"Our clubs do fantastic work in this area to reinforce the message that football is for everyone. "Stonewall is an excellent partner for us and we value their ongoing work to support the League and our clubs in promoting diversity across the sport," Premier League Executive Director Bill Bush said. Premier League Primary Stars, the League’s primary school education programme, will include bespoke teaching resources to introduce classroom activities to raise pupil awareness of gender stereotyping and how it can affect behaviour, self-esteem and future potential. The League’s wider relationship includes working with clubs to ensure diversity and equality is a key part of their community programmes. The League's involvement in the Rainbow Laces campaign forms part of a three-year partnership with Stonewall. LED boards will also highlight the campaign and the League’s social media channels will feature a rainbow Premier League logo and promote campaign messages. Rainbow captain’s armbands and laces will be available for players. The Premier League’s activities will support Stonewall’s campaign to encourage fans and athletes to be "active allies" and to play their part in ensuring LGBT people feel included in sport.įrom Friday 30 November to Wednesday 5 December, all Premier League matches will feature a bespoke Rainbow Laces pitch flag, ball plinth, handshake board and substitutes board. This will provide all 20 Premier League clubs with the opportunity to celebrate their LGBT community and to make clear that football is for everyone. This season the Premier League will promote the campaign across two match rounds. "We love getting to join our communities across the country to celebrate all the things we believe in and stand for - diversity, equality and individuality." (Prices vary, T-Mobile.Premier League clubs will come together in November and December to celebrate the 2018/19 Rainbow Laces campaign, a show of support for all LGBT people in football and beyond. "T-Mobile wouldn't be the company we are without the diversity of our amazing team and that's why we're going BIG with our commitment to Pride–and everything it stands for–again this year!" said T-Mobile CEO John Legere.
The "Un-carrier" is also sponsoring more than 60 Prides nationwide, including WorldPride in New York. (T-Mobile customers can also text "GLSEN" to 20222 to donate $5 directly.) Throughout June, the company is also partnering with PopSockets on a special Pride Poptivism PopGrip, with $2.50 from each sale being donated to GLSEN. For each entry tagged #UnlimitedPride, $1 will be donated to GLSEN, up to $10,000. T-Mobile is also encouraging users to post moments that changed their lives as a member of or ally to the LGBT community on the storytelling platform Wattpad. For every photo of the rings posted with #ArianaWithUs, T-Mobile will donate $1 to HRC, with a goal of up to $200,000 total. Participants can record their own messages of love and inclusion and post them social media. T-Mobile is teaming up with pop diva Ariana Grande to celebrate Pride and given back to the LGBT community: On June 14 and 15, Grande's "7 Rings" art installation will be transformed into an immersive "Pride Walk" outside her shows at Brooklyn Barclays Center.