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As the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia, LGBT football fans are worried about their safety, but as Keph Senett writes, there will be many gay Russian supporters unable to enjoy the party too.

When Joe White first bought tickets to the World Cup, he was excited. The self-described “massive [football] fan since birth” was now old enough and had enough money to attend his first World Cup.

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