Tag: FIFA
«Just A Ball Game?» Joins FIFA Qatar Word Cup Protest In Berlin
As associate members, LGBTQ+ campaign organisation «Just A Ball Game?» (JBG?) and Bradford City LGBT+ Fan Group recently joined German and Swiss Queer Football Fan Clubs (QFF) and other activists for a protest outside the Qatar Embassy in Berlin.
Some LGBTQ Fans Skip Qatar FIFA World Cup, Fearing Hostility
At first, Saskia Nino de Rivera was excited about going to Qatar for a FIFA World Cup that would mark a significant professional event for her partner, a sports agent for Mexico football players.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar ambassador comments on homosexuality «harmful and unacceptable»
A Qatar World Cup ambassador calling homosexuality «damage in the mind» is «harmful and unacceptable», says Human Rights Watch.
Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People
Discrimination, Ill-Treatment in Detention, Privacy Violations, Conversion Practices
Peter Tatchell arrested in FIFA’s World Cup Qatar
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was 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 – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup.
NRK reveals: World Cup hotels deny gays to book rooms
Despite the FIFA president’s promises that everyone is welcome in Qatar, several World Cup hotels refuse gays to book rooms.