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š£ļø āThe World Cup is one of those rare momentsā¦ the competition and Prides are going to be happening at the same time, and I wanted to bring them together.ā
š§ Listen to Dr. Nas Mohamed discussing the #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for World Cup 2026 on the new, special episode of the FvH Podcastā¦
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š£ļø āWhat I hope is for us to witness and be witnessed as we are, in a way that is novel and in a way thatās realā - Dr. Nas Mohamed
Read about Dr Nasās #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for the World Cup, and listen on the @footballvhomophobia.com Podcast šā½ļøš«¶
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Some genuine (we think) World Cup allies! And not just š³ļøāš armband wearersā¦ players that actually said something positive about #LGBTQ people.
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Dr Nas. Mohamed, the first person from Qatar to come out publicly as LGBTQ, is fronting a new campaign for the 2026 World Cup; speaking on a special Pride episode of the Football v Homophobia Podcast,...
8 World Cup stars who stand up for gay players and LGBTQ rights - www.outsports.com/2026/6/9/241...
šā½ļøš³ļøāš NEW: Spoke to Thomas Hitzlsperger about his #FIFAWorldCup memories and āwonderfulā moments heās enjoyed being an out gay man in football.
Thomas is on @outsports.comās Soccer #Power26 list, celebrating influential #LGBTQfootball folk in the menās game from around the worldā¦
Only two men have ever played in a FIFA World Cup tournament and later publicly come out as gay or bi.
Winger Olivier Rouyer was part of the France team alongside Michel Platini at Argentina 1978. He says some of his teammates knew his sexuality, but it was a taboo topic.
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The SRA hosted a press conference with former players, fans groups, @hrw.org, @fanseurope.org, @iscsupporters.bsky.social, @rsf.org, and other civil society representatives, highlighting the impact of FIFAās failures to uphold human rights protections.
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Jon Holmes
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Dr Nas Mohamed, the first Qatari to come out publicly as LGBTQ, is launching 'Love is the Goal' at the 2026 World Cup, a campaign to humanise queer lives and amplify persecuted LGBTQ voices globally.
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Olivier Rouyer came out as gay 30 years after playing for France at the World Cup. This is his 'complicated' soccer story.
"This is probably the one that has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other... We knew Russia was going to be difficult. We knew Qatar was going to be almost impossible. But this one had so much optimism."
A member of 3 Lions Pride on not attending this World Cup.
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As a World Cup player, CEO and now a TV pundit, Thomas Hitzlsperger's influence ensures his place on the Outsports Soccer Power 26 list. He tells us why being an out gay man in the sport matters.
