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Stonewall's Rainbow Laces Campaign is an annual event in support of the LGBTQ+ community and the support of increasing diversity in sports across the world. [1] The campaign was started in 2013 and has been promoted by the biggest sports in the world from men's and women's association football to wheelchair rugby. Stonewall have support from a ...
The sole point of the Rainbow Laces campaign is to make people feel comfortable coming to football - to literally signal that it is a welcoming environment. That’s it. There really is no more to it.
The league's Rainbow Laces campaign, introduced in 2013, is in partnership with LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall and includes a range of activities to “highlight community and education initiatives ...
Sam Morsy's decision not to wear the rainbow armband and Marc Guehi's written messages on his have has drawn scrutiny.
In 2013, Stonewall in conjunction with Paddy Power, launched the 'Right Behind Gay Footballers' campaign, distributing rainbow coloured laces to every professional football player in the UK. The aim of the campaign was to ask players to show support for gay football players and to "kickstart a fundamental change in attitude."
The club also played in the Football for Everyone Cup at The Emirates in 2014, and against Manchester United's LGBTQ+ fan group, the Rainbow Devils, at Old Trafford in 2019. The Unity Team won the club its first ever LGBTQ+ league on 22 May 2022, beating holders Millwall Romans FC in a must-win final game in LUL (London Unity League) Season 16.
The Sevenoaks Town defender has experienced abuse at first hand and says a strong anti-homophobia message alongside player education will help change football faster than rainbow symbols
The popularity of the OneLove armband in European football, and though it is not only in support of LGBT+ rights, prompted some captains to also wear a fully rainbow design armband produced by British LGBT+ advocacy group Stonewall, which had promoted its rainbow laces campaign for LGBT+ visibility in sport since 2013. [26] [27] [28]