FIFA Boss Gianni Infanto Says He Feels ‘Gay, Disabled ... Like a Woman’ Ahead of World Cup Qatar

Contents:

• “TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER
• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• 'TODAY I FEEL GAY, DISABLED, LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER' – GIANNI INFANTO TELLS EUROPE TO STOP WORLD CUP ‘MORAL LSONS’
• ‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS
• FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'
• ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED': FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP
• TODAY, I FEEL GAY
• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO SAYS ‘I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL AIN, I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED’ BIZARRE PRS NFERENCE SPEECH ON EVE OF 2022 WORLD CUP
• ‘TODAY I FEEL QATARI. TODAY I FEEL ARAB. TODAY I FEEL AIN. TODAY I FEEL GAY. TODAY I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’ – GIANNI INFANTO HS OUT AT WORLD CUP CRICS
• "TODAY I FEEL ARAB", "TODAY I FEEL GAY" - GIANNI INFANTO LIVERS BIZARRE SPEECH AHEAD OF FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR
• 'TODAY I FEEL GAY' - FIFA BOSS GIV BIZARRE SPEECH QATAR
• GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
• FIFA BOSS SAYS HE FEELS ‘GAY, DISABLED ... LIKE A WOMAN’
• AM I GAY?
• 'TODAY I FEEL GAY... TODAY I FEEL DISABLED' - FIFA PRINT INFANTO LIVERS EXTRAORDARY & NTROVERSIAL SPEECH AHEAD OF WORLD CUP OPENER

“TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER

”) Earlier this month, Infanto wrote a letter to the 32 natnal feratns participatg at the World Cup, askg them to “foc on the football, ” rather than get bogged down cricism of a untry that prohibs homosexualy.

Today, I feel gay.

“Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled, ” he ntued. Is that really the same thg as beg a worker whose passport was nfisted so they uldn’t leave their job, or livg fear of your life bee you’re gay a untry that ref to regnize you exist?

FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’

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 Fifa print Gianni Infanto claimed “today I feel gay” as he sld Wtern media for givg “moral lsons” about the ntroversial Qatar World a bizarre hour-long monologue, Infanto lashed out at the World Cup’s crics for hypocrisy, claimed “nobody r” about disabled people, and pared his own childhood experience of beg bullied to the sufferg of workers and others at the hands of the Qatari has been wily cricised for explog untold thoands of migrant workers, mostly lured om impoverished parts of south Asia, to build the stadiums and astcture to host the World Cup. In addn, Qatar’s suabily to host the tournament has been qutned bee the nservative Islamic natn outlaws homosexualy between men and LGBT+ fan groups have warned they would not feel safe the of the openg game of the tournament on Sunday, Infanto – who was re-elected this week as print of football’s erng body unopposed – ma an extraordary attack on those cricisms, doublg down on Fifa’s choice of Qatar as World Cup hosts.

Today I feel gay. “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. “Of urse, I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

Photograph: Caspar BensonInfanto also played down ncerns over whether LGBTQ+ fans faced danger a untry where gay people risk torture and imprisonment, and sisted that Qatar – wh Fifa’s help – had reformed workers’ rights beyond all speech began, though, wh Infanto appearg to suggt that his own experienc as a son of Italian immigrants Swzerland gave him a ep unrstandg of migrant workers and other mori Qatar. ”He add: “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

'TODAY I FEEL GAY, DISABLED, LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER' – GIANNI INFANTO TELLS EUROPE TO STOP WORLD CUP ‘MORAL LSONS’

“You want to stay at home and say how bad they are, the Arabs, the Mlims, bee ’s not allowed to be publicly gay. Swanson, a former Sky Sports reporter, said: “I am stg here as a gay man Qatar.

“Jt bee he [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re. I have a number of gay lleagu. Somethg went try aga InfantoSwiss-Italian football admistrator Fifa print Gianni Infanto claimed “today I feel gay” as he sld wtern media for givg “moral lsons” over the ntroversial Qatar World Cup.

Today I feel a migrant urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. ”-A Gay, disabled, Qatari, Arabic, Italian Migrant worker. "Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS

“I expected that Infanto would probably try and dodge any qutns about the migrant workers, about the fact ’s illegal to be openly gay here Qatar, but he addrsed that and said, ‘As FIFA print I believe publicly you should be allowed to be gay’, but he did say that if you asked his father, who is no longer wh , he might give you a different answer.

"-A Gay, disabled, Qatari, Arabic, Italian Migrant worker.

Infanto attracted cricism on social media for clarg “today I feel gay” and “today I feel (like) a migrant worker” early on the speech, referencg the discrimatn his fay faced as Italian migrants Swzerland and how he was bullied owg to his red hair and rights of the LGBTQ+ muny and migrant workers Qatar have been heavily foc the years leadg up to the fals, particularly Europe, but Infanto highlighted Europe’s own shortgs on social issu and their current immigratn polici what was an impassned fence of Qatar’s progrs sce the fals were ntroversially award 2010. ”Infanto’s remarks that he “felt gay” were cricised on social media, but at the end of the briefg, FIFA’s director of media relatns Bryan Swanson fend the Swiss’ motiv. “I’m stg here as a gay man Qatar, ” Swanson said.

FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'

Jt bee he is not gay do not mean he don’t re.

“Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay or disabled, but I feel like bee I know what means to be discrimated (agast), to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry. Do you want to stay home and cricise, say how bad are the Arabs and Mlims bee ’s not allowed to be publicly gay?

‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED': FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP

Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel Ain, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker.

Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. Gianni Infanto said he feels gay.

TODAY, I FEEL GAY

It’s jt unr one week until one of the ma events myself and my iends always go to kicks off – Manchter’s Big Weekend, otherwise known as Gay Pri. When I e out as gay, a number of people said to me; “no you’re not, ” followed by tsive qutng.

Beg h wh the unwanted quizzg is annoyg, but worse than that, I nsir a form of homophobia – suggts a lack of rpect for someone’s personal sexualy. Homophobic slurs and discrimatn were also proment my high school, but the difference was that whilst I was stgglg wh my sexualy, I was aware of support webs and gay pri events. I knew that there were gay people lovg relatnships, and that away om the high school environment, beg gay was somethg that uld be celebrated.

I want to be able to celebrate beg part of the disabled muny wh as much openns and fun as I am now able to celebrate beg part of the gay muny. Homosexualy, Bisexualy and Disabily | Disabily Rourc.

FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO SAYS ‘I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL AIN, I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED’ BIZARRE PRS NFERENCE SPEECH ON EVE OF 2022 WORLD CUP

People wh disabili who are gay or bisexual often face social and emotnal challeng om both sis of the fence, and may need to look to each other for rmatn and support.

‘TODAY I FEEL QATARI. TODAY I FEEL ARAB. TODAY I FEEL AIN. TODAY I FEEL GAY. TODAY I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’ – GIANNI INFANTO HS OUT AT WORLD CUP CRICS

Bent: A Journal of CripGay Voic. This webze for “cripgay men” featur first-person articl, fictn, poetry, art, personals, and more. This sectn of the Gayspe webse is an annotated list of lks to all kds of webs for gay people wh disabili.

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Regard: The Natnal Organisatn of Disabled Lbians and Gay Men. Gianni Infanto: today I feel a Qatari, today I feel gay, today I feel disabled (crge speech om FIFA print).

"TODAY I FEEL ARAB", "TODAY I FEEL GAY" - GIANNI INFANTO LIVERS BIZARRE SPEECH AHEAD OF FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR

“Of urse I am not Qatari, Arab, gay or disabled. Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.

Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc. The odds of gay and bisexual men experiencg a form of disabily are notably higher than for heterosexual men when socmographic characteristics are nsired.

AdvertisementWhile Ameri celebrat the natnal grantg of the right to marry to members of the LGBT muny, one of the issu that appears to be ignored is the fact that many people who are gay n also experience forms of disabili.

'TODAY I FEEL GAY' - FIFA BOSS GIV BIZARRE SPEECH QATAR

G is for Gay - Gay refers to a male person whose primary sexual attractn is toward mal.

Q is for Queer or Qutng - Some non-heterosexual people refer to themselv as Queer bee they are unfortable labelg themselv acrdg to the more tradnal tegori of gay, lbian, or bisexual. GLBQT, LGBQT, LGBTQ, GLBTIQ - Acronym formed om Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Queer and Transgenr. LGBQT - (Lbian precedg Gay).

GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM

GLBTTIQQ - (Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer, and Qutng Communy). Lbian, gay and bisexual adults showed a higher prevalence of disabily than did their heterosexual unterparts.

FIFA BOSS SAYS HE FEELS ‘GAY, DISABLED ... LIKE A WOMAN’

Around 22% of heterosexual men, 40% of bisexual men and 26% of gay men experience a form of disabily. The likelihood of experiencg a disabily for gay men and bisexual men are notably higher than for heterosexual men, even after nsirg their age. Among lbian, gay and bisexual adults, 30% of men and 36% of women have a disabily.

Age-adjted analysis also dite that - when pared wh heterosexual men, both gay and bisexual men are more likely to be current smokers and to experience equent poor physil health and mental distrs. Gay men are ls likely to be obe than heterosexual men. While the variat are notably associated wh disabily as observed women, the adjted odds' rat for gay men vers heterosexual men dropped to signifince.

AM I GAY?

In addn, the adjted odds of disabily for bisexual women and men were relatively higher than for lbians and gay men. While prr studi have disvered that sexual mori experience dispari both physil and mental health, existg rearch has not prehensively looked at disabily prevalence among lbian, gay and bisexual adults and disabily has not been intified as a prry health issue for them. Lbian, gay and bisexual adults monstrated creased odds of experiencg a disabily than heterosexual unterparts of parable age, even among people who are fairly young, suggtg the age of onset of disabily might be lower the populatns.

'TODAY I FEEL GAY... TODAY I FEEL DISABLED' - FIFA PRINT INFANTO LIVERS EXTRAORDARY & NTROVERSIAL SPEECH AHEAD OF WORLD CUP OPENER

Fdgs dited that the prevalence of disabily is higher among lbian, gay, and bisexual adults pared wh their heterosexual unterparts; lbian, gay, and bisexual adults wh disabili are signifintly younger than heterosexual adults wh disabili. Higher disabily prevalence among lbians and among bisexual women and men remaed signifint after we ntrolled for variat of disabily - Disabily Among Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: Dispari Prevalence and Risk.

Unrstandg the mechanisms by which lbian, gay and bisexual adults have an creased risk of disabily is important to gag the abily to target preventn efforts. Increased mental distrs among all the groups volved, as well as higher poor physil health among bisexual women and gay men, are also signifint ditors of disabily.

Disabily prevalence rat among lbian, gay and bisexual adults is notably higher than for heterosexual persons.