‘I feel gay,’ FIFA boss says speech slammg crics - Taipei Tim

Contents:

• 'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED
• SOCCER-'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED
• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• FIFA PRINT'S QATAR COMMENTS SPARK ONLE CRICISM: 'TODAY I FEEL GAY'
• “TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER
• ‘I FEEL GAY,’ FIFA BOSS SAYS SPEECH SLAMMG CRICS
• WATCH: INFANTO REFERENC FAMO “I FEEL GAY” SPEECH
• 'I FEEL GAY, ARAB AND DISABLED': FIFA BOSS INFANTO'S BIZARRE FENCE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 19 (Rters) - FIFA Print Gianni Infanto raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy wh margalised groups by tellg reporters Qatar 'I feel gay... Today I feel gay.

"Of urse, I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled, " he later Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - FIFA Print Prs Conference - Ma Media Center, Doha, Qatar - November 19, 2022 FIFA print Gianni Infanto durg a prs nference REUTERS/Matthew Childs Acquire Licensg Rights"But I feel like , bee I know what means to be discrimated, to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry.

"Judgg by social media, your ments that you feel gay has ed some surprise to many the gay muny, " one journalist later noted before askg Infanto a qutn. "Bee, they are sayg, that if you really were gay you would not be able to say that bee you would be admtg to effectively illegaly.

SOCCER-'I FEEL GAY', FIFA CHIEF ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHISE WH MARGALISED

"I'm stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar.

FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’

Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re.

FIFA PRINT'S QATAR COMMENTS SPARK ONLE CRICISM: 'TODAY I FEEL GAY'

Support our vtigative journalism today.Photograph: Caspar BensonInfanto also played down ncerns over whether LGBTQ+ fans faced danger a untry where gay people risk torture and imprisonment, and sisted that Qatar – wh Fifa’s help – had reformed workers’ rights beyond all regnn.The speech began, though, wh Infanto appearg to suggt that his own experienc as a son of Italian immigrants Swzerland gave him a ep unrstandg of migrant workers and other mori Qatar.“Today I feel Qatari,” he said. Today I feel [like] a migrant worker.”He add: “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

If you have a person here and there who says the oppose, ’s not the opn of the untry, ’s certaly not the opn of Fifa,’ he said.“You want to stay at home and say how bad they are, the Arabs, the Mlims, bee ’s not allowed to be publicly gay. Swanson, a former Sky Sports reporter, said: “I am stg here as a gay man Qatar. We have received assuranc that everyone will be wele and I believe everyone will be.“Jt bee he [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re.

I have a number of gay lleagu.

“TODAY, I FEEL GAY. TODAY, I FEEL DISABLED,” SAYS FIFA’S PRINT, WHO IS NEHER

By Nick MulvenneyAL RAYYAN, Qatar (Rters) -FIFA Print Gianni Infanto raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy wh margalised groups by tellg reporters Qatar 'I feel gay... "Of urse, I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled, " he later add.

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 Fifa print Gianni Infanto claimed “today I feel gay” as he sld Wtern media for givg “moral lsons” about the ntroversial Qatar World a bizarre hour-long monologue, Infanto lashed out at the World Cup’s crics for hypocrisy, claimed “nobody r” about disabled people, and pared his own childhood experience of beg bullied to the sufferg of workers and others at the hands of the Qatari has been wily cricised for explog untold thoands of migrant workers, mostly lured om impoverished parts of south Asia, to build the stadiums and astcture to host the World Cup.

‘I FEEL GAY,’ FIFA BOSS SAYS SPEECH SLAMMG CRICS

In addn, Qatar’s suabily to host the tournament has been qutned bee the nservative Islamic natn outlaws homosexualy between men and LGBT+ fan groups have warned they would not feel safe the of the openg game of the tournament on Sunday, Infanto – who was re-elected this week as print of football’s erng body unopposed – ma an extraordary attack on those cricisms, doublg down on Fifa’s choice of Qatar as World Cup hosts.

WATCH: INFANTO REFERENC FAMO “I FEEL GAY” SPEECH

“Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

'I FEEL GAY, ARAB AND DISABLED': FIFA BOSS INFANTO'S BIZARRE FENCE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

"Bryan Swanson, FIFA Director of Media Relatns, also told the prs nference: "I am stg here as a gay man Qatar. "In addn to laws agast homosexualy, Qatar has long been acced of mistreatg migrant workers. ”) Earlier this month, Infanto wrote a letter to the 32 natnal feratns participatg at the World Cup, askg them to “foc on the football, ” rather than get bogged down cricism of a untry that prohibs homosexualy.

Today, I feel gay. “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled, ” he ntued.