Confn, exasperatn and datg apps – my month as a gay reporter at the Qatar World Cup - The Athletic

Contents:

• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• NEWS OF BEG GAY QATAR
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
• CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP
• NEWS OF GAY QATAR
• ¿PúBLI GAY EN EL MUNDIAL QATAR? Sí, SI LOS FANS "RPETAN" Y NO HAY MUTRAS AFECTO
• ARGENTA GAY TRAVEL

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

Ever sce anti-gay Qatar was chosen as the World Cup host untry, we’ve been trackg issu surroundg LGBTQ rights and how they have played out, cludg rankg the 32 teams as far as LGBTQ clivy (or many s, outright hostily).

NEWS OF BEG GAY QATAR

Of the eight natns left, only Moroc has polici that are downright homophobic. France ranks seventh the 2022 ILGA-Europe (Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Assn.

Some have been mullg whether to attend the tournament, or even watch on ’s laws agast gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people are flashpots the n-up to the first World Cup to be held the Middle East, or any Arab or Mlim untry. Wh his untry facg cricism over a number of issu, Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim b Hamad Al Thani, recently argued  “has been subjected to an unprecented mpaign” that no host untry has ever ambassador for the World Cup Qatar, however, has scribed homosexualy as a “damage the md”  an terview wh German public broadster ZDF.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

Aired this week, the ments by former Qatari natnal team player Khalid Salman highlighted ncerns about the nservative untry’s treatment of gays and LGBTQ rights activists are seizg the moment to draw attentn, wh a heightened sense of urgency, to the ndns of LGBTQ cizens and rints Qatar. Recently, he jumped at the opportuny to lobby for a human rights ngrs hosted by the German soccer feratn Frankfurt, Mn told the Qatari ambassador to Germany that Qatar should abolish s penalti for homosexualy.

“I happen to be a gay football fan and I thought that this is a great opportuny to … speak ont of such a high reprentative, to nnect the topic wh a face, ” Mn said an Youn, LGBTQ rights senr rearcher the Middle East and North Ai at Human Rights Watch, said that while Qatari officials have offered some reassuranc for LGBTQ fans, the possibily of stigma and discrimatn remaed hog, accs to health re and safely reportg potential sexual the same time, she argued, “suggtns that Qatar should make an exceptn for outsirs are implic remrs that Qatari thori do not believe that s LGBT rints serve basic rights or exist, ” addg her anizatn was ncerned about ndns for lol LGBTQ people, cludg after the law lls for a prison sentence of one to three years for whoever is “stigatg” or “scg” a male to “m sodomy, ” as well as for “ducg or scg a male or a female any way to m illegal or immoral actns.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR

Nasser Mohamed, an openly gay Qatari activist who now liv the Uned Stat, is among those sayg that ternatnal attentn is disproportnately foced on visors and not enough on LGBTQ people Qatar.

The officials did not addrs or intify any specific issue their msage, which angered some human rights soccer-crazy Argenta, Juan Pablo Moro, print of the group Gays Passnate About Soccer said he was dismayed by FIFA’s cisn to anize the World Cup Qatar. En Qatar no se renoce el recho las personas a ser scriptas en su DNI ar n su intidad género, mientras que la homosexualidad, que en su código penal tá fida o "sodomia", tá absolutamente prohibida. La homosexualidad, que en su código penal tá fida o "sodomia", tá absolutamente en QatarEl aborto tá penalizado en Qatar.

CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP

'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban. Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.

The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay.

Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman has said homosexualy is “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF on Monday. Durg the terview, Salman was discsg the issue of homosexualy beg illegal Qatar.

NEWS OF GAY QATAR

Salman told ZDF that beg gay was “haram, ” meang forbidn acrdg to Islamic law.

As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said. In November the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup opens Qatar, a untry that reprs the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people and punish same-sex relatns wh up to seven years prison. It found that only 33 did not object to bookg same-sex upl, while 20 others said that “they would acmodate same-sex upl as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay.

As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed­—a doctor who has lived the U.

¿PúBLI GAY EN EL MUNDIAL QATAR? Sí, SI LOS FANS "RPETAN" Y NO HAY MUTRAS AFECTO

But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future. In the months sce, Mohamed lnched the non-prof Alwan Foundatn to advance LGBTQ+ rights across the Middle East and pecially Qatar, where he says that secury operativ filtrate gay muni orr to torture and erce members to rm on others. There are some people om really affluent fai that are gay and ’s almost public knowledge—but they’re really wealthy, affluent, and very nnected, so people jt don’t say anythg.

ARGENTA GAY TRAVEL

And if such an attack happens on a gay fan, I don’t know of the [secury] rourc to help them.

Bee you uld be harmed, you n be gay bashed, you n be beaten, and people may not be able to help you. The world’s only openly gay top‑flight men’s footballer says he would be “sred” to play at the World Cup tournament Qatar next year bee of the emirate’s harsh ban on homosexualy and legal penalti rangg om floggg to lengthy prison terms and Cavallo, 21, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received a wave of support om football fans and current and former players last month after openg up about his sexualy a vio posted to the club’s social media feeds. ”The announcement ma Cavallo the only out gay player men’s profsnal football, his isolatn stark a sport whose admistrators have lnched high-profile public mpaigns recent years embracg LGBT fans and only a handful of male players have ever e out, ntrast to the women’s game, which has easily blown past the same barrier: more than 40 lbian or bisexual players took part the 2019 women’s World Cup France, acrdg to Fifa.

Crics have raised the fact that Fifa ntu to award World Cups to untri such as Rsia – where homophobia has been lled a “state‑sponsored” project – and Qatar, where same-sex acts are illegal, as evince of the erng body’s patchy mment to if holdg the tournament a untry wh strict penalti for homosexualy sent the wrong msage to gay footballers and fans, Cavallo, who has played for Atralia’s unr-20s ternatnal si, told the Guardian’s daily news podst that he would be aaid for his safety if asked to participate the 2022 Qatar World Cup. 'I'm a footballer and I'm gay': A-League player Josh Cavallo talks about his sexualy – vio“I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said.

At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate – is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer? ”Homosexual acts are banned unr several Qatari laws wh penalti rangg om at least a year to a prison.

Mlims the untry n be subject to Sharia law that bans any sexual activy outsi marriage wh punishments rangg up to the ath penalty, meang homosexual acts n technilly rult executn, though several human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the offence. ”Along wh the appallg ndns for migrant workers buildg the astcture for the tournament, the prospect of gay fans or players beg arrted Qatar has dogged Fifa sce the emirate was announced as host of the tournament 2010.

The anisatn’s then print, Sepp Blatter, fuelled the ntroversy the same year when he was asked if he had any advice for gay people who wanted to travel to the Gulf state for the petn.

But they walk a fe le between acmodatg what are now mastream attus towards gay people much of the world and the untry’s own nservative relig the tournament has approached, Qatari officials have sought to reassure LGBT fans that they will be wele the untry and n exprs themselv – wh lims. ”Prsed at the time over how Qataris would react to a gay uple holdg hands, Khater said they would be treated the same as a heterosexual uple. After beg the only current, openly gay player men’s top-flight football last month, Josh Cavallo says a new terview wh the Guardian that he would be “sred” to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s homosexualy laws.