Gianni Infatino, who stood unopposed, was re-elected as FIFA President during the 73rd Congress in Kigali.
...There is a new queer-friendly locator of health and legal-aid professionals that is now available online.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the militant group's Yemen-based branch, criticised Qatar for "bringing immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula".
"It's a difficult journey that any LGBTQ+ ppl have to go through. To see my role models and legends of the game, make fun out of coming out and of my community, is beyond disrespectful," Cavallo said.
Teams focused on World Cup, not politics, had easier passage to last 16, says Arsene Wenger
In 2015, FIFA recommended that Qatar host a shorter World Cup over the cooler months of November and December in a move that was sure to put soccer's world governing body on a collision course with the major European leagues.
Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, died at the age of 90.
Some soccer players have raised concerns over the rights of fans travelling to the event, especially LGBT+ individuals and women, whom rights groups say Qatari laws discriminate against.
Queiroz said there was a time and place to use football to make an impact in the world and received applause from journalists when he spoke of "magic moments" from a simple gesture like giving footballs to impoverished children in Africa.
A gay couple has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages under the Special Marriage Act and to issue appropriate directions to the authorities concerned to allow them to solemnise their marriage.
Gianni Infantino wants the world to 'focus on the football'
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Qatar will be the first team since Italy in the second World Cup in 1934 to participate in the finals for the first time as a host without having previously qualified for the tournament.
The Philippines' foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that one of its nationals had died while working at a resort south of the capital Doha. It said its embassy was "working with legal authorities to ascertain more details of his passing".
Bangladesh police detained a college student and claimed to have found some "important evidence" in connection with the brutal killing of two gay rights activists.
The proud transgender model has been making waves in the fashion industry.
The anti-discrimination group Fare has sent a report to UEFA and discussed the matter with officials.
Charities and organisations are boycotting the event following a dispute over conversion therapy for transgender people
The first World Cup in the Middle East has been anything but insulated from the troubles of the volatile region, set against a backdrop of anti-government protests in Iran and an upsurge in Israeli-Palestinian violence.
The Naz Foundation is trying to sensitise workplaces towards the LGBT community, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
The 27th Critics Choice Awards was held at the Century Plaza Hotel in California on the same night as the BAFTAs.
'Equality begins when we open up and embrace all of our differences.'
Pro-Palestinian sympathies among fans have also spilt into stadiums as four Arab teams compete
Speed skating - Swings wins mass start, brings first Belgian Winter gold in 74 years.
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud has said that the decriminalisation of Section 377 of IPC by the apex court has enabled queer people to emerge as legally empowered citizens.
'And now, linking LGBT to Nazis, communists, the devil? This is not OK. This is in fact sick and it is dangerous. Kids will suffer more because of this continuous bashing and stigmatising of our LGBT community'
Fans carried rainbow flags to show their support for LGBTQ rights.
'I probably will have to give up on taboo subjects for a while. but I can't give up on quirks.'
Rainbow flags could be taken from fans at the World Cup in Qatar to protect them from being attacked for promoting gay rights
Cunningham, an LGBT campaigner who works with England's football authorities, is one of only a handful of openly gay England fans who have made the trip to Russia where gay activists have been detained for taking part in demonstrations.
Hong Kong will host the 2022 Gay Games, fighting off bids from cities in the United States and Mexico to become the first Asian city to stage the sports and cultural event.
'If people understand the love between boy-boy, girl-girl or transgenders, then that is the first great step for society to change.'
Argentina has made significant progress on LGBT+ rights in recent years, in 2010 becoming the first country in Latin America to let gay and lesbian couples marry and adopt children. Vega posted a letter on social media coming out to his fans - the first openly gay professional basketball player in Argentina's history.
Aditi Hardikar says she is proud to honour her parents' sacrifices by giving back to her community and country.
A same sex couple has moved the Delhi high court seeking they be allowed to get married under the Special Marriage Act, saying they have been living together as a couple for eight years, in love with each other sharing the highs and lows of life, but unable marry as they are both women. A similar plea has been moved by two men, who got married in the United States, but their marriage was not registered under the Foreign Marriage Act of 1969 by the Indian consulate as they were a same sex couple.
Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is.
After his controversial remarks over the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community drew flak, Goa minister Ramesh Tawadkar on Tuesday did a u-turn over the issue saying he was misunderstood and misquoted on the issue.
'He was one of the reasons I had the courage to move to Mumbai from Bangalore to pursue modelling when I was just 18 years old' Anushka wrote in her post.
Rainbow-themed badge adorns US training facility
'We will get our rights as normal citizens of India and enjoy those rights as openly and fearlessly as you and others do.'
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