Rainbow Laces - A discussion about the challenges for the LGBT community in football
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You’ll have noticed a lot of rainbows at football grounds in the past week or so. They are there as part of the Rainbow Laces movement, which aims to celebrate LGBT+ people working in the game, LGBT+ fans and create a discussion around what more needs to be done to make the game a more welcoming place for all.
The Athletic's Adam Crafton, Alex Kay-Jelski and Nancy Frostick are all members of the LGBT+ community and in this special podcast they answer your questions on the challenges facing LGBT+ people in football and how we can make sure that the Rainbow Laces campaign makes a genuine difference.
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| 0:51.3 | This podcast will centre on football's rainbow laces campaign |
| 0:54.6 | and the challenges for the LGBT community within football. |
| 0:59.6 | My name is Adam Crafton. |
| 1:01.2 | I'm a reporter at The Athletic. |
| 1:03.6 | And joining a Zoom call earlier on, |
| 1:05.6 | I was joined by our editor-in-chief, Alex K Jelski, |
| 1:08.8 | and our Sheppial Wednesday correspondent, Nancy Frostick. |
| 1:12.4 | Alex and I are both gay men and Nancy is a lesbian woman. |
| 1:16.7 | Before we dealt deep into this subject, you can subscribe to The Athletic by going to |
| 1:21.2 | theathletic.com forward slash Ornstein and Chapman, where you will also find a fantastic |
| 1:26.6 | article by Nancy |
| 1:27.6 | examining what the Rainbow Laces campaign means to her and its power in the women's game. |
| 1:34.3 | So the way we are going to discuss Rainbow Laces today is based on subscriber questions. |
| 1:40.5 | And the first of these areas of the discussion that was draw into us was in relation to the campaign itself. |
| 1:47.3 | And the question says, I appreciate that this campaign is focused on helping LGBTIA fans feel safe and supported, but does it not ring a little bit hollow if there is not a single out player, out male player. |
| 2:01.6 | Is this fair or does this fundamentally miss the point of the Rainbow Laces campaign? |
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