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.”
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- JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
- WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN
JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
“It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone. Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md,” an terview wh German broadster ZDF.
He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan. 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.
WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN
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. As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said.
Several players on this team are openly gay, as has been the se wh recent World Cup and Olympic teams. "We have gay people.