About Us
Boing Boing!
Welcome to Proud Baggies, the Official West Bromwich Albion Supporters' Group for all LGBT+ fans, their families, friends and allies.
Membership is free and open to all.
Join us to get involved or show your support...
Who we are
Officially launched in September 2017 at West Bromwich Albion's inaugral Diversity Day, our Proud Baggies' Members regularly meet for home and away matches, socials, club events, campaigning and fundraising.
What we do
We want to bring the Football and LGBT+ community together to celebrate diversity and increase LGBT+ visibility at West Bromwich Albion FC, making our club a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all.
Latest News
Flying the Flag at The Hawthorns!
We're delighted to announce the East Stand will be home to our new Proud Baggies flag next season. Having a permanent presence at The Hawthorns will help us to further promote LGBT+ visibility & inclusion at WBA, a club welcoming of all.
Proud Baggies' Piero joins LGBT+ People in Sport Panel
On 5th July, our founder Piero joined fellow panelists Ryan Atkin, Claire Harvey and Jay Lemonius at Dentsu Aegis for a discussion on the importance of LGBT+ inclusion in sport. You can see highlights via our YouTube channel.
Proud Baggies' Season Report 2017/18 now online
We've been extremely busy since our launch back in September 2017! Download our 2017/18 Season Report below and find out more.
Pride in Football Symposium hailed as great success!
Proud Baggies were the only group to have club support alongside them when they joined forces with representatives from over 40 LGBT+ fan groups from all divisions at the weekend at Pride in Football's annual #CallItOut symposium.
Proud Baggies at Birmingham Pride
Proud Baggies enjoyed a very successful day in Birmingham on Saturday where 75,000 revelers lined the streets of Birmingham to watch the 21st annual Pride Parade. Proud Baggies were joined by special guest Baggie Bird who entertained the crowd along the route. Check out our gallery page.
Proud Baggies join forces with Up Front
Up Front work to normalise mental health issues amongst young people using he medium of football. We are delighted to be supporting them on LGBT+ issues.
As a voluntary organisation we rely entirely on grants and donations. We are therefore very grateful for any contributions to help us continue our work.
