Football gay rights campaign criticised

The ’rainbow laces’ campaign to kick homophobia out of football has come under fire from another gay rights group who have criticised its slogan ’Right Behind Gay Players’ for being a “sexualised innuendo”.

The campaign is being run by gay rights charity Stonewall and bookmakers Paddy Power who have sent sets of multi-coloured laces to all professional clubs in England and Scotland asking players to wear them in support this weekend.