Today's attendance at Elland Road was 35,261 plus one very proud official LGBTQ+ supporters' group.
Thankyou, as ever,
@LUFC
for your fantastic support 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
#LUFC
🤍💛💙
#ALAW
#LGBTHistoryMonth
Our
@mazleeds
will be taking this to lay at the Hillsborough memorial tomorrow.
She had family at the game in 89 and will be paying her respects to the 97.
Please be respectful tomorrow, chanting about a disaster is never ok.
#JFT97
#lufc
#lfc
@LFC_LGBT
We are sad to see Patrick Bamford driven from socials by abuse. He has been a gracious and supportive friend to us.
Those responsible are not true fans, and should be ashamed of themselves.
We will continue to use our voice for positive goals, and support our team.
#MOT
💛🤍💙
*BREAKING!* This Sunday is
@LeedsPride
, and we have just been cleared to announce that joining us will be....
🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Only the legends that are...
@lukeayling_8
💥
@jermainebecks83
💥
@NoelDavidWhelan
💥
Come along 1.00pm Cookridge St.
*ALL* Leeds, aren't we 😀⚽🏳️🌈
For those
@lufc
fans who abused
@izzyjaybrown
yesterday with “Chelsea Rent Boys” chant: it is homophobic & offensive. There were LGBT Leeds fans standing next to you who felt angered & threatened. Support our club with passion always - but no need for this.
@FvHtweets
@kickitout
We are sad to see Patrick Bamford driven from socials by abuse. He has been a gracious and supportive friend to us.
Those responsible are not true fans, and should be ashamed of themselves.
We will continue to use our voice for positive goals, and support our team.
#MOT
💛🤍💙
Thank you all so much for the nice comments they really do mean the world to me. Something I and many other people have to live with and if I can be somebody young or old people look up to then little interviews like this are so worth it 💙💙
Somewhere - quietly on a Friday evening - someone may be looking at these pics and the reaction to them, and thinking...
"Really? At Leeds Utd? Me... would I be OK? Really? I'd love to, but I didn't think...?"
The answer is: Yes, you ARE welcome. *ALL Leeds, aren't we*
#ALAW
Luke was a wonderful role-model: on the pitch, in the club, & in the wider community.
He didn't just 'talk the talk': he flopped The Flop, rolled the wonky cartwheel, and made history by walking the Pride walk *with* us.
He goes with our total respect & best wishes. ⚽️🏳️🌈🤍💙💛
Thank you to Liam Cooper and the team
@LUFC
for this message. To have the squad and club make the LGBTQ+ community and it's allies feel known and seen means alot!
#mot
#alaw
#pride
Wow, what an amazing *feat* by
@TheSquareBall
! (See what we did there? 😁)
It's all in aid of
@andysmanclubuk
which is a wonderful and, sadly, seriously needed organisation. Please add your support if you can 🙏🏽
'Leeds United have earned a reputation as one of British football's most progressively LGBTQ+-friendly clubs, strongly supporting 'Marching Out Together' and sponsoring Leeds Pride for a period of several years'
FACT!
@LUFC
If you don't like it, nobody is forcing you to buy it.
Just don't carp and sneer when we do.
That's all we ask: to be accepted peacefully for how we are, as we do with you.
And ICYMI this stuff is here because
@LUFC
- the club you love - really support us 😊⚽️🏳️🌈
#ALAW
#MOT
We cannot stress enough.
Please do NOT got to the ground on Sunday.
Stay in your gardens & homes. The team at Elland Road, Bielsa, Players and Staff are working tirelessly to get the job done. Don't undo it.
#stayhome
#respectournorman
#lufc
#mot
#alaw
A beautiful story for
@LeedsPride
. 🏳️🌈 One young
@LUFC
fan, inspired by the club’s support for Pride, decided to come out to his parents on Friday. Today he & his dad will be joining us on the Pride March before the game. Thank you
@LUFC
#ALAW
#LUFC
@prideinfootball
@The_FSF
Sadly our match v Brighton was once again marred by offensive chanting from part of the home crowd, and we are taking this up with
@LUFC
Read here for why we are working hard to help fans see that these tired chants don’t belong in our game:
This is a big step, and we send all our respect and support to
@Jake_Daniels11
✊⚽️🏳️🌈
Along with
@JoshuaCavallo
this takes bravery too. It's sad that that is still the case and we look forward to the day when this is no longer news. In football, and more widely in society.
Leeds United's Luke Ayling opens up about having a stammer and is surprised with a message from local kids he's inspired who also have a stammer. 💙💛
#LUFC
Despite the draw it’s been a fantastic of week for rainbow laces.
@lufc
have been a true support in helping us raise awareness of equality in sport. Thank you
@LiamCooper__
for sporting the rainbow and handing over the armband.
#mot
#alaw
#lufc
A history-making ally, an incredible right back and an all round top bloke. If this is the end, then we’re truly sad to see you go
@lukeayling_8
. Thank you for your history making support - you’ll always be Leeds to us 💙💛
Interesting and typical reactions to a member putting our badge on their new shirt, and the Pride range in the official
@LUFC
shops.
Many, many people and friends saying how they love it, ...and one or two anti.
[1/2 cont'd]
Big drumroll and....... Ta Dah! ! ! ! !
Available now at the club shop at ER, for just £5.00 (and all proceeds to little old us 😊)
*Huge* thank you to
@LUFC
and all the retail team for their support on this for
#RainbowLaces
🤍💛💙⚽🏳️🌈
There are many reasons to be proud of last night's performance, but especially the fans who out-sung the home crowd throughout ✊🏽
Our members who were there also say our fans followed
#LUFC
requests and there were no R
#nt
B
#y
chants, too. Well played, everyone 🏳️🌈⚽🏳️⚧️🤍💛💙
Something to put a smile in everyone's heart and a bit of sunshine into your day...
Sending love and congratulations to our fabulous member and helper
@RoisinRants
and Lu who have got engaged today! 💞💍🍾
Tonight's match v Crystal Palace is
@LUFC
's designated
#RainbowLaces
fixture: and the players will be wearing special shirts during the warm-up... featuring us!
We are really grateful for the support of the club and the vast majority of supporters.
Thankyou to everyone who supported us today: those who walked with us and waved our flags and came to our stall and took a leaflet.
We are just a small group doing our best. But with all *your* voices we can bring real change. Bless you all.🙏🏽
Happy Pride. 365 days a year. 🏳️🌈
Today is International Day of Action on Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia. As every day, we continue to work towards football becoming safer and more welcoming for *everyone*; and for the power of football to help bring wider change.
#ALAW
#IDAHOBIT2023
"It's just banter."
"Why do we need another special month anyway?"
"Why can't they just keep to themselves and leave the rest of us in peace?"
"I don't know why the club has to push all this."
We are always happy to explain why these things matter. Just contact us for a chat. 😊
Great to see on the big screen today 👊👊…and the score line wasn’t too bad either 😉. Thank you to
@lufc
for recognising LGBT+ history month - great work for inclusion and diversity, as always 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
And we will not hide who we are to defer to a regime which denies and abuses fundamental human rights and equalities.
Football is our game, not theirs.
@fifa
had a choice 12yrs ago and made the wrong one, and every day that is becoming more exposed. ⚽️🏳️🌈
What a day to be a
@lufc
fan. The noise in the rain at ER will be spine tingling. These are the days you live for as a fan. Let’s get behind the team today more than we ever have. This is our season. In Bielsa we believe.
#mot
#waccoe
#wall
#alaw
We are aware of the
@FA
decision today to sanction
@LUFC
for homophobic chanting at our match against Brighton in March and note the Club’s response.
Please see our website to read our statement:
#MOT
#ALAW
⚽🏳️🌈
Kalvin Phillips has not only been an outstanding player for our club, but also a wonderful person and role-model for the very best values in football and wider society.
We will miss him; he goes with our appreciation and very best wishes for the future.
We're proud to confirm next Saturday's match v Middlesboro has been designated
@LUFC
's official Rainbow Laces fixture this season.
The club actively support us year-round, and we have some exciting plans for the coming week! Look out for updates here & our website⚽🏳️🌈
[Pic: FA]
Our team came away from today's session with Paraag Marathe content that he is definitely committed to equality and inclusion.
There's work to do, we all know that, but encouraging.
#MOT
#ALAW
A little over 5 yrs ago
@Leedsmot1963
&
@drewinledbury
had a thought to start an
@LUFC
LGBTQ+ fans' group.
Just look at us now, all growed up and proud partners of the club and on the big screen in front of 37,000 🤍💛💙⚽️🏳️🌈
Just a reminder on the new shirt: if you have our lovely rainbow-smiley badge on the sleeve the lovely people at
@LUFC
Retail pass through 100% of the *income* to us. (Yep, not a share: All. Of. It.)
Not yet online, but you can get them at
@TrinityLeeds
shop 👌🏾😍
This is getting a really positive reaction.
Just to be clear too, this goes right through the club: Chief Exec Angus Kinnear will be with us, as will other staff, as well as representatives and supporters from the Academy.
The support from
@LUFC
is real, and genuine ⚽️🤍💛💙🏳️🌈
*BREAKING!* This Sunday is
@LeedsPride
, and we have just been cleared to announce that joining us will be....
🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Only the legends that are...
@lukeayling_8
💥
@jermainebecks83
💥
@NoelDavidWhelan
💥
Come along 1.00pm Cookridge St.
*ALL* Leeds, aren't we 😀⚽🏳️🌈
There is also left/wingback, joint captain and official club Duracell monster
@OliviaSmart_
: well over 300 appearances now*
Also - in her 'spare' time - an NHS transplant surgeon. So there's that, too 🙏🏽
[*
@lufcstats
help us out: do your records go back to mediaeval times?]
The two current longest serving players at
#LUFC
in Liam Cooper & Stuart Dallas are both locked on 266 appearances each.
But with both recovering from injuries & Djed Spence sidelined, could the 3rd longest serving Luke Ayling (259) go past them?
Same here; like kids on Christmas Eve.
We kn ow we will get some cynics and some real abuse, but we are proud too of the genuine support of
@LUFC
and the majority of reasonable-minded fans.
Thankyou all.
#ALAW
🙏⚽️🏳️🌈
Very proud that
@LUFC
have once again committed to being a premium sponsor for Leeds pride.
Members keep an eye on your email for ways to get involved!
For anyone not yet signed up feel free to join us either at Pride or Elland road ⚽🏳️🌈
🌈 | Sunday's fixture not only marks the first match of the new season but also
@LeedsPride
, with
#LUFC
acting as a premium sponsor for the annual event
'We've been through it all together
And we've had our ups and downs (UPS AND DOWNS!)
We're gonna stay with you forever
At least until the world stops going round.'
Tip Of The Day from
@PhilHay_
When you want a selfie with 16 people, avoid having to do it 16 times by getting them to arrange themselves as the Anthill Mob 😋
We present the almost-complete work by
@CBloxx
and with support of
@EastStreetArts
&
@LeedsInspired
It's not quite complete here and we will explain a couple more details, but
@LUFC
fans will maybe recognise our group's name being based on a well-known anthem...?
#MOT
⚽️🏳️🌈🦉🦚
Captain
@LiamCooper__
didn't just drop into our chat, he's highlighted
#RainbowLaces
in his own programme notes.
“Football is a game for everyone and if wearing the Rainbow Laces armband helps even one person, then that is a step in the right direction.”
That! 👌😊🏳️🌈⚽️
#ALAW
We stand with our friends
@LFC_LGBT
@LFC
again this year in remembering not only the 97 victims but the many others still affected by the tragedy.
No one should attend a football match and not return home.
#jft97
#ynwa
#hillsboroughlawnow
🏳️🌈🎶🥳🏳️⚧️
Sunday 21st July
🏳️⚧️🥳🎶🏳️🌈
We are really thrilled that
@LUFC
are supporting Leeds Pride again this year... we'll be there and will be sharing our plans soon.
See you there! 🏳️🌈⚽️🤍💛💙🏳️⚧️