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Anfield will be given a new look on Saturday as Liverpool turn their LED displays rainbow in recognition of Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign.

Skipper Jordan Henderson will also wear a special captain’s armband for the Premier League encounter against his former club Sunderland.

The initiative helps to raise awareness of issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) fans and aims to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attitudes in sport.

Paul Amann, LFC Supporters’ Committee representative for LGBT Supporters, said: “As a club, Liverpool are one of the leaders in endorsing the campaign.

“It’s an opportunity for the club to show their solidarity with a LGBT core of supporters, match officials and players who haven’t come out.

“Liverpool have been leading the way in this respect. They were the first club to march at a Pride event and they lit up the Kop as part of Liverpool Pride’s ‘Come out of the Shadows’ initiative.”

Paul, who is the founder of Kop Outs, Liverpool’s LGBT fans group, will be collaborating with the food bank initiative ahead of the game and has got 500 pairs of rainbow laces to distribute outside of Anfield.

While he is pleased with the progress his own club have made he recognises that there is still a long way to go when it comes to football fully accepting people from the LGBT community.

He added: “As match-going people there are still moments in which we feel unsafe but thankfully I believe that most supporters are now supportive.”

For more information about the campaign visit: www.stonewall.org.uk/sport