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World Cup: Dua Lipa addresses “speculation” over performance in Qatar

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Dua Lipa criticised the Qatari government about human rights violations after rumours she would perform at the World Cup opening ceremony. In an interview with Variety, she described the tournament as a “unique opportunity to hold Qatar to account,” regarding its human rights record. The singer referenced the rumours that she would perform in the course of the competition: “I didn’t like being amongst speculation that I was going to perform for something that really goes against my beliefs.” The 27-year-old spoke out against the failure of Qatar to meet…

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Jake Daniels: “I want to push the community to get where it should be”

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Professional footballer Jake Daniels is hopeful that coming out earlier this year will help “push the community to get where it should be”. The 17-year-old, who is a forward for Blackpool FC, made history in May as Britain’s first active openly gay male professional footballer. “Football was going so well, I didn’t want anything to go the opposite way,” Daniels told British Vogue of deciding to share his true self with the world. “I was scared.” He further explained that he came out in his family WhatsApp group a few…

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Qatar World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is “damage in the mind”

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A Qatar World Cup ambassador has described homosexuality as “damage in the mind” just two weeks before the tournament gets underway. The comments were made by former Qatari international Khalid Salman in an interview filmed in Doha for German television broadcaster ZDF. “They have to accept our rules here,” he said of LGBTQ+ fans travelling to see the World Cup. “[Homosexuality] is haram. You know what haram means?” When asked why it was “haram”, meaning forbidden, Salman added: “I am not a strict Muslim but why is it haram? Because…

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LGBTQ+ people ‘arrested and abused’ in Qatar ahead of World Cup

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LGBTQ+ people were detained and subjected to “ill-treatment in detention” in Qatar as recently as last month, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). There were at least six cases of “severe and repeated beatings” reported, as well as five incidences of “sexual harassment in police custody between 2019 and 2022.” Some faced arrest in public places solely because of their gender expression, with there even being claims that security forces unlawfully searched the phones of detainees. Transgender women were ordered to attend government-sponsored sessions of so-called…

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