Happy International Women’s Day! At Pride Sports, we are celebrating all the women driving change in sport around the world 🌍 We stand with UN Women in their call for RIGHTS & JUSTICE for all women & we pledge to take ACTION for the inclusion of ALL women in sport & physical activity ✊

EXCLUSIVE: Wales legend Jess Fishlock says she felt compelled to become an ambassador for the 2027 EuroGames in Cardiff because of the "political climate" for LGBT people in the UK. We talked football in her home suburb, trans athletes and padel, here... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

November 25 is #WhiteRibbonDay and we’re amplifying the call for men and boys to help prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) 1 in 4 women will be a victim of sexual assault or attempted assault in their lifetimes (National Audit Office (UK) report, 2025) 1/3

🚨 New for this season - FvH Armbands! 🩷⚫️ To add to the collection of armbands in our store, we now have Football v Homophobia armbands ready for the February Month of Action #FvH2026 Get yours from our store now 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/product/fvh-...

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Take us back to #FootballPride 2025… 🫶 📸 Pics by our superb snapper Mili Domingos 🙏 Thank you to everyone who played their part in making last Friday in Leicester such a memorable day, full of Pride, protest and queer football joy! 🩷⚫️ Support FvH and @pridesports.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Josh Cavallo will be in Leicester on Friday to speak at #FootballPride 🗣️ “There really is no event quite like it – it’s joyful and uplifting, with a strong spirit of protest that’s fitting for the fractious times we’re living in” - @louenglefield.bsky.social, @footballvhomophobia.com More ⬇️

🎤 Bringing all the hot goss to the #FootballPride party, it’s our charmingly chaotic co-host, Becky Taylor-Gill! 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ The Studs founder is swapping the Counter Pressed studio for The Y Theatre stage - for one day only! and that day is THIS FRIDAY, 29th August 😮 /1

JOIN US to mark the start of the biggest ever Women’s Rugby World Cup, as we launch Rugby Pride 2025 🏉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 with a breakfast panel and networking event in Manchester as the city also gears up for a weekend of Pride LGBTQ+ celebrations 🥳🎉 TOMORROW MORNING - Get your FREE ticket via the link below!

The countdown continues for the Rugby Pride Launch Breakfast on Friday 22 August in Manchester 🏉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We’re thrilled to announce our first speaker - England Red Rose, Barbarains RFC star and the power behind the #RuckYou match, Director of Bisons RFC, Sacha Acheson ⭐️

📣 The countdown is on for the #RugbyPride Launch Breakfast on Friday 22nd August in Manchester, ahead of Manchester Pride weekend! We’re delighted to announce our Host for the morning, Nick Heath Get your tickets >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rugby-prid...

Fantastic read on the (il)legality of sex testing in sport. With particular reference to World Athletics & World Boxing’s decision to introduce genetic testing as a precondition for competing in the women’s category 🧬

📣 We’re thrilled to announce that Lars from ‘I Kissed a Boy’ will be speaking at Football Pride on Friday 29 August in Leicester! 🎧 He’s also a guest on a new episode of the FvH Podcast. Listen here 👉 pod.fo/e/30ad20 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Info & tkts 👉 ytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #LGBTQ #football /1

HUGE Congratulations to our very own @transsomething.bsky.social on winning the prestigious EGLSF Advocacy Award for her work on #trans inclusion in sport🏆🏳️‍⚧️ sportsmedialgbt.com/natalie-wash...

Huge congratulations to Caster Semenya on winning this important case! 🙌 We’ll be interested to see how this decision impacts sports & human rights going forward

📣 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

Lovely Dan Jervis helped us promote #EuroGames2027 in London last week at an event at Canary Wharf. Asked how he would have felt as a young person growing up gay in the Valleys, he responded….

Fantastic display of solidarity with @chelseapride.bsky.social for the trans+ community at today's Women's FA Cup Final! ❤️💙 We stand by our trans, non-binary and intersex siblings in their time of need. Transphobia has no place in women's football! #MUWomen #WomensFACupFinal

🏏🏳️‍⚧️ “We play against men and boys all the time, otherwise we don’t play at all. To claim otherwise betrays a severe lack of understanding of women’s grassroots #cricket.” #LetThemPlay #LetTransWomenPlay @daisycutterzine.bsky.social @out4cricket.bsky.social @pridesports.bsky.social

Including LGBTQ+ people in sport & physical activity in Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ A lunchtime webinar for sport & physical activity providers across Wales. £10pp & FREE to all EuroGames 2027 Partners 🎟️ includinglgbtq.eventbrite.co.uk

@leapsports.bsky.social, Pride Sports & @pridesportscymru.bsky.social are deeply shocked by the decision of the UK Supreme Court in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. We are concerned about the potential implications for trans people across the sport & physical activity sector…

The Iberian Network of LGBTQ+ Sports Groups has made a strong statement against proposed “sex testing” by World Athletics. Saying such practice is not based on scientific evidence, and illegal in countries like Spain.

The Football v Transphobia Week of Action culminates on 31 March, Trans Day of Visibility #TDOV2025

Today marks the start of the Football v Transphobia Week of Action 2025! 🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ How will you get involved? www.footballvhomophobia.com/fvt/ #fvt2025

We love this year’s Football v Transphobia shirt! What do you think? #fvt2025

#Grassroots football get involved! 🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you @officialecfc.bsky.social 🙏🩷⚫️ #FvH2025

March 25 - 31 is the Football v Transphobia Week of Action, a time that we ask football to come together against transphobia & for trans inclusion in the game. This year we are asking other sports to get involved! There are a range of things your club can do…

This weekend we signed the contract to bring #EuroGames 2027 to Cardiff! We’re up to 32 sports (possibly 35 by the time we’ve finalised the programme). Can’t wait to welcome more than 5,000 #LGBTQ+ athletes to our capital city in 2 years time 🥳🎉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

“Trans women athletes displayed similar exercise performance and biomarkers compared with cis women but lower results compared with cis men” Another piece of new research highlighting there’s no justification for blanket #trans bans in sport 🏳️‍⚧️

📣 🩷⚫️ We’re asking you to wear it BLACK and PINK on Wednesday 19 February and show your support for Football v Homophobia… get involved! Read on to learn more about this call to action… #FvH2025 /1

🚀 The Football v Homophobia 2025 Month of Action is officially launched! 🩷⚫️ ⚽️ More than 100 clubs and leagues already on board, from Premier League, EFL, non-league & grassroots 🏟️ Read a recap of our big night, hosted by Bolton Wanderers in the Community 🙏 How will you activate #FvH2025? #LGBTQ

“In a time when trans women and girls are viewed as a threat to not only women’s sports, but to the safety and security of cis women as a whole, the push to platform traditionally feminine athletes is far more insidious”

“The researchers found that respondents who viewed female athletes as less deserving of attention, support, and media coverage were more likely to oppose transgender inclusion in sports….”🏳️‍⚧️

To the “reasonable concerns” wankers who think we should concede to transphobes on sports because it’s “too complicated”, this is what sports bans lead to.

The Institute of Sport at MMU is embarking on a 4-week exercise intervention study. They are seeking #trans women 18-40 years old who have completed ≥1 year of gender-affirming hormone treatment. This study could improve how they approach health & fitness prescriptions for trans women's health

Update: 39 non profit LGBTQIA+ advocacy orgs have now been added to this starter pack. You can help get them going by: 👉 following them 👉 sharing the pack 👉 suggesting orgs I’ve missed Thank you 🙏 go.bsky.app/PSBhHbT

“We don’t need to be protected by paternalistic sporting organizations and misguided activists” @taliabarrington.bsky.social for Cosmopolitan www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitne...

I created a starter pack for LGBTQIA+ advocacy orgs in the nonprofit sector. I couldn’t find one so I made one. If you want adding to it reply to this message. Please let me know the ones I’ve missed and let me know as they join Bluesky so we can get them going. go.bsky.app/PSBhHbT

🏳️‍🌈🛼🏳️‍⚧️ “What’s really good is how #rollerderby is obviously open to people who are non-binary and trans” - Lauren, Rainy City RD 👏 ✍️ great feature by Thomas Brace for Mancunian Matters #LGBTQ #sports #Manchester @pridesports.bsky.social

📣 A HUGE thank you to The FA for coming on board as the Football v Homophobia Awards 2025 Headline Sponsor 🙏⚽️🏆 Only 5 DAYS TO GO to nominate! Let’s celebrate those who are working hard to make sure football is for everyone 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Nominations close Friday! www.footballvhomophobia.com/nominations-...

#Grassroots clubs, February is the Football v Homophobia Month of Action and YOU can make a difference! Support the campaign by designating a game to challenge discrimination and you receive FvH resources…

Such a great opportunity here to be recognised! #LGBTQ #football @prideinfootball.bsky.social @pridesports.bsky.social @pridesportscymru.bsky.social @fvhscot.bsky.social

The FA’s newly-published Grassroots Disciplinary Review 2023/24 shows a near 20% increase in allegations of discrimination relating to sexual orientation; and more proven charges of homophobia than for any other type of discrimination. FvH says more education is needed. /1

🎯 I was trepidatious as I headed to Ally Pally to watch Noa-Lynn van Leuven’s historic #WCdarts debut today. But the crowd cheered her on (at one point, a 9-darter was on the cards) and afterwards, she spoke confidently about her future. For @outsports.com

Thread 🧵 Hi! Just in case we need to reintroduce ourselves 😉 … we’re Football v Homophobia 👋 Since 2010, we’ve been tackling anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in football through education, at all levels of the game, and creating community-building projects. 🩷⚫️ www.footballvhomophobia.com /1

UPDATE 🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Still time to sign >>> www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/

As part of FvH’s Football v Transphobia initiative, we are asking women and non-binary people involved in #womensfootball, and their allies, to co-sign a community statement asking The FA to continue to include trans women. You can view and sign here 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/

🎧⚽️ NEW: Women’s football has a strong reputation for being LGBTQ+ inclusive - so what happens when you report homophobia? Players Valentine Pursey and Caz Simone join the FvH Podcast for a #RainbowLaces ‘real talk’ episode. #FvH2025