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

Contents:

• PROUD LILYWH AND GAY GOONERS FLY (RABOW) FLAG FOR LGBT FOOTBALL FANS
• GAY GOONERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ENGLAND’S FIRST LGBT FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB
• ‘NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED’: GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT
• GAY GOONERS: AT THE FOREONT OF FAN CLN
• THE GAY GOONERS: SEAN MONCRIEFF TALKS TO THE LARGT LGBTQ FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS GROUP ENGLAND

PROUD LILYWH AND GAY GOONERS FLY (RABOW) FLAG FOR LGBT FOOTBALL FANS

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”.

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

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.

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.

‘NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED’: GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT

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.

GAY GOONERS: AT THE FOREONT OF FAN CLN

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.

That’s what Gay Gooners are dog – not jt for me but for fans around the world, and I thk ’s fantastic. As the UK’s first and world’s largt LGBT+ football fan group, Gay Gooners have played an tegral role batg prejudice and raisg awarens of LGBT+ issu the football muny.

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

McCabe is jt one example of the many supporters and players that have felt wele due to Gay Gooners’ ntued prence si Emirat Stadium and at away match.

“The ia that jt our visibily and the fact we exist n make supporters or players feel wele jt mak everythg worthwhile to me, ” explaed Gee Rice, -chair of Gay Gooners. Instead, the g together of north London rivals on a ld Tuday afternoon at a five-a-si centre Edmonton was a celebratn of a growg and important movement English football, that of LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) supporters groups.