FIFA Print's Qatar Comments Spark Onle Cricism: 'Today I Feel Gay'

Support our vtigative journalism today.Photograph: Caspar BensonInfanto also played down ncerns over whether LGBTQ+ fans faced danger a untry where gay people risk torture and imprisonment, and sisted that Qatar – wh Fifa’s help – had reformed workers’ rights beyond all regnn.The speech began, though, wh Infanto appearg to suggt that his own experienc as a son of Italian immigrants Swzerland gave him a ep unrstandg of migrant workers and other mori Qatar.“Today I feel Qatari,” he said. Today I feel [like] a migrant worker.”He add: “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. If you have a person here and there who says the oppose, ’s not the opn of the untry, ’s certaly not the opn of Fifa,’ he said.“You want to stay at home and say how bad they are, the Arabs, the Mlims, bee ’s not allowed to be publicly gay.

Swanson, a former Sky Sports reporter, said: “I am stg here as a gay man Qatar. We have received assuranc that everyone will be wele and I believe everyone will be.“Jt bee he [Infanto] is not gay, do not mean he do not re. I have a number of gay lleagu.

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Fifa print Gianni Infanto claimed “today I feel gay” as he sld Wtern media for givg “moral lsons” about the ntroversial Qatar World a bizarre hour-long monologue, Infanto lashed out at the World Cup’s crics for hypocrisy, claimed “nobody r” about disabled people, and pared his own childhood experience of beg bullied to the sufferg of workers and others at the hands of the Qatari has been wily cricised for explog untold thoands of migrant workers, mostly lured om impoverished parts of south Asia, to build the stadiums and astcture to host the World Cup.

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In addn, Qatar’s suabily to host the tournament has been qutned bee the nservative Islamic natn outlaws homosexualy between men and LGBT+ fan groups have warned they would not feel safe the of the openg game of the tournament on Sunday, Infanto – who was re-elected this week as print of football’s erng body unopposed – ma an extraordary attack on those cricisms, doublg down on Fifa’s choice of Qatar as World Cup hosts. “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled.

"Bryan Swanson, FIFA Director of Media Relatns, also told the prs nference: "I am stg here as a gay man Qatar.

"In addn to laws agast homosexualy, Qatar has long been acced of mistreatg migrant workers. ”) Earlier this month, Infanto wrote a letter to the 32 natnal feratns participatg at the World Cup, askg them to “foc on the football, ” rather than get bogged down cricism of a untry that prohibs homosexualy.

FIFA PRINT SAYS 'I FEEL AIN, GAY, DISABLED AND MIGRANT WORKER' BIZARRE SPEECHFIFA CHIEF GIANNI INFANTO SPOKE FOR AN HOUR ON CRICISM OF QATAR ON THE EVE OF THE WORLD CUP A SPEECH WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED "BEYOND PARODY" BY RAGG FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIADAILYSTARBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYKASRA MORADISPORTS REPORTER10:00, 19 NOV 2022BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWFOR THE LATT OM THE PCH SIGN UP FOR OUR FOOTBALL NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 FOR THE LATT OM THE PCH SIGN UP FOR OUR FOOTBALL NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Today, I feel gay.

“Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled, ” he ntued. Is that really the same thg as beg a worker whose passport was nfisted so they uldn’t leave their job, or livg fear of your life bee you’re gay a untry that ref to regnize you exist? FIFA print Gianni Infanto has been slammed for his shockg "I feel Ain, gay, disabled and migrant worker" speech.

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'I feel Ain, I feel gay, I feel disabled': FIFA print Gianni Infanto livers bizarre prs nference speech Nov 19, 2022 05:27 PM IST FIFA print Gianni Infanto livered a bizarre speech a prs nference ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022, schled to be beg om November 20. FIFA Print sayg he feels gay. Reports dite “thoands” of migrant workers died the procs of nstctg the stadiums, though the Qatari ernment lists the official unt of aths related to the World Cup stadium projects at jt also fend the natn's stance on gay rights, cludg s laws that crimalize homosexualy, askg “How many gay people were prosecuted Europe?

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