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LET THE DOLLS PLAY: Goal Diggers FC launches friendly tournament in solidarity with trans players amid FA’s “cruel and cowardly ban”

Goal Diggers FC (GDFC), a non-ability womxn and non-binary football club in London, is inviting other trans and gender non-conforming, inclusive clubs to play in a friendly tournament on the first day of Pride Month, 1 June. The football club said on Instagram: “Join us on the 1 June to celebrate ou

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Sport

Gary Lineker says trans people are “some of the most persecuted on the planet”

Gary Lineker has said trans people are “some of the most persecuted on the planet” in a recent interview, describing the noise created by anti-trans activists around trans inclusion in sports as “too nuanced” for social media discussion. His remarks come amid ongoing debate following bans on trans w

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Transgender News

Members of non-ability womxn and non-binary football club urge FA to stop banning trans women from football

Members of Goal Diggers Football Club, a non-ability womxn and non-binary football club in London, walked from their training pitches at Haggerston to Wembley on 5 May to deliver a letter to the FA urging them to rethink their current transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming grassroots foot

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Phuti Lekoloane, South Africa’s first openly gay male footballer, shares insight on the urgent need to keep queer-inclusive sport alive in Africa

Phuti Lekoloane, South Africa’s first openly gay male footballer and a driving force behind the African Pride Games, has shared insights on the urgent need to keep queer-inclusive sport alive in Africa, saying  he is “fighting because I know how heavy it is to feel invisible.” “Most people see the l

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Sport

Tranmere Rovers midfielder Sam Finley handed 13-match suspension and fined £2,000 for using homophobic language towards opponent

Tranmere Rovers midfielder Sam Finley has been handed a 13-match suspension and fined £2,000 for using homophobic language towards an opponent in a game against Walsall in January, the Football Association (FA) said on Friday, 25 April. During Walsall’s 5-1 win over Tranmere in fourth-tier League Tw

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Sport

Openly gay Scottish footballer Zander Murray to give two public talks exploring the issue of homophobia in sport

Trailblazing, openly gay footballer Zander Murray will be giving two public talks in Elgin, Scotland in May, exploring the issue of homophobia in sport. Moray Pride Inclusion Hub, which connects LGBTQ+ community members with local sports clubs to promote inclusive sporting opportunities, will be hos

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Sport

Jake Daniels, the UK’s only ‘out’ gay player in professional men’s football, says “gay life is the best’ after helping to launch a new campaign

Jake Daniels, the UK’s only ‘out’ gay player in professional men’s football, said “gay life is the best” after helping to launch a new campaign. Daniels, who has spent most of the season on loan at non-league club Warrington Rylands, features alongside Nicole Chui, co-founder of Baesianz FC, a Londo

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Sport

Brighton Seagals rebrands recreational section to ‘Seapals’ to be more inclusive

Brighton Seagals Football Club, which is open to women, non-binary and trans people, has rebranded its recreational section to Seapals to be more inclusive. Players at the club, which competes in the Sussex County Women & Girls Football League, can be as competitive or non-competitive as they wish.

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

LGBT History Month

Remembering Justin Fashanu: the world’s first openly gay footballer

On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, former Norwich and Nottingham Forest striker Justin Fashanu was inducted into the National Football Museum‘s Hall of Fame. As part of the LGBT+ History Month celebrations, the event also coincided with what would have been his 59th birthday. Fashanu was Britain’s fir

By Contributor • 4 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Saudi Arabia “must provide assurances on LGBTQ+ rights for 2034 FIFA World Cup”

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has written to the Saudi Football Federation, urging them to meet with him and to guarantee the safety, dignity and rights of LGBTQ+ players, officials and fans attending the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Tatchell’s letter to Hammad Albalawi of the FIFA

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Sport

“Football must confront the changing face of homophobia.” Football v Homophobia campaign launches annual Month of Action

Football must confront the changing face of homophobia and recommit to tackling the root causes of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. That is the message from the Football v Homophobia (FvH) campaign which has launched its annual Month of Action with a special event at Bolton Wanderers FC. In February, whi

By Graham Robson • 4 min read

Sport

Rainbow Saints, the official LGBTQ+ supporters’ association of Southampton FC, running LGBTQ+ Football Sessions

Rainbow Saints, the official LGBTQ+ supporters’ association of Southampton FC, are a group for everyone under the LGBTQ+ Rainbow who are fans of Southampton FC and allies. The goal of Rainbow Saints is to support the inclusion for fans, staff, and players, at Southampton FC. The LGBTQ+ Football Sess

By Graham Robson • 1 min read