Brighton Seagals FC, an inclusive football club for women, non-binary and trans people in Brighton & Hove, is to host a football festival to bring the community together in aid of annual Football v Homophobia Month of Action campaign and to raise funds for Allsorts Youth Project. This year marks the
Brighton Seagals FC, an inclusive football club for women, non-binary and trans people in Brighton & Hove, is to host a football festival to bring the community together in aid of annual Football v Homophobia Month of Action campaign and to raise funds for Allsorts Youth Project.
This year marks the 15th annual FvH Month of Action – when FvH calls on leagues, clubs, coaches, officials, players and fans across the game to take a strong vocal stand against all forms of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
This year, Brighton Seagals FC is marking the Month of Action with a Super Sixes Football Festival at Portslade Sports Centre 3G on Friday, February 23. Club members and invited partners will come together for a small-sided gender-inclusive football festival to raise funds for Allsorts Youth Project.
The event is supported by Freedom Leisure, who have donated their 3G football pitch for the evening. There will be a raffle with a range of high quality prizes donated by local businesses such as Hotpod Yoga Hove, Adapt Fitness and Brilliant Brighton.
A number of football clubs have donated signed shirts, including Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Lewes FC and Manchester United FC. All proceeds will be donated to Allsorts Youth Project.
Justine Thomson, Chair of Brighton Seagals FC, said: “At Brighton Seagals FC we understand the power of football to bring people together and to affect change. We aim to participate in FvH every year and this year we are excited to see how much we can raise for Allsorts Youth Project who do amazing work for LGBTQ+ young people every day.”
Becks Shaw, Equality Officer at Brighton Seagals FC, added: “Going back to the roots of the event Football v Homophobia, its origins were rooted in the tragic suicide of Justin Fashanu in 1998. Justin was the first professional footballer to be openly gay.
“The Justin Campaign, from which Football v Homophobia was created, was founded in 2008 to demonstrate that ten years after this tragedy, homophobia was still prevalent in grassroots and professional football.”
If you’d like to support the event visit the Brighton Seagals FC website.
