As international teams prepared to head to Qatar this winter for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Paulo Camargo planned to honor this event with the launch of a leather goods capsule collection. Football in 2022 has become increasingly difficult to follow due to a number of unforeseen circumstances – including the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Due to Qatar’s climate, the games, which are normally held in the summer, will be played in the winter.

At first, Paulo Camargo was excited about the idea of honoring this sporting event and also taking his family to Qatar for a World Cup that would mark a significant family event for his partner, a businessman from the Dutchman and his 4 adopted children.

For the same-sex couple who have already adopted 4 children, Paulo Camargo and Ronald, together they knew it was something they knew they needed when they started this path of adoption.

With current residence in Porto, Portugal, they gave the children Moisés (20 years old, originally from Peru), Pedro (18 years old, originally from Brazil), David, (13 years old, originally from Portugal) and Michel (10 years old, originally from Brazil) a permanent home. The couple, who have been together for over 15 years, have decided to cancel family plans to travel and participate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup due to concerns about the dimensions of this issue of human rights and LGBTQ.

“It wouldn’t be a good lesson for my children if we were to support this wonderful sport without looking at what is going on behind the scenes” comments Paulo Camargo.

Paulo Camargo’s concerns are shared by many and he also decides to cancel the launch of the leather goods capsule collection dedicated to the World Cup in Qatar

Qatar has said everyone is welcome, including LGBTQ fans, but that visitors must respect the country’s culture, in which public displays of affection for anyone are frowned upon.

“ A World Cup ambassador to Qatar described homosexuality as a mind-damage in an interview that highlights concerns about the country’s conservative treatment of gays and lesbians. In the run-up to the World Cup, Qatari security forces were accused of mistreating LGBTQ people, ” comments Paulo Camargo.

Qatari law provides for a prison sentence of one to three years for anyone who instigates or seduces a man to commit sodomy, as well as for inducing or seducing a man or woman in any way to commit illegal acts or immoral actions.