The Orlando Pri has apologized after a supporters’ group was told uld not display a banner that said “Gay” at a match this weekend.
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- US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP
- ORLANDO PRI SOCCER TEAM APOLOGIZ FOR NOT ALLOWG 'GAY' BANNER AT MATCH
US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP
"Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar. Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people. The team says ma this change prott of Qatar’s crimalizatn of homosexualy and that’s fe to take a stand, but to replace our lors wh LGBTQ paraphernalia is jt too much and a slap the face to the untry this team is SUPPOSED to reprent.
I get wantg to send a msage of support to the gay muny and I get wantg to send that msage on the world stage, but did they have to ALL OUT exchange natnal pri for gay pri?
The year may be 2022, but beg an out gay male Qatar is illegal, wh a punishment of up to three years prison. There is also the possibily of the ath penalty for gay Mlims the natn.
ORLANDO PRI SOCCER TEAM APOLOGIZ FOR NOT ALLOWG 'GAY' BANNER AT MATCH
Monday, the team revealed that had dropped the patrtic red, whe, and blue lor pattern favor of a rabow gay pri lor batn. The USMNT says s rabow crt protts Qatar’s crimalizatn of homosexualy.
Earlier this month, a Qatar World Cup ambassador told a German TV broadster that homosexualy is “damage to the md” the Mlim-majory natn.