ARSENAL GAY GOONERS

Gay Gooners is Arsenal Football Club’s official supporters’ group for LGBTQ+ fans.

Established in February 2013, they are the first and one of the largest LGBTQ+ fans group in England, with over 2,500 members.

They hold meet-ups near Emirates Stadium before home fixtures, group trips to away games and organise regular social events. They also represent the club on the annual London Pride parade every summer.

The group’s banner is displayed inside Emirates Stadium after being unveiled on the pitch by club legend Pat Rice MBE.

Gay Gooners’ patron and lifelong Arsenal supporter, comedian Matt Lucas says he is “immensely proud of and grateful to the club” for its support for the group and how “young gay fans now feel included by the club in a way my generation never could”.

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