A Liverpool-based footballer said he feels a "deep sadness" when watching this year's World Cup.
Francis Wight, a member of Merseyside's LGBT+ football club, Mersey Marauders FC, said he is deeply saddened that if he had travelled to Qatar - a country where homosexuality for Muslim men is punishable by death - to watch the coveted football tournament, he feels he “wouldn’t have been able to be open” about his sexuality.
Francis, from Aigburth, also spoke about how it is “not an easy time to be a gay football fan" but appreciates it pales in comparison to the experiences LGBT+ people in Qatar face simply because of their sexuality or gender identity.
