsports, I went to find out…. #LGBTQ #sports.
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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Uplifting day at #PrideInLondon - a decade since my first! So important to keep marching; campaigning; celebrating freedoms we’ve won; & fighting for LGBTQ+ people everywhere who face discrimination. Thank you IMUK for including SMLGBT+ as I was reppin’ @FvHtweets / FvT ⚽️.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank you to InterMediaUK 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+ storytellers in sports. If that’s you, join us!
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NEW: UEFA #WEURO2025 marks the return of the LGBTQ Pride flag rainbow armband in a major international football tournament. At @outsports, we think it hasn't been seen in a FIFA or confederation finals since Leah Williamson led England to Euro 2022 glory.
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RT @zarahsultana: Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party….
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⚽️🌈 Had some messages from @outsports readers about publicly out LGBTQ players at #WEURO2025 so we’ve added 5 new names, bringing us up to at least 78 - that’s more than a fifth of all the players taking part in the tournament. Representation matters 🙌.
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NEW: 0.002% - that's the global representation of out gay or bi players currently active in men's professional football, after Jakub Jankto left Cagliari. For @outsports, here's where we're at, after a Pride Month that FIFA and UEFA appeared to snub.
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🏉💋 Of course we were always going to cover the Kinghorn-Willis kiss on @outsports 😂 . And in the Instagram comments, I spotted a gay rugby player showing his appreciation. And why not?. 👉 #LGBTQ #sports
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In Pride Month, a celebration of the representation we’ll see at #WEURO2025 🌈…. For @outsports .
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RT @SportsMediaLGBT: 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ “The connection between Pride Month and British sports feels less secure in 2025 [compared to 2015]. For exa….
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🗣️ “Erik’s video… pulled at my heartstrings in ways I didn’t even imagine were possible.”. Justin Lui was the only out gay man in a traditional team sport at the Paris Olympics. We chatted for @outsports about #volleyball, Pride and Erik Shoji #comingout.
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Yet another reason why clubs should not only want to have an LGBTQ+ fans group, but also work closely with them. Spurs’ fine for homophobic chanting was reduced by half, in part due to their anti-discrimination activity alongside @SpursLGBT. For @outsports.
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From Chappell Roan to Madeline from "Celeste", there's been plenty of queer joy and trans solidarity shown by MLS and NWSL supporters groups so far this #PrideMonth. 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️. For @outsports, here's my tifo rundown (personal fave: St Louis City's visitor 👽).
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