Members of GayGooners share what Pri month means to them
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- ARSENAL SHOW SUPPORT FOR GAYGOONERS & LGBTQ+ FANS WH 'LOVE IS LOVE' BANNERS OUTSI EMIRAT STADIUM AHEAD OF BRENTFORD GAME
- ARSENAL SHOW SUPPORT FOR GAYGOONERS & LGBTQ+ FANS WH 'LOVE IS LOVE' BANNERS OUTSI EMIRAT STADIUM AHEAD OF BRENTFORD GAME
ARSENAL SHOW SUPPORT FOR GAYGOONERS & LGBTQ+ FANS WH 'LOVE IS LOVE' BANNERS OUTSI EMIRAT STADIUM AHEAD OF BRENTFORD GAME
* arsenal support lgbt *
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.
ARSENAL SHOW SUPPORT FOR GAYGOONERS & LGBTQ+ FANS WH 'LOVE IS LOVE' BANNERS OUTSI EMIRAT STADIUM AHEAD OF BRENTFORD GAME
Arsenal are celebratg GayGooners and their LGBTQ+ fans durg Saturday's game agast Brentford the Premier League. * arsenal support lgbt *
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.
Arsenal are celebratg GayGooners and their LGBTQ+ fans durg Saturday's game agast Brentford the Premier League. * arsenal support lgbt *
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.
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.
Arsenal have pledged to take the strongt actn possible after two supporters were ejected om the Emirat durg the sis feat to Brighton last Saturday; the fans were reported to stewards for homophobic abe, wh Gay Gooners -chair Carl Fearn praisg the clubs rponse * arsenal support lgbt *
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.