Goal's seri on supporters' groups reprentg LGBT+ fans ntu at Arsenal wh the Gay Gooners
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Gay Gooners is Arsenal Football Club’s official supporters’ group for LGBT+ fans. Established Febary 2013, they are the first and largt LGBT+ fans group England, wh over a thoand of members the UK and overseas. 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. * arsenal lgbt *
Gay Gooners. Gay Gooners is Arsenal Football Club’s official supporters’ group for LGBT+ 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”.
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. This June marks the 10th year of GayGooners proudly supportg Pri month.
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 lgbt *
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.