Pride Round

Celebrate the LGBTQI+ members of our community with Pride Round.

Pride Round is 19-21 June 2026, coinciding with Pride Month.

With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Pride Round provides an opportunity to celebrate and support members of the LGBTQI+ community.

Northern NSW Football are proud Pride In Sport partners.

Ideas for your Event:

Play by the Rules online 'Creating an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Club.'
Ground announcements at games acknowledging the round and that the club is a safe space for members of the LGBTQI+ community.
Place rainbow flags/bunting around the club grounds to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Pride socks
Pride armbands
Rainbow rocktape – available at Chemist Warehouse, Club Warehouse, and Rebel.
A BBQ raising funds for LGBTQI+ not-for-profit organisations and services.

Club	Date	Time	Location	Details
IONA FC	20 June	1:15-2:55pm	Wayne Richard's Park	Pride game, wearing pride socks.
Stockton Sharks FC	22 June	6:30-8:30pm	Corroba Oval	Place rainbow flags/bunting around club grounds Pride socks for some of the members of Over 30's Women's Pride armbands for some of the members of Over 30's Women's Rainbow rocktape for some of the members of Over 30's Women's.
Crescent Head Football Club	20 June	1:15-4:30pm	SWR sports grounds, field 1 (women's). Dixie Park (Men's)	Pride matches: Senior Men's and Senior women's games. Rainbow socks will be worn. Before the game, there will be a moment of reflecting on inclusiveness and the importance of leading in this space.
Wauchope SC	21 June	1-4pm	Fairmont Gardens Sporting Fields	Pride Game.
Cardiff Motor Group NPL Women's NNSW MOTR	20 June	2-4pm	Lisle Carr Oval	Charlestown Azzurri vs New Lambton FC Wearing pride socks, Rainbow captain bands, rainbow hair ribbon
Lake Macquarie City FC	20 & 21 June	NL1 Men Reserve Grade KO 2:30pm First Grade KO 4:30pm NPLW Reserve Grade KO 1pm First Grade KO 3pm	Macquarie Field	Rainbow corner flags and both men and women will be wearing rainbow air bands. Social media coverage on their channels.

Verbal abuse: using derogatory language or slurs directed at a person’s sexuality or gender identity.
Physical abuse: violence-based acts based on a person’s sexuality or gender identity.
Bullying: targeted repetitive abuse and/or harassment due to a person’s sexuality or gender identity.
Exclusion: deliberately excluding individuals from social or professional groups based on their sexuality or gender identity.
Discrimination: unfair treatment in club environments, teams or matches based on a person’s sexuality or gender identity.
Vilification: behaviour which encourages hatred or ridicule of LGBTQI+ communities.
Harassment: Repetitive unwanted and/or offensive behaviour such as offensive questions and inappropriate jokes.
Online abuse: Using online platform to threaten, intimidate, bully, harass humiliate or offend a person based on their LGBTQI+ status. Any of these behaviours listed above can happen online and is considered online abuse.

NNSWF has a zero tolerance policy towards LGBTQI+ harassment and exclusion.

If you are experiencing any of the incidents above, please refer to our complaint handling process.

You can find more information on LGBTQI+ representation in sport by reading Sport Integrity Australia and Pride in Sport’s LGBTQI+ Sport Integrity Guideline.

If you need mental health and wellbeing support, get in contact with a provider:

Educational resources:

Further support:

NNSWF Participation and Women's Football Officer Serena Carter is an LGBTQ+ ally and can be contacted for confidential and informal LGBTQ+ related discussions.