A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
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WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN
Qatar’s laws agast gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people are flashpots ahead of the first FIFA World Cup soccer petn to be held the Middle East. * gay fans world cup *
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Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. 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. 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.
Some have been mullg whether to attend the tournament, or even watch on ’s laws agast gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people are flashpots the n-up to the first World Cup to be held the Middle East, or any Arab or Mlim untry. Wh his untry facg cricism over a number of issu, Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim b Hamad Al Thani, recently argued “has been subjected to an unprecented mpaign” that no host untry has ever ambassador for the World Cup Qatar, however, has scribed homosexualy as a “damage the md” an terview wh German public broadster ZDF. Aired this week, the ments by former Qatari natnal team player Khalid Salman highlighted ncerns about the nservative untry’s treatment of gays and LGBTQ rights activists are seizg the moment to draw attentn, wh a heightened sense of urgency, to the ndns of LGBTQ cizens and rints Qatar.
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Recently, he jumped at the opportuny to lobby for a human rights ngrs hosted by the German soccer feratn Frankfurt, Mn told the Qatari ambassador to Germany that Qatar should abolish s penalti for homosexualy. “I happen to be a gay football fan and I thought that this is a great opportuny to … speak ont of such a high reprentative, to nnect the topic wh a face, ” Mn said an Youn, LGBTQ rights senr rearcher the Middle East and North Ai at Human Rights Watch, said that while Qatari officials have offered some reassuranc for LGBTQ fans, the possibily of stigma and discrimatn remaed hog, accs to health re and safely reportg potential sexual the same time, she argued, “suggtns that Qatar should make an exceptn for outsirs are implic remrs that Qatari thori do not believe that s LGBT rints serve basic rights or exist, ” addg her anizatn was ncerned about ndns for lol LGBTQ people, cludg after the law lls for a prison sentence of one to three years for whoever is “stigatg” or “scg” a male to “m sodomy, ” as well as for “ducg or scg a male or a female any way to m illegal or immoral actns. Nasser Mohamed, an openly gay Qatari activist who now liv the Uned Stat, is among those sayg that ternatnal attentn is disproportnately foced on visors and not enough on LGBTQ people Qatar.
The officials did not addrs or intify any specific issue their msage, which angered some human rights soccer-crazy Argenta, Juan Pablo Moro, print of the group Gays Passnate About Soccer said he was dismayed by FIFA’s cisn to anize the World Cup Qatar. FIFA vtigatg Mexi anti-gay chant before team was booted om the World Cup. Mexi gave up the elimatg goal jt sends after their fans chanted the gay slur yet aga.
This gay Brish sports mister stood up to Qatar and FIFA and wore rabows at the World Cup. Iran murrs men for beg gay and kills women who step out of le. This gay Qatari started an LGBTQ soccer fan group to expose abe his home untry.