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

Contents:

• 'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED
• FIFA MUNITNS DIRECTOR ANNOUNC HE IS GAY AT INFANTO'S PRS NFERENCE QATAR
• “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
• FIFA MUNITNS DIRECTOR OUT AS GAY AMID QATAR NTROVERSY
• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• EL DIRECTOR UNICIóN LA FIFA SE CLARA GAY EN QATAR
• DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP 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 MUNITNS DIRECTOR ANNOUNC HE IS GAY AT INFANTO'S PRS NFERENCE QATAR

"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. Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re. "I have spent some time at Gianni's si workg alongsi Infanto and I have always felt supported and helped, I am gay as are many other lleagu at FIFA and I have always felt supported, " he said at the prs nference.

"I am stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar. "Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re. I am gay as are many other lleagu at FIFA and I have always felt supported.

“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

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. FIFA's Director of Media Relatns, Bryan Swanson revealed that he is gay right on stage at the prs nference of FIFA Print Gianni Infanto on the eve of the World Cup openg ceremony.

Same-sex relatnships are crimalised the the small Middle-Eastern natn, and this has been a major topic of discsn leadg up to the fans, players and other members of the football muny have been raisg ncerns about the safety of those travellg to Qatar pecially if they are openly gay. "I have spent some time at Gianni's si workg alongsi Infanto and I have always felt supported and helped, I am gay as are many other lleagu at FIFA and I have always felt supported, " he said while onstage at the prs nference which was held ahead of the World Cup openg ceremony.

FIFA MUNITNS DIRECTOR OUT AS GAY AMID QATAR NTROVERSY

? "I am stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man Qatar. Swanson went on to make clear that his tentn is to let the world know that ntrary to the cricism, Infanto is fact very supportive of gay lleagu.

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.

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

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. Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo would be wele at next year’s World Cup, the chief executive of the tournament Qatar has said, spe the untry’s laws agast Alai Uned player, who beme the world’s only current openly gay top-flight profsnal footballer when he me out last month, told the Guardian at the time he would be “sred” to play the Gulf state.

‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP

Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and punishable by a penalti rangg om floggg to imprisonment and executn, but tournament aniser Nasser Al Khater assured gay fans they uld feel safe there, as long as they act nservatively.

“They [gay people] will be g to Qatar as fans of a football tournament. ”Homosexualy is potentially punishable by the ath penalty for Mlims the untry unr sharia law, although human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the 2022 Qatar World Cup chief executive Nasser Al Khater. “I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said.

At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate – is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer? 'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

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. The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay.

EL DIRECTOR UNICIóN LA FIFA SE CLARA GAY EN QATAR

"Estoy sentado aquí en Qatar o una persona gay", ha dicho te sábado el director relacn n los meds la FIFA, Bryan Swanson, en la víspera l ic la Copa l Mundo 2022 en el pequeño emirato, don la homosexualidad tá crimalizada. Me siento aquí en Qatar en una posición privilegiada, ente a todo el mundo, o hombre gay". Los anizador la Copa l Mundo Qatar han asegurado durante vars años que los miembros la unidad LGBTQ+ serán recibidos s discrimación durante el torneo, a par las ley que penalizan la homosexualidad y las relacn sexual fuera l matrimon.

"No porque Gianni no sea gay que no le importe ta cutión", fendió Bryan Swanson, ex reportero Sky Sports que se nvirtió en 2021 en director relacn n los meds la FIFA. Tengo vars legas homosexual.

DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN

David Beckham’s “stat as a gay in will be shredd” if the former England pta and Manchter Uned star ntu his role as a Qatar World Cup ambassador said Brish edian Joe Lycett on Sunday. In a vio posted on Twter, Lycett, a Brish edian who scrib himself as queer on his webse, said he would donate £10, 000 ($11, 000) to chari supportg “queer people football” or put the money through the shredr along wh “Beckham’s reputatn as a gay in” if the former footballer did not cut ti wh Qatar.

“Homosexualy is illegal, punishable by imprisonment and, if you’re Mlim, possibly even ath, ” said Lycett an Instagram post. World's only openly gay active pro footballer is ncerned for LGBTQ muny ahead of Qatar 2022. “You’re the first Premiership footballer to do shoots wh gay magaz like Attu, to speak openly about your gay fans, ” Lycett said.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR

Unr Qatari law, homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo, who me out as gay last year, told CNN Sport he would like to see Beckham g his platform to support the LGBTQ muny stead of promotg the Qatari ernment. Bryan Swanson, who is gay, rebuffs cricism of FIFA chief, says all will be wele at gam, amid ncerns over Doha’s human rights rerd.

In remarks to reporters at the end of a wi-rangg prs nference by Infanto, FIFA media chief Bryan Swanson, who is gay, sisted that all would be wele at the Qatar World Cup. “I’m stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar. Former Qatari ternatnal and World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman sparked outrage earlier this month after llg homosexualy “damage the md” an terview wh German broadster ZDF.