Sport

We would like to expand the website to cover more LGBT related sporting issues. If you have any suggestions or contributions, please let us know.

We are very pleased to count John Amaechi and Gareth Thomas among our patrons.

Pre-launch 2011 - 02 November 2010 - Twickenham Stadium
Links to resources, documents produced for the pre-launch event for History Month 2011 that should help you with organising events.

The Justin Campaign was founded ten years after Justin Fashanu's tragic suicide in 1998, to fight the homophobia hugely prevalent in the world of professional football.
www.thejustincampaign.com

Guidance for Rugby League Clubs: Challenging anti gay (homophobic) abuse and behaviour - Rugby Football League guide to combat homophobia in the sport (pdf - 3.1Mb). Although this guidance has been produced specifically for Rugby League it could easily be adapted to suit other sports (please credit RFL). Find out more on our blog here.

Active Art is a community arts organisation that works in the UK and internationally for the promotion of human rights, social justice and equality. One of their projects, entitled Queering the Pitch, contains a series of images opposing homophobia in football.

Trans Active Blog: A blog for trans participation in sport, featuring the latest news, people and events

The Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament or Bingham Cup is a biennial international, non-professional, gay rugby union tournament, first held in 2002. Find out more on Wikipedia here.

Out sportspeople

A longer list can be found on the Out Sport website here. Wikipedia also offers a list, here.

Kye Allums - Basketball
John Amaechi - Basketball
Steve Davies - Cricket
Halil Ibrahim Dincdag- Football (referee)
Justin Fashanu - Football
Anton Hysen - Football
Billie Jean King - Tennis
Peter Karlsson - Ice Hockey
Daniel Kowalski - Swimming
Mark Leduc - Boxing
Greg Louganis - Swimming
Martina Navratilova - Tennis
Matthew Mitcham - Diving
Amelie Moresmo - Tennis
Chris Morgan - Powerlifting
Graeme Obree - Cycling
Donal Og Cusack - Hurling
Nigel Owen - Rugby Union (referee)
Bob Paris - Bodybuilding
Lily Parr - Football
Ian Roberts - Rugby League
Blake Skjellerup - Skating
Gareth Thomas - Rugby
Marcus Urban - Football
Mike Verschuur - Racing
Jeffrey Wammes - Gymnastics

Sports Articles

• Kieron Brady, a former Sunderland striker who had to retire from the game in 1993 because of a leg injury, now works to promote equality. In a ground-breaking interview with the Justin Fashanu Campaign, he talks about the importance of eliminating homophobia from the sport.
• Aslie Pitter, the founder of Stonewall FC, who is also gay and black, has received an MBE for his services (BBC News).
• Gay rugby referee Nigel Owens explains why he reported a fan's abuse to the police (PinkNews).
• A South African footballer has found a sanctuary from violent discrimination in the country's only gay women's side.
• Interesting article about the experiences of LGBT sportspeople here (external link).
• The Lily Parr website remembers the life of this pioneer player and summarises
  some of the issues arising from homophobia in football.

Check our sport-related posts on our blog here.

LGBT Sporting Groups

European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation
www.eglsf.info

Football for All - Scottish website dedicated to inclusion in the great game
www.footballforall.org.uk

Team Manchester - support organisation for LGBT sports
www.teammanchester.org

Out For Sport - General
www.outforsport.org

Gay & Lesbian Underwater Group - Scuba diving
www.glug.co.uk

The London Cruisers - Basketball
www.cruisers.org.uk

The London Frontrunners - Jogging
www.londonfrontrunners.org

London Gay Boxing Club
www.gayboxing.org

Out to Swim - Swimming, waterpolo, synchro
www.outtoswim.org

Kings Cross Steelers RFC - Rugby
www.kxsrfc.com

Stonewall Football Club
www.stonewallfc.com

Gay Football Supporters Network
www.gfsn.org.uk