‘Not the World Cup for all that Fifa promised’: GayGooners make Qatar prott | The Inpennt

Contents:

• ‘NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED’: GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT
• GAY GOONERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ENGLAND’S FIRST LGBT FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB
• RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH
• NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED – GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT

‘NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED’: GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Arsenal’s GayGooners supporters group have lled on FIFA to make the 2022 World Cup the last to take place a untry that persecut members of the LGBTQ+ group held a prott outsi the Qatar embassy London on Saturday at the same time as FIFA print Gianni Infanto was hostg a media nference fendg the cisn to take the fals to the Middle ’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ muny has been heavily cricised, wh the issu raised only g more to the fore as tournament kick-off approach. ”In a statement released to the PA news agency, GayGooners -chair Carl Fearn spoke out at the “lip service” given to LGBTQ+ supporters. This is not the World Cup for All that FIFA promisedGayGooners -chair Carl FearnInfanto opened his hour-long speech by sayg: “Today I have very strong feelgs, today I feel Qatari, today I feel Arab, today I feel Ain, today I feel gay, today I feel disabled, today I feel a migrant worker”Fearn, though, told the 52-year-old Swiss he should spend time wh the groups he claimed to be at one wh before he uld make such claims.

GAY GOONERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ENGLAND’S FIRST LGBT FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB

Football fans om the LGBTQ+ muny have been let down by David Beckham’s cisn to be an ambassador for the World Cup is the opn of Carl Fearn, the -chair of Arsenal’s official LGBTQ+ supporters group Gay Gooners, who has spoken exclively to LiveSre on the off-field issu surroundg this year’s global showpiece.

Former England pta Beckham, 47, was reportedly paid the regn of £150ln to take up his ambassadorial role, promotg the tournament and featurg on marketg mpaigns for the host cisn to accept, however, is somethg Fearn believ has done irreparable damage between him and some of the fans he has champned for throughout his explaed: "David has done an awful lot of visibily around LGBTQ+ issu, he’s appeared on the ont pag of gay publitns like Attu and Gay Tim — and that’s the kd of support that we want and need.

Several vtigatns have shed light on the number of migrant workers who died buildg the tournament’s stadia, while the untry’s stance on homosexualy has also ed signifint believ that high-profile punds, such as Gary Neville, and the players volved the tournament mt do more to highlight the issu at said: "Gary Neville, as we all know, is very opnated and very knowledgeable about football but I feel he maybe tri to protect the players om the issu a b too much. "You n watch LiveSre’s full chat wh Carl Fearn om the Gay Gooners below. Arsenal's clash wh Newstle on Saturday is first game of Premier League's 2021 Rabow Lac activatn; Carl Fearn, -chair of LGBTQ+ fans group Gay Gooners, highlights importance of visibily and challengg those who persist sgg homophobic chants.

RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH

Saturday's Rabow Lac fixture is a val day of visibily for Gay Gooners, says the -chair of Arsenal's official LGBTQ+ supporters Gooners was tablished back Febary 2013 as the first group affiliated to an English club for lbian, gay, bi and trans 50 such groups now exist across the UK, wh Gay Gooners remag the largt wh around 1, 000 members. Gay Gooners are one of the Arsenal fan groups to have s own banner on permanent display at Emirat Stadium.

Speakg to Sky Sports News ahead of Arsenal's home game agast Newstle at lunchtime on Saturday - the first Premier League match of this year's Rabow Lac activatn - -chair Carl Fearn said the mpaign remas hugely important to the annual global celebratns for Pri are held durg June, when Arsenal are enjoyg their summer break, so havg an alloted time the domtic football lendar to raise awarens about cln is highly valued by groups like the Gay Gooners particular.

NOT THE WORLD CUP FOR ALL THAT FIFA PROMISED – GAYGOONERS MAKE QATAR PROTT

"At tim, a lot of our members don't like visibily but we're out there to jt say, we're here, and to please support if there's any homophobic abe or unfortable aspects of gog to a game. Gay Gooners and Beller on culture and allyship. Fearn believ one factor fluencg this view is chantg that perpetuat homophobic stereotyp football.

I'll be pole and lm - I'll make sure 's safe - and jt pot out why to somebody like the Gay Gooners, certa chants are offensive. "Most of the chants are makg out that gay men particular are weak.

He feels Arsenal as a club is makg a ncerted effort to tackle homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and for this weekend's match, there is strong support too om Gay Gooners' fellow fans groups. "Over 10 per cent of the Gay Gooners membership are alli - people who are not LGBTQ+ themselv but are active and visible their support of those who are. Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ muny has been heavily cricisedArsenal’s Gay Gooners have protted outsi the Qatar embassy London (Aaron Chown/PA)Arsenal’s GayGooners supporters group have lled on FIFA to make the 2022 World Cup the last to take place a untry that persecut members of the LGBTQ+ group held a prott outsi the Qatar embassy London on Saturday at the same time as FIFA print Gianni Infanto was hostg a media nference fendg the cisn to take the fals to the Middle ’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ muny has been heavily cricised, wh the issu raised only g more to the fore as tournament kick-off approach.