Coll Mart is U.S. soccer's only openly gay male player, and he's workg to make the game more clive for future LGBTQ+ players - ESPN

Contents:

• US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP
• BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY
• COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP

"Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar. Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people.

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BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY

The Uned Stat Men’s Natnal Team (USMNT) has resigned s World Cup team logo to add rabow LGBTQ lor strip rponse to host natn Qatar’s stance agast homosexualy. The issue of homosexualy has been a nstant ntroversy for this year’s World Cup gam. Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Qatari officials nstantly reerated their stance agast homosexualy.

Only days ago a Qatar World Cup ambassador told a German TV that homosexualy is “damage the md” and remas illegal Qatar, even for visg athlet. And June, Qatar Football Associatn general secretary Mansoor Al Ansari warned fans not to show open support for gays while Qatar for the gam. Qatar has outlawed homosexualy and impos a large fe or a prison sentence of up to seven years if nvicted of beg gay.

So, they are virtue signalg LGBTQ a natn that kills homosexuals?

COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

But homosexual acts are punishable by imprisonment and ath Qatar, where Islam is the state relign. HRW said that om 2019 to 2022 six LGBTQ Qataris — cludg four transgenr women, one bisexual woman, and one gay man — were “taed an unrground prison; verbally harrassed; physilly abed; nied accs to legal unsel, fay, and medil re; and forced to give nfsn and pledg to ‘cease immoral activy.