Former Wales women’s captain among fans forced to remove rainbow hat at Qatar World Cup ➡️ Security workers at the stadium in Qatar confronted football fans wearing rainbow bucket hats, T-shirts and flags
The Rainbow Wall confirmed that they heard multiple reports of fans in Qatar being refused entry to the stadium while wearing their bucket hats.
The yellow, green and red hats worn by thousands of Wales fans has become a must-have for the so-called Red Wall, but a rainbow version was created for the World Cup in Qatar. Wales’s Rainbow Wall wrote: “Our rainbow bucket hat. We are so proud of them, but news on the ground tonight is our Welsh female supporters wearing them in Qatar are having them taken off them, not the men, just women. @Fifacom are you serious !! #LGBTQRights.”Our rainbow bucket hat. We are so proud of them, BUT news on the ground tonight is our welsh female supporters wearing them in
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