The brother of Grant Wahl, a soccer journalist who died on Friday after llapsg the prs box at a World Cup match Qatar, spects Wahl was killed by the regime for promotg gay rights.
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- "AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN QATAR
- GRANT WAHL, JOURNALIST WHO CRICIZED QATAR’S ANTI-GAY POLICI, DI SUDNLY WHILE COVERG WORLD CUP DOHA
- PRO-GAY AMERIN JOURNALIST DI AFTER LLAPSG AT QATAR WORLD CUP
"AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN QATAR
I'm gay, " he said a vio posted on Instagram. Grant’s brother, Eric, origally took to Instagram to say he is gay and is the reason Wahl earlier durg the tournament wore a rabow shirt — to support his gay brother Qatar, where is illegal to be gay. Grant Wahl, a rpected sports journalist who has publicly cricized World Cup host Qatar’s reprsive anti-gay polici and s cel treatment of migrant workers, died sudnly on Friday while verg a World Cup match.
” He was taed for nearly 30 mut; FIFA later an emotnal vio posted to Instagram after Wahl’s ath was announced, Eric Wahl, Grant Wahl’s brother, who is gay, said “I’m the reason he wore the rabow shirt to the World Cup. ”“It’s really important to me and ’s not required by any stretch of the imagatn, ” Wahl said about the prott, addg that “I’ve got fay members who are gay.
I’ve got iends who are gay. I’ve got journalist iends who are gay who are here Qatar. Shortly after his passg, Wahl's brother, Erik, who is gay, alleged his brother was murred bee of his nstant cricisms of the Qatari regime.
GRANT WAHL, JOURNALIST WHO CRICIZED QATAR’S ANTI-GAY POLICI, DI SUDNLY WHILE COVERG WORLD CUP DOHA
I'm gay.
' Eric Wahl tweeted that his brother was beg returned to the Uned Stat on MondayThe World Cup Qatar has faced cricism for 'sportswashg' due to the host natn's poor human rights rerd, particular the treatment of the LGBTQ+ Qatar, male homosexualy is punishable by a prison sentence and same-sex marriag are not regnized by the ernment. Durg the World Cup Qatar, he has been a vol proponent for gay rights, postg a photo outsi the Uned Stat’ game agast Wal a rabow flag T-shirt, an actn for which he was briefly taed. He spoke out agast Qatar’s human rights vlatns, cludg the crimalisatn of homosexualy the state, and he was refed entry to a World Cup stadium and briefly taed on November 21 for wearg a rabow shirt to the Uned Stat vs Wal match.
PRO-GAY AMERIN JOURNALIST DI AFTER LLAPSG AT QATAR WORLD CUP
In an emotnal Instagram post, his brother, Eric, who is gay, shared that he had worn the shirt as a sign of support for him and solidary wh all members of the LGBTQ+ muny. What Grant Wahl tght is one don’t have to be gay to support gay rights, one don’t have to be a person of lor to be an ally to people of lor, one don’t have to be female to be an advote of women’s rights & so on.
© 2022 GCN (Gay Communy News). In a tearful Instagram vio post, the journalist’s brother, Eric Wahl, who is gay, alleged Qatari ernment culpabily Grant Wahl’s ath.