LGBTQ+ football charity Kick It Out has shared that it received 203 reports of homophobia in the sport during 2025/26, which marks a 43 percent rise from the previous season. The troubling statistics have prompted Football v Homophobia, a campaign group that was set up to fight discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in football, to issue an urgent call for action. “With more than 1,000 discrimination incidents recorded by Kick It Out last season, football cannot and must not be complacent.” According to Kick It Out, the number of reports of homophobia in football during the 2025/26 season amounted to the total from the last four seasons combined. The charity counts homophobia as everything from individual prejudice against certain players to homophobic and transphobic mass chanting from fans.