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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
Love this reaction from him 🤣
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🫶 Seamus Derbyshire and his Great Britain 4x400m relay teammates are through to Sunday’s #WorldAthleticsChamps final in Tokyo. 👏

The Netherlands, with Ramsey Angela running, have also qualified.

#WCHTokyo2025 #TeamLGBTQ @sportsmedialgbt.com @outsports.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Seamus Derbyshire 7th in his heat and a fair bit off his PB… very humid again in Tokyo.

“I’ve had so much growth this year - but I’m human enough to feel disappointed… however I didn’t think I’d still be in the sport 12 months ago” - talking to BBC Sport 👏

#WCHTokyo25
September 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Absolute limbs in The Volley. Michelle Agyemang forever and ever, amen

#Lionesses #WEURO2025
July 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In-ger-land. What a night! Everyone watches the Lionesses 🦁 #WEURO2025
July 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ If you’re in London and at a loose end on Wednesday evening, pls consider coming along to this free Pride LGBTQ football event - www.standardhotels.com/london/happe...

Venue is The Standard in Kings Cross. Doors 6pm for a 6.30pm start 👍
July 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🏉💋 Of course we were always going to cover the Kinghorn-Willis kiss on @outsports.com 😂

And in the Instagram comments, I spotted a gay rugby player showing his appreciation. And why not?

👉 www.outsports.com/2025/6/30/24...

#LGBTQ #sports
June 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW: Josh Cavallo is expecting to sign for a club in Europe this summer.

The attacking left-back, one of just a handful of out gay players in men’s pro football, is ready for a fresh start away from Australia.

Read on @outsports.com 👉 www.outsports.com/2025/5/23/24...

#LGBTQ @sportsmedialgbt.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Inclusive clubs and leagues are defined by their values and spirit, not by binary interpretations of biology that nobody ever signed up to follow in community sports.

We’re seeing countless grassroots teams put out statements which reaffirm their commitment to fully welcoming trans people.

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April 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🇦🇺 Adelaide, around and about… #australia
April 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🇦🇺 Late summer in #Melbourne
March 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Means a great deal for @sportsmedialgbt.com to be rubbing shoulders with some superb Specialist Sports Publishers on the #SJA2024 shortlist, + a personal Pop Culture (yes, mine was more #LGBTQsports culture) Commentator nod too.

Big thank you to supporters of SMLGBT+, @outsports.com, and me 🙏
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🩷⚫️ It’s the International Day Against LGBTQ+phobia in Sport and at Football v Homophobia, we’re asking folks to ‘Wear It BLACK and PINK’

It’s about taking a visible collective stand against discrimination - join in and tag @footballvhomophobia.com and hashtag #FvH2025 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️

@sportsmedialgbt.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
⚽️ Next Monday at London City Hall! Thanks to @londonfootball.bsky.social, Amateur FA and @londonassembly.bsky.social for bringing together our #LGBTQfootball family to mark @footballvhomophobia.com's #FvH2025 🩷⚫️ and #LGBTplusHM25

Great for networking and it's free 👉 www.londonfa.com/news/2025/fe...
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A gloriously green #FAcup afternoon in west London - Whittaker’s goal and a heroic team display warming the cockles 💚💚💚 #pafc
January 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🗣️ “I’ve been with the PDC for eight years now and I take this as confirmation that it’s all been worthwhile.”

Huw also discusses an inspirational out gay Welsh referee in another sport; darts’ global growth; and his admiration for Noa-Lynn van Leuven.

👉 www.outsports.com/2025/1/3/241...

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January 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🍿 Some of the best movies I saw in 2024 (UK releases and re-releases)… I have got loads to catch up on, if your fave isn’t here!
December 31, 2024 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: In a post on her Instagram account, Noa-Lynn van Leuven writes: "A big thank you to everyone who came to watch or showed their support towards me — your kindness means more than you know."

#WCdarts

👉 instagram.com/p/DDsF0TeqbDx/
December 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
🎯 Noa-Lynn van Leuven comes back from losing the first leg to take the opening set 3-1 - impressive from the debutante

#WCdarts
December 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
🎯 At Alexandra Palace for @outsports.com to see Noa-Lynn van Leuven make a little bit of #darts history…

#WCdarts
December 17, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Tariq describes being held in solitary confinement for 40 days in a Dammam jail during his year-long sentence. He was being punished for posts on his X (Twitter) account.

He is still in pain now as a result of his incarceration in 2021.

Khobar, part of Dammam, is a 2034 World Cup host city.

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December 11, 2024 at 9:49 PM
And I must add, to Proud Cherries and the other #LGBTQ fan groups in the @prideinfootball.bsky.social family, without whom we would have next to no visible representation in the Premier League and EFL each season. Thank you 🙏
December 6, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Thank you to @wearequeeraf.com for kind words about @outsports.com’s 25th anniversary articles 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...

Really appreciate the mention, @jamiewareham.co.uk 🙏

You can check out the series here 👉 www.outsports.com/tag/outsport...

#LGBTQ #media #sports
December 1, 2024 at 11:09 PM
At the BCOMS #DWord5 event at Chelsea FC today, representing Sports Media LGBT+ and the SJA - important #sportsmedia industry conversations
November 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM