🏆⚽️🏳️🌈 NEW: Spoke to Thomas Hitzlsperger about his #FIFAWorldCup memories and “wonderful” moments he’s enjoyed being an out gay man in football.
Thomas is on @outsports.com’s Soccer #Power26 list, celebrating influential #LGBTQfootball folk in the men’s game from around the world…
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.
🗣️ “The World Cup is one of those rare moments… the competition and Prides are going to be happening at the same time, and I wanted to bring them together.”
🎧 Listen to Dr. Nas Mohamed discussing the #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for World Cup 2026 on the new, special episode of the FvH Podcast…
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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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8 World Cup stars who stand up for gay players and LGBTQ rights - www.outsports.com/2026/6/9/241...
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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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Some genuine (we think) World Cup allies! And not just 🏳️🌈 armband wearers… players that actually said something positive about #LGBTQ people.
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🗣️ “What I hope is for us to witness and be witnessed as we are, in a way that is novel and in a way that’s real” - Dr. Nas Mohamed
Read about Dr Nas’s #LoveIsTheGoal campaign for the World Cup, and listen on the @footballvhomophobia.com Podcast 🏆⚽️🫶
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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.
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,...
"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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Three Lions Pride, the official LGBT+ supporters' group for England, won't be attending the FIFA World Cup 2026 out of fears for their safety.
