Brazilian journalist at World Cup says regional flag mistaken for LGBTQ symbol

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Brazilian journalist at World Cup says regional flag mistaken for LGBTQ symbol

23-11-2022 14:33

A journalist covering the soccer World Cup in Qatar said local police hassled him outside a stadium after a regional Brazilian flag was mistaken for an LGBTQ pride flag, writes Reuters.

Brazilian Victor Pereira said authorities seized his phone after he recorded a man’s negative reaction to Pereira’s colorful flag of Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state, which sports a rainbow, a red cross and a star.

He told Reuters that a man wearing a traditional white dress mistook it for the LGBTQ community’s rainbow flag when he was leaving the Lusail Stadium after Saudi Arabia’s shock 2-1 win over Argentina.

Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and punishable with prison.

“This guy wearing a white dress grabbed the flag, threw it on the ground and started stomping on it. I took my phone to record a video but he grabbed it from my hand and said he would only give it back if I deleted the video”, - Pereira said.

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