Club celebrates 10th anniversary of Rainbow Laces campaign

We will join the Premier League and its clubs in celebrating Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign at our upcoming fixtures away at Manchester City on Sunday and at home to West Ham United next Thursday, demonstrating our ongoing support for LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Our stadium will be illuminated in rainbow colours for the West Ham fixture, accompanied by bespoke digital displays inside the stadium, with our Women’s team also supporting the campaign around the WSL fixture with Manchester United Women at Brisbane Road on Sunday 10 December.

Rainbow Laces provides an opportunity to focus on the year-round equality and inclusion work that takes place, as the League and clubs use their platforms to encourage discussion and demonstrate allyship.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Rainbow Laces, with the theme of ‘Let’s Lace Up to Keep It Up’. This looks at how sport has become more inclusive over the last decade, while also highlighting the need for ongoing work to ensure sport is a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

During the campaign window, rainbow armbands will be worn by captains across all 20 games, with Rainbow Laces branding also widely visible within stadiums throughout the period.

We undertake a wide variety of projects and initiatives to ensure equality and inclusion is central to all areas of its operations. The Club is at an Advanced level of the Premier League Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard (PLEDIS), which supports all 20 Premier League clubs, and a number of EFL clubs, to embed effective and meaningful policy and practices to build a culture in which LGBTQ+ people feel that they belong. This includes providing staff training and encouraging strong, visible leadership on LGBTQ+ themes.

Our official LGBTQ+ Supporters’ Association, Proud Lilywhites, is one of the most well-established and widely respected organisations of its kind within the game. One of its Members, Khya Gott, said: “Rainbow laces is as important now as it has ever been, and there’s no better time than the present to be showing our support for the campaign and the LGBTQ+ community.

“Seeing footballers in the Premier League and across the 92 clubs with their rainbow laces on, or their Stadium sporting rainbow corner flags, or their captain’s wearing a rainbow armband is so important for so many people and gives a real sense of belonging in football - a game for all.

“Seeing our club continue to show their support for the campaign is so impactful, and makes me proud to be a Spurs fan - we are one team, and it is a good time to express that no matter who you are, you are welcomed by us, and our club.”

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