FIFA faces objections from Iran and Egypt as Seattle keeps its Pride-branded match tied to the city’s Pride Weekend.

Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match ...

The two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day ...

On June 26, Iran plays Egypt in a World Cup match right here in Seattle. June. Seattle. That's Pride Month around here. And ...

A World Cup match in Seattle has been named the Pride Match. That game now features Egypt and Iran, which imprison gay people ...

Seattle's plans to celebrate its LGBTQ+ community coincide with a group-stage fixture between two countries that criminalize ...

Seattle’s plan for the June 26 game to be a “Pride Match” was made before the World Cup draw. Egypt said the move may ...

World Cup organisers in Seattle on Wednesday said their Pride events would go ahead as planned outside a June match in the ...

Over the past half-century, a lot has changed for the LGBTQ+ community around Seattle and beyond. Seattle’s first Gay Pride Week was held in 1974, the AIDS epidemic arrived in the 1980s and Washington ...

Seattle's World Cup "Pride Match" will feature Iran and Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal, on June 26.