Stand with LGBTQ+ people in Qatar - Proud Stadium

Thanks to your support, we reached over 60,000 sign ups to our Proud Stadium this World Cup season!

This World Cup season, let’s fill a virtual stadium with pride for LGBTQ+ people in Qatar. 

The 2022 Men’s Football World Cup is being held in Qatar – a country where it’s not legal or safe to be a lesbian, gay, bi, trans or queer (LGBTQ+) person, whether you are from Qatar or visiting to cheer on your national team. 

Under Qatari laws, LGBTQ+ people don't have equal rights: same-sex relationships are criminalised, and trans people are forced to undergo conversion therapy clinics sponsored by the government. Many LGBTQ+ people suffer imprisonment and violence simply for being themselves, and in some cases, could even face the death penalty. 

For LGBTQ+ people and our allies across the world, many of us feel powerless to challenge the injustices we see. 

But we are not powerless.

Wherever you are, you can show your support for the LGBTQ+ rights and the community in Qatar, raise awareness of the injustices LGBTQ+ Qataris face, and call for change together. 

Let’s take a stand against hate. Join our #ProudStadium.

What is the Proud Stadium?

As football fans fill stadiums in Qatar to watch their teams play, we’re filling a virtual Proud Stadium with supporters of LGBTQ+ rights, coming together to shine a light on the injustices that our communities face in Qatar, and in many more countries around the world. 

Together, we can send a powerful message to global leaders, whether sponsors, broadcasters or politicians: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, and we won’t stand for the persecution of LGBTQ+ people in Qatar, or anywhere else. 

If you want to sign up as a sports club, organisation or business, email us at campaigns@stonewall.org.uk.

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