JK Rowling doubles down after backlash to vile tweets about trans football manager (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) JK Rowling has doubled down after being criticised for her comments mocking a trans football manager, comparing her to “straight, white, middle-aged blokes”. The Harry Potter author, who has become well-known in recent years for her “gender-critical” beliefs,
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The Women’s European Qualifiers for Euro 2025 begin on Friday (5 April), and defending champions England, who won in 2022 and who have man LGBTQ+ players, will face off against Sweden at Wembley Stadium. It follows an impressive 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup run for the Lionesses. The 2023 Women’s World Cup saw a record 32 teams compete for
Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty in court(Matt King/Getty Images for Football Australia) Australia captain and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in London, with a trial set for early next year. The footballer – part of the Matildas squad at the 2023 Women’s World
Jordan Henderson is looking to return to the Premier League (Francois Nel/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ fans aren’t impressed by the rumours that Jordan Henderson wants to return to the Premier League – just six months after his controversial move to Saudi Arabia. Former Liverpool captain and England international Henderson made the move from Anfield to Saudi
Australian footballer Josh Cavallo said the support he received since coming out has helped encourage others to “open their wings in becoming themselves”. (Getty) Josh Cavallo celebrated his coming out anniversary in a moving post on social media and how the support he received helped others “open their wings in becoming themselves”. The Adelaide United
England captain Harry Kane will wear an armband for the OneLove campaign during matches at the Qatar World Cup. (Getty) England captain Harry Kane will wear a rainbow anti-discrimination armband at World Cup matches in Qatar, where LGBTQ+ identities are criminalised. Kane and captains from several other countries that qualified for the World Cup –
A flag bearer waves a Chelsea FC flag with the LGBT+ Progress flag design. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said the “Chelsea rent boy” chant is a homophobic hate crime and not “harmless banter”. For decades, fans of teams playing against football titan Chelsea FC have lobbed the cruel chant from
Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo follows the play during the Australian A-League football match between Perth Glory and Adelaide United in Perth on November 20, 2021. (Photo by TREVOR COLLENS/AFP via Getty Images) Josh Cavallo’s team, Adelaide United, has asked police to investigate death threats made against the footballer. Since coming out as gay last October,
Kumi Yokoyama #17 of the Washington Spirit warms up during a game against the Houston Dash on 31 October 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Brad Smith/ISI Photos) Trans footballer Kumi Yokoyama has called out Japan for “lagging behind the rest of the world” on awareness of LGBT+ issues and rights. Yokoyama came out publicly as a
Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-tier professional footballer in the world, has revealed his brother had never seen him smiling as big before his historic coming. Speaking to Attitude, as he appears on the cover of the magazine’s latest issue – topping the sport category in the annual Attitude 101 list – Cavallo opened
Team USA’s Kristie Mewis embraces Sam Kerr of Australia after the Olympic football bronze medal match between US and Australia on 5 August 2021. (Getty/Zhizhao Wu) Olympians Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr have revealed that they are officially dating with the most adorable photo on Instagram. Even before the Tokyo 2020 games, rumours swirled online
‘You can count on us’, German footballers say to LGBT+ players (John MacDougall/AFP/ Getty) Over 800 German footballers have pledged their support to any teammates who may be struggling with their sexuality and afraid to come out while playing. To date no male footballer has ever come out while actively playing in any of the
Lily Parr (b. 1905) was a well-known lesbian footballer who lived her life proudly and freely. (Getty/Creative Commons) LGBT+ History Month is all about remembering our forefathers, foremothers and forepeople who paved the way for the rest of us, and there are few UK figures who are more trailblazing than chain-smoking lesbian footballer Lily Parr.
Gay ex-footballer Thomas Beattie has said he struggled with a lack of role models before coming out. The English-born footballer played for clubs in Canada and across Singapore before retiring in 2015 after a head injury. In June this year, he became the first professional English footballer to come out as gay in three decades.