The Gay Gooners: Sean Moncrieff talks to the largt LGBTQ football supporters group England | OffTheBall

Contents:

• THREAD: IS GAY TO WEAR A SRF?
• THE GAY GOONERS: SEAN MONCRIEFF TALKS TO THE LARGT LGBTQ FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS GROUP ENGLAND
• RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH
• GAY GOONERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ENGLAND’S FIRST LGBT FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB

THREAD: IS GAY TO WEAR A SRF?

Gay Gooners. Gay Gooners is Arsenal Football Club’s official supporters’ group for LGBT+ fans.

THE GAY GOONERS: SEAN MONCRIEFF TALKS TO THE LARGT LGBTQ FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS GROUP ENGLAND

Gay Gooners exists to provi a social group for LGBT+ Arsenal fans, alli and their iends to meet up, provi a safe and welg space, and mpaign to kick homophobia, biphobia and transphobia out of football. Gay Gooners holds meet-ups near Emirat Stadium before home fixtur, group trips to away gam and anis regular social events.

Gay Gooners’ patron and lifelong Arsenal supporter, edian Matt Lus says he is “immensely proud of and grateful to the club” for s support for the group and how “young gay fans now feel clud by the club a way my generatn never uld”. The club works directly wh members of the Gay Gooners to tackle anti-LGBT+ discrimatn football by vg members to take part cln trag for staff. Gay Gooners also send a team to the club’s annual Arsenal for Everyone tournament at the muny hub.

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RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH

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Last weekend, the club alongsi our LGBTQ+ supporters’ group, GayGooners, celebrated Pri by participatg a seri of events, culmatg the Pri In London Para, wh the highlights available to view above. After their open-top, double-cker float received a special send off om Mikel Arteta and some of our men’s first-team squad, the GayGooners partied alongsi club lleagu and Arsenal Women’s players Jen Beattie, Jordan Nobbs and Cal Foord, as they ma their way through the packed, lourful streets to soak up the ftivi. Speakg about their weekend, the GayGooners add: “We are credibly proud of the work we have done wh Arsenal over the years.

GAY GOONERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ENGLAND’S FIRST LGBT FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB

Katie McCabe and members of Gay Gooners joed club staff to celebrate LGBT+ History Month and plete a workshop on genr inty, sexualy and allyship.

Durg the ssn, which was livered by Stonewall and Premier League accreded staff traers, McCabe relled the lastg imprsn that seeg the Gay Gooners flag had on her durg her first ever vis to Emirat Stadium. “I remember seeg the Gay Gooners flag hangg si the stadium and was massive for me.

I remember thkg ‘OK, if I’m gay here, that’s absolutely fe’. That was warmg for me and is cred to all the work Gay Gooners have done, and that the club have done supportg them. “Havg a group like Gay Gooners is massive, ’s about a sense of belongg and havg a safe space a football environment where you n be yourself.