New free resource: The ultimate toolkit to shut down lies about Trans+ People Tips, lessons and ideas for how you can make our history better known to drown out pernicious lies

Tips, lessons and ideas for how you can make our history better known to drown out pernicious lies

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Images of Callum Grant and Hannah Howell

Introducing your new Chair & Deputy Chair of InterMediaUK for 2026 - Callum Grant from @global.com and
Hannah Howell from Moonbug Entertainment 🎉

And a few words from them…

#LGBTQ #media

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The Sports Media LGBT+ Review of 2025: Queer Euros, a gay Glasgow gala, and trans solidarity A record number of out LGBTQ athletes thriving at the UEFA Women's Euros and the World Athletics Championships wre among our highlights of the last 12 months; at home, resilience was needed as we supp...

🎉 In 2025, we cheered for our queer sporting heroes in action overseas, and campaigned hard at home in an ever-challenging climate for #LGBTQ people...

Featuring mentions for the Women's Euros, the World Athletics Championships, the FvH Awards, and much more, check out our annual Review...

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InterMediaUK Annul Survey 2025 - Have Your Say! - an image of InterMediaUK folks marching with a banner at Pride in London

🎄 Happy holidays! Over the festive period, take a couple of minutes to fill in the InterMedia UK annual survey, and share with #LGBTQ friends and colleagues in UK media.

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It's your chance to have your say about the industry, and our community's place within it 🙏🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

You’re invited to the InterMediaUK Christmas party & Charity fundraiser 2025! 🎉🎅🏻🎄

Tuesday 9th, 6pm

Our events are a safe space, open to all LGBTQIA+ and allies who work in the industry, including contractors and freelancers. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
#pridenetwork #lgbtqmedia #inclusion #ChristmasParty #StonewallHousing

You’re invited to the InterMediaUK Christmas party & Charity fundraiser 2025! 🎉🎅🏻🎄

Tuesday 9th, 6pm

Our events are a safe space, open to all LGBTQIA+ and allies who work in the industry, including contractors and freelancers. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
#pridenetwork #lgbtqmedia #inclusion #ChristmasParty #StonewallHousing

Theme launch evening graphic

Science and Innovation - theme announcement

The badge for LGBTHM 2026

We’re at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, for the @lgbthm.bsky.social 2026 theme launch… which is… 🥁… ‘Science and Innovation’ 🧫🏳️‍🌈🧪🏳️‍⚧️🧬!

#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26

Speaker announcement | Jordan Burrow - TV’s ‘I Kissed a Boy’ | Football Pride | Friday 29th August 2025 | The Y Theatre, Leicester | a photo of Jordan wearing a grey top and shorts

📣 Another announcement! We’re looking forward to Jordan Burrow joining us at our big #LGBTQ football get-together in Leicester on Friday 29 August

🧡 The #IKissedaBoy star has been vocal on the importance of having welcoming and inclusive football and sports spaces

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InterMediaUK at Pride in London 2025

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank you to our @intermediauk.co.uk family 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+ sports reporters, storytellers and content creators 🙌

Gay broadcaster takes on epic swim challenge to raise money for LGBTQ charity Jack Murley, whose long-running podcast amplifies LGBTQ voices in sports, is supporting Switchboard in July by putting in the hard yards in the pool; long-distance swim is a nod to the long shadow of ...

NEW: 🏊🏻‍♂️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ “I’m up for the challenge… even if my body may not be by the end of July!”

Find out why Jack Murley, award-winning presenter of his eponymous ‘Sports Show’ podcast, will spend hours in the swimming pool this month, all for the benefit of @switchboard.bsky.social… please give what you can!

STANDING TOGETHER: A UNITED FRONT FOR TRANS RIGHTS As the organisers of the UK's largest Pride events in Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester, we come together today in unequivocal solidarity with our trans community. We are united not only in message, but in purpose. At a time when trans rights in the UK are under growing attack, our resolve has never been stronger: we will not allow progress to be undone. We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied. What is happening here in the UK is not isolated. It is part of a disturbing global trend-from the banning of Pride events in Hungary to anti-trans legislation in the United States-where LGBTQ+ rights are being systematically rolled back. The UK must not follow this path of regression. Instead, it must rise as a global leader in human rights and equality. The recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court to exclude trans women from the definition of the term 'woman' underscores the urgent need for immediate action. In this moment, we choose to stand firmer, louder, and prouder in demanding change that protects and uplifts trans lives. That is why this year, we are collectively suspending political party participation in our Pride events. Know that this is not a symbolic gesture. It is a direct call for accountability and a refusal to platform those who have not protected our rights. We demand real commitments and measurable progress. The Pride movement was born from protest, and we must continue to embody that spirit with intention and urgency.

To move forward, we need more than promises. We need every political party to stand unequivocally with every member of the LGBTQ+ community, and to centre the voices of trans people in policy, practice, and public life. Collectively, we call for: • Full and enforceable protections under the Equality Act • Timely and dignified access to NHS gender-affirming healthcare • A reformed, accessible Gender Recognition Certificate process • Sustainable funding for trans-led services and support organisations across the UK This is the minimum. Anything less is not allyship, it is abandonment. To those in power: when you demonstrate true solidarity and tangible commitment to trans rights, we will stand with you. Until then, we will continue to speak truth to power and fight for a future where every trans person can live safely, freely, and proudly. As Pride events across the UK face mounting challenges, our resolve only grows stronger. We will not be silenced. We will not be divided. Together, we will build a national movement rooted in justice, unity, and unapologetic pride. Now, more than ever, we need everyone to show up for trans lives and show up for Pride. In solidarity, Birmingham Pride Brighton Pride Pride in London Manchester Pride

Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year.

Statements in the images.

What does the EHRC interim update mean for workplaces and service providers? An interim EHRC update instructs UK orgs to segregate Trans+ people in public single-sex spaces - how much weight does it carry and what does it mean for workplaces and service providers?

We all have a lot of questions 🏳️‍⚧️

- What effect does the EHRC interim update have?
- Does it hold any weight?
- How can service providers continue to be Trans+ inclusive?

Legal researcher @jessothomson.co.uk tackles these, and other FAQs 👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/faq-ehrc-int...

Screenshot of QueerAF website wearequeeraf.com Headline: Interim EHRC guidance instructs UK orgs to segregate Trans+ people in public single-sex spaces Picture: Trans flag with Not Safe To Be Me written on it, held over backdrop of UK union flag

🚨 Interim guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights Commision, the UK's equalities watchdog, has recommended that to comply with last week's Supreme Court ruling:

Public single-sex spaces should segregate Trans+ people.

This is what you need to know 🧵

Screenshot of QueerAF website wearequeeraf.com Headline: Interim EHRC guidance instructs UK orgs to segregate Trans+ people in public single-sex spaces Picture: Trans flag with Not Safe To Be Me written on it, held over backdrop of UK union flag

Last night, as my friends were dancing and the who’s who of queer activism were at the DIVA awards, at 8pm on Friday evening the EHRC published guidance.

It set out how the UK will ultimately force the segregation of Trans+ people in public spaces

My reflections 🧵👇

'We'll always be trans inclusive': UK's LGBTQ sports teams rally after court ruling Scores of inclusive sports clubs across Britain issue statements in solidarity with trans and non-binary people, following legal decision; sports policies, already a battleground, set for further scru...

NEW: Scores of inclusive sports clubs issuing statements in solidarity with trans and non-binary people, after Supreme Court ruling.

'You will struggle to find any teams openly advocating for the binary, biological approach anti-trans campaigners crave.'

✍️ @jonhholmes.bsky.social

#LGBTQ #sports

Statement on Today’s UK Supreme Court Ruling
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We know today’s news will be affecting the mental health of many who follow us, especially while we wait calm headed expert analysis from advocates and lawyers about the implications of it.

Tell me I'm wrong - but from my view:

@WeAreQueerAF.com is the only publisher in the UK, mainstream or queer, to work with a Trans journalist today to cover today's ruling?

If you agree that's the way journalism should be been done, support our journalism:

👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Statement Sports Media LGBT+ shares in our community’s disappointment caused by the UK Supreme Court ruling about the legal definitions of words in the Equality Act. As a network group and as a digital publisher, Sports Media LGBT+ has always been fully and proudly inclusive. We strive to provide welcoming, respectful spaces for all members, working alongside our many industry allies. 1/3

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 A statement from Sports Media LGBT+ in solidarity with our trans members, friends and supporters

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Image reads 'celebrate with us' tickets now on sale for Trans+ History Week's community event. Images of Marty Davies founder of Trans+ History Week and Jamie Wareham who is the Founder of QueerAF

Tickets to our big community event in LDN are now on sale and we'd love to see you there.

Show up for our history. Stand up for our future.

Join us on the evening of the 6th of May for and evening in community and in celebration of our history at a time when we're facing down efforts to erase it.

'Filled with Doubt? Talk it out' written on a picture of a park bench. 'Get comfortable and start talking about mental health' - Time to Talk Day

🗓️ Today is #TimeToTalk Day, an important annual #mentalhealth awareness day from Mind 👉 timetotalkday.co.uk/tips-to-talk

We encourage constructive conversations about mental wellbeing in our #sportsmedia industry. Our network group can help with useful connections.

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Thanks to everyone who attended , @georgereed_gb & @callumgx.bsky.social & @global.com who hosted us!

#StrategyDay #Vision #Purpose #LGBTQ #Network #diversitymatters #equity #inclusion #InterMediaUK

⭐️InterMediaUK Strategy Day 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Thrilled to have such great representation from across the media industry’s LGBTQ+ networks virtually & in person this week.

New ideas, goals, vision & purpose for the year ahead. We’ve grown so much in 2024 and cannot wait to see where 2025 takes us - join us!

I created a starter pack for LGBTQIA+ advocacy orgs in the nonprofit sector.

I couldn’t find one so I made one.

If you want adding to it reply to this message. Please let me know the ones I’ve missed and let me know as they join Bluesky so we can get them going.

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The Sports Media LGBT+ Review of 2024: We'll always have Paris, plus other memories From Team LGBTQ's exciting exploits at the Olympics and Paralympics, big get-together events such as Football Pride and the FvH Awards, and further progress for our community in the sports media indus...

NEW: From thrilling #TeamLGBTQ moments at the Olympics and Paralympics, to big events like Football Pride and the FvH Awards, we had a blast in 2024! 🚀

All that and more in the Sports Media LGBT+ Review of the Year… and why not let us know your highlights of the last 12 months?

#LGBTQsports 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Really proud to continue as deputy chair of @intermediauk.co.uk into 2025. This year has been huge and I’m so excited to see where next year takes us! Thanks for all your support, and I hope you’ve all had a very Merry Christmas 🎄 xxx

InterMediaUK are very proud to announce our Chair and Deputy Chair for 2025.

George Reed, from Warner Bros Discovery, will continue as Chair of InterMediaUK and Callum Grant, from Global Media & Entertainment, continues as deputy.

All the info in this month’s newsletter mailchi.mp/40de80afd2fb...

⭐️ The InterMediaUK Christmas Party 🎉🎄🎅🏼 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

All welcome!
#LGBTQ #Media #Inclusivity #Networking #StonewallHousing