1/ Every goal for charity, Prideraiser 2026 kicks off with 33 supporters groups pledging to support local LGBTQ+ orgs
🗣️ “The World Cup is one of those rare moments… the competition and Prides are going to be happening at the same time, and I wanted to bring them together.”
🎧 Listen to Dr. Nas Mohamed discussing the #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for World Cup 2026 on the new, special episode of the FvH Podcast…
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Fifa expanding AI use at World Cup to reduce amount of abuse seen by players
The SRA hosted a press conference with former players, fans groups, @hrw.org, @fanseurope.org, @iscsupporters.bsky.social, @rsf.org, and other civil society representatives, highlighting the impact of FIFA’s failures to uphold human rights protections.
🔗 sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-fear-an...
Read more in the article on our website 🔗 www.footballvhomophobia.com/dr-nas-on-pr...
🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQfootball #FIFAWorldCup #PrideMonth #FvH2026
Former #MNUFC midfielder Collin Martin has retired after 13 years as a pro.
Back in 2018 I interviewed him for a #Pride story before he came out publicly. It was my first real story as a football writer and meant so much to me as a queer person.
This was his reply to me on Insta and I’m in tears.
🗣️ "I hope that decision [to publicly come out as gay] has made it easier for any kid questioning if there's a place for them in this sport."
Collin Martin retires from professional soccer, having made 200+ MLS and USL appearances, and #LGBTQfootball history
For @outsports.com
🎧 NEW! ‘Pride and the 2026 World Cup’ is out now, wherever you get your podcasts - a discussion all about the #LGBTQ talking points at the tournament.
With journalists Becky Thompson and Marion Reimers, and activists Dr Nas Mohamed and Eric Wahl 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
@sportsmedialgbt.com
@ericwahl.bsky.social
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📸 #USMNT wearing the Progress Pride colors jersey numbers in their friendly against Chicago to mark Pride Month. USWNT doing the same against Brazil 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
🗣️ “What I hope is for us to witness and be witnessed as we are, in a way that is novel and in a way that’s real” - Dr. Nas Mohamed
Read about Dr Nas’s #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for the World Cup, and listen on the @footballvhomophobia.com Podcast 🏆⚽️🫶
#FIFAWorldCup #LGBTQ
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Social media protection service offered by Fifa
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English FA yet to confirm whether it will use service
Fifa will expand the use of AI at the World Cup to reduce the amount of abusive messages that teams and players are exposed to on social media.
World football’s governing body introduced a social media protection service after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and has offered its moderation element for free to all football associations at the 2026 tournament, which starts next Thursday. The Football Association has not confirmed whether it is taking up the offer. Continue reading...
The build-up to the 2026 World Cup has been stormy and turbulent… any sign of a rainbow?Possibly! Football unites the world (apparently) - and as always, LGBTQ+ football folks look set to make th...
Dr Nas. Mohamed, the first person from Qatar to come out publicly as LGBTQ, is fronting a new campaign for the 2026 World Cup; speaking on a special Pride episode of the Football v Homophobia Podcast,...
