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- FIFA CELEBRAT PRI, MONTHS BEFORE HOLDG WORLD CUP WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL
- FRENCH SPORTS MISTER PROMIS TO RAISE GAY PRI FLAG IF FRANCE WS THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP
FIFA CELEBRAT PRI, MONTHS BEFORE HOLDG WORLD CUP WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL
Associated PrsDec 10, 2020, 04:51 AM ETRabow flags will be allowed stadiums at the 2022 World Cup after Qatar said would ply wh FIFA l promotg tolerance and cln at match spe the Arab untry's strict anti-LGBTQ ls than two years until the tournament, though, ncerns persist about the treatment facg gay fans Qatar due the nservative relig prohibg same-sex relatns that nflict wh FIFA's stance agast homophobia. "I'm an openly gay woman football, so this is personally, to me, somethg I'm close to as well, " FIFA's chief social rponsibily and tn officer Joyce Cook said.
FRENCH SPORTS MISTER PROMIS TO RAISE GAY PRI FLAG IF FRANCE WS THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP
"Ahead of the stagg Club World Cup last year, Qatar brought a member of Liverpool's "Kop Outs" supporters' group and his hband to the untry to offer assuranc that gay fans would be wele. In some s, fans said they were refed entry to match unls they removed rabow-themed emblems, although others reported they were able to take the rabow symbol to the stadiums whout officials have for years tried to allay fears that LGBTQ fans who traveled to Qatar, a nservative Mlim state that punish homosexualy wh jail time, would not face discrimatn.