FIFA Urged to Cancel Contracts with Anti-LGBTQ Hotels

metroweekly.com:

With the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup coming up, FIFA is facing scrutiny for endorsing hotels that discriminate based on sexuality.As ticket sales skyrocket for this year’s FIFA World Cup, organizers are attempting to crack down on endorsed hotels that violate their contracts by discriminating against guests.

FIFA has required all official list accommodations to welcome guests – including LGBTQ people – in a “non-discriminatory manner” or face being removed from their official list.The World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.FIFA’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said that no discrimination would be occurring at the soccer competition. “Hotels, as well as any other service provider associated with the FIFA World Cup, who fail to comply with the high standards set by the organizers will have their contracts terminated.”Despite this policy, hotels on the official accommodation list have refused to reserve rooms for same-sex couples.A report conducted by three Nordic broadcasting companies – Norway’s NRK, Sweden’s SVT, and Denmark’s DR – showed which hotels are discriminating on the basis of sexuality.

Journalists conducted investigations at 56 of the official list hotels from FIFA, pretending to be LGBTQ couples, and recorded their findings.Three of the hotels on the list have outright denied rooms to any same-sex couple.