Jon Holmes

@jonboy79

Journalist, editor, consultant: @Outsports @SkySports @SportsMediaLGBT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | 📧 [email protected] | @SportSJA @TheOfficialFWA @FvHtweets (he/him)

London, England

Joined February 2009

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 25

🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ British football’s first out gay pro referee is helping to drive a new direction for IGLFA, which runs LGBTQ+-inclusive tournaments at events like the Gay Games and EuroGames. I spoke to Ryan Atkin for @outsports about support from FIFA, and more outsports.com/2025/7/25/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. The International Gay and Lesbian Football Association has a new look and big ambitions for IGLFA to grow the inclusive game.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 7

🇪🇸 With just under a year to go until #GayGames2026, how is host city Valencia shaping up? For @outsports, I went to find out… #LGBTQ #sports outsports.com/2025/7/7/24114…

jonboy79's tweet card. More than 2,000 athletes have already signed up for a Spanish summer holiday. So how is Valencia shaping up?

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 6

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Uplifting day at #PrideInLondon - a decade since my first! So important to keep marching; campaigning; celebrating freedoms we’ve won; & fighting for LGBTQ+ people everywhere who face discrimination. Thank you IMUK for including SMLGBT+ as I was reppin’ @FvHtweets / FvT ⚽️

SSports Media LGBT+@SportsMediaLGBT · Jul 6

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank you to InterMediaUK for again including Sports Media LGBT+ on their #PrideInLondon banner - always so proud to see our network group represented in the UK’s biggest Pride, means so much! Here’s to all the LGBTQ+ storytellers in sports. If that’s you, join us!

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Sports Media LGBT+@SportsMediaLGBT · 14 h

🏳️‍🌈🏆🏳️‍⚧️ Congratulations to our great friend and colleague Natalie Washington, who is the winner of an EGLSF Advocacy Award at EuroGames in Lyon! 👏 Read here 👉 sportsmedialgbt.com/natalie-washin… #LGBTQ #sports #football 📸 Dan Jones - lightwithalens

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 24

🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Having a gay old time at #EuroGamesLyon2025 - the city is chock-full of LGBTQ athletes and it’s a really lovely vibe. The organisers have also got several queer Olympians and Paralympians on board as ambassadors, so 👏 to them! For @outsports outsports.com/2025/7/24/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. More than 5,000 athletes are expected to take part at the EuroGames in Lyon, in one of the world’s biggest LGBTQ multisport events.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 22

🇺🇸🏉🏳️‍🌈 Alev Kelter and Kathryn Treder got engaged at the Paris Olympics last summer. 💕 Both have been named in the USA squad for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, along with at least four more publicly out LGBTQ players. For @outsports #RWC2025 outsports.com/2025/7/21/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. The USA Women’s Eagles squad for the tournament in England features at least six out LGBTQ players.

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Fare@farenet · Jul 18

Jon Holmes of @SportsMediaLGBT dissects hate crimes figures in English football looking at LGBTIQphobia. In @outsports he notes that more than a third of Chelsea and Brighton matches last season were subject to reports of homophobic incidents. outsports.com/2025/7/17/2411…

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 17

The number of Premier League matches at which homophobia incidents were reported has increased. More than a third of Chelsea & Brighton domestic games in 24/25 were subject to such reports. Data comes amid uncertainty over #RainbowLaces. For @outsports outsports.com/2025/7/17/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. More than a third of both Chelsea and Brighton’s domestic matches last season were subject to reports of homophobic incidents.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 15

Pascal Kaiser wasn’t fully prepared for his #comingout moment in German football. Three years later, he has 170,000+ social media followers. He says gay and bi players can “change the space” in the men’s game. For @outsports #LGBTQ #CourageIsContagious outsports.com/2025/7/15/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. Pascal Kaiser officiates in German soccer and has become a vocal advocate for gay and bi men in the sport worldwide.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 15

🏳️‍🌈 The rainbow armband is the most popular at #WEURO2025 - 10 out of 16 teams have chosen to wear it so far. That includes Italy, who went rainbow for the first time in the national team’s history. Meanwhile, France are in a flap over it… For @outsports outsports.com/2025/7/14/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. At the UEFA Women’s Euros, 10 out of 16 teams have so far preferred the LGBTQ Pride flag armband over two other options.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 14

🇦🇺 As the AFL grapples with the aftermath of another homophobia incident, there seems to be more talk about inconsistencies around suspensions than the actual impact of anti-LGBTQ language. Which says a lot about AFL attitudes generally. For @outsports outsports.com/2025/7/14/2411…

jonboy79's tweet card. In yet another AFL homophobia incident, West Coast Eagles' Jack Graham has been suspended for four games for using a gay slur.

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Outsports@outsports · Jul 10

Jess Fishlock's wife 'couldn't be more proud' after historic goal for 'gayest team' at Euro 2025. outsports.com/2025/7/10/2411…

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 9

NEW: Homophobic abuse sent to male athletes on social media is common, though few call it out. Now Jack Woolley, an out gay Olympian with thousands of followers, is taking a stand. For @outsports, he told me why he shared a screenshot of an abusive DM… outsports.com/2025/7/9/24114…

jonboy79's tweet card. Jack Woolley was told by a follower that he was a “role model” in taekwondo, but then received a homophobic message.

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 8

There were only around 10 publicly out LGBTQ players at the Women’s Euros eight years ago. At #WEURO2025, there are nearly 80. To celebrate this, here are 10 LGBTQ legends from past tournaments, dating back to the first final, Euro ‘84. For @outsports outsports.com/2025/7/7/24114…

jonboy79's tweet card. It’s one of the world’s most queer-friendly sports events. Here are some LGBTQ soccer stars who made their mark at the Euros.

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Emma Smith@emmasmithjourno · Jul 8

Exclusive: The FA's updated requirements for trans men who want to play men's football requires players to agree they are "biologically female" and "have a greater risk of injury playing against biological males" Those affected call it a "ban on the sly" bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

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Jon Holmes@jonboy79 · Jul 8

Very excited for the return of #FootballPride, coming to Leicester in late August - a really special event, and increasingly important for the game 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️

FFootball Pride@FootballPrideUK · Jul 8

📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Football Pride is BACK for 2025, this time in lovely Leicester, on Friday 29 August! 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ It’ll be the 3rd annual summer get-together from Football v Homophobia, celebrating #LGBTQfootball culture & community. Tickets on sale NOW! Link in next tweet… 1/2

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