The world football association Fifa banned footballers from wearing the "One Love" armband at the World Cup in Qatar on Monday. It should actually be a sign against discrimination and for diversity. In protest, the German players then covered their mouths during the team photo before the first game against Japan - but still didn't wear the armband.Christian Rudolph heads the central contact point for gender and sexual diversity at the German Football Association (DFB). In an interview, he explains...
Interviewed by Aurelie von BlazekovicThe BBC recently called Munich-based Wolfgang F. Rothe "Germany's turbulent priest" in a radio interview. This is what happens when you are a Catholic priest and it becomes known that you are gay, you bless same-sex couples, you advocate the ordination of women and you have published a book in which queer people report on exclusion and devaluation in the Catholic Church. "They exist," writes Rothe, "because God wanted and created them that way." source site
