News 2022/23
Statement on FA fine
Please click the button below to read our statement on today’s decision by the FA to sanction LUFC for homophobic chanting at our game vs Brighton in March.
17.08.23
Regional Alliance launch
We are proud to be a founder member of a new Regional LGBTQ+ Supporters’ Group Alliance which will
Share best practice
Offer peer-to-peer support
Explore joint events
Empower groups to reach their potential
Click below for more info and the launch announcement.
1.08.23
Leeds Pride update
We are finalising our plans for this year’s Pride (sponsored again by LUFC) and would love as many members and friends & supporters to join us as possible.
Saturday 5 Aug we will be at LGBT+ Hub Marketplace in Broderick Hall (City Museum) between 11.00-4.00pm
Sunday 6 Aug for the parade we will be meeting from 1.15-1.45pm at the junction of Calverley St/Gt George St (back corner of the Town Hall nearest Millenium Sq); parade starts at 2.15pm
After the parade you will find us upstairs in Bowers Tap, Lower Briggate to watch the end of the LUFC v Cardiff match and take in all the atmos of the Pride stage!
You will also see us at Elland Road, including on the pitch before ko (members see your email if you would like to join us).
Get in touch at marchingouttogether@gmail.com for more info
30.07.23
LUFC to sponsor Pride 23
We are thrilled that LUFC have once again confirmed their premium sponsorship of Leeds Pride, which takes place on the same day as our opening match against Cardiff, on Sunday 6th August. Following the historic attendance at Pride last year of Luke Ayling and legends Jermaine Beckford and Noel Whelan this is further evidence of the active work at the club to improve equality and inclusion for everyone.
Click the button below to read more, and look out for our updates on activity on the day at Pride and Elland Road.
17.07.23
LUFC Women 2023/24
Two big announcements this week with publication of the FAWNL Div 1 North fixtures and a move for home games to Garforth Town.
Click on the link at the top of the page for more info.
17.07.23
LEEDS PRIDE - Sun 6 Aug
We have been working hard on our plans for Leeds Pride, especially after the fabulous support from Luke Ayling and other legends last year. So we are extremely disappointed to see that LUFC’s first home match has been scheduled for TV not only on the same day, but kicking off within a half-hour of the LeedsPride Parade.
This means that many of our members and friends will be forced to choose between supporting the team or the parade. It also gives our team some logistical problems, but we WILL be at Pride.
We are talking to LUFC and discussing a number of options. Please look out for our updates here and on our social media.
22.06.23
Pride Month
To kick off Pride Month 2023 we are delighted that leading people & talent specialists Charlton Morris invited us back following our visit to talk to their team last year. This time we met pre-match at Elland Road and talked about why our work matters, and the special power football can have to bring change.
We are really grateful to CM for their support for us, and wider activity promoting equality & inclusion.
Click the button below to see more (and CM’s fundraiser for us!).
And look out for upcoming news about our plans for Leeds Pride in August…
1.06.23
Luke Ayling - Champion!
We are thrilled to see that Luke Ayling has been recognised as LUFC’s PFA Community Champion of the Year. Luke became the first-ever active Premier League player to walk with fans at a Pride event when he joined us last summer, and recalls “Taking part in Leeds Pride was a real highlight, …and I know that it meant a lot to our LGBTQ+ fans”.
Luke has been a star for many other reasons too: click below for the club’s release and Luke’s comments.
23.05.23
Cup Winners !
LUFC Women have had a faltering season in the league, but two great cup runs culminating in a win in the FA Womens National League Plate.
United deservedly won 3-1 over Stourbridge Women, who play in the Midlands division of the same tier as LUFC but who are comfortably top of their league.
This was a fully-deserved win for the entire team, and especially for the long-serving trio across the back of Olivia Smart, Bridie Hannon and Cath Hammil.
We were at the game and will continue our support; and we hope this success is a springboard for even greater support and development by the club, with more trophies in years to come.
26.03.23
Please, stop the chants
Sadly, our home match with Brighton & Hove Albion was marred again by the tired and offensive chanting from part of the home crowd, and we are raising this with the club.
Click the button below for our comment and see these links for further coverage in YEP and Pink News.
14.03.23
Supporting LUFC Women (and Tadcaster Albion!)
Earlier this season LUFC withdrew the option to sponsor a player, which we have been proud to do for a number of years. We wanted to continue to show our support for the team, and so have taken out an advertising board at Tadcaster.
We are delighted too that this gives some support to Tadcaster Albion - win, win!
9.02.23
FA & Discriminatory chants
The FA have belatedly written to clubs making it clear that they view discriminatory chanting as a breach of their rules, referring explicitly to the ‘Rent Boy’ chant which has been heard at high-profile games recently. We fully agree with their statement that
“These chants can have a lasting and damaging impact on people and communities within our game, and it must stop.”
We will continue to work with Leeds United and our partners on this matter until we are allowed to enjoy the game and support Leeds United just like every other fan.
12.01.2023
It’s Arsenal in FA Cup R4!
After a third cup win against higher-league opposition LUFC Women have earned a thoroughly-deserved 4th Round Vitality FA Cup tie away to WSL Arsenal - Beth Mead, Leah Williamson and others. Match to be played at Borehamwood on Sun 29 Jan.
Qatar World Cup 2022
For the duration of the World Cup in Qatar we are changing our online profiles to monochrome in support of the LGBTQ+ community there, and to highlight that football is not a sport in which to have pride when it still excludes so many people.
For our position click here.
For information on the ‘No Pride Without All’ campaign click here.
AGM - Chair’s report
This week we held our AGM and our Chair Wiggy gave his annual report.
“This has been our most active and successful year since launching. We continue to work hard to support our members, and to provide a safe and understanding space where members can enjoy their support of LUFC and football more widely. With LUFC now re-established in the Premier League and featuring international players, with the active support of the club, and with growing media recognition we are also making a positive contribution to establishing a more prominent voice for the LGBT+ community in the club and local communities, and to advance progress towards a more tolerant and inclusive environment.”
5.11.22
Rainbow Laces 2022
This has been quite a year: first our fabulous mural, then Leeds Pride was awesome, and now we are just getting our breath back after an equally epic ‘Rainbow Laces’ week! Check out the highlights, and visit here to see why this campaign week matters. All year round.
For our Rainbow Laces fixture against Fulham the club invited us to form a guard of honour as the teams ran out onto the pitch. We wrote a piece for the official match programme which also appeared on the club website, and although print deadlines meant Angus Kinnear’s notes only appeared online he talked about “our collaboration with relentlessly passionate supporters group Marching Out Together”.
Our Chair Wiggy joined the official Leeds Utd Podcast to talk about Rainbow Laces and spoke movingly about his own journey as a gay supporter who had lost and then rediscovered his place at Elland Road.
Board double-act Mick and Maz joined Brenden Aaronson and LUFC Women skipper Becky Bass at the request of LUFC Foundation for a workshop at Leeds Beckett Uni with U16 girls players on the importance of inclusion in sport and rainbow Laces.
And a huge highlight was when the club invited us to Thorp Arch to join Patrick Bamford filming a piece for Barclays Football about the importance of community involvement in football. See the full video here, including an interview with our board member Mish: as well as our team having a kickabout with Patrick this piece had a lot of coverage on social media and Sky TV played it during coverage of the Liverpool v Leeds broadcast (1-2 win for us!) at the end of the week.
Not a bad week for a small group!
30.10.22
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