PINK NEWS: Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for people “to stand in solidarity with the LGBT+ community” during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Sturgeon struck a markedly different tone to UK foreign secretary James Cleverly, who this week defended asking football fans travelling to the host nation, where homosexuality is illegal, to “compromise” with local laws.
During First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday (17 November), Scottish Labour’s Paul O’Kane questioned Sturgeon about the Scottish Football Association sending officials to the event.
“What message does she think it sends particularly to LGBT+ people in Scotland,” the Evening Standard reported him asking.
Sturgeon said sending officials was a matter for the sporting body and that “governments should not intervene” in such decisions.
However, “it is a really important moment for” solidarity with LGBT+ people “regardless of party, regardless of anything else that might divide us”, Sturgeon said. » | Jake McKee | Friday, November 18, 2022
