PSG midfielr Idrissa Gueye has been asked by the French soccer feratn why he sat out a game where players nounced anti-gay discrimatn.
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- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
Associated PrsMay 18, 2022, 01:12 PM ETParis Sat-Germa midfielr Idrissa Gueye has been asked by the French soccer feratn why he sat out a game which players wore jerseys wh rabow-lored numbers to nounce anti-gay discrimatn. The Senegal ternatnal was absent for Saturday's 4-0 w over Montpellier Ligue 1 for "personal reasons" rather than jury, acrdg to ach Mric mt "issue a public apology" or say the mours he refed to take part French football's fight agast homophobia are "unfound", acrdg to a letter seen Wednday by AFP addrsed to the also missed a match last year on a day dited to raisg awarens agast discrimatn. Wh French clubs’ players enuraged to wear rabow-lored numbers on the back of their shirts to memorate World Day Agast Homophobia on May 17, the 32-year-old Gueye, who is a vout Mlim, missed PSG’s match agast Montpellier to avoid wearg the shirt, acrdg to French sports broadster RMC Sport.
As part of an iative for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia on May 17, all Ligue 1 gam last weekend featured the flag on players’ jersey numbers and ptas’ armbands. ”Those personal reasons, a team source nfirmed Monday, were that Gueye had refed to jo his teammat wearg a special jersey featurg rabow-lored numbers created to highlight discrimatn before Tuday’s global events markg the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.
The team is owned by the Qatari state through s sovereign wealth fund, and Qatar self has e unr scty amid ncerns om the gay muny about their safety when the World Cup tak place the Gulf untry later this year. Homosexualy is agast the law Qatar, as is other untri the Gulf, but World Cup anizers have sisted that all fans would be wele durg the acts are also illegal Gueye’s native Senegal, where ultranservative groups have burned rabow flags durg public protts agast homosexualy.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
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