Former Wales football captain LauraMcAllister has discussed how she was refused entry to the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow bucket hat that represents the Wales team’s LGBTQ+ fan group.
Former Wales football captain Laura McAllister has discussed how she was refused entry to the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow bucket hat that represents the Wales team’s LGBTQ+ fan group.
: “As we were queuing to go into the stadium we’d heard that there’d been issues with some people in front of us who’d been asked to take off their hats to go into the stadium.“And sure enough as we went through security we were told by some of the stewards that we couldn’t enter the stadium wearing our rainbow hats.”committee, to remove her hat, which was made by the Welsh FA’s LGBTQ+ supporters group The Rainbow Wall, in accordance with “regulations”.
“We’re all horribly compromised by being here, so make no mistake: by being here we also need to make sure we don’t compromise on our values.”
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