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- FIFA CELEBRAT PRI, MONTHS BEFORE HOLDG WORLD CUP WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL
- QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX
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.
"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 se you hadn’t heard, is illegal to be gay Qatar.
While many pani and anizatns hold the rabow flag back their engagements the Middle East and wh other untri that prohib homosexualy, this is a big, bold statement. 18 Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, wh imprisonment of up to three years prison and the possibily of the ath penalty (“Penalti vary Qatar, wh the maximum beg stong to ath. Item: The private publishg partner of The New York Tim, Dar Al Sharq, has repeatedly removed articl the ternatnal prt edn of The New York Tim published Qatar related to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr rights, Human Rights Watch reports.
QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX
Item: “Some of the Welsh natnal football team’s staff will not travel to the World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s stance on gay rights, ” the BBC reported. “Head of Welsh football Noel Mooney said the team would e the event as a ‘platform’ to discs human rights Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal.
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