Tag: World Cup
Australian footballer Josh Cavallo has spoken out about his strong concerns over the selection of host countries with anti-LGBTQ+ laws for the World Cup, highlighting the dangers he faces as an openly gay player, especially in countries like Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is punishable by death.
Speaking with the Daily...
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested in Qatar while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup.
Tatchell’s protest, which was the first-ever public LGBTQ+ protest in Qatar, took place outside the National...
Qatar continues to face global condemnation from LGBTQ+ rights groups for their treatment of LGBTQ+ people ahead of the nation hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to a new Human Rights Watch report, security police in Qatar has continued to arrest and harass individuals because of their sexuality and...
The director of Football in Germany has hit out at FIFA and condemned Qatar’s treatment of the rainbow community ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
Oliver Bierhoff made the comments during an interview with German media group Funke, where he described Qatar’s current laws regarding same-sex relations are “completely unacceptable”.
“It in...
A Russian Orthodox priest has declared the World Cup an abomination over players wearing coloured football boots.
He said, “Wearing pink or blue shoes, they may as well wear women’s panties, or a bra.”
“I am glad that the Russian side failed, and by the grace of God no longer participate...
