‘I feel gay, disabled … like a woman too!’: Infanto mak bizarre attack on crics | World Cup 2022 | The Guardian

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• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• 'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED
• “TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER
• ‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS
• FIFA PRINT SAYS HE'S SORRY ABOUT GAY REMARK
• FIFA’S PRINT IS FEELG AIN, GAY AND DISABLED. I’M FEELG NFED
• 'TODAY I FEEL GAY, DISABLED, LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER' – GIANNI INFANTO TELLS EUROPE TO STOP WORLD CUP ‘MORAL LSONS’
• ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY’: FIFA PRINT GO ON BONKERS RANT FENSE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• FIFA BOSS BRAND 'NUMPTY' FOR PARG HIS GGER HAIR TO BEG GAY QATAR
• FIFA PRINT ENURAG GAYS TO 'REA OM SEXUAL ACTIVI' AT 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
• FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'
• WATCH: INFANTO REFERENC FAMO “I FEEL GAY” SPEECH

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

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. 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. 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...

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

"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"But I feel like , bee I know what means to be discrimated, to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry.

"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.

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

Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re. ”) 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 FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS

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. “Jt bee he [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re.

I have a number of gay lleagu. (AP Photo/Hse Malla) FIFA Print Sepp Blatter has backtracked om recent ments he ma suggtg that gay soccer fans should "rea om any sexual activi" the 2022 World Cup Qatar.

FIFA PRINT SAYS HE'S SORRY ABOUT GAY REMARK

"Qatar has strict laws agast homosexualy. After beatg the Uned Stat, among other petors, for the event, the Gulf natn has e unr tense scty for s social rtrictns, limatn of drkg alhol, owng on public affectn and nsirg homosexualy taboo. Blatter's ments drew immediate ire om gay advocy groups.

Juris Lavrikovs, munitns director for the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, said the ments were "very unfortunate and have left people eply offend" and said "we are talkg about a very basic human right that is beg vlated. "Lavrikovs said that Qatar and more than 70 other untri still crimalize dividuals for homosexual relatnships, and some untri even punish them by ath Oeley, chairman of Kick It Out, a Brish mpaign group for equaly and cln soccer, said earlier this week that he expected better om someone Blatter's on reportg by the Associated on at.

Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman has said homosexualy is “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF on Monday. Durg the terview, Salman was discsg the issue of homosexualy beg illegal Qatar.

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

Salman told ZDF that beg gay was “haram, ” meang forbidn acrdg to Islamic law. As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said. “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, DISABLED, LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER' – GIANNI INFANTO TELLS EUROPE TO STOP WORLD CUP ‘MORAL LSONS’

Reports dite “thoands” of migrant workers died the procs of nstctg the stadiums, though the Qatari ernment lists the official unt of aths related to the World Cup stadium projects at jt also fend the natn's stance on gay rights, cludg s laws that crimalize homosexualy, askg “How many gay people were prosecuted Europe? 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.

” 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.

‘TODAY I FEEL GAY’: FIFA PRINT GO ON BONKERS RANT FENSE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

” 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

"Infanto began his extraordary speech by clarg, "Today I have very strong feelgs, today I feel Qatari, today I feel Arab, today I feel Ain, today I feel gay, today I feel disabled, today I feel a migrant worker, " before claimg he unrstood what meant to be discrimated agast bee "as a foreigner a foreign untry, as a child at school I was bullied bee I had red hair and eckl. "Turng his attentn to LGBTQ+ rights, Infanto repeated the Qatar Supreme Commtee's sistence that everybody is wele the untry spe the untry's strict laws agast homosexualy, punishable some s by ath.

FIFA PRINT ENURAG GAYS TO 'REA OM SEXUAL ACTIVI' AT 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR

"Today I have very strong feelgs, today I feel Qatari, today I feel Arab, today I feel Ain, today I feel gay, today I feel disabled, today I feel a migrant worker, " Infanto said. "Of urse, I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. As a visual and as a ncept, that too backfired bee most unrstand that a guy standg outsi a stadium a bib directg traffic isn't the same as a man a su who is handsomely paid to liver a World Qatar, the prs nference took an unual turn at the end when FIFA's director of media relatns, Bryan Swanson, spoke up to say: "I am stg here as a gay man Qatar.

Jt bee [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re. “It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone.

FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'

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.

WATCH: INFANTO REFERENC FAMO “I FEEL GAY” SPEECH

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.

For gay fans lookg to attend the 2022 World Cup Qatar, FIFA Print Sepp Blatter had some advice: Don't have sex. "I would say they should rea om any sexual activi, " Blatter jokgly said, referrg to the untry's ban on wasn't funny to many who plan on travelg to the Amaechi, a basketball star who me out as gay 2007, slammed the ments as "archaic Neanrthal ignorance, " reported. Gianni Infanto's bizarre speech on World Cup eve | "Today I feel Qatari, I feel gay, I feel disabled".