LGBT Issues at the World Cup in Qatar

The European Parliament has passed a resolution declaring the EU a "zone of freedom for LGBTIQ." The move aims to ensure protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer communities across the bloc, as well as to challenge member states with anti LGBT policies.

Comments from Several Countries Regarding this Issue

There are about nine European countries that support diversity and continue to campaign for LGBT. With the OneLove armband aiming to support marginalized groups, several team captains are willing to wear it.

Among them is the UK which actually supports the LGBT campaign and condemns Qatar's actions against the ban on the World Cup. Even FIFA still prohibits captains from wearing the rainbow captain's armband.

The England national team captain wears the rainbow captain's armband (Image source: PA Images via Getty Images/Nick Potts - PA Images)

England captain Harry Kane is not worried about the banning of various LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) symbols during the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar. The Tottenham Hotspur pillar still bears the symbol of LGBT support. He wears the rainbow captain's armband.

The German national team took action to keep their mouths shut (Image source: Getty Images/Alexander Hassenstein)

Next, there is the German national team posing silently in a team photo to denounce the silencing of the captain's armband/OneLove GLBT campaign. 

They didn't do it without reason, because it turned out that the German national team had a different view of what was happening. 

Previously, it was reported that the German national team still wore the captain's armband in the World Cup Group E match which was held in Qatar.

All the German players made a silent move including their captain Manuel Neuer. Neuer has also been shown to hide the captain's armband. The DFB, the German football federation, then provided clarification regarding the unnatural photo pose.