F1 star Lewis Hamilton compares racing in Florida to being in Saudi Arabia and says he'll have a rainbow on his helmet to protest towards the state's anti-LGBTQ measures
- F1 star Lewis Hamilton says racing in Florida is “no totally different” from Saudi Arabia.
- He says it is comparable due to Florida’s restrictive laws concentrating on the LGBTQ neighborhood.
- Hamilton says he’ll put on a rainbow flag on his helmet at this weekend’s race to point out his help.
F1 star Lewis Hamilton in contrast his upcoming race in Florida to racing in Saudi Arabia and mentioned he’ll have a rainbow on his helmet to protest the state’s anti-LGBTQ measures.
Forward of the Miami Grand Prix that begins on Friday, Hamilton voiced his disapproval of Florida’s current laws concentrating on the LGBTQ neighborhood, like Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Do not Say Homosexual” regulation, which bans classes on sexual orientation in faculties.
“It isn’t good in any respect,” Hamilton informed Related Press. “I stand by these throughout the neighborhood right here. I hope they proceed to face agency and push again. I am going to have the rainbow on my helmet. It is no totally different to after we had been in Saudi.”
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Hamilton, who’s from the UK and is the one Black driver in F1, regularly wears a rainbow flag on his helmet when he races in international locations with restrictive legal guidelines concentrating on the LGTBQ neighborhood, the AP reported.
And now, he is put Florida in the identical group as locations like Saudi Arabia, the place, in line with the Human Dignity Belief, individuals within the LGBTQ neighborhood have confronted discrimination and persecution.
“I don’t agree with it, and I don’t help it,” Hamilton informed the AP of Florida’s anti-LGBTQ agenda. “I simply actually wish to proceed to help the neighborhood right here, and allow them to know I stand with them and I hope they proceed to combat towards it.”