At World Cup 2022, Forget About LGBTQ Sex: You Can’t Even Show Your Knees!

At World Cup 2022, Forget About LGBTQ Sex: You Can’t Even Show Your Knees!

For the most part, Calico ignores sports — or tries to, which is difficult with the volume at which her husband keeps the TV, let alone the volume of his screaming at it whenever the referee makes a call with which he strongly disagrees.

The major exception to Calico’s general sports aversion is the game most of the world calls “football,” but Americans generally call “soccer.” She gets particularly excited for the World Cup every four years, an event that celebrates the international reach of the game and demonstrates its immense appeal by bringing in fans from all corners of the globe — despite the fact globes don’t have corners.

For some insane reason, though, the football powers-that-be decided to hold next year’s World Cup in Qatar, a place roughly the same temperature as the surface of the sun, yet doesn’t appreciate it when people wear shorts, or shirts without sleeves.

Qatari officials have assured the world that “all are welcome” at the World Cup next November — provided some of those “all” don’t mind it being against the law for them to show affection to their partners in public, that is.

Will Qatar find itself rounding up drunken hooligans for violating local laws against public intoxication? Is there an outfit available that covers one’s knees and shoulders, but leaves bare their armpits, thighs and shins? Read all about it in Calico’s new post “At World Cup 2022, Forget About Sex: You Can’t Even Show Your Knees!”

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Ever since the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar, many people have been understandably up in arms about the notion. The reasons critics of awarding the Cup to Qatar give for their umbrage are many and serious, ranging from the fact the Cup had to be rescheduled to the winter to avoid the country’s unbearable summer heat (on unbearable to play football in, at least) to its atrocious human rights record, to its oppression of women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

While I’m all for spreading the joy and excitement of hosting the World Cup into places where it has never been held before and think it’s important to engage with countries that need to be nudged forward where human and civil rights are concerned (as opposed to isolating and sanctioning them as our only form of outreach), hosting an event with fans as rowdy and raucous as those the World Cup draws in a country as socially conservative as Qatar strikes me as potentially the worst ‘coming together’ since that of Raul Jimenez and David Luiz.

Two One Drink Minimum Maximum

If you’ve ever attended a World Cup match (which I have not), been in a host city for one while the tournament was ongoing (which I have), or even just read news coverage that’s critical of the behavior of ‘hooligans’ – some of whom are truly terrifying, not merely rowdy – then you know what I’m talking about when I say the Cup often draws some pretty boisterous supporters.

Drinking heavily is a big part of football supporter culture, historically, and while Qatar has announced that it will accommodate drinkers by serving alcohol in designated “fan zones,” I’m not sure they given much thought to things the fans might do once they’ve imbibed some of that alcohol.

Not only is it illegal to be intoxicated in public in Qatar, but “showing overt affection and intimacy in public is frowned upon,” as well. Having spent some time around drunken, football-supporting couples, I’m here to tell you the Qatari authorities will have some serious frowning to do come next November.

“Welcome to World Cup Qatar! Now, Please Pretend You’re Straight, Or We Will Jail You.”

To be clear, as noted in the Gay Times article linked above, Qatar has said LGBTQ+ fans are “welcome” at the World Cup. But to be just as clear, it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in Qatar, so I think to expect LGBTQ+ fans to feel welcome might not be the most reasonable expectation.

Honestly, I don’t know how any given Qatari authority might interpret a law that prohibits “leading, instigating or seducing a male by in any way to commit sodomy or dissipation” – in part because I have no idea what “dissipation” means in this context. Does this mean it’s illegal for a gay man to evaporate as part of his seduction of another man? If I had the disposable income handy, I’d be tempted to retain a Qatari advocate just to address this question.

On the Bright Side, You Can Still Wear Your National Team’s Official Burqa

It’s not just displays of affection or anything that can be interpreted as “grooming” that fans will need to avoid while in Qatar, either; it appears there will be a somewhat strict dress code, as well.

“Visitors (men as well as women) are expected to show respect for local culture by avoiding excessively revealing clothing in public,” the Qatari tourism authority has said. “It is generally recommended for men and women to ensure their shoulders and knees are covered.”

My shoulders and knees? I live in Arizona; my shoulders and knees are covered for approximately six days in the depth of winter. Other than that, they’re exposed – unless you count being slathered in sunscreen a form of clothing?

I assume this shoulder-and-knee exposing prohibition thing doesn’t apply to the players themselves whilst on the pitch, correct? I mean, the goalkeepers could certainly roll with this rule, no problem, but Jack Grealish and his short shorts seem like a major offense just waiting to happen.