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- A GAY F1 DRIVER WOULD BE A 'POWERFUL ROLE MOL' FOR THE SPORT, OP ASTON MART MEMBER
- A GAY F1 DRIVER WOULD BE A 'POWERFUL ROLE MOL' FOR THE SPORT, OP ASTON MART MEMBER
A GAY F1 DRIVER WOULD BE A 'POWERFUL ROLE MOL' FOR THE SPORT, OP ASTON MART MEMBER
RtersJun 1, 2021, 09:51 AM ETThe Aston Mart Formula One team announced on Tuday a partnership wh the Racg Pri movement and said will work through June to raise awarens of LGBTQ+ diversy the male-domated Pri was found 2019 to create visibily for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny motorsport and to challenge negative stereotyp and Mart said the mpaign will n across Pri Month, aligng wh Formula One's #WeRaceAsOne Pri logos will appear on the race rs at the June 20 French Grand Prix.
A GAY F1 DRIVER WOULD BE A 'POWERFUL ROLE MOL' FOR THE SPORT, OP ASTON MART MEMBER
"The reach they n give is somethg that will make a real difference, " he told relled the day he took to social media 2018, wh shakg hands, to announce that he was gay. "To have Aston Mart be the first team at that level to directly and explicly say to the LGBTQ+ muny 'you belong, we support you, you are valued' -- that has a massive far-reachg impact, " he Mart, owned by Stroll's billnaire father, Lawrence, and wh tech giant Cognizant as their tle sponsor, said they will hold workshops, achg ssns and semars for team said that although direct aggrsive homophobia was rare motorsport, the e of sual homophobic language need to be addrsed. "Sce I've been able to talk this sort of way about beg gay the sport and about Racg Pri, 's allowed me to jt be the person I am rather than the person who is this nstct of who I should be.
"Aston Mart F1 munitns director Matt Bishop said much had changed sce he arrived Formula One the 1990s as an openly gay journalist before jog said that he had felt like 'the only gay the village' but that emails om personal acunts over the years had ma clear he was not. I n't adm to my teammat that I am gay, '" he said. No mcg words, 's not jt a logo, this is the team g out and sayg they support LGBTQ+ equaly and are workg wh Racg Pri to promote more cln and diversy wh their team's munitn director, Matt Bishop, is openly gay and wrote last year that, when he was first workg F1, a driver lled him a "fat f*ggot.