Mikel Arteta and his players met wh members of GayGooners ahead of their participatn the Pri London Para.
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<DIV>ARSENAL AND GAYGOONERS CELEBRATE PRI </DIV>
On the tenth anniversary of GayGooners, we joed our LGBTQ+ supporters group at the biggt Pri march the UK * arsenal gay pride *
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.
We’ll officially mark the month at Pri London, marchg at the pal’s para alongsi our GayGooners supporters’ group. This year marks the 10th anniversary of GayGooners, the largt LGBTQ+ supporters group Brish football. In an terview wh our club’s media, Stewart Selby, founr of Gaygooners, reflected on his gratu for the group over the years.
Members of GayGooners share what Pri month means to them * arsenal gay pride *
“GayGooners has changed my life so many ways.
Arsenal the Communy has taken an active role providg LGBTQ+ tn and tacklg homophobia. This weekend, our club marched solidary wh GayGooners at 2023's Pri London. Our ctomised double-cker float took to the streets of the pal to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pri month wh staff, supporters and our GayGooners supporters group a para that was attend by over 30, 000 people.
GayGooners celebrated their tenth anniversary this Febary and first marched the pal's Pri para 2013 - the first LGBTQ+ supporters group UK football to do so. To fd out more about the Gay Gooners supporters’ group, vis their Facebook, Twter or Instagram pag. For Lisa, adorned an LGBTQ+ Pri pe whilst wavg an Arsenal flag, marchg wh the GayGooners was an unfettable experience: "From beg a Junr Gunner when I was a ltle kid to g out, my fay acceptg me and knowg that there was a group out there that still loved me, that I uld still be a part of - that meant everythg.
Both Arsenal wh the Gay Gooners and Chelsea wh Chelsea Pri have large LGBT+ fan groups, and both will be heavily reprented at Saturday's Pri London para * arsenal gay pride *
Once the para had e to a close on Saturday afternoon, Hannah Stanisls gave an impassned performance of a poem they had wrten ont of a sea of fellow GayGooners. This June marks the 10th year of GayGooners proudly supportg Pri month. To celebrate, we ved members of GayGooners to share their experienc of Pri month, tellg what means to have been the first football club reprented at a Pri march.
Carl Fearn, Co-Chair of GayGooners. My first ever time at a Pri Para was 2019 wh the GayGooners. I nnot beg to thank the GayGooners and Arsenal enough for the real difference they have ma my life.
Dave Raval, foundg member of GayGooners and former Chair. When a handful of found the GayGooners 2013, Arsenal was the first Premier League club to have an official LGBT supporters group. When we started, homophobic and transphobic abe was still monplace at grounds and on social media, and sometim we uld feel like we were alone.
The Gay Gooners, who have grown to over 50 members sce lnchg earlier this year, joed the Para * arsenal gay pride *
Victoria Sharkey, Campaigns Officer of GayGooners. In 2022 I will be attendg my first ever Pri London, and I am so proud to be a part of the GayGooners ntgent for this important event. Wh football fandom is often still taboo to be out and a same-sex relatnship, and recent months members of GayGooners have been abed and asslted for a simple thg as wearg rabow lac to a game, or holdg their partner’s hand.
It’s up to fan groups like ours to show the world that ’s ok to be Gay, Trans, Non-Bary, Pansexual, Queer, anywhere on the LGBTQI+ spectm and love the game. Joe Whe, Co-Chair of GayGooners. The support of the Arsenal fay - om the club, fellow fans and the iends who make up the GayGooners - at Pri n never be unrstated.