It has been confirmed by seven Football Associations – from England, Wales and other European nations – that team captains – including Harry Kane – will not wear the OneLove armband to promote diversity and inclusion at the World Cup in Qatar, due to players being put “in a position where they could face sporting sanctions”.
On Sunday November 20, the day that the FIFA World Cup was due to kick off in Qatar, Joe Lycett shredded David Beckham’s reputation as an LGBTQ+ ally alongside £10,000 of his own money live on Benderslikebeckham.com
Ninety people, including football fans, joined a colourful noisy protest outside Qatar’s London embassy today, Saturday, November 19, the day before the start of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Hare & Hounds in Birmingham’s Kings Heath area has vowed to donate 10% of bar revenue, during World Cup screenings, to LGBTQ+ charities in response to the football competition being held in a country with poor human rights records, including for women, migrants, and LGBTQ+ citizens.
England’s Three Lions are to fly to the World Cup in Qatar on a Gay Pride jet to show a red card to host nation’s intolerance.
The news that David Beckham has signed a reported £10 million contract with Qatar to be their ambassador during the FIFA World Cup in a country where LGBTQ+ are persecuted has been met with many cries of outrage
As football fans fill stadiums in Qatar to watch their teams play, LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall is filling a virtual Proud Stadium with supporters of LGBTQ+ rights, coming together to shine a light on the injustices that LGBTQ+ communities face in Qatar, and in many more countries around the world.
“Footballers with a conscience have a right to freedom of expression, just like everyone else.”
“There were a total of nine officers surrounding and interrogating me about where I was from, who was helping me, where I was staying and when I was leaving Qatar.”
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested in Qatar today outside the National Museum of Qatar in Doha while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people
