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Contents:

• THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL
• PROUD LILYWH AND GAY GOONERS FLY (RABOW) FLAG FOR LGBT FOOTBALL FANS
• GAY BARS IN LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL GAY MAP
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL

Goal has spoken to supporters' groups reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr fans om around the Premier League, cludg at December 2020, Liverpool pta Jordan Henrson rpond to a gay Reds fan on Twter, who had spoken about how supportg his football club had helped him al wh his sexualy. While havg an England ternatnal speak out so clearly support of gay fans was important, Amann feels ronat closely wh the outlook of Liverpool supporters overall, and plays to the ma role played by a group like Kop Outs.

“People unwtgly – the ma – have been transphobic and homophobic at Anfield, and is only through our fellow fans that the volume of those chants and behavurs have cled. Homophobia is no longer mastream, and that is ttament to an tn procs and an awarens of polics that we are fortunate to have Liverpool.

Liverpool Pri was tablished 2010 and cis wh the anniversary of when murred gay teenager Michael Cser tragilly lost his life. As part of the week-long celebratns, Anfield’s famo Kop will be l up the lours of the LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rabow flag om Saturday July 23 until Sunday July 31. The veted football tournament’s host natn, Qatar, crimalis homosexualy and is punishable wh a jail sentence of up to seven years.

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

This was the first sign to be displayed a Premier League club stadium to bat homophobia. A more memorable stance was when manager Jurgen Klopp urged “idt fans” to stop g a homophobic chant agast Norwich's on-loan Chelsea midfielr Billy Gilmour durg the first Liverpool FC game of the 2021/2022 season.

Followg the match, Klopp ved Pl Amann to the Reds' trag centre Kirkby to discs the impact of homophobia football. " Mr Ja claims “directly followg” Pl Amann’s s down wh Jurgen last season “there was a clear and purposeful behavural shift wh our supporter base agast homophobic chantg once our fans had been ted on the impact of what many didn’t realise was offensive”. Liverpool’s LGBT+ fans group has said is “appalled and ncerned” that club pta Jordan Henrson is nsirg a transfer offer om Sdi Athletic reported on Wednday eveng that Henrson, who has been a long-time ally for the LGBT+ muny, was leang towards a move to Al Ettifaq, the Sdi Pro League si currently managed by his former team-mate Steven homosexual or transgenr Sdi Arabia is illegal, while anyone who intifi themselv as LGBT+ n be subjected to severe Outs released a statement on Thursday rponse to the potential transfer, sayg that they hoped that Henrson would “prove to be a man of his word” a thread shared to social media and wh The Athletic, the group — which also qutned Gerrard’s cisn to take up a role the untry — said: “Kop Outs have valued the allyship shown by Jordan DEEPERJordan Henrson's potential Sdi move matters for a lot more reasons than hypocrisy“We are appalled and ncerned that anyone might nsir workg for a sportswashg operatn for a regime where women & LGBT+ people are opprsed and that regularly tops the world ath sentence table.

GAY BARS IN LIVERPOOL

“(Steven) Gerrard’s participatn this sportswashg is particularly gallg given his prev support for LA Galaxy teammate Robbie Rogers (who me out as gay 2013). ”A transfer to Sdi Arabia — where homosexualy means “misery, isolatn or, worse, ath, ” one terviewee told The Athletic’s Adam Crafton 2021 — would be viewed by many as a signifint U-turn on the pro-LGBT+ views for which Henrson has stood 33-year-old has been one of the most high profile players to have taken part Stonewall’s Rabow Lac mpaign and he has worn a rabow embellished pta’s armband the past. ”The England midfielr was regnised 2021 when he was shortlisted alongsi manager Jurgen Klopp for the Football Ally honour at the Brish LGBT Josh Cavallo beme the first active profsnal to e out as gay October of that year, Henrson was among the footballers to show his support, sayg Cavallo had shared “an important msage that everyone serv to be themselv no matter what”.

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. Two of the most proment are the Proud Lilywh and Gay Gooners and unr the watch of Frnd, a one-time Spurs player and ach, the former marked their first birthday celebratory five-a-si match London’s Edmonton was refereed by Tottenham ach and former midfielr Steffen Frnd. ”Gay Gooners have been nng for a year longer and boast more than 250 members.

Photograph: David Levene for The GuardianThe growg strength of Proud Lilywh and Gay Gooners is wele news, as is that of the other regnised LGBT supporters groups that have been set up across the untry recent years – Canal Street Blu (Manchter Cy), LFC LGBT (Liverpool), Pri of Irons (Wt Ham), Proud and Palace (Crystal Palace), Proud Canari (Norwich Cy), Rabow Toffe (Everton) and Rabow Tractors (Ipswich Town) their very existence is also a shame, highlightg that even 2015 homophobia remas a signifint enough problem English football that fans om the LGBT muny feel they need reprentatn and protectn. “There’s no doubt discrimatn still exists among supporters here, ” sists Gay Gooners’ media ordator, Dave Raval.

LIVERPOOL GAY MAP

“Jt look at the ‘gay banter’ Brighton fans still have to endure. Football remas an unacceptg environment for gay people and for our members; part of the reason for jog Gay Gooners is to have the assurance of safety numbers whenever they go to a Lilywh members enjoy the atmosphere at a five-a-si match to celebrate the group’s one-year anniversary.

Photograph: Andy Hall for The Guardian“The way to overe that fear is to normalise homosexualy English football and make the prence of openly gay fans the stands – as well as openly gay players, managers and refere on the pch – a plete non-issue. ”Statistics piled by the equaly mpaigners Kick It Out show that homophobic abe at football match this untry remas a prevalent issue and, worrygly, uld be on the rise. ”Tottenham ach Steffen Frnd wh members of the Proud Lilywh and Gay Gooners LGBT supporters groups.

Photograph: Andy Hall for The GuardianKick It Out has an app by which spectators n report homophobic abe to them, while the Football Associatn has a siar facily on s webse. The erng body also striv to mata an active prence the fight agast homophobia English football, seen the workshops anised last year which brought together reprentativ om the Premier League and Football League wh those volved the LGBT supporters movement, most notably the Gay Football Supporters’ Network, which provis umbrella backg for the ne fan groups and is the procs of helpg set up others at clubs cludg Aston Villa, Sunrland and Readg. Gay Gooners, tablished 2013, have over 250.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

”Unlike Proud Lilywh and Gay Gooners, LFC LGBT do not have an official lk wh Liverpool but the two work closely together, so much so that the former was able to get updated anti-discrimatn signage put up at the club’s stadium.