Fulham Football Club will show our support for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign during Saturday’s fixture against Bristol City in the Sky Bet Championship.
The meeting with the Robins is the Club’s designated game in which we promote equality and diversity as well as highlight support for LGBT fans, players and staff across the sport.
Whites Captain Tom Cairney will wear a rainbow coloured armband, as he did on Friday in Swansea. There will also be rainbow corner flags and substitution boards, as well as a pennant to mark and support the campaign.
Stonewall aims to:
- Inspire sports fans and participants with the stories of LGBT people in sport and those who work hard to make sport everyone’s game.
- Educate everyone about what it’s like to be LGBT in sport and the challenges faced.
- Encourage people to challenge anti-LGBT language and ensure that LGBT people, across all communities, are valued, welcomed by all and can participate fully in society.
- Encourage working together, as diverse LGBT communities, and with wider communities, to change and win hearts and minds, and to tackle prejudice or discrimination within LGBT communities.
Football has the power to bring everyone together, and clubs and communities are stronger when everyone feels welcome. Football is everyone's game.
Visit stonewall.org.uk/rainbowlaces to learn more about the campaign.