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Oli Dickson Jefford & Neil Shaw

Anti-LGBTIQ+ countries face potential ban from staging Commonwealth Games

Countries with anti-LGBTIQ+ laws could be prevented from staging the Commonwealth Games, according to organisers.

Four years ago in the Gold Coast diving gold medallist Tom Daley used his platform to strongly condemn anti-gay laws in 37 Commonwealth countries.

Since then that number has become 36 - painfully slow progress - and exactly half of the nations and territories expected to compete at next week’s Games in Birmingham.

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