Jon Holmes
Journalist and Writer at Freelance
Contributor Writer at Sports Journalists’ Association
Founder and Network Lead at Sports Media LGBT+
Journalist, editor, consultant: @Outsports @SkySports @SportsMediaLGBT 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 📧 [email protected] | @SportSJA @TheOfficialFWA @FvHtweets (he/him)
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outsports.com | Brian Bell |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes
The growth of LGBTQ figures in pro wrestling and events who highlight and celebrate the LGBTQ community, both during Pride month and beyond, has seen the Venn diagram between LGBTQ-led and allied promotions, Pride and LGBTQ advocacy organizations and the expanding base of LGBTQ pro wrestling fans widen in recent years. Especially as pro wrestling emerged as a source of both joy and resistance for LGBTQ populations under political attack.
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outsports.com | Brian Bell |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Charlie Smith
João Lucas Reis da Silva is on a hot streak during the six months since he came out publicly as a gay man late last year, and it’s bringing him close to his highest ATP ranking yet. Reis da Silva captured his second consecutive tournament championship last week, winning the AAT Challenger de Santa Fe in Argentina to claim his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title in his career. He is the first out gay male player to do so in the history of the tour.
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outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |John Russell
The value of professional teams working closely with their LGBTQ fans has been clearly demonstrated via a notable appeal verdict in English soccer. In September 2024, a number of Tottenham Hotspur supporters attending the club’s Premier League fixture away to Manchester United sang anti-gay chants on two separate occasions during the match. Spurs won the match, 3-0, in a high-profile game televised live around the world.
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outsports.com | Brian Bell |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Charlie Smith
Out pro wrestler Tommy Purr, one of the figures who laid the groundwork for the current expansion of LGBTQ identities in pro wrestling, has been diagnosed with cancer. Purr addressed the news in a Facebook post on May 27 alongside a GoFundMe campaign organized by his brother, Jordan Rogers, to support the 14-year in-ring veteran during treatment. According to Rogers, Purr learned he had colorectal cancer in early May after initially being treated for an abscess beginning in Jan. 2025.
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outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski
The 13-team WNBA has many out LGBTQ players and we are giving you one per team to root for. This list is not all-inclusive, but it shows the variety of talent in the league. If you know one name going into this season, make it “BG.” In 2022, Griner was detained in Russia for 10 months and the entire 2022 WNBA season was filled with calls and messages to “BRING BG HOME.
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🎭 I went to see the play #JockNight - on now in London - and spoke afterwards to @matthew_mitcham about life as an actor after Olympic gold, gay culture, and athletes on OnlyFans. Check out the show at @7DialsPlayhouse until June 15 For @outsports https://t.co/H3bZvDaqWh
Thanks @FIFPRO for the invite to talk about our work at @FvHtweets @FootballPrideUK 🙏 “If time is dedicated to explaining why we have campaign activations, the importance behind them and really humanise the topic, it can make a real difference.” 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ @SportsMediaLGBT
Football v Homophobia’s Jon Holmes speaks to #FIFPRO about why this Pride Month is a time to confront rising discrimination in the game and beyond. @FvHtweets | @JonBoy79
Six MLS teams have held Pride Nights so far this season. FC Cincinnati and NY Red Bulls made a big impact last week. The rest say they have plans to mark Pride, tho Inter Miami are being cagey. Meanwhile, fan groups love @Prideraiser. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ For @outsports https://t.co/K7IQzqyhSB
