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Graeme Souness and Alex Scott agree that football must be an inclusive community in which LGBTQ+ players and fans feel safe, as the annual Rainbow Laces campaign activation continues 'Rainbow Laces can't be a tick-box exercise' "The stuff that has been going on at Sky Sports, with the likes of Graeme Souness and Brighton Pride, all that stuff is adding up for people like me and making me feel so much more comfortable in football. "But when it is the club that you love and it's your captain, it definitely has that much more of a good feeling about it. "It's one of those things as well where there is a part of it where yes, I am gay, but I'm just one of the millions of Liverpool fans around the world and for them to come out and to be putting so much effort behind this is really huge for young people like me and not just for supporters of Liverpool but for all clubs. You are one in that 50,000 (crowd) but you feel invincible - it's absolutely amazing. "It's one of the greatest things ever when you're in Anfield and You'll Never Walk Alone plays.
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"I'm really looking forward to going back and hopefully I'll get to meet Jordan as well. Image: Keith hopes to meet Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson one day after the pair's correspondence on social media Stuff like the Rainbow Laces programme, it's giving myself an opportunity and a reason to go back in and feel comfortable when I am playing as well.
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"But I am hopeful now to get back playing as well. I kind of went from that situation of being really comfortable in life and stepping into the football world, I was starting to feel uneasy again, so that's why I had to give it up. He explained: "I just felt the whole attention, as much as I got the support from team-mates, from family and friends, that attention of you being the one gay person on the team. The Rainbow Laces campaign, along with the contact from Henderson on social media, has demonstrated the power of what fostering a more inclusive environment can do for people like Keith, who is now considering joining a team again. He stopped playing when he was 19 after feeling too uncomfortable walking out onto the pitch. Keith, who hails from Dublin, came out when he was 17 and revealed he struggled with playing football during his youth due to the attention he attracted for being gay. 'This has made me want to play football again' Image: Liverpool fan Keith Spooner says he is relishing the chance to go and watch a game at Anfield again and wishes to meet Henderson one day (credit: Keith Spooner)