Premier League Ends Stonewall Partnership, Launches LGBTQ+ Campaign

As of August 7th, 2025, the Premier League has made several significant changes to its diversity and inclusion initiatives. The league has ended its eight-year partnership with the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall and its Rainbow Laces campaign. This decision was made amid the growth of in-house expertise within the league and its clubs, and the Premier League plans to launch its own LGBTQ+ inclusion campaign to coincide with February's LGBTQ+ History Month.

Additionally, Premier League captains have agreed that players will continue taking the knee this season, but only on two occasions during October's Black History Month. This is a further reduction in the number of times the controversial gesture will be performed, as it was previously scaled back to just a few match rounds per season.

The Premier League's move to end its partnership with Stonewall comes amid the charity's advocacy for gender ideology, which was undermined by a recent Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act.