Sport England’s Red Roses set to thrill crowds in Brighton & Hove at next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup Brighton & Hove will welcome England’s Red Roses next year when the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 arrives in the city. Fans can now register for tickets for what promises to be the world’s biggest celebration of women’s rugby. The first tournament tickets, for the opening match and final, will go on By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Trans swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal battle to compete at this year’s Olympics Trans swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to prominence after she won the US’ highest college title back in March 2022, has lost her legal battle to compete at this year’s Olympics in Paris. Following that win, the swimming’s governing body, World Aquatics (WA), introduced rule changes that would bar anyon By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Out for Sport Festival: London’s first ever LGBTQ+ sports festival to launch on Sunday. June 16 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 dis By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard thanks Sussex Cricket Foundation for holding free session for LGBTQ+ community Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard wishes to thank Sussex Cricket Foundation for hosting a free session where the LGBTQ+ community came together to watch a match at Sussex County Cricket Club. One service user said: “I’m really liking the Cricket meet ups which you all told us about. Charlotte and t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Multiple footballers in German football to come out on May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia – claims German newspaper German weekly newspaper Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung is claiming that multiple male footballers in German football will come out as gay on May 17, which is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The outlet claims a group of professionals across the country will publicly de By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run to return for third fabulous year in August Rapidly becoming an essential part of the Brighton & Hove Pride weekend, the Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run – a 5K fun run raising money for local LGBTQ charity, the Brighton Rainbow Fund – returns to Hove Park on Friday, August 2 at 7pm. This year promises to be bigger, better, louder and prouder! Org By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Keighley Cougars Rugby League club makes history with nomination of India Willoughby as patron 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 tran By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer calls for ban on trans athletes competing in female-only events 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 competit By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Back with a Splash! Swim England to support Pride Swim 2024, which launches this weekend to raise funds for Switchboard Swim England has announced it is supporting Pride Swim 2024 which will launch during GB Swimming Championships at London Aquatics Centre on Saturday, April 6. Open to all in the LGBTQ+ community and supportive allies, Pride Swim is a queer-led initiative developed and run by Out & Wild Events, IMPRO By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Gay footballer Josh Cavallo proposes to his boyfriend at Adelaide United’s Coopers Stadium 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 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Pride Sports Cymru celebrates successful bid to host EuroGames in 2027 Pride Sports Cymru is celebrating after a successful bid for Cardiff to host EuroGames 2027. The result comes after a tightly contested vote at the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) Annual General Assembly in Antwerp. EuroGames is the largest Europe-wide multi-sport event for LGBTQ+ at By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Trans swimmer Lia Thomas takes legal action against World Aquatics Lia Thomas, 25, a trans swimmer who rose to global prominence by becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title, is taking legal action against World Aquatics. Thomas, who has not raced since 2022 following a rule change by the governing body, is taking legal action in a bid to c By Graham Robson • 1 min read
