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The Football v Homophobia campaign is holding its annual \u2018Wear It Black & Pink\u2019 Day on Thursday, February 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Football v Homophobia\u2019s annual Month of Action<\/a> will mark its main awareness activation this Thursday, February 19.<\/p>\n The date is the International Day Against LGBTQ+-phobia in Sport, and the original \u201cDay of Action\u201d for the FvH campaign.<\/p>\n Once again, FvH is asking its supporters to \u201cWear It Black & Pink\u201d and use the campaign colours to raise awareness of the discrimination that persists in the game, to take a stand against it, and to show solidarity and allyship with LGBTQ+ people.<\/p>\n The date of February 19 was chosen because it is the birthday of the late Justin Fashanu, who would have turned 65 this year.<\/p>\n Why Black & Pink?<\/p>\n Black and Pink were the colours used by The Justin Campaign<\/a> when they founded FvH in 2010.<\/p>\n These colours were used to honour Fashanu, who was Britain\u2019s first \u00a31m Black footballer and the first professional player to publicly come out as gay.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pink is a colour associated with gay men as a historical reclamation of the pink triangle, a badge used by the Nazi regime to identify and dehumanise gay men in concentration camps during the Second World War.<\/p>\n Originally a symbol of shame, activists in the 1970s repurposed the pink triangle as a powerful, inverted symbol of pride, resistance, and remembrance. FvH has\u00a0extended use of the colour pink to reference all LGBTQ+ people.<\/p>\n The combination of the colours is still powerful today because:<\/p>\n They speak to the intersectionality of experience in our community<\/p>\n FvH acknowledges that homophobia and racism often go hand in hand\u00a0<\/p>\n Black and Pink provide a unique way of talking about discrimination, as well as celebrating LGBTQ+ inclusion (something FvH does as a campaign later in the year)<\/p>\n When we \u2018Wear it Black & Pink\u2019 on February 19, and share images on social media, we can all help to initiate constructive conversations and draw attention to the ongoing issues.<\/p>\n Here are some key facts about LGBTQ+-phobia in football in 2026:<\/p>\n Get ready!<\/p>\n In advance of Thursday, share this article and our social posts with your football colleagues, friends and teammates, at whatever level of the game you\u2019re involved in.\u00a0<\/p>\n On February 19, you could do one or more of the following\u2026<\/p>\n \u2018Wear It Black & Pink\u2019 to work and share a message of anti-discrimination and inclusion in football with colleagues \u2013 you can buy the classic FvH campaign T-shirt<\/a> in the FvH Shop<\/a>; get a new FvH logo captain\u2019s armband<\/a> and wear it with a black top; or just mix and match the two colours from your own wardrobe!<\/p>\n Post an image of yourself wearing Black and Pink to social media, making a commitment to stand up against discrimination and for inclusion using the hashtags #WearItBlackAndPink and #FvH2026 \u2013 remember to tag in FvH too!<\/p>\n Paint your nails Black and Pink<\/p>\n Celebrate with a Black and\/or Pink cupcake! (or another treat)<\/p>\n Get creative with the FvH campaign logo! It\u2019s free to download from the FvH Resources page<\/a><\/p>\n Here are some examples of FvH supporters getting involved in \u2018Wear It Black & Pink\u2019 Day last year\u2026<\/p>\n Today marks the International Day Against #LGBTQ+ Phobia in Sport.<\/p>\n To shine a light on the discrimination LGBTQ+ people still experience in sports, our chair is wearing Black and Pink in support of the @FvHtweets campaign.<\/p>\n #WearItBlackAndPink | #FVH2025 | #NoToHate<\/p>\n @footballvhomophobia.com<\/p>\n [image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chelsea Pride (@chelseapride.bsky.social<\/a>) February 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM<\/a><\/p>\n #FvH2026 calendar of events \u2013 see a list of dedicated matchdays etc here<\/a><\/p>\n Tue 17 Feb (6.15pm): Brentford FC \u2018Our Game With Pride\u2019 event<\/a> (Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford)<\/p>\n Thu 19 Feb: FvH \u2018Wear It Black and Pink Day\u2019 \/ International Day Against LGBTQ+-phobia in Sport<\/p>\n Fri 20 Feb to Sun 1 March: Activation of EFL Rainbow Ball initiative<\/p>\n Sat 1 March: Zero Discrimination Day (UNAIDS)<\/p>\n Wed 25 to Tue 31 Mar: Football v Transphobia Week of Action<\/a> \u2013 #FvT2026<\/p>\n Tue 31 Mar: International Transgender Day of Visibility<\/p>\n Visit www.footballvhomophobia.com<\/a> for more information on how you can get involved in the Month of Action in February.<\/p>\n Check out our archive of related content<\/a>, including episodes of the FvH Podcast.<\/p>\n The Sports Media LGBT+ website is a digital publishing hub for news, stories and opinion from across our global community of LGBTQ+ people and allies in sport \u2013 and it\u2019s open to all.<\/p>\n We\u2019re interested in your content. Share with us and tap into a worldwide audience through our Google News affiliate website and our popular social channels with over 20,000 followers.\u00a0Contact us<\/a>\u00a0to discuss how we can help you. You can also learn more about our network, advocacy, and consultancy group\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football v Homophobia invites supporters of the campaign to join activation; February 19 is the International Day Against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,167250,167251,167252,85],"class_list":["post-482717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-football-v-homophobia","tag-football-v-transphobia","tag-lgbtq-in-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FvHPride.jpg\")
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