Sports Media LGBT+

1 week ago | sportsmedialgbt.com | Jon Holmes

Crowdfunders for trans-inclusive football attracting support, with £10,000 already raised by Goal Diggers FC; some teams and leagues say they won’t affiliate with FA after blanket ban on trans women in women’s game; broadcaster Shebahn Aherne says she feels issue has been “clouded completely”…By Jon HolmesHaving been pushed further to the sidelines by the FA and SFA trans bans, inclusive football is crowdfunding in a bid to keep community teams together.

1 week ago | sportsmedialgbt.com | Jon Holmes

Goal Diggers FC organising walk to Wembley on Monday, and will deliver open letter of protest to FA chiefs; at least 50 clubs for women and nonbinary players have issued statements so far, alongside fan groups, inclusive teams and campaigning organisations; thousands are represented on Football v Homophobia’s ‘Let Them Play’ statement… By Jon Holmes Goal Diggers FC are leading a wave of vocal opposition within the women’s football community to the banning of trans women players from their...

2 weeks ago | sportsmedialgbt.com | Jon Holmes

Pride Sports, which runs the Football v Homophobia campaign and its Football v Transphobia strand, has expressed grave disappointment after the English and Scottish FAs announced a ban on trans women playing women’s football, from June 1 – read the statement below… By Sports Media LGBT+ The Football v Homophobia campaign will continue to advocate for the inclusion of trans women in women’s football, following announcements by the English and Scottish FAs that bans will restrict their...

3 weeks ago | sportsmedialgbt.com | Jon Holmes

Evie Ashton is a multiple award-winning freelance journalist whose recently-launched Substack blog ‘It’s Just a Game’ is dissecting both sports and sports media in ways rarely seen in the mainstream; to mark Lesbian Visibility Week, we asked her about the response from the industry, LGBTQ+ storytelling, and more…By Jon HolmesThe headline on the launch article of Evie Ashton’s Substack blog was succinct and stark – ‘Why I no longer want to be a sports journalist’.

4 weeks ago | sportsmedialgbt.com | Jon Holmes

Scores of inclusive sports clubs across Britain issue statements in solidarity with trans and non-binary people, following legal decision; sports policies, already a battleground, set for further scrutiny but grassroots groups insist they will hold fast to their values; sports media industry urged to show leadership… By Jon Holmes Trans people active in sport in the UK face further trepidation around their participation, but in an encouraging show of solidarity, inclusive clubs and groups...