Always very proud to have Sheffield sporting icon Nick Matthew as a #swfc @rainbowowls.bsky.social ambassador 👏💙🦉

To mark #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek, three-time world squash champion Nick Matthew OBE speaks about how his early #swfc experiences inspired him to become a Rainbow Owls ambassador. 🦉 Prejudice in any form should always be called out and never be tolerated: no matter who we are, #WAWAW 💙

Despite a heavy #swfc loss yesterday, a fab time was had with the Pangolin Craft Beer crew after the game! 🍻 More than a few pints was the perfect way to unwind, blow some cobwebs and have a mental health reset. 🙏💙 I also have an accidental way of aggressively holding a pint glass when tipsy. 😂

I've been co-ordinating this #swfc @rainbowowls.bsky.social event to be held at the Niagara on Thurs 16 Oct! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ If you're into sport and based near Sheffield, please register your free place for an evening that will explore the current state of LGBTQ+ football ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...

Havertz, Maanum.... Ledger?! 😍😅 As a stadium nerd, I loved this @thefsa.bsky.social #FansForDiversity #FFD tour of the Emirates stadium on Friday. Still buzzing. 💙

It was amazing to attend @thefsa.bsky.social's #FansForDiversity meet-up on Friday! Getting an Emirates Stadium tour, seeing @rainbowowls.bsky.social being nominated for a Women's Game award and hanging out with dear friends (especially my LGBTQ+ Regional Alliance besties) meant the world. 🙏

It was lovely to be joined by @paulcasey1983.bsky.social before yesterday's #swfc game for a fab joint @rainbowowls.bsky.social social with @qprrainbowrangers.bsky.social! 🍻 Really looking forward to being joined by @proudskyblues.co.uk and Proud Yellows at The Pangolin over the next month, too. 🩵💛

I could not be prouder of my good friend, @proudskyblues.co.uk founder @lewale.bsky.social, for being interviewed by @sportsmedialgbt.com for #BisexualVisibilityDay! 🩷💜💙 A fab write-up as always from @jonhholmes.bsky.social to provide important visibility for our LGBTQ+ fan groups. 👏✍️

The @wedwarehouse1.bsky.social museum was the perfect mental health detox, amid such a rough #swfc period! 💙 There is so much content (now with bonus @rainbowowls.bsky.social visibility 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️) and a great shop that sells DVDs for just £5 each. Please visit it on Burton Road each Sunday from 10am-5pm!

It has been a rocky few months on a personal level, so I'm glad that the wonderful Pangolin Craft Beer has remained a safe space for me. It was great to be there recently for a @rainbowowls.bsky.social social and a sensational performance from drag king Tito Bone. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you to @jonhholmes.bsky.social for this fantastic @sportsmedialgbt.com interview with @statman-jon.bsky.social. 👏 Coming out later in life is incredibly difficult, so feeling seen and heard through this article and so many relatable words means the world. 🙏💙

It's brilliant to see this new #FansForDiversity @thefsa.bsky.social LGBTQ+ hub. 😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Running an LGBTQ+ fan group is often tricky, so everybody deserves lots of support from a broad range of sources. 👏 Thanks to everybody involved for all their hard work! 🙏💙

Please listen to this inspiring Jack Murley Sports Show episode, which was recorded at @footballvhomophobia.com's Football Pride and features the likes of Josh Cavallo! 🙌💙🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6Mbn...

We're announcing details of our second #swfc LGBTQ+ & allies fan conference this week! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ It will be held at The Wednesday Tap on Thursday 16 October - we can't wait to host an evening that will celebrate & explore LGBTQ+ football! 🙌 To book your free ticket ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...

I had a wonderful & inspiring time at @footballvhomophobia.com's Football Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ The many LGBTQ+ football items were SO empowering. Thanks to those who looked after me - huge congrats to @jonhholmes.bsky.social @louenglefield.bsky.social & every participant for doing an amazing job on Friday! 💙

✨ What a magical day in Leicester for #FootballPride! 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ 📸 Thank you Mili Domingos - @emilialdomingos on Instagram - for the fantastic photos 🫶

I'm very proud of my friend @jimsummersnews.bsky.social for writing this fantastic @itvnews.bsky.social piece about LGBTQ+ football hero Josh Cavallo! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽ It presents a very important message, so please read and share widely! 🙏💙 www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

What a day! 🌟 Football Pride 2025 in Leicester brought queer football culture to life – with theatre, film, spoken word & inspiring conversations 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽ Amazing to have footballer & LGBTQ+ role model, Josh Cavallo share his story with us! 🙌

I am ready for you, @footballvhomophobia.com's Football Pride! 😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽

Very excited about attending Football Pride tomorrow! 🎊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @footballvhomophobia.com have put so much work into this, so please buy a ticket if you can make it to Leicester! 🙏💙 ytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

I had a great Saturday evening celebrating the 40th birthday of Pango queen Jo! 👑🎂 It was also great to catch-up with the Pangolin Craft Beer crew and an honour to be invited!

It's been a busy week, after attending Chesterfield vs. Mansfield Town on Tuesday & Bolton Wanderers vs. #swfc on Wednesday! 🏟️⚽ It was great to see two new stadiums & catch up with @rainbowspireites.bsky.social @rainbowowls.bsky.social members, with special thanks for the former's hospitality. 🙏💙

On the Sheffield Tap Pilsners before some EFL Cup footie! 🍻⚽💙

Attending @rainbowblades.com @communitysufc.bsky.social's LGBTQ+ inclusive football sessions has been a highlight of this summer! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽ Seeing a diverse group of people grow in confidence fortnightly and make new friends has been so heartening. 🫶 Another Regional Alliance success story! 🎉

I had a wonderful time celebrating two years of the LGBTQ+ Regional Alliance in Manchester! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Words can't express how grateful I am for the support and friendship of @jameslaley.bsky.social @ellieyates.bsky.social @dyates73.bsky.social @martshyland.bsky.social: thank you for being in my life. 💙❤️💛🤍

Brilliant for @rainbowowls.bsky.social to be nominated for its work in the women's game, as well as Regional Alliance buddies @proudforest.bsky.social and @rainbowspireites.bsky.social being shortlisted in other categories 💙🏆

Supporting @footballvhomophobia.com #FvH2025 #FvT2025 last Sunday at Leeds Pride with @rainbowowls.bsky.social @marchingout.bsky.social @proudforest.bsky.social 🥰💙😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Clearing out my Google Drive and found this. I already miss Smudge so much. :( #swfc

Unbearable heatwave = Mega Drive. 🥵🎮

📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Football Pride is BACK for 2025, this time in lovely #Leicester, on Friday 29 August! 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ It’ll be the third annual summer get-together from FvH, celebrating LGBTQ culture and community in the game. Tickets on sale NOW! Link in next skeet… 1/2

My first ever bottomless brunch and a post-midnight trip to Dempsey's = weekend goals with @tuxford.bsky.social and @jamesychambers.bsky.social‬ 💙🥰

I'm 38 today! 🎂🎊 Always very grateful for the support from all my friends and, hopefully, I'm a little kinder and wiser after another year on this planet. 🙏💙

I had a great time at @kelhampride.bsky.social on Saturday! 💙 Marching was a lot of fun, as was catching up with @rainbowowls.bsky.social members and various stallholders like @sheffvulcans.bsky.social. ⚽🏉 Lots of love for Sheffield's wonderful LGBTQ+ community! 🙌🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Cocktailing in Soho 🍸💙

Had an absolutely wonderful time in Soho, with lots of fantastic food at and art. 10/10 💙

Such sad news - a genuine honour to have met Uri several times and become friends with him through running @rainbowowls.bsky.social. A truly great and sage man who always motivated us to be better. 🙌💙

It was such a joy to attend @rainbowblades.com's fifth anniversary gala on Thursday with @proudforest.bsky.social, Proud Stags & @rainbos.bsky.social 🎉 An amazing night with great food, drink, company & music. Every single committee member, especially @jameslaley.bsky.social, should be so proud. 🙌

Presenting a Rainbow Owls cheque & running a #swfc stall at @sayitsheffield.bsky.social's #IDAHOBIT event on Saturday was an honour! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Public events to show LGBTQ+ visibility & unity during these difficult times are vital. 💙 Also proud of @jameslaley.bsky.social for smashing co-hosting duties! 👏

🗓️ Saturday, @may17org.bsky.social, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or #IDAHOBIT - an opportunity to highlight the discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ people around the world, and celebrate the work being done to overcome prejudice. 1/4

Felt cute, never deleting 😉💙

I will miss Pol Valentín and Michael Ihiekwe from #swfc very much! 💙🦉 Players always come and go, but Pol and Michael trying their best with a smile on their face sums up the appeal of @swfc.co.uk and football for me. 👏 Wishing them and all other released players the very best!

A theatre trip last night was the best way to mark a post-season @rainbowowls.bsky.social break! 🎭 How Could I Forget? is a triumph: such a subtle, touching, witty & expertly performed musical about dementia that deserves a long run. 💙 And I'll be digging out my old White Stripes & Strokes CDs! 😉

It was an absolute #swfc honour to back Sheffield Wednesday Ladies FC on Friday night by handing @rainbowowls.bsky.social's Player of the Season award to Eleanor Vessey. 🏆 Thanks to all at #SWLFC who have embraced Rainbow Owls throughout the past two seasons! 💙

It’s #TransHistoryWeek! 🏳️‍🌈 Each day, we’re sharing the story of a trailblazing trans figure from history. First up: Laurence Michael Dillon – born in 1915, he was a doctor, author, Buddhist monk, and the first known trans man to undergo a phalloplasty. A true pioneer. More to come all week. ✨

Presenting @rainbowowls.bsky.social's Player of the Season award to Josh Windass was a proud moment! 🏆 It was a pleasure to be joined by LGBTQ+ #swfc fan like @proudchangemakers.bsky.social's @lstraker.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Thanks to @swfc.co.uk for their help and consistent commitment to inclusivity! 💙🦉

Despite not getting a win, Saturday was still such a fun final #swfc home day of the season! 💙🦉 It's always great to start a matchday with a Béres fuel up and a pint at The Pangolin with @rainbowowls.bsky.social friends. 😍🥪🍻 I'm looking forward to it all starting again in August! 🙌🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Easter Monday was such a fun day at #swfc! ⚽ A thoroughly entertaining display with superb displays from Charles, Bazza and Windass, plus a chippy lunch and delicious sausage rolls to celebrate The Pangolin's fourth birthday! 💙 Words can't express how much I love this club. 🥰

Some post-Easter gaming fun! 💙🎮🥚

Despite a late defeat on Saturday, it was a lovely day out at #swfc 💙 It was superb to enjoy plenty of pints at The Pangolin and football at Hillsborough with @3lionspride.bsky.social's @joeywh1te.bsky.social, as well as catch up with @twwcast.bsky.social's charity Easter Egg donation stall. 😍🦉

We had a superb matchday social at The Pangolin yesterday! 💙 Many thanks to @joeywh1te.bsky.social, the co-founder of @3lionspride.bsky.social, as they also joined us for the @swfc.co.uk game. 🦉🦁🦁🦁 Introducing fellow LGBTQ+ fan groups to #swfc for the first time is a key part of our mission! 🤝🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️