{"id":635,"date":"2021-04-07T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/pawb\/?p=635"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:11:33","slug":"the-rainbow-wall-cymrus-new-lgbtq-supports-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/pawb\/news\/the-rainbow-wall-cymrus-new-lgbtq-supports-group\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow Wall &#8211; Cymru&#8217;s New LGBTQ+ Supports Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9.png 1920w, https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/d2sse31vfzxfzb.cloudfront.net\/Featured_Image_9-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A new supporters group has been established for LGBTQ+ supporters and allies to join together and follow the Cymru National Teams.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rainbow Wall was officially launched before Cymru\u2019s match against Belgium on&nbsp;Wednesday 24th March&nbsp;with a \u201cBig Social\u201d event taking place online. The Big Social brought together LGBTQ+ Communities from Wales and Belgium in a safe space to talk about the match and share stories of that memorable game at Euro 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also featured a quiz and concluded with supporters singing their respective countries National Anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rainbow Wall co-founder Brandon Gregory said \u201cThe response has been amazing, so positive. It\u2019s about building a sense of community and togetherness and you don\u2019t have to be part of the LGBT+ community to join it. You can be a straight person who wants to support the cause and what we stand for. It makes me immensely proud to be Welsh and be part of something that I really care about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rainbow Wall\u2019s development forms part of the FAW\u2019s ongoing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work. The co-founders of The Rainbow Wall emerged following a range of discussions with Football V Homophobia and the LGBTQ+ community within the football family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Webber the FAW\u2019s Equality, Diversity, Inclusion &amp; Integrity Manager highlighted the importance of the group, &#8220;By creating an LGBTQ+ supporters&#8217; group it provides a support network and safe place, which will help encourage individuals to attend games and be their true selves, where maybe they were reluctant to do so beforehand. 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