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Covers:  Sports, specialising in football, often with a focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, and within that, LGBTQ+ inclusion
Journalist, editor, consultant: @Outsports @SportsMediaLGBT @FvHtweets 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | 📧 jon@sportsmedialgbt.com | @SportSJA @TheOfficialFWA (he/him)
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Canada’s Drag Race queen was college diving champion, tells fans to ‘buckle up’

Canada’s Drag Race queen was college diving champion, tells fans to ‘buckle up’

Aidan Faminoff shared his coming-out story with Outsports in 2017. He says to "expect the unexpected" as Haze…

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Pro darts is showing LGBTQ Pride support, even without Rainbow Laces

Pro darts is showing LGBTQ Pride support, even without Rainbow Laces

In a standout gesture, the Professional Darts Corporation is supporting its official LGBTQ group with rainbow…

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Team USA rower is world champion and gay role model back home in Texas

Team USA rower is world champion and gay role model back home in Texas

Teal Cohen talks to Outsports about her gold medal success at World Championships as an out gay rower, and LA…

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Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham overcame self-doubt to play villain in gay stage show

Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham overcame self-doubt to play villain in gay stage show

Diver-turned-actor Matthew Mitcham appears in ‘Jock Night’ in London. He talks about escapism, elite sports, …

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Out gay athletes are starring in a major men’s series, and it’s the perfect Pride Month kickoff

Out gay athletes are starring in a major men’s series, and it’s the perfect Pride Month kickoff

The men's netball boom is leading towards a World Cup that would feature plenty of out gay and bi players in …

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Discipline guided gay, Black gymnast at West Point toward leadership and legacy

Discipline guided gay, Black gymnast at West Point toward leadership and legacy

Brandon Rhode was a West Point cadet when he came out as gay. He says gymnastics was crucial, before and afte…

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Gay athlete Jake Williamson breaks another world record on road to World Championships

Gay athlete Jake Williamson breaks another world record on road to World Championships

The HYROX World Championships will be held in Chicago in June. Jake Williamson wants to be on the podium for …

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Hockey star kicked out of women’s restroom by ‘gender police’ who thought she was a man

Hockey star kicked out of women’s restroom by ‘gender police’ who thought she was a man

After a 'humiliating' experience, Madison Packer calls bathroom policing a by-product of anti-trans propagand…

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‘Ruck You’ rugby match will see trans women team face international women’s players

‘Ruck You’ rugby match will see trans women team face international women’s players

Former England prop Sasha Acheson tells Outsports she hopes the game will challenge perceptions of trans athl…

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An LGBTQ sports club struggles to survive in a country where Pride is banned

An LGBTQ sports club struggles to survive in a country where Pride is banned

Hungary has passed a law criminalizing LGBTQ public gatherings. Ahead of IDAHOBIT, inclusive sports club Atla…

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Premier League promotion in sight for Millwall FC, whose LGBTQ team shares in the dream

Premier League promotion in sight for Millwall FC, whose LGBTQ team shares in the dream

Millwall FC is one of only four pro soccer clubs in the UK to work formally with an LGBTQ team. They are now …

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Semi-pro soccer player dedicates LGBTQ award to ‘Black boys and men who fear rejection’

Semi-pro soccer player dedicates LGBTQ award to ‘Black boys and men who fear rejection’

Jahmal Howlett-Mundle has a unique football journey that has brought him onto the Football Black List, a majo…

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'We'll always be trans inclusive': UK's LGBTQ sports teams rally after court ruling

'We'll always be trans inclusive': UK's LGBTQ sports teams rally after court ruling

Scores of inclusive sports clubs across Britain issue statements in solidarity with trans and non-binary peop…

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'FvH Awards in Glasgow shows how far we've come!': The Sideline podcast's Amanda and Megan ready ...

'FvH Awards in Glasgow shows how far we've come!': The Sideline podcast's Amanda and Megan ready ...

"Exciting" night in store for those attending Football v Homophobia Awards at Oran Mor in Glasgow on Friday, …

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Instagram elevates gay fitness star Jake Williamson to ‘elite level’ with major advocacy project

Instagram elevates gay fitness star Jake Williamson to ‘elite level’ with major advocacy project

The 'Athletes for Purpose' include Hamilton, Kyrgios, Raducanu... and Williamson, providing a vital out LGBTQ…

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Justin Fashanu should be celebrating his 64th birthday today — his courage still inspires

Justin Fashanu should be celebrating his 64th birthday today — his courage still inspires

On the International Day Against LGBTQ+phobia in Sports, an updated biography of the late Justin Fashanu offe…

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This Olympic athlete turned actress is labeled an ‘extremist lesbian,’ cannot return home

This Olympic athlete turned actress is labeled an ‘extremist lesbian,’ cannot return home

Katsiaryna Snytsina won a European basketball title last year. Now her acclaimed play is shining a light on t…

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93% of LGBTQ people want tougher action against homophobia in football, new survey shows

93% of LGBTQ people want tougher action against homophobia in football, new survey shows

Research by Out and Out Football shows 75% of survey respondents say they have experienced or heard anti-LGBT…

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Team Trans-tastic and trans athletes won big in Vegas, sending message across USA and beyond

Team Trans-tastic and trans athletes won big in Vegas, sending message across USA and beyond

Kicking Out Transphobia’s achievement for trans athletes at the recent Sin City Classic was about more than t…

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‘Bare minimum’ Pride Game efforts frustrate UK pro hockey’s only out player

‘Bare minimum’ Pride Game efforts frustrate UK pro hockey’s only out player

Five years after he came out as bi, Zach Sullivan tells Outsports some Elite League teams should do more for …

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Elite League's Pride Week having 'lasting impact' for LGBTQ people in ice hockey

Elite League's Pride Week having 'lasting impact' for LGBTQ people in ice hockey

EIHL's media manager Luke Fisher says personal stories shared with him show annual celebration is making a di…

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LGBTQ soccer’s big awards gala, co-hosted by ex-pro player, releases nominations

LGBTQ soccer’s big awards gala, co-hosted by ex-pro player, releases nominations

Contenders for the Football v Homophobia Awards 2025 include a Premier League club, a Seattle Reign star and …

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First out gay All Black and his new husband wowed by reaction to their quirky wedding

First out gay All Black and his new husband wowed by reaction to their quirky wedding

Former rugby player Campbell Johnstone married Ben Thomson in New Zealand. They talk to Outsports about their…

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‘Will & Harper’ has Oscars buzz. A nomination would be a Hollywood win for LGBTQ sports fans.

‘Will & Harper’ has Oscars buzz. A nomination would be a Hollywood win for LGBTQ sports fans.

In Netflix's 'Will & Harper,' Will Ferrell is seen accompanying his friend Harper Steele to her first NBA gam…

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