Organizers of soccer spectacle meet Liverpool's gay supporters' group bid to allay ncerns of LGBT fans about travelg to the Gulf untry
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EVERYONE WELE? GAY SOCCER FANS PREPARE FOR QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — World Cup 2022 host Qatar has given the cleart ditn yet that LGBT fans will be wele, engagg wh gay supporters as hosts the Club World Cup — spe crimalizg homosexualy. Organizers of the 2022 soccer spectacle traveled to Bra recent months to meet Liverpool fan clubs cludg the si’s gay supporters’ group, dividuals briefed on the meetg have told AFP. ‘Beg gay is haram’.
There are no openly gay or bisexual players the English men’s Premier League, but major clubs have implemented zero-tolerance polici for homophobia and embraced the “rabow lac” mpaign agast discrimatn. Though there are no openly gay venu Doha, a handful of bars are known to be more gay-iendly and attract a loyal clientele of airle staff, hospaly workers and other expatriat. Web ers do not face rtrictns accsg gay datg apps like Grdr Qatar, unlike other Gulf untri, although ers rarely display intifiable pictur.
“We are livg a society where gay people are not regnized yet. Beg gay is haram to their relign, ” said a gay barman om the Philipp livg the nservative Mlim untry who spoke on ndn of anonymy.