Racing Pride

Racing Pride is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights charity working in the motorsport industry to promote inclusivity across the sport, and amongst its technological and commercial partners.[2][3]

Racing Pride
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Formation6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)[1]
TypeNGO
PurposeLGBT rights
HeadquartersLondon
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Great Britain
Websitewww.racingpride.com
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342 MSM activity made illegal
1533 Death penalty introduced for MSM activity
1543 Buggery Act extended to Wales
1828 Offences Against the Person Act 1828
1835 James Pratt and John Smith executed
1861 Death penalty for buggery abolished
1885 Labouchere Amendment introduced
1889 Cleveland Street scandal
1895 Oscar Wilde found guilty of gross indecency
1912 The Cave of the Golden Calf opens
1921 Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated
1936 Mark Weston transitions
1952 John Nott-Bower begins crackdown
1954 Pitt-Rivers, Montagu, Wildeblood imprisoned
1954 Alan Turing commits suicide
1957 Wolfenden report released
1967 MSM activity made legal (England & Wales)
1972 First British Gay Pride Rally
1976 Jeremy Thorpe resigns as Liberal leader
1981 MSM activity made legal (Scotland)
1981 First case of AIDS reported in the UK
1982 MSM activity made legal (NI)
1983 Gay men barred from donating blood
1984 Chris Smith elected as first openly gay MP
1987 Operation Spanner begins
1988 Section 28 comes into force
1989 Stonewall UK forms
1994 Age of consent for MSM becomes 18
1997 Angela Eagle becomes first openly lesbian MP
1998 Bolton 7 found guilty
1998 Lord Alli becomes first openly gay Lord
1999 Admiral Duncan bombing
2000 Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces
2001 Age of consent equalised to 16
2001 MSM activity involving multiple men legal
2002 Same sex couples granted equal rights to adopt
2003 Section 28 repealed
2004 Civil partnerships introduced
2004 Gender Recognition Act 2004
2006 Discrimination made illegal
2008 Equalised access to IVF for lesbian couples
2008 Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime
2009 Public apology to Alan Turing
2010 Equality Act 2010
2011 Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral)
2013 Nikki Sinclaire becomes first openly trans MEP
2013 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
2014 First same-sex marriages take place
2016 MSM activity not grounds for military discharge
2017 Turing law implemented
2017 Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI)
2019 MPs legislate for gay marriage in NI
2020 Gay marriage legal across UK, incl. NI
2020 Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. NI)
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The organisation was founded in 2019 in partnership with LGBT rights charity Stonewall.[4]

Racing Pride has announced a number of Driver Ambassadors from across a range of motorsport disciplines to improve the visibility of LGBT people in the industry and to increase inclusivity amongst racing fans and organisers.[5]

Those drivers who have already been announced as Racing Pride Ambassadors include Richard Morris,[6] Charlie Martin,[7][8][9] Sarah Moore[10][11] and Abbie Eaton.[12]

The organisation has also gone on to partner with a number of motorsport organisations, such as the British Automobile Racing Club,[13] the British Racing and Sports Car Club, Formula Student[14] and Team Parker Racing.

See also

References
  1. "Racing Pride scheme for motorsport LGBTQ+ inclusivity launches". 6 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. "New organization aims to increase visibility for the LGBTQ+ in motorsport". Jalopnik. 6 June 2019.
  3. "Motorsport has a homophobia and transphobia problem – will this macho world ever be 'woke'?". The Telegraph. 13 February 2020.
  4. "Racing Pride scheme for motorsport LGBTQ+ inclusivity launches". Autosport. 6 June 2019.
  5. "Abbie Eaton joins LGBT motorsport movement Racing Pride as driver ambassador". Sky Sports. 12 November 2019.
  6. "The One with Richard Morris". The LGBT Sport Podcast. BBC. 4 July 2019.
  7. "Team Parker and Charlie Martin to spearhead Racing Pride's new LGBTQ+ initiative at Silverstone". British GT. 6 June 2019.
  8. "Rainbow Laces 2019 launches with Stonewall Sport Champions announcement". British GT. 6 June 2019.
  9. "Charlie Martin to race at Nurburgring in 2020 as her 24 Hours of Le Mans quest continues". Sky Sports. 18 March 2020.
  10. "W Series' Sarah Moore sees inclusion awareness growing in motorsport and F1". Sky Sports. 26 April 2020.
  11. "W Series drivers Sarah Moor and Abbie Eaton are adding some much needed diversity to a male-dominated sport". Gay Times. 26 April 2020.
  12. "The Grand Tour's Abbie Eaton join Stonewall-supported Racing Pride initiative". Qweerist. 13 November 2019.
  13. "BARC shows support for Racing Pride movement". BARC. 4 February 2020.
  14. "Racing Pride join Formula Student". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 5 August 2019.
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