A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
Contents:
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
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. Salman told ZDF that beg gay was “haram, ” meang forbidn acrdg to Islamic law.
THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said. "Navratilova, a trailblazer for gay rights, tweeted a one-word rponse: "Yik... ”The group noted the murrs of five people at a gay bar Colorado Sprgs over the weekend, addg: “Now was the perfect opportuny for people wh a massive platform – that of the World Cup – to stand solidary wh the muny.
”Meanwhile, the edian Joe Lycett has revealed that the £10, 000 sh he appeared to shred as part of a prott agast the treatment of LGBTQ+ peopl Qatar was fact not threatened to stroy the money unls the former England player David Beckham cut ti wh Qatar and the World Cup, due to the untry’s laws banng homosexualy. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.
Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. Wh the event Qatar — a horrible place for LGBTQ people — and wh no openly gay players this is not an event that one n watch whout mixed feelgs.