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The Daily Mail reports:
The United States’ men’s national team have made a huge statement at the World Cup in Qatar by redesigning their crest to incorporate the rainbow flag, in a bid to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
The tournament, which starts on Sunday and sees the US play their opener against Wales on Monday, has been hugely controversial in its build-up, given Qatar’s human rights record and attitude to homosexuality.
As recently as this month, a Qatar World Cup ambassador told a German TV broadcaster that homosexuality was ‘damage to the mind’, and it remains illegal to be gay in the conservative Muslim country.
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USA make a statement in Qatar by REDESIGNING their crest with rainbow colors to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community https://t.co/uZaFJYAI4v
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 14, 2022
At the United States’ MNT World Cup training ground in Doha were the players, staff and federation have shown solidarity with LGBT community by redesigning the crest in rainbow colours. More @TeleFootball pic.twitter.com/HeTU6o3ZEY
— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) November 14, 2022
The US makes a statement at the World Cup in Qatar by Redesigning its crest with rainbow colors to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community
Rather than the usual red stripes, the new crest incorporates rainbow colors #WorldCup2022 ⚽️ #US #Qatar #MailOnline pic.twitter.com/GGfzIZoQ6w
— ? Sarwar ? (@ferozwala) November 14, 2022