Article 5KCMW ‘Shameful’: Uefa blocks LGBTQ+ rainbow stadium protest in Munich

‘Shameful’: Uefa blocks LGBTQ+ rainbow stadium protest in Munich

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Kate Connolly in Berlin
from World news | The Guardian on (#5KCMW)

Lighting display planned for Germany's Euro 2020 match with Hungary to protest at country's discriminatory law

Munich's mayor has attacked the shameful" decision by Uefa to quash his city's plans to illuminate its Allianz Arena in rainbow colours in support of LGBTQ+ rights for Germany's Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday.

European football's governing body said the rainbow lights would contravene its rules about political and religious neutrality.

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