Gary Leker: I know two gay footballers - if they me out would send Qatar msage - Mirror Onle

Contents:

• ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
• GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS SLAMS ‘TRATG’ QATAR WORLD CUP AND LLS OUT LACK OF ‘RPECT’
• GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY FOOTBALLERS - IF THEY ME OUT WOULD SEND QATAR MSAGE
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP

Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo would be wele at next year’s World Cup, the chief executive of the tournament Qatar has said, spe the untry’s laws agast Alai Uned player, who beme the world’s only current openly gay top-flight profsnal footballer when he me out last month, told the Guardian at the time he would be “sred” to play the Gulf state. Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and punishable by a penalti rangg om floggg to imprisonment and executn, but tournament aniser Nasser Al Khater assured gay fans they uld feel safe there, as long as they act nservatively. “They [gay people] will be g to Qatar as fans of a football tournament.

”Homosexualy is potentially punishable by the ath penalty for Mlims the untry unr sharia law, although human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the 2022 Qatar World Cup chief executive Nasser Al Khater.

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

“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? '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. Gay Qataris have been promised safety om physil torture exchange for helpg the thori to track down other LGBTQ+ people the untry, a proment Qatari doctor and gay rights mpaigner has told the Nasser Mohamed, who liv the US but retas ntact wh hundreds of gay Qataris, said that some secret works had been promised after arrts by Qatar’s preventive secury partment.

GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

“A lot [of gay Qataris] don’t know about each other, ” Mohamed said.

GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

“Now there are agents the gay muny that were promised safety om physil torture exchange for workg for the preventive secury partment and helpg them fd groups of LGBTQ+ people.

”Mohamed told the Guardian that foreign gay fans Qatar would not be persecuted while at the World Cup fals tournament.

”Last month Human Rights Watch reported that Qatar’s preventive secury partment forc had arbrarily arrted lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people and subjected them to ill‑treatment tentn. The World Cup will start jt two weeks' time, spe grave ncerns over Qatar's rerd on human rights, wh the Middle East untry ntug to persecute the LGBT+ munyA gay man has claimed he was hunted by police ahead of the upg World CupA gay man who has prevly livg Qatar has claimed he was 'hunted' by the untry's police force before beg gang-raped a hotel room.

GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS SLAMS ‘TRATG’ QATAR WORLD CUP AND LLS OUT LACK OF ‘RPECT’

One of the biggt ncerns about the Middle East untry is s laws which outlaw homosexualy, wh LGBT+ people the untry at risk of imprisonment or even the ath penalty. One gay man om the Philipp who worked Qatar as an office assistant, has told how he was lured to a hotel and gang-raped by police.

The man, 'Ali', told the i that he received a msage on a gay datg app om a man claimg to be a Turkish worker.

The police officers then searched his bag, accg him of beg a prostute, before another gay man arrived after also beg lured to a hotel. Acrdg to the report, several other gay men have claimed they were 'hunted' the same way by Qatar's police force. Gay football pro Jake Daniels has said he’s not happy about the World Cup beg held anti-LGBTQ+ Qatar.

GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY FOOTBALLERS - IF THEY ME OUT WOULD SEND QATAR MSAGE

Blackpool FC player Daniels, who me out as gay May, suggted he would back a boytt of the World Cup a new terview wh Vogue.

He said he’s “not the happit” about the World Cup beg held Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment, and where queer Mlim men n face ath. Jake Daniels was the first pro player Brish men’s football to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu  1990.

Fashanu’s reer was cut short by homophobia, which eventually led to his ath by suici.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Daniels has been playg football sce he was three and said he knew he was gay by around five or six years old. Jake Daniels thks gay footballers shouldn’t wa. Contemplatg why so few footballers have e out as gay, Jake Daniels referred to the “masculy si” of the game, lack of role mols and the fear of the crowds, which he said remas a ma ncern for him.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Exclive: Gary Leker: I know two gay footballers - if they me out would send Qatar msageThe Match of the Day star believ would send a wonrful msage to the world wh homosexualy illegal Qatar where next month’s tournament tak placeGary Leker: I know two gay footballers - if they me out would send msage to QatarAs the spotlight turns on Qatar, there n be no better time for gay footballers to e out and shame a natn where same sex activy is a crime, says Gary Leker. ” In Qatar, homosexualy is a crime punishable by seven years jail and Match of the Day prenter Gary believ gay footballers uld send a strong msage to the world by g out as Qatar be the first Mlim untry the Arab world to host the World Cup.