Grant Wahl was entering the World Cup stadium in Qatar on Monday night when he was suddenly stopped by security guards. Pointing to the rainbow shirt he was wearing to support the LGBTQ community, a guard told him to remove it because it was “political.”...

The incident contradicts promises to fans and participants that the World Cup would be inclusive of the LGBTQ community made by FIFA and the Supreme Committee, the joint organizers of the event...

Ahead of the games, a FIFA representative had told ITV News that fans could express their identity however they wished and that “they won’t get into trouble for public displays of affection,” while also advising travelers to respect the local culture of the host nation...

The Dutch soccer team conceived a campaign called OneLove, symbolized by a rainbow armband to promote inclusion. 10 European teams had originally signed up for it in September, but by the time Monday’s matches were kicking off, the captains of seven European teams had scrapped plans to wear the armbands after FIFA threatened them with “sporting sanctions.”...

In a separate statement Monday, FIFA said it had brought forward its own “No Discrimination” campaign, allowing all 32 national captains to wear the armband throughout the entire tournament...