

Lou Englefield
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@LouEnglefield
Director @PrideSportsUK, Campaign Lead @FvHtweets, Co-Chair @pridehouseintl, Chair @farenet, sports activist & #EuroGamesCDF2027 Queer. she/hi/they/nhw







📕🏆 Your #SBOTY24 shortlist is here: These Heavy Black Bones - @raajulubushell When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black - Harry Edward My Beautiful Sisters - @KhalidaPopal Unique - @DameKellysTrust Munichs - David Peace The Racket - @conorniland1 Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors. 👏 #WHSBOTY



Crazy discussion in the House of Lords around women’s sport. @Baronessjenkin highlighted a UN study published in August calculated: "By March this year over 600 female athletes in more than 400 events were defeated by trans-identifying males who took a total of 890 medals."


My first paper on LGBT+ volunteers in sport! Through personas ‘the advocate’, ‘the community-minded’, and ‘the sportsperson’, this study explores how diverse identities in sport can be understood and supported. S/O to co-authors @LindaAllin1 and @LFKnorth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Germany's LGBTQ community is facing rising persecution from the extreme-right, including organized attacks and rallies against Pride parades, the Interior Ministry found.

Supporting people living with #HIV to live well is an ongoing challenge. @FastTrackCymru co-founder and NAT Trustee @alex_arkeonerd reflects on the progress made in #Wales #Cymru and what should happen next so everybody living with HIV can thrive. nat.org.uk/blog/hiv-wales…


