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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 7h

🇦🇺 "It does bring up the negative sides and the homophobia and the queerphobia, and I know and understand that then becomes more visible and headline-grabbing for some media outlets” - Mitch Brown, on reactions to him speaking out

✍️ Marnie Vinall, ABC Sports #LGBTQ

'Not shying away': Mitch Brown on the hate that's come with coming out

After coming out, Mitch Brown became an unofficial spokesperson for queer issues in the AFL. While that experience has been overwhelmingly positive, it's also come with an onslaught of hate.

www.abc.net.au

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 9h

🗣️ "We need to promote media literacy and fact-checking among sports journalists themselves, support independent investigation and diverse reporting, and build resilient networks…” - Abdullah Ibhais, speaking at the @playthegame-org.bsky.social Conference

✍️ @karimzidan.com

#ptg2025 #sportsmedia

Whistleblower reveals Qatar’s surveillance of journalists during 2022 World Cup preparations

In a session at Play the Game 2025, the former media manager of Qatar's World Cup Supreme Committee exposed all the tricks in Qatar's media strategy.

www.playthegame.org

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Poletti (they/them) @itspoletti.bsky.social · 12h

It was a pleasure to have Bev Priestman join The Dubcast, and we touched on a wide range of topics both Nix and Canada related, including Quinn and their impact in the football world (because of course I had to ask about Quinn). It is well worth the listen and you should check it out #ALW

Round Ball Australia @roundballaus.bsky.social · 14h

Wellington Phoenix's A-League Women coach Bev Priestman joined The Dubcast to speak with Poletti about adapting to her first role as a club coach, why she signed with the Wellington Phoenix, being the only female head coach in the A-League Women, and more.

WATCH: youtu.be/vdSLiPvxVN0?...

Wellington Phoenix coach Bev Priestman joins The Dubcast

YouTube video by The Dubcast

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: A group of elite athletes, including gold medal-winning Olympians and Paralympians, are inviting fellow #LGBTQ sportspeople to their new network.

“Proud Champions” offers a space for those who are publicly out, and those who aren’t.

For @outsports.com

Out Olympians invite LGBTQ athletes, coaches to join new network - Outsports

'Proud Champions' is a legacy project from Pride House Paris at last year’s Olympics that aims to empower queer athletes.

www.outsports.com

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Emma Smith @emmasmithbbc.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Former WSL star Ashleigh Plumptre on life as a female footballer in Saudi Arabia, on:

- Feeling safer as a woman in Saudi than the UK
- Regrets at hurting LGBT friends and fans
- Initially turning the move down

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Ashleigh Plumptre: 'I deeply hurt people by moving to Saudi Arabia'

In an interview with BBC Sport, Ashleigh Plumptre says she regrets losing the trust of some LGBT fans in women's football by moving to Saudi Arabia.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 2d

Update: #SMFC has responded to an email enquiry from Outsports, saying the club plans to release a statement “soon” and that a presentation to Andy Brennan will be organised to recognise his “amazing career.”

Will look to keep across this.

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 2d

⚽️🇦🇺 Andy Brennan, who made history in 2019 as Australia’s first out gay pro footballer in the men’s game, has been suddenly let go by South Melbourne FC.

He’s spent the last four years at #SMFC and says it was “heartbreaking” to tell his teammates.

For @outsports.com

#NPLVictoria #LGBTQfootball

Trailblazing gay soccer player surprised to be released by his team - Outsports

Andy Brennan was the first male pro soccer player in Australia to come out as gay. He’s now leaving South Melbourne FC. Where to next?

www.outsports.com

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 11d

UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets and changing rooms will be ‘unworkable

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets will be ‘unworkable’

Exclusive: Stonewall writes to ministers and warns cost of compliance could be ‘significant’ for struggling companies

www.theguardian.com

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Outsports @outsports.com · 11d

Gay slurs and homophobic chants follow Rory McIlroy at Ryder Cup - www.outsports.com/2025/9/28/24...

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 11d

A statement shared by the team reported that the game has been "abandoned at half time following a homophobic slur".

via the Bristol Post

@footballvhomophobia.com #FvH2025

Football match abandoned as players walk off pitch over 'abuse'

The team says it will not tolerate 'abuse of any kind'

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Football v Homophobia @footballvhomophobia.com · 11d

🗣️ “It’s really important that football is using its platform to tell these stories” - Chris Paouros, @proudlilywhites.bsky.social 🤍💙

#TogetherAgainstSuicide

Together Against Suicide | You Support Us, Let Us Support You

YouTube video by Tottenham Hotspur

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 12d

⚽️ Lovely touch - a new #FansForDiversity flag with logos of fan groups and organisations (including ours!), unveiled at Friday’s Meetup event at Emirates Stadium

🙏 Great to spend quality time with friends from across the game

#FFD @prideinfootball.bsky.social @footballvhomophobia.com

The new Fans for Diversity flag raised at the Emirates Stadium

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 12d

Telegraph encouraging people to make sure their kids play with kids who are older, bigger, faster and stronger.

Not trans kids, obviously.

Five ways to make your children better at sport
There are a number of proven, if often surprising, strategies that could help youngsters ramp up their prowess and move to the head of the pack. Tim Wigmore shares some of them - Telegraph

4 Let the best children play with older kids
The Daily Telegraph - Saturday27 Sep 2025 Great Williams sisters: Serena had the edge over the older Venus

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 13d

🏉 Excited for Saturday’s sold-out Women’s Rugby World Cup final, and among many story threads is the #LGBTQ representation, including Canada’s Asia Hogan-Rochester who’s publicly out as genderfluid - likely a first at this level.

For @outsports.com #RWC2025

Women's Rugby World Cup final will feature out genderfluid player - Outsports

More than 80,000 fans are set to attend Saturday’s showdown between England and Canada, with Asia Hogan-Rochester one to watch.

www.outsports.com

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 13d

⚽️ “If you’re a woman of colour it’s going to come at you two times more. If you’re from the LGBTQ+ community, it’s going to come at you more, too… The action is about football using its collective power and voice” - Yvonne Harrison, @womeninfootball.co.uk

✍️ @suzywrack.bsky.social, @theguardian.com

Damning results show how much work there is still to do for women and ethnic minorities in football | Suzanne Wrack

In an alarming Women in Football survey, four in five report sexism and only 29% from underrepresented ethnic origins feel they can excel in the sport

www.theguardian.com

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 14d

“I’m a calm person, I’m patient. If David really starts to get on my nerves, I can have a bit of a Zen moment and just ignore him, if it’s possible to ignore David Walsh,” laughs Pippa York...

“I told myself, just let Robert Millar go!” Pippa York and David Walsh on gender, following the Tour de France, and why pro cycling isn’t Disneyland

In this week’s episode of the road.cc Podcast, the authors of ‘The Escape’ discuss life on Tour, York’s struggles before, during, and after her career, the trans debate in sports, and whether cycling ...

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 14d

🗯️ Discrimination is persistent and widespread
❌️ Systems for reporting discrimination are ineffective
🖐️ Workplace culture is a significant barrier

Read the key insights from our fifth annual survey report at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/09....

Thanks to Upshot for their analysis support 👏

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ActiveWestminster @activewestminster.bsky.social · 16d

🥊 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.

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Michelle, a good witch @hiyinx.bsky.social · 15d

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...

Trans vrouwen onder gestelde vereisten welkom in ereklasse rugby

Trans vrouwen zijn onder bepaalde voorwaarden welkom om mee te spelen in vrouwenteams in de ereklasse van het Nederlandse rugby. Dat meldt de Nederlandse rugbybond woensdag op zijn website.

www.rtl.nl

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 15d

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

IOC says transgender policy to be based on science, but panel makeup tells different story

Six prominent researchers whose work cast doubt on transgender bans say they are not part of IOC panel determining Olympic participation policy.

www.usatoday.com

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 14d

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

Gay Olympian inspired by Cher as he looks back on medal success - Outsports

As Sydney reminisces about hosting the Olympics 25 years ago, Ji Wallace is helping today’s gymnasts dream of future glory.

www.outsports.com

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 15d

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

Bi guys should test out that side, says pro footballer Mitch Brown - Outsports

Mitch Brown is challenging other bisexual men in straight-presenting relationships. 'I'm feeling that rush that I'm living my truth.'

www.outsports.com

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 16d

🗣️ “Signpost LGBTQ+ supporters’ groups in programmes, on the big screen and in pre-match emails so people know exactly where to find groups like ours” - Lewis

Loads more good advice in the article ⬇️

@footballvhomophobia.com @prideinfootball.bsky.social #LGBTQfootball #FootballvBiphobia

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Bi Visibility Day: LGBTQ fan groups welcome everyone, says Proud Sky Blues' Lewis Wale

Coventry City’s LGBTQ+ and allies fan group, Proud Sky Blues, is celebrating its second anniversary; founder Lewis Wale talks to FvH about the journey so far and the importance of Bi Visibility Day on...

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 16d

🩵 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!

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A picture of Lewis Wale wearing a sky blue Coventry City jersey

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 16d

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

Six Team LGBTQ moments of joy at World Athletics Championships - Outsports

Thrillers on the track, formidable feats in the field, and at times, torrential rain — that was the 20th edition of the World Athletics Championships.

www.outsports.com

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