World Cup hosts Qatar ught gay rights storm after homophobic ments screened by official tournament broadster | The Sun

Contents:

• HERE ARE 7 UPG WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS AND WORLD CUPS UNTRI WHERE ’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER
• THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
• MEXI HAND FE, ONE-GAME SUPPORTER BAN FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT AT WORLD CUP

HERE ARE 7 UPG WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS AND WORLD CUPS UNTRI WHERE ’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

Qatari law crimaliz sex outsi marriage, cludg gay sex. In the terpretatn of Sharia law that Qatar follows, sex outsi of marriage, cludg homosexualy, is punishable by jail time and, as a maximum sentence, ath by stong, though there isn’t available evince that such a punishment has ever been ed.

Nasser Mohamed, a gay Qatari livg exile the US, explaed to Vox.

So ’s really hard to build a gay muny. Mohamed left Qatar his 20s for medil school “wh the tentn of never g back” bee of the limed life he led as a gay man there.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Though there are small pockets of LGBTQ people Qatar, there’s not a gay scene, Mohamed said. “If you’re an expat, you’re able to live your life like you want, ” a gay Arab man livg Doha told Rters.

I know gay men workers’ mps wouldn’t be able to live the same way.

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.

WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER

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.

People found ways to prott agast Qatar's laws on homosexualy - wh a bear sportg rabow lac placed on top of a televisn mera durg one World Cup matchIt was the summer of 2021, and I was talkg to a senr Fifa, I asked, would the LGBTQ+ muny be ma to feel wele at the upg World Cup Qatar, a untry which homosexualy is illegal? There was a pse before Joyce Cook - herself a gay woman - answered.

THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS

A gay fan who took a greysled Pri flag to a gameexternal-lk was ma to throw the b; another was forced to unfurl his Pri banners by guards who approached him on the metro. 'Beg gay should not stop me supportg England'LGBTQ+ fans who chose not to travel to Qatar had to listen as Khalid Salman, one of the untry's World Cup ambassadors, scribed homosexualy as "damage the md" were some of many stori of LGBTQ+ fans and alli beg stopped or and the Qatari thori had given assuranc that wouldn't be the se. Homosexualy is illegal Qatar, and n be punishable by f, imprisonment and even ath.

MEXI HAND FE, ONE-GAME SUPPORTER BAN FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT AT WORLD CUP

External-lkAnd Infanto's ments were part of a wir pattern, which signifint football figur amed the nversatn about the treatment of LGBTQ+ people the host natn as one of cultural and polil differenc, rather than basic human matter that gay Qataris had spoken out about their sire to live ee om harassment, such as Aziz, who told BBC News November: "I would like reforms that would say I n be gay and not worry about beg killed. Will untri that crimalise homosexualy be allowed to host future tournaments?

And after some of the ments by football's leadg power-brokers, how are gay people the game really seen by those ntrol?