A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
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THE ‘DON’T BE GAY’ WORLD CUP
Homosexualy is banned Qatar but FA chief executive Mark Bullgham says he has received assuranc over the rights of gay fans attendg the World Cup * world cup news gay *
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 The English Football Associatn has assured LGBT+ fans they will be wele Qatar durg the 2022 World Cup, spe the untry’s ban on people Qatar have ltle choice but to hi their sexualy to f to a society which wily regards homosexualy as a s. However, unr prsure om the outsi, appears Qatar will soften s stance specifilly for the tournament when the world’s ey foc on the untry – a flexible stance which has privately angered the lol gay muny even of next wter’s World Cup, Qatar has sisted “everyone is wele” and announced rabow flags n be displayed at the stadiums solidary wh the gay muny. ”Asked whether that effectively meant homosexualy would temporarily be ma legal durg the tournament, Bullgham said: “We have asked the qutn as to whether all of our fans will be able to e, particularly those om LGBTQ muny, and we received the unequivol answer that absolutely everybody is wele to e to Qatar.
Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and Human Rights Watch says gay people are arrted and abed by secury forc, makg a mockery of FIFA marketg the World Cup as an clive fairns, Qatar did make a ncsn on s tight ntrol of alhol sal, ually limed to seclud hotel bars equented by foreigners. At 14 bucks a people, meanwhile, face up to seven years prison for beg who they Florida is the “don’t say gay” state, Qatar is the “don’t be gay” untry.
Khalid Salman, a former Qatar player and World Cup ambassador, recently fend his untry’s stance on homosexualy by claimg that beg gay was evince of “damage the md. Gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 96 total — make over 13% of all the athlet petg the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports has found.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Countri like Nigeria and Zambia imprison gay people.
Still ’s hearteng to see some women om South Ai, where homosexualy has been legal for 25 years.