Our group was so proud to hold the @footballvhomophobia.com #FvH2026 banner in the Kop yesterday! 😍 @twwcast.bsky.social providing match tickets made it possible for Rainbow Owls members to meet our season ticket holders at half-time, so the #swfc support for Month of Action remains incredible. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

UP NEXT FOR THE TOWN Back home at the PSD Stadium 📅 Saturday 21st February ⏰ 3PM KO We welcome Mersey Valley in the @CheshireFL 🏆 This is our dedicated fixture for @FvHtweets 🏳️‍🌈 Football is for everyone. #fvh2026 FREE ENTRY thanks to #mcrbuildingsupplies 🙌 #TownTeam

Today marked our designated @footballvhomophobia.com #FvH2026 matchday with Sheffield Wednesday Ladies! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ There was a lot of LGBTQ+ outreach, but the togetherness of the #SWLFC squad holding our #SWFC Rainbow Owls banner especially highlights the importance of collective allyship and visibility. 🙌

💙🩷⚫️ We’re grateful to Chelsea Women for sending out the message - Football For Everyone #FvH2026 @chelseapride.bsky.social @chelseagirl78.bsky.social #CFC #CFCW #LGBTQfootball #BarclaysWSL

MATCH DAY 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ It’s women’s first team @footballvhomophobia.com dedicated matchday as our unbeaten league leaders host Durham at the Valley. UP THE ADDICKS ❤️ #cafc

Today is our annual Football v Homophobia match at Kingsmeadow 🏳️‍⚧️💙🏳️‍🌈 A day that means so much, visibility, belonging, and standing together to say there is no place for hate in our game. #CFCW | #Fvh2026 | #WhoeverYouMayBe | #NoToHate | @footballvhomophobia.com

Lots of non-league clubs are having a designated @footballvhomophobia.com game today. Why not pay one of them a visit? 🏳️‍🌈 Do check to make sure they have not been postponed before setting off. ☔️ #FvH2026

OFFICIAL STATEMENT – CHELSEA PRIDE #NoToHate | #WhoeverYouMayBe | #RetireTheChant | #Fvh2026

#FvH2026 #RetireTheChant @chelseapride.bsky.social

We were incredibly proud to win the Football v Homophobia 2026 award for high achievers in the Supporters Group category last week 🏅 #FotballvHomophobia #FvHAwards #LGBTQFootball #ProudForest #NFFC #FvH2026 #FansForDiversity 📷 L Copsey Photography

Kick It Out and Football v Homophobia launch new reporting relationship over anti-LGBTQ+ hate https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/kick-it-out-football-v-homophobia-lgbtq/?utm_content=1770921603&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

📣 FvH and Kick It Out are partnering up to help build confidence in reporting for all those impacted by anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in football. This new relationship is being launched with Kick It Out having already received a record number of homophobia reports so far in 2025/26. 1/2

Public Statement on Homophobia, Racism and Police Inaction Following the Chelsea vs Leeds Match.. #NoToHate | #WhoeverYouMayBe

We are excited to share that today’s game against Newcastle will be our Premier League with Pride fixture. As it is a night game, our Stadium will be lit up in rainbow colours as the club champion LGBTQI+ voices! 🏳️‍🌈 We are also supporting @footballvhomophobia.com during their month of action! 🤍

👏 Please be upstanding for your FvH Professional Game Award winners 2026! Thank you to the EFL for again sponsoring this category at the FvH Awards 🥇 Brentford FC (@brentfordfc.com) 🥈 QPR FC (@qpr.co.uk) 🥉 Brighton and Hove Albion FC (@officialbha.bsky.social) 1/2

Friday night’s @footballvhomophobia.com Awards were special 🙌🏾 Honoured to judge again - but it was the heart & graft of @prideinfootball.bsky.social fan groups that stood out 🫶🏾⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 50+ volunteer-led groups. Friendships, making real change. Building belonging through football matters more than ever💪🏾

🏆 The Football v Homophobia Awards 2026 gala in London was a truly special night, with #LGBTQfootball legends Joanie Evans and Aslie Pitter honoured with FvH Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Brentford FC, Proud Forest and Leftfooters FC were among the category winners. Full recap! 🩷⚫️ #FvH2026

Attending @footballvhomophobia.com's Awards & repping @rainbowowls.bsky.social had many fond memories! Earning bronze in Supporters' Group for Rainbow Owls & silver in #FvH2026 Hero for the 2nd consecutive year meant the world, but it's heart-warming to see great people rewarded for great things. 🏆

🩷⚫️🏆 Catch up on the FvH Awards 2026 gala ceremony, with a full rundown of all the winners and what went down on a very special night at London Welsh Centre… thank you to everyone who helped make it happen! #FvH2026 Report by @sportsmedialgbt.com #LGBTQfootball

Celebrating the PL’s With Pride campaign & the great work of @footballvhomophobia.com. Thanks to LUFC for their ongoing support & to all the amazing allies in the #LUFC fan base who help ensure @marchingout.bsky.social and their members & friends feel welcome supporting #LUFC at Elland Road

Picked up a few little trophies at the @footballvhomophobia.com Awards last night alongside QPR Trust and QPR 🥉🏅🥈🏅

It was a fabulous night last night with #LUFC for the PL Together With Pride match and @footballvhomophobia.com Month of Action. Three points too, and a lovely gap below us! 💛🤍💙 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️

Pleased to see that the whole club is championing ‘with pride’ and glad we invited @chelseapride.bsky.social fans up to share in the collective action. There is no room for discrimination in football @footballvhomophobia.com @prideinfootball.bsky.social

We are thrilled to see Joanie Evans honoured at the @footballvhomophobia.com Awards last night. Joanie is a big #LUFC fan and member & supporter of ours. We send our love and congrats for this fully-deserved recognition. Well played, Joanie! 🏳️‍🌈⚽🏳️‍⚧️

🩷🩷🩷 Our hearts are full of queer joy after an extra-special edition of the FvH Awards 🏆 Congrats to all who were recognised on the night, including those we honoured in our big reveal as two FvH Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to #LGBTQfootball legends, Joanie Evans and Aslie Pitter 1/2

It was great to be part of the guard of honour at #lufc as players came on to the pitch last night with members of @marchingout.bsky.social -as part of #WithPride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️campaign & @footballvhomophobia.com month. Still much more work to do for LGBTQI+ fans & players for inclusion & to rid homophobia! ⚽️

🌟 It’s FvH Awards Night, and we’re excited to announce the Premier League as headline sponsors for tonight’s gala event in London 🏆 The PL is also category sponsor for the FvH Community Trust or Foundation Award, which recognises achievements in LGBTQ football inclusion by pro club charities 1/2

⚽️ The Semi-Pro Game category at the FvH Awards is for clubs at non-league level who have made a strong commitment to #LGBTQfootball inclusion 🏆 Thank you to our friends at Professional Game Match Officials for supporting this category! 🩷⚫️ We’re now just hours away from Awards Night… #FvH2026

We're attending tonight's @footballvhomophobia.com Awards! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏆 For more information about our #swfc nominations in the Supporters' Group and #FvH2026 Hero categories, @swfc.co.uk published this great article in Saturday's match programme. 📖 Good luck to every nominee in all 11 categories! 🙌💙

🏆 Thank you to @kickitoutofficial.bsky.social for supporting the Grassroots Game Award at tonight’s FvH Awards gala ceremony in London! ⚽️ The category honours clubs who have created truly inclusive football spaces 🩷⚫️ We’re excited for the biggest #LGBTQfootball event of the year… #FvH2026

🙌 With 5 shortlisted entries for #FvH2026, the Supporters’ Group category at the FvH Awards is recognising even more outstanding #LGBTQfootball achievements from fans… 🏆 Thank you to the FSA for again supporting this Award through #FansForDiversity 🙏 🩷⚫️ It’s Awards Night in London on Friday!

This LGBT+ History Month, we are proud to announce our partnership with the Premier League. Switchboard and the Premier League are raising awareness of our free, anonymous, and confidential support line, available to anyone in the UK; 10am to 10pm, 365 days a year. #TogetherWithPride

🗣️ “Whether incidents happen in stadiums on match day, outside the stadium, or on social media, it's really important that people do report... Unless we take action, discrimination of all types, sadly, will continue to increase” - Jon Holmes, FvH #FvH2026 @hitsradiouk.bsky.social

NEW: When a man at a Leeds game with his young son started shouting anti-gay slurs, he was challenged by 2 men - fellow fans who set up the club’s LGBTQ supporters group. Andrew of @marchingout.bsky.social discusses a shocking incident and the “disappointing” response. For @outsports.com #FvH2026

🗣️ “Everyone involved in football must be on guard and recognise how anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination is impacting the game, while those in positions of responsibility should step up and take a visible and practical stand against it” - @louenglefield.bsky.social Read on @scenemag.co.uk 🩷⚫️ #FvH2026 #LGBTQ

It's #LGBTHistoryMonth and Forest on Friday is also #LUFCs designated 'Premier League With Pride' fixture - and you will see us there! Check out this featuring our Wiggy, for why we still need these events. 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ sportsmedialgbt.com/football-v-h... @footballvhomophobia.com @sportsmedialgbt.com

The @footballvhomophobia.com armbands are ready for our three teams at Tadcaster Albion for the 2026 Month of Action. #FvH2026

🌎 The International Award category at Friday’s Football v Homophobia Awards is again sponsored by @farenet.bsky.social 🙏 🏆 We’re looking forward to a fantastic gala night in London Congratulations to the shortlistees in this category - Bohemian FC, Club Sportiv Ocazional & Nicolas Pineda Salazar

🎧 Listen to LGBTQ football fans from Chelsea Pride and Marching Out Together as we kick off the #FvH2026 Month of Action on the FvH Podcast 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Tracy and Wiggy talk about the Premier League’s new ‘With Pride’ initiative, which starts Friday @chelseapride.bsky.social @marchingout.bsky.social

🩷⚫️ It’s the annual Football V Homophobia Month of Action - to mark #FvH2026, we have a new FvH Podcast episode with #LGBTQ fan groups Chelsea Pride and Marching Out Together 🎧 Tracy and Wiggy discuss the impact of abuse and look ahead to the PL ‘With Pride’ @footballvhomophobia.com 1/2

⚽️ Join the fight against discrimination in the annual Month of Action for Football v Homophobia More than 140 clubs, teams, leagues, fan groups and football organisations have already registered to be #FvH2026 Champions, reaffirming their commitment to tackling LGBTQ+-phobia 1/2

🩷⚫️ The #FvH2026 Month of Action begins on 1 February, and already, more than 140 clubs, teams, leagues, fan groups etc from all across the game have signed up in support - footballvhomophobia.com/champions-2026/ So why do we ask football to reaffirm its commitment to tackling homophobia? 1/2

📣 We’re counting down to the FvH Awards 2026 in London on Friday 6 February - and here’s your host… she’s always for ‘keeps, and a truly class act, it’s Chloe Morgan! 🩷⚫️ The awards celebrate #LGBTQfootball achievements across the game 🥂 We’re looking forward to a lush night… can’t wait! #FvH2026

‘Data shows 1 in 5 Britons has experienced discrimination or harassment in a pub, increasing to 3 in 5 among disabled people and the #LGBTQ community. Ethnic minorities are more likely than other minorities to say they’ve experienced this behaviour on matchdays.’ 👉 www.kickitout.org/news-media/k...

Really delighted to see @ncefl.org.uk show their support for the @footballvhomophobia.com Month of Action. If you're a club that wants to be involved, either drop me a message or email [email protected]. #FvH2026

🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO until the annual Football v Homophobia Month of Action kicks off, and this year’s FvH Champions are assembling… ⚽️ From Premier League clubs to grassroots leagues, from fan groups to community foundations, everyone is welcome to show their support 🩷⚫️ 1/2

Super excited to share the cover of my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals! Jacob’s Transition Goals is about an 8 year old transgender boy who starts playing football for his local boys team. It’s a joyful story that I wish I’d been able to read when I was a trans kid. Out April 21st! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

FvH notes the decision of an independent regulatory commission to fine Lincoln City £16,000 and extend an existing Action Plan to the end of the 2026/27 season, following an FA charge related to homophobic chanting during the Imps’ Carabao Cup tie at home to Chelsea in September 2025. 1/2

ℹ️ We have been fined by the Football Association for failing to control our supporters during the Carabao Cup fixture against Chelsea. This is specifically relating to chanting of a homophobic nature aimed at away supporters.

🩷⚫️ The FvH Awards is always a night to remember… Celebrate with VIPs and our wider LGBTQ football community in central London on Friday 6 February, 2026 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ 🎟️ Tickets are on general sale 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/football-v... #FvH2026 @prideinfootball.bsky.social @sportsmedialgbt.com