'I feel gay', FIFA chief attempts to empathise wh margalised | Rters

Contents:

• 'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED
• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• ‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS
• “TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER
• FIFA PRINT'S QATAR COMMENTS SPARK ONLE CRICISM: 'TODAY I FEEL GAY'
• “I AM GAY AS ARE MANY OTHER LLEAGU AT FIFA” – DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATNS AT FIFA MAK SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT AT GIANNI INFANTO’S WORLD CUP PRS NFERENCE QATAR
• ‘I FEEL GAY.’ FIFA BOSS BLASTS HYPOCRISY OF WTERN NATNS STARTLG TIRA
• FIFA’S PRINT IS FEELG AIN, GAY AND DISABLED. I’M FEELG NFED
• MOMENT - 'I AM GAY' - SENR FIFA OFFICIAL AT WORLD CUP
• FIFA BOSS BRAND 'NUMPTY' FOR PARG HIS GGER HAIR TO BEG GAY QATAR

'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 19 (Rters) - FIFA Print Gianni Infanto raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy wh margalised groups by tellg reporters Qatar 'I feel gay... 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 later Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - FIFA Print Prs Conference - Ma Media Center, Doha, Qatar - November 19, 2022 FIFA print Gianni Infanto durg a prs nference REUTERS/Matthew Childs Acquire Licensg Rights"But I feel like , bee I know what means to be discrimated, to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry.

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

"Judgg by social media, your ments that you feel gay has ed some surprise to many the gay muny, " one journalist later noted before askg Infanto a qutn. "Bee, they are sayg, that if you really were gay you would not be able to say that bee you would be admtg to effectively illegaly.

"I'm stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar.

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

Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re. 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.

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

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.

“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.

FIFA PRINT'S QATAR COMMENTS SPARK ONLE CRICISM: 'TODAY I FEEL GAY'

“Jt bee he [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re. I have a number of gay lleagu.

”) 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?

“I AM GAY AS ARE MANY OTHER LLEAGU AT FIFA” – DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATNS AT FIFA MAK SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT AT GIANNI INFANTO’S WORLD CUP PRS NFERENCE QATAR

"Bryan Swanson, FIFA Director of Media Relatns, also told the prs nference: "I am stg here as a gay man Qatar. "In addn to laws agast homosexualy, Qatar has long been acced of mistreatg migrant workers. I am gay as are many other lleagu at FIFA and I have always felt supported.

"I am stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar. 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.

‘I FEEL GAY.’ FIFA BOSS BLASTS HYPOCRISY OF WTERN NATNS STARTLG TIRA

AL RAYYAN, Qatar - FIFA Print Gianni Infanto raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy wh margalized groups by tellg reporters Qatar "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 later add.

FIFA’S PRINT IS FEELG AIN, GAY AND DISABLED. I’M FEELG NFED

Gianni Infanto pared his childhood bullyg due to his gger hair to the sufferg of migrant workers and the LGBT+ muny a untry where homosexualy is illegal durg a bizarre rantVio LoadgVio UnavailableFifa Print Gianni Infanto giv prs nferenceFIFA Print Gianni Infanto was brand a “numpty” after sayg he knows how feels to be gay and disabled Qatar. Addrsg ntroversy over the hostg of the World Cup on the eve of kickg off, the boss of footie’s ternatnal erng body pared his childhood bullyg for havg gger hair wh the sufferg of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ muny the Arab kgdom, where homosexualy is banned.

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, Arab, Ain, gay, disabled or a migrant worker. Sky Sports reporter Melissa Reddy h back, tellg Infanto live on air: “You do not know what feels like to be gay.

MOMENT - 'I AM GAY' - SENR FIFA OFFICIAL AT WORLD CUP

” Veteran gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The statement by the FIFA boss is outrageo. It is givg ver for a sexist, homophobic, racist dictatorship. ” But FIFA director of media relatns Bryan Swanson, a former Sky Sports reporter, told the journalists: “I am a gay man Qatar.

” England skipper Harry Kane will wear a One Love rabow armband to support gay rights for England’s openg game agast Iran at 1pm on Monday.

FIFA BOSS BRAND 'NUMPTY' FOR PARG HIS GGER HAIR TO BEG GAY QATAR