A quarter of LGBTQ+ people do not feel welcome during live sporting events, according to research

A quarter of LGBTQ+ people do not feel welcome during live sporting events, according to research commissioned by Stonewall. 

The research from the LGBTQ+ charity found that LGBTQ+ people felt unwelcome or unsafe whilst playing or watching sports. Furthermore, Stonewall discovered that one in four LGBTQ+ people do not feel welcome in community sports groups or community team sports.

One in five people who attended a live sporting event in the past year felt discriminated against because they are LGBTQ+, whilst one in three Black, Asian and minority ethnic LGBTQ+ people who attended a live sporting event in the past year reported being subjected to discrimination.

Meanwhile, one in five people who attended a fitness club or sports group in the last year were subjected to discrimination because of their

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