The 'gay world cup': why LGBTQ+ dienc love Eurovisn

Contents:

• WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN
• BRISH FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS GAY WORLD CUP FANS HEADG TO QATAR TO ‘BE RPECTFUL’
• LGBT-CLIVE UNTRI DOG BETTER AT WORLD CUP THAN ‘GROUP OF DEATH TO GAYS’ BY EVERY MEASURE
• CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP
• I’M A GAY, UNNIST, FOOTBALL FAN – SO HOW N I WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR?
• THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN

While wasn't all posive -- the chantg of gay slurs and lack of any out players proved FIFA has a long way to go -- the tournament provid fans wh tons of sexy fodr. It was nearly impossible to tch all the great moments of the World Cup so we gathered all our favore (and gayt) on here:Croatia's post-match skny dipFollowg a tough loss to Brazil the first round, the Croatian team found solace by bathg naked together.

The fleetg timate moments on the fieldWhile there wasn't any gay moment happeng here, the photo of ref Nila Rizzoli and Argenta player Gonzalo Higua ma wonr if we were watchg gay porn or the World Cup. 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. 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.

BRISH FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS GAY WORLD CUP FANS HEADG TO QATAR TO ‘BE RPECTFUL’

Homosexualy is illegal Qatar, and n be punishable by f, imprisonment and even ath. 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?

LGBT-CLIVE UNTRI DOG BETTER AT WORLD CUP THAN ‘GROUP OF DEATH TO GAYS’ BY EVERY MEASURE

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

CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP

Gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 95 total — make up almost 13% of all the athlet petg the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports has found. Still ’s hearteng to see some women om South Ai, where homosexualy has been legal for 25 years. FIFA vtigatg Mexi anti-gay chant before team was booted om the World Cup.

Mexi gave up the elimatg goal jt sends after their fans chanted the gay slur yet aga. This gay Brish sports mister stood up to Qatar and FIFA and wore rabows at the World Cup. This gay Qatari started an LGBTQ soccer fan group to expose abe his home untry.

Qatar’s World Cup ambassador says homosexualy is ‘damage the md’.

I’M A GAY, UNNIST, FOOTBALL FAN – SO HOW N I WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR?

FIFA celebrat Pri, months before holdg World Cup where beg gay is illegal. FIFA is all rabows this month, but the fall s premier event is Qatar, where homosexualy is agast the law.

THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019

LONDON (AP) — Brish Foreign Secretary Jam Cleverly faced cricism Wednday after tellg gay soccer fans headg to the World Cup Qatar that they should show some “promise” and be “rpectful of the host natn. Homosexual activy is crimalized Qatar and Cleverly was asked about the issue the wake of Brish activist Peter Tatchell beg qutned by police after holdg a one-man prott ont of Qatar’s Natnal Mm, holdg up a sign accg the untry of jailg members of the LGBTQ muny. “I have spoken to the Qatari thori the past about gay football fans gog to watch the World Cup and how they will treat our fans and ternatnal fans, ” Cleverly told LBC Rad.

Qatari law lls for a prison sentence of one to three years for adults nvicted of nsensual gay or lbian sex.

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

Opposn parti also cricised Cleverly’s ments, wh SNP Wtmster puty lear Kirsten Oswald tweetg: “Foreign Secretary seems sence to be advisg people travellg to the World Cup Qatar to show some rpect and not be gay. LGBTQ+ rights activists protted agast the Qatar World Cup outsi Fifa's mm Zurich on TudayA Qatar World Cup ambassador llg homosexualy "damage the md" is "harmful and unacceptable", says Human Rights Qatar ternatnal Khalid Salman told German broadster ZDF that LGBTQ+ people attendg the tournament should "accept our l".

Homosexualy is illegal Qatar bee is nsired immoral unr Islamic Sharia said: "[Homosexualy] is haram. However, Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser al Khater has said the ernment would not change s laws on homosexualy, requtg visors "rpect our culture" Gulf State, where the World Cup will take place om 20 November to 18 December, has also been cricised for s human rights rerd and treatment of migrant Cup 'should not' have gone to Qatar - Sepp BlatterFifa recently wrote to petg natns askg them to "now foc on the football" stead of the petn's ntroversial letter, which was signed by Fifa print Gianni Infanto, was cricised by Human Rights Watch, Amnty Internatnal and LGBTQ+ mpaigners England and Wal, while 10 European football associatns - cludg those of England and Wal - said "human rights are universal and apply everywhere". "Human Rights Watch recently released a reportexternal-lk sayg that Qatari secury forc are ntug to arrt cizens who are gay, lbian, and transgenr, sometim forcg them to unrgo nversn 's ernment has said the report ntas false chary Stonewall's director of munitns and external affairs Robbie Santos said human rights were beg "disregard and disrpected".

LGBTQ+ fans have affectnately likened Eurovisn to other major events, wh scriptns such as “Gay Christmas”, “the Gay World Cup” and “the Gay Olympics”. Many have related LGBTQ+ (particularly gay male) admiratn for Eurovisn s “mp” nature and reliance on excs.