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LGBT+ supporter groups from around the world have joined forces to condemn both FIFA and the Qatar World Cup Supreme Committee on the day of the draw for this winter's tournament.

The decision to award football's most prestigious tournament to the Middle East country has come in for heavy criticism as it approaches. Many critics have pointed to Qatar's appalling human rights record, including the fact that homosexuality is illegal, as reasons why the World Cup should not be taking place there.

Organisers have frequently sought to calm fears that members of the LGBT+ community will not be welcome for the tournament. But those attempts appear to have failed, with eight LGBT+ fan groups now penning an open letter condemning the Supreme Committee for the "little effort" they have put in to respond to critics.

The group includes England's LGBT+ fan group Three Lions Pride, Football Supporters Europe, Independent Supporters Council North America and Wales' Rainbow Wall. Along with four other LGBT+ fan groups, the quartet have now slammed both FIFA and Qatar for their failure to adequately prove members of the community will be safe travelling to the World Cup later this year.

"Over the past 18 months, we tried to engage with FIFA and the Qatar Supreme Committee (“SC”) ahead of the World Cup in November and December 2022. Our aims were simple: To gain concrete