Premier League ends partnership with Stonewall
Summary
The Premier League has ended its partnership with the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall and will no longer participate in the Rainbow Laces campaign. Instead, it plans to start its own inclusion campaign for LGBTQ+ History Month. Despite ending the partnership, the Premier League will continue working with clubs to fight discrimination in football.Key Facts
- The Premier League stopped its partnership with Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign.
- The campaign started in 2013 to promote LGBTQ+ equality in football.
- Nineteen out of 20 Premier League captains wore rainbow armbands last season.
- The Premier League will launch its own inclusion campaign in February.
- Clubs and the Premier League will still use existing education resources against discrimination.
- The BBC ended its workplace equality scheme with Stonewall in 2021 over impartiality concerns.
- Some players did not participate in wearing rainbow items due to personal beliefs.
- Premier League players will continue to take the knee for "No Room for Racism" on specific occasions.
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