Qatar says all are welcome to the World Cup but some LGBTQ soccer fans ...
LGBT Rights. On November 8, Khalid Salman, a 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup Ambassador, described homosexuality as "damage in the mind" in an interview with ZDF, a TV channel in Germany. He...
Qatar's anti-LGBTQ policies during the 2022 FIFA World Cup ... - Vox
Yet away from the field, battle lines were increasingly drawn over the treatment of the LGBTQ community in Qatar, the tournament's host nation, and world football governing body FIFA 's...
World Cup 2022: Why norms LGBTQ+ football fans took for granted have ...
7 min. World Cup organizers expect a total of 1.2 million fans to descend on Qatar for the 2022 soccer tournament — the first time it has been hosted in a Middle East nation in the event's...
LGBT issues at the 2022 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
DOHA — Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBTQ Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, in the run-up to hosting soccer's World Cup which...
A World Cup of Shame: FIFA Fails LGBT Rights Test in Qatar
DOHA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles of gay men on...
What can LGBTQ soccer fans expect at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar? - The ...
"While Qatar prepares to host the World Cup, security forces are detaining and abusing LGBT people simply for who they are, apparently confident that the security force abuses will go...
World Cup 2022: Qatar ambassador comments on homosexuality ... - BBC
Dr. Naser Mohamed set up his to highlight an injustice. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly come out as gay, Mohamed—a doctor who has lived in the U.S. for the past 11 years—on...
'Abandoned, empty, guilty' - LGBTQ fans on how the Qatar World Cup made ...
There are no LGBT rights in Qatar, with homosexuality as well as campaigning for LGBT rights criminalised. As such, when Qatar was selected to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the choice to do so in a restrictive nation saw much criticism, with several topics becoming the subject of controversy.
Qatar fails to offer World Cup safety guarantees to LGBTQ+ fans
Paul MacInnes. @PaulMac. Wed 29 Jun 2022 09.00 EDT. Qatari authorities have failed to give a guarantee to travelling LGBTQ+ supporters that they will be safe at the World Cup, prompting...
Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is 'damage ... - CNN
The decision to stage the World Cup in Qatar, a country where homosexuality can be punishable by death, has been criticised by LGBT groups. England and Wales have both qualified for the...