The UK’s first openly gay sports minister has vowed to wear the OneLove rainbow armband to the England v Wales World Cup match in Qatar this evening.
“Our message very much is that no one should have to shy away from who they are,” Andrew told theQatar World Cup: the German football team just wore rainbow stripes in support of LGBTQ+ rights
“It means a lot to me personally, means a lot to me as a minister and more broadly, means a lot to fans out there,” he said. “It is pretty appalling that at the eleventh hour [footballers] were put in a position where they were told there would be sanctions against them. That’s put them in an impossible position.”
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