http://www.gfsn.org.uk Supporting, Playing, Campaigning - The UK's LGBT football association. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:30:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes its that time of year again! Get ready for the GFSN 2010 get-together in sunny Blackpool. Here's the full details for this year's activities. Blackpool 11th 12th 13th June Friday 11th – Welcome Party 7pm The Flying Handbag will be hosting the welcome party on the evening and we are going back to ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/supporting/212 After an extremely close vote (announced at the GFSN Christmas party) Blackpool was selected as the designated venue of the 2010 GFSN get-together. The get-together will be a celebration of the GFSN with events organised around the three strands of Supporting, Playing and Campaigning. The events will take place from Friday ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/supporting/210 The Gay Football Supporters' Network (the GFSN) is extremely disappointed at the circumstances which have led to the initial postponement and ultimate leaking of the FA's anti-homophobia film. The GFSN was initially made aware of the intention to make the film early in 2009 and lobbied unsuccessfully for the project to include input from the LGBT community and the ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/campaigning/208 In a thrilling match in Leeds today, Nottingham BallBois beat Mersey Marauders 1-0 in the final of the Yorkshire Terriers' 2010 tournament. A great weekend was had by all with over 200 players and supporters turning up for the Terriers' 13th annual celebration of football (and alcohol). Saturday night was spent ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/playing/201 We note with interest that eleven people have been charged following the match between Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspurs earlier in the season. While we welcome the action that has been taken, we are disappointed that the police were unable to use “homophobia” but chose to use “indecent” as the grounds for ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/supporting/38 GFSN members across the UK have recently voted to hold their 2009 National Get-together in Cardiff, South Wales. The last time the city hosted the gathering was in 2003.  However, with the recent addition of an LGBTI-friendly football team in the region (Cardiff Dragons FC) the GFSN returns to South Wales. Further ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/supporting/29 Whilst the original relaunch at the start of 2008 looked pretty, we struggled to dedicate much time to the site.  Bluntly, this wasn't good enough for our members and for people visiting our site for the first time. So we've had a re-think, and we've decided to make the site more ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/uncategorized/3 The GFSN National League is the only 11-a-side football league in the world for LGBT-friendly football teams. We exist primarily for LGBT players and their friends to play competitive football in an accepting envinronment. Teams from Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Leicester, London, Edinburgh, Nottingham and Yorkshire will participate in matches played between ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/playing/22 It's not every day mainstream England football groups want to welcome the GFSN as part of their events.  So when I was asked by Englandfans regional members to take part along with German fans reps at the wreath laying in Berlin prior to the 19th November friendly, I asked the GFSN ... http://www.gfsn.org.uk/supporting/9