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Trans footballers… what happened next? With Goal Diggers FC’s Billie Sky and Gaia Laidler, and Natalie Washington
Saturday, 15 November, 2025
To mark Trans Awareness Week 2025, we’ve got a question of sport for you - where did all the trans footballers go?Despite attempts to erase what is a very small group, and from the women’s grassroots game in particular, these players have by no means packed their boots away.With the support of many inspirational clubs and leagues, the action and the activism continues.On this special Football v Transphobia episode, the campaign’s lead Natalie Washington joins Sports Media LGBT+’s Jon Holmes along with two great guests from Goal Diggers FC - Billie Sky Walker and club chair Gaia Laidler - for a chat.Like Natalie, Billie has been visible in the media and on social media as a trans woman impacted by the ban. Here, they both describe where they’re at with football six months down the line, and the paths to play that are still open to them. Along with Gaia, they also provide guidance and suggestions for listeners who want to create and access trans-inclusive football spaces for themselves, in their local communities.It’s an ultimately uplifting listen, even while there’s still so much that we’re all fighting for.Links…Billie Sky Walker on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/billie.skywalker Goal Diggers FC - https://www.instagram.com/goaldiggers_fc Natalie Washington on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/transsomething Football v Homophobia - https://www.footballvhomophobia.com/ Sports Media LGBT+ - https://sportsmedialgbt.com/ Thank you for listening to the FvH Podcast! Please subscribe, rate, review and share on socials. Connect with us on social media - Instagram, Bluesky, Threads, Facebook and LinkedIn.Me & You by MusicbyAden | https://soundcloud.com/musicbyaden Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
