The U.S. men's soccer team is sayg gay and trans rights a not-so-subtle way.
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PROTT AT WORLD CUP WH 'HIDN' RABOW FLAG
- QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX
- WORLD CUP CHIEF: GAY FANS WELE TO DISPLAY RABOW FLAGS
- FIFA CELEBRAT PRI, MONTHS BEFORE HOLDG WORLD CUP WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL
GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PROTT AT WORLD CUP WH 'HIDN' RABOW FLAG
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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.
"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. "Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar. Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people.
QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX
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To prott the untry’s homophobic law, the ptas of seven teams om Europe planned to prott Qatar’s ban on LGBTQ upl by wearg rabow armbands but ultimately cid not to after beg threatened by FIFA wh yellow rds. Men’s soccer team is sayg gay and trans rights a not-so-subtle way.
In stark ntrast, a recent Human Rights Watch report documented the heartbreakg realy many gay and trans Qatari cizens face on a daily basis. It sure didn’t help that Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman went on German TV last week and lled homosexualy a “damage the md, ” eher.
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WORLD CUP CHIEF: GAY FANS WELE TO DISPLAY RABOW FLAGS
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FIFA CELEBRAT PRI, MONTHS BEFORE HOLDG WORLD CUP WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL
English pro soccer player said no uncerta terms on BBC Rad 4 that she won’t be “backg or promotg” this year’s World Cup Qatar due to the untry’s laws agast homosexualy. The lor of the Amerin flag is makg way for gay pri imagery on the logo of the Amerin natnal soccer team.
The ntt is beg held Qatar, a Middle Eastern natn that crimaliz homosexualy. It don’t appear as if the team will appear on the field wh the gay pri lors, acrdg to ESPN.
Photos show the team’s facily cked out gay pri-centric logos, wh the lors of the transgenr movement featured one wall graphic. “It’s important to brg awarens to the issu, ” ach Gregg Berhalter said of Qatar’s polici toward homosexualy a Monday prs nference, acrdg to ESPN. Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and punishable by prison.