How to be an FvH Hero! Hayley Wood-Thompson on coming out at school, LGBT+ History Month, and making football fun

It’s the annual Month of Action for Football v
Homophobia - clubs, leagues and county FAs are stepping
up to be campaign champions, while people at all levels of the
game are finding ways to celebrate LGBTQ+ inclusion.


On this episode, the winner of the 2022 FvH Hero Award - Cheshunt
FC Women’s Hayley Wood-Thompson - joins Sports
Media LGBT+’s Jon Holmes to discuss the stand-out contribution
that led to her success.


Hayley, a P.E. teacher from Hertfordshire, channelled the power
within her own personal story to come out via an assembly, making
a significant impact in not just the school she teaches at but
more widely as well.


The video she made combined LGBT+ History Month with football and
was shown to pupils as far away as New Zealand. Hayley’s
conversation with Jon is full of good advice for teachers and
coaches who are either LGBTQ+ themselves or strong allies, and
there are plenty of football anecdotes in there too, from
cheering on her beloved Watford at Wembley to scoring against
Arsenal in the FA Cup!


Also in this episode, we recap the launch of the 2023 FvH Month
of Action which was held at Leicester City FC. Two of the event
speakers - Ramsgate player Jahmal Howlett-Mundle
and Wolves’ ED&I manager Gurpri Bains - pass
on some useful tips that others can draw upon to make a
difference in February and beyond.


Show your support! Activate the campaign in your
football space - just head to footballvhomophobia.com for info,
or contact the FvH team. And join us for the 2023 FvH Awards at
the National Football Museum in Manchester on February 24!


Links


Miss Thompson PE on Twitter at @HWT_PE -
https://twitter.com/HWT_PE


Watch Hayley’s original video -
https://www.nonchalantmagazine.com/teacher-comes-for-lgbtq-history-month/


Her acceptance speech -
https://www.hertsschoolsfa.co.uk/single-post/winner-fvh-hero-hayley-wood-thompson


Her op-ed on the Lionesses’ Euros win -
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/womens-football-explode-euro-2022-generation-girls-talented-1768042


What happened at the Month of Action launch event (Sports Media
LGBT+) -
https://sportsmedialgbt.com/courage-is-celebrated-as-football-v-homophobia-month-of-action-2023-launches


FvH Awards Night tickets -
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/football-v-homophobia-awards-night-tickets-510646215577


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