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• LGBTQ FOOTBALL TEAMS LONDON THAT YOU CAN JO TODAY RABOW LAC SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY | © GREIG COWIE/BPI/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK LE BRADSHAW SPORTS EDOR 20 APRIL 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THERE ARE NOW A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LONDON-BASED LGBTQ FOOTBALL CLUBS THAT OFFER THE CHANCE TO PLAY WHOUT FEAR DISCRIMATN, EXCLN OR JUDGEMENT. HERE WE PICK OUT THE ON LEADG THE WAY. VIEW ALL TRIPS LONDON TANS FC OFFERG 11-A-SI, FIVE-A-SI AND SUAL TRAG SSNS, LONDON TANS HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTNS FOR THOSE LOOKG FOR A TEAM. THEIR FOUR DIFFERENT 11-A-SI TEAMS PLAY ACROSS FA-AFFILIATED LEAGU AND IENDLY LGBTQ LEAGU BASED THE PAL. THE FIRST TEAM LAY MIDDLEX COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THE SENDS THE NATNAL GAY 11-A-SI LEAGUE (THE GFSN), AND TWO SIS THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE. LONDON TANS “EXIST AS A CLUB TO PROVI A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE TO E AND PLAY FOOTBALL REGARDLS OF SEXUALY, AGE, RACE, RELIGN OR ABILY”. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC ECUADOR EGYPT THAILAND INDIA GREECE MEXI BALI CROATIA SPA TURKEY ICELAND JAPAN SOUTH AI QPR CLUB AMBASSADOR ANDY STON POS FOR A PHOTOGRAPH WH MEMBERS OF LONDON TANS FC | © JAVIER GARCIA/BPI/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK LEFTFOOTERS FC ALSO PLAYG THE GFSN LEAGUE, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIVE-A-SI AND SEVEN-A-SI TOURNAMENTS, LEFTFOOTERS WERE FOUND 1999 AND ARE OPEN TO ANYBODY WISHG TO PLAY SUAL FOOTBALL, “REGARDLS OF SEXUALY, GENR, ETHNICY, AGE OR ABILY”. ANYONE LOOKG TO GET VOLVED N FD PLAYERS OM THE CLUB THE NORTH EAST OF REGENT’S PARK ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WHERE THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT GAM, AS WELL AS POST-GAME DRKS EVERY WEEK. CHARLTON INVICTA FC PREVLY LLED BEXLEY INVICTA, 2018 CHARLTON ATHLETIC ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD LEND THEIR NAME TO THIS CLUB, AS A RULT, CHARLTON INVICTA BEME THE FIRST LGBTQ-IENDLY TEAM TO TAKE A FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM’S NAME. INVICTA AREN’T AN EXCLIVELY GAY SI, THEY SIMPLY PROVI A TEAM WHERE LGBTQ PEOPLE WILL FEEL WELE. THE CLUB ALSO PLAYS THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP EAST END PHOENIX FC THE EAST END PHOENIX CLUB WEBSE STAT: “FOR , HAVG A GOOD LGH AT THE PUB AFTER A MATCH IS JT AS IMPORTANT AS WHO WON. THAT BEG SAID, WE’RE SER ABOUT PLAYG TO THE BT OF OUR ABILY, AND VELOPG OUR TEAM AND DIVIDUAL PLAYERS AS WELL.” IN 2019, THE CLUB CELEBRATED A SCE S CREATN. OVER THAT TIME, THE EAST END PHOENIX FC HAS PROVID A JUDGEMENT-EE ENVIRONMENT THE NORTH AND EAST OF LONDON BOTH ON THE PCH AND DURG SOCIAL EVENTS. HACKNEY WOMEN’S FC FOUND 1986, HACKNEY WOMEN WAS NOT ONLY THE FIRST OUT LBIAN TEAM THE PAL, WAS ALSO THE FIRST WOMEN-N TEAM. ALL MEMBERS ARE ENURAGED TO PLAY PETIVE FOOTBALL, REGARDLS OF THEIR ABILY, THROUGH A “FAIR PLAY POLICY” THAT THE CLUB STIGATED – ANOTHER FIRST OM THE CLUB. THE TEAM HAS TWO SIS, AND PLAY THEIR HOME GAM AT THE INIC HACKNEY MARSH PCH. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. LONDON FALNS FC BASED SOUTH LONDON, TRAG AT THE KENNGTON PARK ASTROTURF, TODAY LONDON FALNS HAVE “ALMOST A 50/50 STRAIGHT/LGBTQ MIX ON MATCH DAYS”. THE CLUB IS AMB, ADDG A SATURDAY TEAM THIS SEASON, AS WELL AS READYG THEMSELV FOR THE PAIRS GAY GAM AUGT OF NEXT YEAR AND PLAYG A ROLE THE TACKLG HOMOPHOBIA SPORT EVENT THIS TUMN. STONEWALL FC HAVG STARTED OUT AS ONE MAN LOOKG FOR LIKE-MD DIVIDUALS TO PLAY WH, STONEWALL WAS BORN AS AN OFFICIAL CLUB 1991 MAKG THEM THE OLST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL CLUB THE WORLD. SCE THEN, STONEWALL HAS BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF LGBTQ SPORT, OPERATG THREE TEAMS TODAY, WH PARTNERSHIPS WH ADIDAS AND TEAM PRI (A LLECTN OF MAJOR PANI, CLUDG AVIVA, SKY SPORTS AND O2, THAT RAIS AWARENS SURROUNDG HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA SPORT). LONDON LBIAN KICKABOUTS WH A PARTICULAR FOC ON RECREATNAL, SUAL GAM, LLKA HOSTS FOOTBALL SSNS REGENT’S PARK AND KG’S CROSS (FIVE-A-SI) ON A REGULAR BASIS. SET UP SET UP 1999 FOR LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN, THE CLUB HAS TWO KEY PRCIPL – THAT GAM SHOULD BE CLIVE AND PENDABLE. WHETHER ’S FOOTBALL OR SOCIAL EVENTS, EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE VOLVED N BE VOLVED, WH NO EXCEPTNS – ASSUMG THEY ALSO FOLLOW THE SAME PRCIPL, OF URSE. LONDON ROMANS FC SUATED WOOD GREEN NORTH LONDON, LONDON ROMANS – LIKE A FEW CLUBS ON THIS LIST – PLAY THEIR PETIVE FOOTBALL THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE AND THE GFSN. FOR ANYONE WANTG TO GET VOLVED (THE CLUB IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PLAYERS), THE TEAM TRA AT THE NEW RIVER SPORTS CENTRE. SOHO FC RELATIVELY NEW PARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CLUBS LONDON, SOHO FC HOSTS REGULAR TRAG SSNS N BY FA-QUALIFIED ACH. THERE ARE FRIDAY NIGHT NE-A-SI GAM, AND 11-A-SI GAM ON A SUNDAY MORNG. THE CLUB HAS ALSO PETED TERNATNAL TOURNAMENTS OVER THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS, PLAYG HELSKI, HAMBURG AND PARIS. BARN STORMERS FC THOSE THE SOUTH WT N N HEAD TO THIS PARTICULARLY QUAT PART OF LONDON BY THE THAM. IT’S PERFECT FOR ANYONE LOOKG FOR PETIVE FIVE-A-SI, WH PLAYERS OM SOME OF THE TEAMS MENTNED ABOVE – LONDON FALNS, LONDON TANS AND SOHO FC AMONG THEM – PLAYG THERE FOR SOME EXTRA GAME TIME. THE CLUB’S 11-A-SI TEAM PLAY ON SUNDAYS AND TRA ON TUDAYS, AND THERE ARE ALSO FIVE-A-SI AND NE-A-SI IENDLI THE WEEK. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

LGBTQ FOOTBALL TEAMS LONDON THAT YOU CAN JO TODAY RABOW LAC SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY | © GREIG COWIE/BPI/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK LE BRADSHAW SPORTS EDOR 20 APRIL 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THERE ARE NOW A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LONDON-BASED LGBTQ FOOTBALL CLUBS THAT OFFER THE CHANCE TO PLAY WHOUT FEAR DISCRIMATN, EXCLN OR JUDGEMENT. HERE WE PICK OUT THE ON LEADG THE WAY. VIEW ALL TRIPS LONDON TANS FC OFFERG 11-A-SI, FIVE-A-SI AND SUAL TRAG SSNS, LONDON TANS HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTNS FOR THOSE LOOKG FOR A TEAM. THEIR FOUR DIFFERENT 11-A-SI TEAMS PLAY ACROSS FA-AFFILIATED LEAGU AND IENDLY LGBTQ LEAGU BASED THE PAL. THE FIRST TEAM LAY MIDDLEX COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THE SENDS THE NATNAL GAY 11-A-SI LEAGUE (THE GFSN), AND TWO SIS THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE. LONDON TANS “EXIST AS A CLUB TO PROVI A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE TO E AND PLAY FOOTBALL REGARDLS OF SEXUALY, AGE, RACE, RELIGN OR ABILY”. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC ECUADOR EGYPT THAILAND INDIA GREECE MEXI BALI CROATIA SPA TURKEY ICELAND JAPAN SOUTH AI QPR CLUB AMBASSADOR ANDY STON POS FOR A PHOTOGRAPH WH MEMBERS OF LONDON TANS FC | © JAVIER GARCIA/BPI/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK LEFTFOOTERS FC ALSO PLAYG THE GFSN LEAGUE, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIVE-A-SI AND SEVEN-A-SI TOURNAMENTS, LEFTFOOTERS WERE FOUND 1999 AND ARE OPEN TO ANYBODY WISHG TO PLAY SUAL FOOTBALL, “REGARDLS OF SEXUALY, GENR, ETHNICY, AGE OR ABILY”. ANYONE LOOKG TO GET VOLVED N FD PLAYERS OM THE CLUB THE NORTH EAST OF REGENT’S PARK ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WHERE THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT GAM, AS WELL AS POST-GAME DRKS EVERY WEEK. CHARLTON INVICTA FC PREVLY LLED BEXLEY INVICTA, 2018 CHARLTON ATHLETIC ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD LEND THEIR NAME TO THIS CLUB, AS A RULT, CHARLTON INVICTA BEME THE FIRST LGBTQ-IENDLY TEAM TO TAKE A FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM’S NAME. INVICTA AREN’T AN EXCLIVELY GAY SI, THEY SIMPLY PROVI A TEAM WHERE LGBTQ PEOPLE WILL FEEL WELE. THE CLUB ALSO PLAYS THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP EAST END PHOENIX FC THE EAST END PHOENIX CLUB WEBSE STAT: “FOR , HAVG A GOOD LGH AT THE PUB AFTER A MATCH IS JT AS IMPORTANT AS WHO WON. THAT BEG SAID, WE’RE SER ABOUT PLAYG TO THE BT OF OUR ABILY, AND VELOPG OUR TEAM AND DIVIDUAL PLAYERS AS WELL.” IN 2019, THE CLUB CELEBRATED A SCE S CREATN. OVER THAT TIME, THE EAST END PHOENIX FC HAS PROVID A JUDGEMENT-EE ENVIRONMENT THE NORTH AND EAST OF LONDON BOTH ON THE PCH AND DURG SOCIAL EVENTS. HACKNEY WOMEN’S FC FOUND 1986, HACKNEY WOMEN WAS NOT ONLY THE FIRST OUT LBIAN TEAM THE PAL, WAS ALSO THE FIRST WOMEN-N TEAM. ALL MEMBERS ARE ENURAGED TO PLAY PETIVE FOOTBALL, REGARDLS OF THEIR ABILY, THROUGH A “FAIR PLAY POLICY” THAT THE CLUB STIGATED – ANOTHER FIRST OM THE CLUB. THE TEAM HAS TWO SIS, AND PLAY THEIR HOME GAM AT THE INIC HACKNEY MARSH PCH. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. LONDON FALNS FC BASED SOUTH LONDON, TRAG AT THE KENNGTON PARK ASTROTURF, TODAY LONDON FALNS HAVE “ALMOST A 50/50 STRAIGHT/LGBTQ MIX ON MATCH DAYS”. THE CLUB IS AMB, ADDG A SATURDAY TEAM THIS SEASON, AS WELL AS READYG THEMSELV FOR THE PAIRS GAY GAM AUGT OF NEXT YEAR AND PLAYG A ROLE THE TACKLG HOMOPHOBIA SPORT EVENT THIS TUMN. STONEWALL FC HAVG STARTED OUT AS ONE MAN LOOKG FOR LIKE-MD DIVIDUALS TO PLAY WH, STONEWALL WAS BORN AS AN OFFICIAL CLUB 1991 MAKG THEM THE OLST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL CLUB THE WORLD. SCE THEN, STONEWALL HAS BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF LGBTQ SPORT, OPERATG THREE TEAMS TODAY, WH PARTNERSHIPS WH ADIDAS AND TEAM PRI (A LLECTN OF MAJOR PANI, CLUDG AVIVA, SKY SPORTS AND O2, THAT RAIS AWARENS SURROUNDG HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA SPORT). LONDON LBIAN KICKABOUTS WH A PARTICULAR FOC ON RECREATNAL, SUAL GAM, LLKA HOSTS FOOTBALL SSNS REGENT’S PARK AND KG’S CROSS (FIVE-A-SI) ON A REGULAR BASIS. SET UP SET UP 1999 FOR LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN, THE CLUB HAS TWO KEY PRCIPL – THAT GAM SHOULD BE CLIVE AND PENDABLE. WHETHER ’S FOOTBALL OR SOCIAL EVENTS, EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE VOLVED N BE VOLVED, WH NO EXCEPTNS – ASSUMG THEY ALSO FOLLOW THE SAME PRCIPL, OF URSE. LONDON ROMANS FC SUATED WOOD GREEN NORTH LONDON, LONDON ROMANS – LIKE A FEW CLUBS ON THIS LIST – PLAY THEIR PETIVE FOOTBALL THE LONDON UNY LEAGUE AND THE GFSN. FOR ANYONE WANTG TO GET VOLVED (THE CLUB IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PLAYERS), THE TEAM TRA AT THE NEW RIVER SPORTS CENTRE. SOHO FC RELATIVELY NEW PARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CLUBS LONDON, SOHO FC HOSTS REGULAR TRAG SSNS N BY FA-QUALIFIED ACH. THERE ARE FRIDAY NIGHT NE-A-SI GAM, AND 11-A-SI GAM ON A SUNDAY MORNG. THE CLUB HAS ALSO PETED TERNATNAL TOURNAMENTS OVER THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS, PLAYG HELSKI, HAMBURG AND PARIS. BARN STORMERS FC THOSE THE SOUTH WT N N HEAD TO THIS PARTICULARLY QUAT PART OF LONDON BY THE THAM. IT’S PERFECT FOR ANYONE LOOKG FOR PETIVE FIVE-A-SI, WH PLAYERS OM SOME OF THE TEAMS MENTNED ABOVE – LONDON FALNS, LONDON TANS AND SOHO FC AMONG THEM – PLAYG THERE FOR SOME EXTRA GAME TIME. THE CLUB’S 11-A-SI TEAM PLAY ON SUNDAYS AND TRA ON TUDAYS, AND THERE ARE ALSO FIVE-A-SI AND NE-A-SI IENDLI THE WEEK. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

The first team lay Middlex County Football League, the sends the natnal gay 11-a-si league (the GFSN), and two sis the London Uny League. Invicta aren’t an exclively gay si, they simply provi a team where LGBTQ people will feel wele. The club is amb, addg a Saturday team this season, as well as readyg themselv for the Pairs Gay Gam Augt of next year and playg a role the Tacklg Homophobia Sport event this tumn.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Stonewall FC Havg started out as one man lookg for like-md dividuals to play wh, Stonewall was born as an official club 1991 makg them the olst openly gay football club the world. Sce then, Stonewall has been at the foreont of LGBTQ sport, operatg three teams today, wh partnerships wh adidas and Team Pri (a llectn of major pani, cludg Aviva, Sky Sports and O2, that rais awarens surroundg homophobia, biphobia and transphobia sport). Our msage is simple: Whether you're gay, straight or bisexual you n get on the pch and enjoy playg football whout fear of discrimatn.

Gay Social Group. London Gay LGBTQ+ iendly football team - Soho FC.

Gay Sunday Badmton.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

“The only time I saw any evince of homophobia at Heyford was om the team manager. This cint, scribed Neil Beasley’s 2016 book tled Football’s Comg Out, is one of many exampl to showse the ia that homophobia is arguably ltered football culture.

As a rult, many LGBTQ+ people avoid participatg football due to the unfortable environment that is a rult of ep-rooted homophobia that exists the game.

One stat which is really damng illtrat that 66 per cent of lbian, gay, bi and trans people felt that there were problems wh homophobia and transphobia sport and that this acted as a barrier to LGBT people takg part. The ath of Jt Fashanu, who was the first profsnal player to e out, raised the qutn as to why there uldn’t be an openly gay footballer playg at the top level. Thankfully, the Gay Football Supporters Network set up the GFSN League, which is the world’s only natnal league that is aimed at the LGBTQ+ muny and is open to all.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

“Now I’d never heard of a natnal gay football league, ” ex-player and Coventry Cy fan Beasley adms his tobgraphy, when relayg his memori om his playg days. Beasley, after fdg out about the prospect of playg ‘gay football’, signed for Birmgham Blaze. “Last year, we were supposed to have our annual Charlton v Homophobia football tournament at the Valley if wasn’t for lockdown.

You know that the big clubs re about the muny relatn to helpg tackle homophobia wh fanbas. Now some of those players may never have e across any gay players the past, but that’s the power of the betiful game – to brg everyone together and uned the form of kickg out all discrimatn football. Havg the clive clubs sttered around the untry e wh the risk of backlash om homophobic people who may play for regular teams.

Fortunately, acrdg to experienced player Gnaw, the cints of homophobia are not a regular occurrence and as rult, monstrat the willgns and acceptance that many regular clubs have when to clive clubs. “Apparently a ment was said somethg along the l of ‘oh yeah, this is the gay team.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

We played them off the park, and after the game their players were shakg our hands, almost as if the penny had dropped to the fact that gays n play well.

Who would have thought a posive would have e om a homophobic experience? “The feelg of knowg you have been endorsed as a gay man playg for a Charlton team – I want to feel that same feelg.

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