Gay footballer Josh Cavallo says he would be 'sred' to play at the 2022 World Cup Qatar | CNN

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• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• OPENLY GAY SOCCER PLAYERS SAYS HE IS FEARFUL OF PLAYG QATAR
• GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS SLAMS ‘TRATG’ QATAR WORLD CUP AND LLS OUT LACK OF ‘RPECT’
• THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019
• COLL MART: THE GAY FOOTBALLER PLANNG TO PLAY AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP
• GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• GAY SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY WORLD CUP ANTI-GAY QATAR
• WORLD CUP BOSS TELLS GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE’ HOMOPHOBIC QATAR
• FIFA WORLD CUP: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER "SRED" TO PLAY IN QATAR
• GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY FOOTBALLERS - IF THEY ME OUT WOULD SEND QATAR MSAGE
• GAY ASIE FOOTBALLER ‘SRED FOR HIS LIFE’ IF HE PLAYS AT QATAR WORLD CUP
• JOSH CAVALLO: WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT FOOTBALLER 'FEARFUL' OF PLAYG QATAR WORLD CUP

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

The world’s only openly gay top‑flight men’s footballer says he would be “sred” to play at the World Cup tournament Qatar next year bee of the emirate’s harsh ban on homosexualy and legal penalti rangg om floggg to lengthy prison terms and Cavallo, 21, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received a wave of support om football fans and current and former players last month after openg up about his sexualy a vio posted to the club’s social media feeds. ”The announcement ma Cavallo the only out gay player men’s profsnal football, his isolatn stark a sport whose admistrators have lnched high-profile public mpaigns recent years embracg LGBT fans and only a handful of male players have ever e out, ntrast to the women’s game, which has easily blown past the same barrier: more than 40 lbian or bisexual players took part the 2019 women’s World Cup France, acrdg to Fifa. Crics have raised the fact that Fifa ntu to award World Cups to untri such as Rsia – where homophobia has been lled a “state‑sponsored” project – and Qatar, where same-sex acts are illegal, as evince of the erng body’s patchy mment to if holdg the tournament a untry wh strict penalti for homosexualy sent the wrong msage to gay footballers and fans, Cavallo, who has played for Atralia’s unr-20s ternatnal si, told the Guardian’s daily news podst that he would be aaid for his safety if asked to participate the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP

'I'm a footballer and I'm gay': A-League player Josh Cavallo talks about his sexualy – vio“I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said. At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate – is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer?

”Homosexual acts are banned unr several Qatari laws wh penalti rangg om at least a year to a prison.

Mlims the untry n be subject to Sharia law that bans any sexual activy outsi marriage wh punishments rangg up to the ath penalty, meang homosexual acts n technilly rult executn, though several human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the offence. ”Along wh the appallg ndns for migrant workers buildg the astcture for the tournament, the prospect of gay fans or players beg arrted Qatar has dogged Fifa sce the emirate was announced as host of the tournament 2010. The anisatn’s then print, Sepp Blatter, fuelled the ntroversy the same year when he was asked if he had any advice for gay people who wanted to travel to the Gulf state for the petn.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR

But they walk a fe le between acmodatg what are now mastream attus towards gay people much of the world and the untry’s own nservative relig the tournament has approached, Qatari officials have sought to reassure LGBT fans that they will be wele the untry and n exprs themselv – wh lims. ”Prsed at the time over how Qataris would react to a gay uple holdg hands, Khater said they would be treated the same as a heterosexual uple.

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.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

”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.

But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF.

OPENLY GAY SOCCER PLAYERS SAYS HE IS FEARFUL OF PLAYG QATAR

He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan.

GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS SLAMS ‘TRATG’ QATAR WORLD CUP AND LLS OUT LACK OF ‘RPECT’

Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo would be wele at next year’s World Cup, the chief executive of the tournament Qatar has said, spe the untry’s laws agast Alai Uned player, who beme the world’s only current openly gay top-flight profsnal footballer when he me out last month, told the Guardian at the time he would be “sred” to play the Gulf state. Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and punishable by a penalti rangg om floggg to imprisonment and executn, but tournament aniser Nasser Al Khater assured gay fans they uld feel safe there, as long as they act nservatively.

THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019

”Homosexualy is potentially punishable by the ath penalty for Mlims the untry unr sharia law, although human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the 2022 Qatar World Cup chief executive Nasser Al Khater. “I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said.

COLL MART: THE GAY FOOTBALLER PLANNG TO PLAY AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP

After beg the only current, openly gay player men’s top-flight football last month, Josh Cavallo says a new terview wh the Guardian that he would be “sred” to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s homosexualy laws.

Cavallo, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received wispread support om the football muny and beyond when he announced on social media that he is gay, cludg om Barcelona fenr Gerard Piqué, Atléti Madrid forward Antoe Griezmann and Liverpool midfielr Jordan Henrson.

GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

The 21-year-old has now voiced his ncerns about next year’s World Cup Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.

GAY SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY WORLD CUP ANTI-GAY QATAR

He add: “One of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry and to know that [the World Cup] is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and that do me make re-evaluate. Acrdg to a report to state-sponsored homophobia by Lus Ramón Mendos of the human rights group ILGA World, Qatar “ns Sharia urts, where technilly is possible that Mlim men uld be put to ath for same-sex sexual behavurs.

“Not havg anyone to look up to and to see okay, they’re playg football and they’re gay and they’re havg a succsful reer – that is somethg that sred me and somethg that I was worried that if I was to potentially e out one day, would affect my reer a bad way? Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.

WORLD CUP BOSS TELLS GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE’ HOMOPHOBIC QATAR

The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay. Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman has said homosexualy is “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF on Monday. As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said.

FIFA WORLD CUP: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER "SRED" TO PLAY IN QATAR

Josh Cavallo, an Atralian soccer player, says he is sred to play at the upg World Cup bee of the host untry’s crimalizatn of homosexualy.

GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY FOOTBALLERS - IF THEY ME OUT WOULD SEND QATAR MSAGE

As a gay footballer, I know there are other players livg silence, ” he wrote a statement the followg day. The Irish Tim noted that FIFA reported that “more than 40 lbian or bisexual players took part the 2019 women’s World Cup France” while there are only a few openly gay men profsnal soccer.

While appearg on The Guardian‘s “Today Foc” podst, Cavallo said he beme ncerned about playg the Middle Eastern untry after readg “somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar.

GAY ASIE FOOTBALLER ‘SRED FOR HIS LIFE’ IF HE PLAYS AT QATAR WORLD CUP

“At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate — is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer? “The most prsg reason to pull the plug on the soccer World Cup Qatar … is the Islamic regime’s lethal homophobic law targetg gay and lbian sexual activy, ” wrote Gay Cy News 2020. ’ It is long overdue for ele sports associatns to cease rewardg natns that crimalize homosexualy.

JOSH CAVALLO: WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT FOOTBALLER 'FEARFUL' OF PLAYG QATAR WORLD CUP

Gay football pro Jake Daniels has said he’s not happy about the World Cup beg held anti-LGBTQ+ Qatar. Blackpool FC player Daniels, who me out as gay May, suggted he would back a boytt of the World Cup a new terview wh Vogue. He said he’s “not the happit” about the World Cup beg held Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment, and where queer Mlim men n face ath.