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While wasn't all posive -- the chantg of gay slurs and lack of any out players proved FIFA has a long way to go -- the tournament provid fans wh tons of sexy fodr. It was nearly impossible to tch all the great moments of the World Cup so we gathered all our favore (and gayt) on here:Croatia's post-match skny dipFollowg a tough loss to Brazil the first round, the Croatian team found solace by bathg naked together. The fleetg timate moments on the fieldWhile there wasn't any gay moment happeng here, the photo of ref Nila Rizzoli and Argenta player Gonzalo Higua ma wonr if we were watchg gay porn or the World Cup.

A gay iend — who had no tert football whatsoever before this tournament — even went! It’s still up but they changed the rabow lour of the wordg to red after some backlash that was still “too gay”. It felt like a reactn to people like Grant Wahl, may his soul rt power, and other reporters who chose to she some light on the LGBT suatn over premise of the mpaign is a play on words, as the Arabic word for gay is “Mhly” which also means “like me”.

Anomaly is one of the many rogatory words for gay Arabic. I am a Chelsea fan and openly gay.

WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN

Homophobia is a huge issue football, jt look at how Iker Casillas (a World Cup wner! We’d never have been ee of the World Cup that took place a proudly homophobic untry and, worse, that World Cup would have been glorified for eterny.

KrystaAs a gay football fan, I stggled the build-up, and wh whether I would even watch . In the end, I watched the whole tournament but never stopped voicg or amplifyg those wh their stori to shed light on the atroci that our muny face both Qatar and the broar bee I am gay do not make me lser. The women’s game is a much more acceptg environment than the men’s (Photo: Clive Rose/Getty Imag)Jam FlynnAs a parent of a 15-year-old girl who is gay, was difficult to support the World Cup knowg that my dghter would not be wele to attend.

She didn’t watch one mute of this World Cup so missed out on possibly one of the bt fals OwenI’m a gay man and I work as a sports TV producer.

WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN

I felt guilty about watchg and angry about how the World Cup was shut down for people like me to fully ’re only here every four years, and yet between Rsia and Qatar, we’ve been shut out HeyAs a bisexual man, the homophobia was pervasive throughout the tournament and onle disurse. I hated the rponse that this overt homophobia was jt ‘their culture’, as that nnot be an exce if you are hostg a worldwi general, ma me even more angry regardg the lack of support for LGBT people morn football and really highlighted jt how homophobic natns like the UK really n be, wh seemgly untls Brish fans sentially tellg to “get over and enjoy the football” HoyleI feel nflicted, of urse upset, but knowg this is one of the first tim a untry that regn has hosted the World Cup and what that means for LGBTQ+ people of lour, also mak me wonr how much of the verage is lked to media same scty didn’t apply to more wtern untri who hosted global sportg events wh siar track rerds on human rights, so feels a b tratg that our inty is beg ed as a polil/inty polics pawn. Ined, watchg Germany go out, which I would ually enjoy, was paful bee of the glee that triggered among homophob.

As soon as there was any st to them, they were happy to jettison any mment to gay supporters, or even possibly team-mat. CharlieProbably siar to a lot of gay fans, ’s always been love/hate wh football cludg tryg really hard not to like for years when I was younger bee I didn’t thk was for people like me given the lack of (visible) LGBT people genuely felt like we’d ma progrs on this recent years — far more than I hoped for, cludg not only players like Jake Daniels and Josh Cavallo but also que a few clubs actively engagg wh thgs like rabow lac.

It seems like once the World Cup was unrway, any opposn eher disappeared or was kept quiet orr to prent as the “bt World Cup ever” mak any effort ma by FIFA to open the sport up and get rid of the homophobic elements pletely els and reerat that money is kg and any mpaign was merely superficial bee they thought would make them more money. I wasn’t ever bothered about the OneLove armband until beme this huge bate to the effect of beg the most ncrete symbol of gay rights, like was sometim prented, and then jt got drag seeg more and more piec tryg to put down.

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