#RainbowLaces Day! 🌈👟

Rainbow Laces Day, scheduled on October 8th, is a fun way to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ community characterised by rainbow shoelaces! The goal is to help them to feel accepted and supported, primarily in the context of sports or physical activity. This is done by wearing rainbow laces in shoes to show solidarity. Sometimes people also organise events on the day such as inclusive sports tournaments or fitness classes.

The campaign was founded by Stonewall, an LGBTQ+ human rights charity in the UK, in 2013 as a one-off initiative to advocate for gay footballers. It has since expanded to provide the same support to the entire LGBTQ+ community across every sport. The message it brings about is that everybody should be welcome to participate in sports and activity regardless of sexuality and sex/gender.

Written by Keiran, a Supernova