Jon Holmes
@jonhholmes.bsky.social
Journalist and consultant. Founder and lead of @sportsmedialgbt.com; writer at @outsports.com; comms for @footballvhomophobia.com; committee member of @sportsjournalists.co.uk and @fwaofficial.bsky.social 🌐 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-holmes-sport
NEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Liddle to be celebrated
An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.
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⚽️ Lise Klaveness for FIFA President? Her candidacy might still be considered a long shot but even Sepp Blatter is now tweeting #lise4president… Even if she’s only in the running, the ramifications for women and LGBTQ people in football could be huge. For @outsports.com
Gay exec touted as best choice to replace Gianni Infantino at FIFA - Outsports
Lisa Klaveness has been an outspoken critic of under-fire FIFA President Gianni Infantino, whose predecessor says the out lesbian executive should now replace him.
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Once a refugee living on the street, gay weightlifter wins Commonwealth Games silver medal - buff.ly/pgf0UzC
🥇 8 of the 11 out LGBTQ athletes competing at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games won medals. On the medal table, #TeamLGBTQ would have finished above 25 of the 29 teams from nations with anti-gay laws. Here's to the athletes representing and the power of authenticity... 🌈 For @outsports.com
73% of out LGBTQ athletes at Commonwealth Games won medals - Outsports
If Team LGBTQ were a country at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, the out athletes would have collectively beaten 25 nations with anti-gay laws.
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NEW: Courageous LGBTQ activists from three of the 29 Commonwealth nations with anti-gay laws have spoken out in support of the Zero Flags Project display at #Glasgow2026, organised by Pride House Glasgow, following criticism from some right-wing politicians and media outlets. #CommonwealthGames
'Not insulting' - LGBTQ activists from countries with anti-gay laws defend Commonwealth Games flags display
Right-wing media and politicians have claimed the Zero Flags display at the Commonwealth Games is somehow 'insulting' and 'out of touch' but LGBTQ activists from three of the 29 featured countries wit...
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🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ New LGBTQ+ Supporter Group Toolkit launched by FSA and Pride in Football 🗣️ “With rising levels of homophobic abuse, LGBTQ+ supporters groups are needed more than ever… This toolkit will make existing groups stronger and make it easier for new groups to form” - @prideinfootball.bsky.social 1/2
🏴🏳️🌈 Excited for Seamus Derbyshire in a #CommonwealthGames final on Friday night! He certainly impressed in the heats, winning his race after an iconic K-pop inspired intro moment. Fingers crossed for a medal… 🤞 Read on @outsports.com #TeamLGBTQ #Glasgow2026
Gay athlete Seamus Derbyshire uses K-pop to fuel himself into final - Outsports
Seamus Derbyshire is a medal-chasing, K-pop-loving Commonwealth Games athlete who's proud to be a role model for 'young gay me.'
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⚽️ Reports of homophobia submitted to Kick It Out have surged by nearly 50 per cent over the past season, according to the latest figures released by the charity. In response, Football v Homophobia is calling for greater “education, awareness and allyship” @footballvhomophobia.com #FvH2026
Nearly twice as many reports of homophobia to Kick It Out compared to last season
Football v Homophobia campaign responds to Kick It Out's end-of-season reporting statistics; FvH director Lou Englefield calls for greater "education, awareness and allyship" from influential figures ...
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NEW: More than half of all Chelsea’s domestic games last season were subject to reports of homophobia. Home Office data also shows another annual rise in the number of Premier League matches at which anti-LGBTQ incidents were reported. @prideinfootball.bsky.social and PL respond, on @outsports.com
Homophobia on the rise at Premier League games, report finds - Outsports
Homophobia incidents were reported at 15% of Premier League games last season, leaving LGBTQ fans feeling they are on the "front line" of discrimination.
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🇩🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Hertha Berlin were marching officially on Christopher Street Day for the first time. Along with Union and other pro sports clubs and queer grassroots orgs from the city, they’ve spoken out after the shocking terror attack. On the unity across Berlin and wider Europe, for @outsports.com #LGBTQ
Pro sports teams and LGBTQ clubs in Berlin react to Pride attack - Outsports
Berlin's Bundesliga soccer teams have reacted to Saturday's attack at Pride in the city, alongside a huge response from the LGBTQ sports community in Germany and beyond.
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A statement from Football v Homophobia and on behalf of our campaign’s Football Pride community, in response to the shocking attack at Christopher Street Day Berlin. 🩷⚫️ #CSDBerlin #BerlinPride #FvH2026 #FvT2026
🏳️⚧️⚽️🏳️⚧️ The football bloc at London Trans+ Pride was legendary! Around 150,000 people marched through the capital in a spirit of protest, solidarity and unity @leftfooters.bsky.social @trukunitedfc.bsky.social @sportsmedialgbt.com #LetTheDollsPlay#FvT2026 #LondonTransPride #LGBTQfootball
“I was encouraged by the vast number of Pride flags I saw hung outside homes in virtually every state… it was warming to see people standing out and proud.” 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 @danielstorey85.bsky.social 🙏
Daniel Storey@danielstorey85.bsky.social · 2w ago101 things I learned from driving across the USA for the World Cup. 48 days 7,835 driving miles 28 states 34 motels 10 matches in 9 stadiums It was all for this. Grab a brew and settle in as I review...America. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Here’s our initial @outsports.com #TeamLGBTQ for the #CommonwealthGames Fewer sports at Glasgow 2026 also means fewer out athletes compared to Birmingham 2022, but because of the LGBTQ rights situation in 29 of the 56 Commonwealth nations, representation really matters at this multi-sport event…
Team LGBTQ athletes competing at 2026 Commonwealth Games - Outsports
The 23rd Commonwealth Games, held in Glasgow, Scotland, features fewer sports and, consequently, fewer out LGBTQ athletes.
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🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ Over 100 people attended Football v Homophobia’s annual #FootballPride event, which featured the Northern U.K. Premiere of the highly-rated new documentary “The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel”. The film is set to be shown at London’s Arzner Cinema in August. #LGBTQ @footballvhomophobia.com
Football Pride panellists praise documentary about lost gay player ahead of limited U.K. release
The Northern U.K. premiere screening of “The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel” drew more than 100 guests to Football v Homophobia’s annual Football Pride event in Leeds; LGBTQ football pioneer Joanie ...
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The men’s World Cup will never have much say to or about #LGBTQ people, but Spain’s triumph and the way in which we kept popping up - from the ‘Pride Match’ in Seattle to gay fans kissing on Insta, from a history-making referee to the many memes - was our way to show queer joy. For @outsports.com
FIFA ignored gay fans. They made this World Cup unforgettable - Outsports
Gay supporters shaped the world's biggest sports event, and it felt like Spain's victory gave the community plenty to celebrate.
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🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ A highly emotional and very entertaining edition of #FootballPride goes down in history! 🎦 Thank you to all our attendees at the special screening of ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ at The Hyde Park Picture House - it was so great to welcome you in for this unforgettable documentary…
I wrote about why it’s become essential to have gay bars and queer-friendly spaces that show England games, and how our #LGBTQfootball family keeps growing, even when times are tough. For @outsports.com #WorldCup
Watching England's World Cup exit at gay bar provided ray of hope - Outsports
As a fan, England self-destructing in a World Cup semifinal really hurts, but watching the game in a packed gay bar brought optimism, too.
outsports.com
📣 Football Pride 2026 comes to #Leeds this Saturday, and we’re overjoyed to confirm Joanie Evans as a guest speaker! ⚽️🌈 Joanie is truly an #LGBTQfootball pioneer, and also a proud Leeds United fan. She was a co-founder of Hackney Women’s FC, Europe’s first out lesbian football team, in 1986… 1/3
Right before the World Cup semi-finals, the sports journalists’ associations of England, Argentina, Spain and France are sending a message of support to French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes. The four associations call for the release of their colleague, who has been detained since 2025. 1/2
🍿 Reviews for ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ “A twisty tale offering surprises right until the end credits” - Vogue “A testament to the importance of queer representation, from the stories that are given a voice in cinema to the world of pro sports” - WeHo Times 1/2
🍿 We’re looking forward to #FootballPride in Leeds on Saturday 18th July! Check out the trailer for ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ and grab a ticket 🎟️ @marchingout.bsky.social @leedslgbtqangels.bsky.social @popleeds.bsky.social
Football v Homophobia@footballvhomophobia.com · 4w ago⚽️ Whatever happened to Tony Powell? In 1979, he won Norwich City’s Player of the Season award. A few years later, he cut ties with his family and friends, and disappeared… 🎥 Discover Tony’s story in ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ - Northern UK Premiere in #Leeds on Saturday 18 July, 1.15pm
Really excited that we’re able to bring this superb new documentary to Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds next Saturday afternoon - please come and join us if you can 🙏
Football v Homophobia@footballvhomophobia.com · 4w ago⚽️ Whatever happened to Tony Powell? In 1979, he won Norwich City’s Player of the Season award. A few years later, he cut ties with his family and friends, and disappeared… 🎥 Discover Tony’s story in ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ - Northern UK Premiere in #Leeds on Saturday 18 July, 1.15pm
🇪🇸⚽️🌈 Among the very few out #LGBTQ footballers in the men’s pro game, Alberto Lejarraga is the only one with a husband. I spoke to him for @outsports.com about his love for Ruben, coming out, the ongoing need for outspoken allies like Borja Iglesias and Hector Bellerin, and Spain’s World Cup hopes.
Spain's only out LGBTQ men's soccer player feels 'completely free' - Outsports
A year after marrying his husband, Alberto Lejarraga — the only out player in men's pro soccer in Spain — talks exclusively to Outsports about love, life and supporting his country in the World Cup.
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Thousands of people traveled to Valencia from around the world for the #GayGames, amid a local boycott by LGBTQ groups and teams and declining corporate support for the event. So what was the verdict from co-president Sophia Goodner-Rodriguez? And what does the future hold? An @outsports.com Q&A
Valencia 2026 felt like victory for Gay Games co-president - Outsports
Federation of Gay Games co-president Sophia Goodner-Rodriguez tells Outsports it is vital to build on Valencia 2026, from trans inclusion to cultural celebrations.
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🏆 Seven of the eight World Cup quarter-final countries - Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland - have had out #LGBTQ soccer players or referees in the men’s game. For @outsports.com
Almost all World Cup quarterfinal nations have had an LGBTQ player or referee come out - Outsports
World Cup quarterfinalists Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland have had out LGBTQ pro soccer players or referees.
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🇬🇹 Guatemala is a neighbour of Mexico but it lags far behind on LGBTQ rights - the worst in Central America, in fact. For two athletes, the #GayGames was a way to send a message home - to call out a city mayor who blocked Pride, and to inspire other gay Guatemalans in sports. For @outsports.com 🌈
Guatemala Gay Games call out mayor who tried to cancel Pride - Outsports
For two athletes from Guatemala, the Gay Games was a place to show solidarity with citizens back home whose mayor tried to cancel Pride.
outsports.com
‘A very angry gay man’: activist’s 11-year fight to overturn Trinidad’s homophobic laws reaches final hurdle
‘A very angry gay man’: activist’s 11-year fight to overturn Trinidad’s homophobic laws reaches final hurdle
Privy council in London to decide on Jason Jones’s challenge to legislation against same-sex intimacy
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‘I proposed to my boyfriend on the Gay Games basketball court — he said yes!’ - www.outsports.com/2026/7/7/241...
