Keighley Cougars Rugby League club has announced the appointment of trans activist India Willoughby as their patron, marking a groundbreaking moment as the world’s first transgender individual to serve as patron of a professional sports club. India, a pioneer in her own right as Britain’s first transgender newsreader and TV journalist, has long been an […]
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has called for trans athletes to be banned from competing in female-only events, writing that sports’ governing bodies needed to set out an “unambiguous position” on the issue, amid rows over trans athletes participating in female-only events. Frazer wrote: “In competitive sport, biology matters. And where male strength, size and body […]
Gay footballer Josh Cavallo, who became the world’s only top-flight openly gay male professional player when he came out in 2021, has said “it felt right to share this special moment on the pitch”, after he proposed to his boyfriend at Adelaide United‘s Coopers Stadium. The Australian midfielder, 24, said the club had provided “a safe […]
Lia Thomas, 25, a trans swimmer who rose to global prominence by becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title, is taking legal action against World Aquatics. Thomas, who has not raced since 2022 following a rule change by the governing body, is taking legal action in a bid to compete again […]
Shawn Barber, 29, an ‘out’, Canadian champion pole vaulter, died from ‘medical complications’ on Wednesday, January 17 at home in Kingwood, Texas. The cause of his death is not known yet, but he had been experiencing health issues. “More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead […]
Football Pride – an event from Football v Homophobia that lifts up LGBTQ+ voices across the game – is returning at Manchester Pride in August to bring together LGBTQ+ communities within the world’s most popular sport to party, participate and protest.
Out for Sport, which aims to encourage more LGBTQ+ people to get involved with sport, has appointed 11 new trustees, bringing a wealth of experience to the charity’s board from within grassroots sports, finance, communications, design, training and development.
Join 1,000 competitors from across the world competing in masters swimming, open water swimming, artistic swimming, water polo, diving, and the fabulous Pink Flamingo!
Nearly half (44%), of 1,000 people polled, feel that the sporting world is less accepting and progressive than society in general when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community.
Residents of Brighton & Hove are invited to drop into the King Alfred Leisure Centre on April 18 to find out more about plans for a new West Hub Leisure Centre.
