This is a list of LGBTQ+ women's association footballers, including non-heterosexual female footballers (or those who have openly been in a same-sex relationship) as well transgender and non-binary footballers of any gender who have played for a women's association football team at the level specified.
Ordered by national team alphabetically
Ordered by career start chronologically
Name | Nationality | Career | Notes & references |
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Lily Parr | England | 1920–1951 | [150] |
Macarena Sánchez | Argentina | 2006– | [151] |
Lisa Hurtig | Sweden | 2007– | [117] |
Toni Pressley | United States | 2008– | [17] |
Clara Markstedt | Sweden | 2010– | [6] |
McKenzie Berryhill | United States | 2010– | [6] |
Keelin Winters | United States | 2011– | [152] |
Emma Lennartsson | Sweden | 2013– | [153] |
Abbey-Leigh Stringer | England | 2014– | [12] |
Claudia Walker | England | 2014– | [12] |
Naomi Hartley | England | 2018– | [154] |
Charlotte McLean | Australia | 2020– | [9] |
Mara Gómez | Argentina | 2022– | [155] |
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