Pride House Birmingham Launches Today sees the launch of Pride House Birmingham, an initiative aiming to create a safe space and welcoming, inclusive environment for LGBTIQ+ spectators, athletes and officials at the Commonwealth Games that is taking place in Birmingham in 2022. Piero Zizzi, one of the Pride House Birmingham organisers says: โAs a Brummie, I am hugely proud to … Read More
LGBT+ Athlete Shares Paralympic Journey
Wheelchair Basketballer Laurie Williams is no stranger to the Paralympic Games. She competed both at the Summer Paralympics in London in 2012 and at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. This summerโs Paralympic Games in Tokyo, however, may provide Laurie with her first Paralympic medal. Having achieved silver medal position in last yearโs European Championships and silver in the 2018 World … Read More
National LGBTIQ+ sport organisations respond to tweets from high profile athletes
The following is a joint statement by Pride Sports, LEAP Sports Scotland and LGBT Sport Cymru. At the weekend we became aware of a tweet from Sharron Davies MBE, which stated: โI have nothing against anyone who wishes 2be transgender. However I believe there is a fundamental difference between the binary sex you are born with & the gender u … Read More