Television personality Piers Morgan calls out FIFA for performative allyship to the LGBTQ+ community after the soccer organization sent out a tweet in celebration of Pride month. FIFA tweeted a lengthy message supporting pride while ensuring that they’re working towards the upcoming world cup being “a celebration of unity and diversity.”
The world cup starts on Nov 21, 2022. in Qatar and is one of the world’s most watched sports championships averaging 517 million viewers per game. Being LGBTQ+ is a crime in Qatar that is punishable by up to 3 years in jail. There aren’t any known cases where being Gay has resulted in the death penalty, however according to Qatar law homosexuality merits execution.
With this in mind, Morgan tweeted that he considers FIFA’s support to the Gay community to be disingenuous. Morgan was far from the only one to criticize the organization as the original tweet’s replies show hundreds of people echoing his views.