An airle om Iceland says is namg s new plane 'TF-GAY' to support the LGBT muny.
Contents:
- QATAR WORLD CUP: ENGLAND'S 'GAY PRI' PLANE PROTT IS DWARFED BY GERMANY'S 'DIVERSY WS' JET
- PLANE NAMED 'GAY' TO SUPPORT LGBT RIGHTS
- FACT CHECK: DID QATAR REF TO RECEIVE THE GERMAN NATNAL TEAM PLANE, WHICH BEARS THE GAY LOGO?
- ENGLAND'S CHALLENGE TO QATAR TOLERANCE - SOUTHGATE'S SQUAD FLY TO WORLD CUP GAY PRI PLANE
QATAR WORLD CUP: ENGLAND'S 'GAY PRI' PLANE PROTT IS DWARFED BY GERMANY'S 'DIVERSY WS' JET
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The claim: Qatar 'refed to receive' the German soccer team's plane due to LGBTQ symbolSce the 2022 World Cup began last month, soccer fans have been cricizg Qatar, the host of this year's tournament, for s treatment of the LGBTQ muny, which clus laws forbiddg gay sex. The flight was not diverted or nied by Qatar addn, while the plane is rated wh words and imag promotg diversy, do not bear a specific gay symbol on the outsi of the aircraft. Several teams are planng to show their valu wh a “OneLove” armband, while Denmark’s team had signed a “human rights for all” shirt for s players, which was rejected by October, the gay rights anisatn Stonewall lled upon fans and players to “stand up and ll out the crimalisatn and persecutn” of LGBTQ+ people Qatar at the event, which begs on Sunday 20 November.
PLANE NAMED 'GAY' TO SUPPORT LGBT RIGHTS
Facebook posts shared thoands of tim Ai claim that a Lufthansa plane rryg the German football team to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup tournament was banned om landg bee of s “gay logo”. But the claim is false: the players flew to Oman on the so-lled "Diversy" plane for a iendly match,... * german plane with gay logo *
As so many World Cup penalty shootouts before, the Three Lns have once aga been tmped by Germans, this time a 'diversy fly out' Southgate's 26-strong team are jettg out to Qatar Virg Atlantic's Gay Pri plane, dubbed 'Ra Bow' jet featur a picture of Osr, a rtoon man holdg a Unn flag while wearg a small set rabow-loured traers, beneath the b. And sports the registratn number 'GV -PRD' - a nod to the Gay choice to jet out to the Middle East is seen as a clear challenge to Qatar, where is illegal to be homosexual. England and Germany are jt two of a handful of natns takg part the World Cup seekg to rebel agast Qatar's strict homophobic laws, amid wispread cricism of this year's tournament hosts.
' FA chiefs proposed the ia to highlight ncerns over gay rights Qatar, where same-sex relatnships rema a crimal offence and whose World Cup Ambassador last week said homosexualy is 'damage the md' found participatg same-sex sexual activy Qatar n be punished by up to seven years prison, while there are also ncerns about thoands of migrant workers havg died Qatar sce won the rights to host the World has urged untri to foc on football durg the petn, but Southgate has said is 'highly unlikely' that England will do so. 'However, some teams have already been penalised for their efforts to fy strict Qatari Friday, boss at FIFA rejected the Danish team's requt to tra at the World Cup shirts wh the words 'human rights for all' on Danish Football Assotn nfirmed the cisn, as Qatar fac tense prsure over s treatment of migrant workers and s anti-homosexual laws. The claim: Qatar ‘refed to receive’ the German soccer team’s plane due to LGBTQ symbol Sce the 2022 World Cup began last month, soccer fans have been cricizg Qatar, the host of this year’s tournament, for s treatment of the LGBTQ muny, which clus laws forbiddg gay sex.
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FACT CHECK: DID QATAR REF TO RECEIVE THE GERMAN NATNAL TEAM PLANE, WHICH BEARS THE GAY LOGO?
Facebook posts shared thoands of tim Ai claim that a Lufthansa plane rryg the German football team to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup tournament was banned om landg bee of s “gay logo”. On November 20, 2022 - the day the FIFA World Cup 2022 kicked off Qatar, a Facebook post shared two imag: one showg a Lufthansa plane purportedly brand wh “gay pictur” and another of an aircraft wh an distct name.
“Qatar is the pri of the Arabs, ” one post treatment of the LGBTQ muny people has been of ser ncern sce football’s erng body FIFA announced the 2022 World Cup would be hosted by Qatar, a nservative natn that crimalis homosexualy and sex outsi claim has also been shared French-speakg untri Ai (see here and here) ”Fanhansa” livery on the German plane qutn featur an illtratn of people om different ethnic backgrounds standg shoulr-to-shoulr beneath the words “Diversy Ws. Lufthansa also nfirmed that passengers flew to Qatar onboard the pany’s specially-brand plane November rights furoreQatar has e unr scty over s human rights rerd, cludg s treatment of foreign workers and s stance on women's and LGBTQ before the tournament, Qatari World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman lled homosexualy a “damage the md” and “haram” -- an Arabic term meang “forbidn” -- durg a German TV terview, sparkg cricism a show of solidary wh the LGBTQ muny, ptas om several leadg European untri, cludg England, France and Germany, said they would wear armbands rabow lours wh the msage “One Love” durg the tournament an anti-discrimatn they backtracked after warngs om FIFA that they would be penalised for dog spokman Bryan Swanson, who is gay, has sisted that all are wele at the event. A screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken on November 24, 2022Siar posts were published on Facebook acunts Nigeria and Zambia – seemgly support of Qatar for banng the plane wh a “gay logo”.
ENGLAND'S CHALLENGE TO QATAR TOLERANCE - SOUTHGATE'S SQUAD FLY TO WORLD CUP GAY PRI PLANE
The treatment of the LGBTQ muny people has been of ser ncern sce football’s erng body FIFA announced the 2022 World Cup would be hosted by Qatar, a nservative natn that crimalis homosexualy and sex outsi marriage. Days before the tournament, Qatari World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman lled homosexualy a “damage the md” and “haram” -- an Arabic term meang “forbidn” -- durg a German TV terview, sparkg cricism Europe.
IN SHORT: Was Germany’s natnal football team barred om enterg Qatar for the Fifa World Cup, bee the plane they were travellg on was emblazoned wh the rabow flag, support of gay rights?