A club in the top flight of Argentinian football became the first team in the division’s history to sign a trans player. Club Villa San Carlos Femenino are currently propping up the Primera Division A – the first division – but they hope that Mara Gomez, their new striker, can rack up Continue Reading
The FA strengthens commitment to make football everyone’s game The FA has today ‘Come Out for LGBT’ equality in football with a new strategic partnership with Stonewall, the UK’s leading charity for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality. The initiative shows The FA’s commitment to creating an inclusive game where all Continue Reading
How one London business is supporting LGBT equality in football Joint, a London based creative business, has launched ‘Ball for All’, an initiative to help raise money for LGBTQ+ charities and to highlight the status of LGBTQ+ footballers. With the football World Cup having started in Russia on Thursday and June Continue Reading
“Many don’t want to be the first and I think therein lies the problem of out gay footballers in a nutshell.” The #ComeOut2Play campaign has received support from political figures such as Labour shadow minister Dawn Butler, David Lammy MP and Sarah Brown and celebrities including John Bishop, Alan Carr, Katie Continue Reading
Middlesbrough Football Club have become the first team to give their official support to OutNews Global’s #ComeOut2Play campaign. Sign up to show your support for LGBT footballers here. The team tweeted this morning, saying: “#Boro are committed to promoting equality and diversity and we are proud to support #ComeOut2Play.” #Boro are committed Continue Reading
OutNews Global’s #ComeOut2Play campaign only launched 24 hours ago and already it’s won support from some of the biggest names in the country. John Bishop added the weight of his 3.7 million followers, tweeting: “This isn’t to force anyone to come out but it is a campaign to let them know Continue Reading
“We will be in a much happier place when it’s the homophobes hiding in our beautiful game, not our gay players.” Sign the #ComeOut2Play campaign now! There are professional male footballers out there playing in front of millions of fans right now who are secretly gay or bi. That’s not speculation, Continue Reading
Sign the Thunderclap campaign now! #ComeOut2Play Out News Global is proud to be launching the #ComeOut2Play campaign to help Britain’s hidden gay and bisexual footballers to feel more confident about coming out. The #ComeOut2Play Thunderclap campaign kicked off today with supporters signing up to say in one voice: “If a gay Continue Reading
“Sport at school teaches boys like me that we’re weak and there’s something wrong with us; that we’re not ‘real’ boys. That deep sense of terror I felt at school is with me now and will be with me for the rest of my life.” I remember lying in bed the Continue Reading
A new report has concluded that the sporting world, from schools to professional clubs, is hostile towards gay people. Sports coaches, teams and players are being urged to ban homophobic language so gay people can take part without feeling threatened. The recommendation comes in a report, entitled ‘Homophobia, Gender and Sporting Culture’, Continue Reading