🥊 FREE LGBTQ+ Boxing Returns to @citywestminster.bsky.social starting Sept 25! 🏳️‍ 📆 Thursday 🕢 7:30–8:30pm 📍Queen Mother Sports Centre Open to all LGBTQ+ individuals. To register, complete the form via @punch_with_pride on Instagram or scan the QR codes on the flyer.

Good news moment of the day: The Dutch rugby league is letting trans women play with the women teams, and trans men with the men. They will check your hormone levels and things, but I don't think I have to explain that this is pretty big and good news www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport...

SCOOP: The IOC’s panel that will determine policy on transgender participation appears to have excluded researchers whose work casts doubt on the need for bans

25 years ago, we were all glued to the Sydney Olympics… this medal-winning gay gymnast looks very different now, but as he marks the anniversary, Ji Wallace still has a spring in his step. For @outsports.com #LGBTQ

Mitch Brown is one of very few men to have played pro sports and come out as bisexual. The former AFL player says going public is like “jumping out of a plane” and says more bi guys should work towards that leap of faith. For @outsports.com #BiVisibilityDay

🩵 September is the second anniversary of Coventry City’s LGBTQ+ and allies fan group @proudskyblues.co.uk, which is going from strength to strength! 🩷💜💙 … and Sep 23rd is #BiVisibilityDay, so a perfect time for a Q&A with the group’s founder Lewis Wale 🙌 🔗 Link in reply! /1

If #TeamLGBTQ were a competing nation at the #WorldAthleticsChamps, they’d have finished 4th on the medal table! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🙌 For @outsports.com, here are the Pride-fuelled athletes who made podiums, along with a few more queer-oes and some bonus thirst… #WCHTokyo25

NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said. Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...

Marvellous Maria Perez, now a 4-time world champion and in an elite group of ‘double double’ gold-medal winners with Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt and Sir Mo Farah. Now chasing solo Olympic gold at LA 2028, the Spaniard is among the greatest #TeamLGBTQ track athletes ever. For @outsports.com #WCHTokyo25

Every time me and my sis see Seamus Derbyshire compete we are like (in our heads): “slayyy huntyyyy yasssss”. Love to see someone’s personality shine on the athletics field. #WorldAthleticsChamps

Love this reaction from him 🤣

🫶 Seamus Derbyshire and his Great Britain 4x400m relay teammates are through to Sunday’s #WorldAthleticsChamps final in Tokyo. 👏 The Netherlands, with Ramsey Angela running, have also qualified. #WCHTokyo2025 #TeamLGBTQ @sportsmedialgbt.com @outsports.com

Just a reminder that as part of expanding the RBA team, we are looking to expand The Dubcast crew as well. If you want to join us to chat women's football each week, reach out.

Canada are one game away from winning the Rugby World Cup, with top-scoring Sophie de Goede turning in another sensational #RWC2025 performance. Gay icon Shania Twain said in her pre-match message: “Let’s go girls!” Can anyone stop them? For @outsports.com

We're holding our #swfc Wednesday Pride event at the Niagara Centre on Thursday 16 October! 💙 Our packed evening will include an LGBTQ+ football discussion panel, so we can't wait to celebrate and explore our community with you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ To book your FREE place ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...

Sometimes, it’s OK to just be gay and thirsty. This article is the water station on my marathon viewing of the #WorldAthleticsChamps. For @outsports.com #WCHTokyo25 #LGBTQ

San Francisco Chronicle staff writer @mingemi.bsky.social talks covering the Valkyries’ inaugural season, how the team’s games have become a gathering place for queer folks in the Bay Area & the keys to the Valks getting a win in Game 2 against the Lynx. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

NEW: Jon Mulkeen has worked in #sportsmedia for more than 20 years and is currently out in Tokyo for the #WorldAthleticsChamps, overseeing editorial for the international governing body. He's also out as #LGBTQ, and in the latest 'Our Stories in Sport' Q&A, he shares his journey... 🏳️‍🌈 #WCHTokyo25

‘More than 650 organisations including Ben and Jerry’s, Lush and hundreds of small cafes and pubs have written to the government to warn that the EHRC’s draft guidance on single sex spaces is “unworkable” and would “cause significant economic harm”, @the-independent.com understands.’ ✍️ Millie Cooke

NEW: As one of just three out LGBTQ athletes among more than 1,000 men competing in #WorldAthleticsChamps events, Seamus Derbyshire deserved to enjoy his debut. He wasn’t at his best at #WCHTokyo25 but there’s plenty to take pride in. For @outsports.com

Seamus Derbyshire 7th in his heat and a fair bit off his PB… very humid again in Tokyo. “I’ve had so much growth this year - but I’m human enough to feel disappointed… however I didn’t think I’d still be in the sport 12 months ago” - talking to BBC Sport 👏 #WCHTokyo25

🏳️‍🌈 Good luck to Seamus Derbyshire, who goes in Heat 4 of the 400m hurdles at the #WorldAthleticsChamps today 🙌 Scheduled time is 11.59am BST, don't miss his introduction on the start line! Read my interview on @outsports.com... #WCHTokyo25

“I’m thrilled to have another opportunity to compete and continue using this platform to represent and inspire others,” Reeves said.

💙 As #WatfordFC return to blue shirts this weekend to honour Sir Elton John, it’s also a chance for LGBTQ sports fans everywhere to celebrate a gay icon whose passionate support for his football club resonates with us all. For @outsports.com @sportsmedialgbt.com

At the #WorldAthleticsChamps in Tokyo, there will be more out LGBTQ athletes competing than ever before in the event’s history, including a British hurdler making his debut at this elite level. I’ve written about #TeamLGBTQ at #WCHTokyo25 for @outsports.com @sportsmedialgbt.com

NEW: There’s no escaping the fact women’s rugby is super gay, but now at the World Cup, the players are embracing this more than ever before. Credit goes to “queeraspondent” Bailey Te Maipi and Alice Soper for the LGBTQ uplift - I spoke to them both for @outsports.com about why it matters. #RWC2025

COYSky, I’m working on a story for work about how queer women’s football is, how it’s become such a welcoming space for LGBTQ+ fans, how many women that play the game themselves are queer and how starkly this contrasts the men’s game. If you know any queer women who love the women’s game, lmk!

📸 Neatly taken header from Declan Rice, and a neat photo for @villaandproud.bsky.social too #LGBTQfootball

🇧🇫 Around 23m people live in Burkina Faso. “Homosexuality did not appear in any legal document in Burkina Faso, which made the country a relatively safe space where gay people from across west Africa could live without fear of criminalisation or imprisonment.” But now, a cruel discriminatory law 😔

QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out-myself-are-sports-bodies-violating-trans-peoples-right-to-privacy/

I’ll have said this before, but every now and then I do an interview that reminds me why I do this - speaking to Olivia was definitely another one of those moments. Talking about some hugely important topics, and hearing how things came full circle at Endon, made me emotional just listening to her

In these turbulent times for queer media, @outsports.com is bucking the trend. Proud to be #TeamLGBTQ and part of the success story with Q.Digital 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Story by Sara Guaglione for @digidaymedia.bsky.social

From a Tinder match, to a Sydney cocktail bar, to a dream wedding featured in Vogue… But Liam Forcadilla, Australia Kelpies #netball captain, is in no way complacent about having the right to say actor Lukas Radovich is his husband. For @outsports.com #LGBTQ

Phuti Lekoloane, recognised as Africa’s first out male gay footballer, has been honoured at the recent 18th South African Sport Awards. Find out more here 👇🏿 www.mambaonline.com/2025/09/05/a...

So after months of hard work, something pretty cool and amazing happened. It doesn't feel real even though I can see my name and words on ESPN, but at the same time I'm also insanely happy. www.espn.com.au/football/sto...

The ‘Life’s A Pitch?’ panel at #FootballPride 2025 explored experiences of working in the game when you’re #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Event co-host Jack Murley was joined by history-making footballer Josh Cavallo; player & coach El Finneran; academic Dr Beth Burgess; & Player Care Group founder Hugo Scheckter. /1

Athlete Ally founder Hudson Taylor and University of Washington rower Cillian Mullen join “Good Game” to discuss what life is like right now for trans college athletes, the current policy landscape and best practices for allies of the LGBTQ community. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Our ‘Life’s A Pitch?’ panel at #FootballPride produced valuable anecdotes about working in the game when you’re LGBTQ. Catch up on the chat with Josh Cavallo, El Finneran, Hugo Scheckter and Dr Beth Burgess on @outsports.com, and listen on Jack Murley’s podcast. @footballvhomophobia.com

🗣️ “Those fines have been for nothing. And what has the federation done? Not much. And what it has done is useless” - Andoni Bello, on the failure of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) to curb the anti-gay chant 🇲🇽 #FIFAWorldCup #LGBTQ Via @espn.com

So far, we know of at least 8 out LGBTQ athletes who’ll take part in the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Among them is Dutch sprinter Ramsey Angela, who “hates labels” but insists: “Be who you are and don’t be ashamed.” For @outsports.com #WCHTokyo25 #TeamLGBTQ

The second member of our LGBTQ+ football panel is @bluemoonpodcast.com creator and host @davidmooney.co.uk! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As a @bbc5live.bsky.social producer, he's also worked on news stories like Josh Cavallo coming out. 🎙️ To book your FREE #swfc place on Thurs 16 Oct ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...

✌️ A spirited show of defiance characterised #FootballPride 2025, not least in the panel chat focusing on the new and ongoing challenges facing LGBTQ+ fans 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ The @prideinfootball.bsky.social alliance of groups has a decade of experience to build upon - catch up on the discussion… /1

We attended the annual Football Pride conference in Leicester yesterday! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ It featured a string of empowering performance art and insightful panels, including one about trans inclusion in football. Thanks to @footballvhomophobia.com for putting on such an amazing and important event! 🙏

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! 🙌

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

In coming out as bisexual, the former AFL player’s announcement will have far-reaching consequences for the sport and people coming to terms with their sexuality.

🏳️‍🌈🏉🏳️‍⚧️ The recent #RugbyPride event in Manchester was such an important contribution to the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Internationals alongside grassroots players, asking the question - is this really such an inclusive sport? For @outsports.com | #RWC2025

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ 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 ⬇️

"That sense of empathy, even just a fraction, I think it’ll make a huge difference." On the day he knocked a brick out of the #AFL's wall of silence, Mitch Brown also shared advice on how to build a more #LGBTQ -inclusive future in the game. For @outsports.com @sportsmedialgbt.com

NEW: Seamus Derbyshire has found confidence on the track this season, taking him to a 400m hurdles PB and a place in Great Britain’s World Championships team. I spoke to him for @outsports.com about performance, “flamboyance” and his queer charisma. #WCHTokyo25 @sportsmedialgbt.com #LGBTQsports