As Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport kicks off, the charity is releasing new research revealing a significant number of LGBTQ+ people still feel unwelcome and unsafe playing or watching the sports they love. The statistics show: 1 in 4 LGBTQ+ people (27%) do not feel welcome in community sport groups or […]
British-born broadcaster John Oliver has defended trans athletes in women’s sports, saying there is “no evidence” they “pose any threat to safety or fairness.” Oliver made the comments during his show Last Week Tonight, where he dismissed concerns about biological males competing in female sports. Oliver, speaking on his HBO show, claimed the issue of […]
Words by Adam Haworth from Out and Out Football. Original article HERE. Football – men’s football in particular – has a problem with LGBTQ+ people. It’s why I started Out and Out Football. Despite the challenges we face, across football, there is amazing, dedicated, tireless work going on to change things for the better. But […]
Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, who is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games, believes her participation is an ‘important symbol of inclusion’. Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, won bronze in the T12 200m and 400m at the 2023 World Para Athletics – and will compete in […]
Gay diver Tom Daley has been chosen as one of Great Britain’s flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday. Four-time Olympic medallist Daley, 30, said “I am extremely proud. Being able to be flagbearer at the opening ceremony is a dream come true,” Daley told BBC Sport. Daley is […]
Foton.Pictures and Superfilms has announced that their Primetime Emmy-nominated documentary CHANGING THE GAME – a journey of family, sports, love and life, which follows the lives of three transgender high school athletes, will be released post-Olympics on all UK streaming platforms. Directed by Michael Barnett and produced by Alex Schmider and Clare Tucker, CHANGING THE […]
London’s first ever LGBTQ+ sports festival is to launch at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Sunday, June 16. The 2024 Out for Sport Festival aims to break down barriers to sports participation with approximately 20 LGBTQ+ inclusive sports clubs, which represent a wide range for sporting disciplines, offering free taster sessions throughout the day. […]
Keighley Cougars Rugby League club has announced the appointment of trans activist India Willoughby as their patron, marking a groundbreaking moment as the world’s first transgender individual to serve as patron of a professional sports club. India, a pioneer in her own right as Britain’s first transgender newsreader and TV journalist, has long been an […]
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has called for trans athletes to be banned from competing in female-only events, writing that sports’ governing bodies needed to set out an “unambiguous position” on the issue, amid rows over trans athletes participating in female-only events. Frazer wrote: “In competitive sport, biology matters. And where male strength, size and body […]
Gay footballer Josh Cavallo, who became the world’s only top-flight openly gay male professional player when he came out in 2021, has said “it felt right to share this special moment on the pitch”, after he proposed to his boyfriend at Adelaide United‘s Coopers Stadium. The Australian midfielder, 24, said the club had provided “a safe […]
