Reporters say they contacted 69 hotels on FIFA's official list of recommended accommodations - posing as a newly wed gay couple - and found three refused to accept reservations. Twenty others said they would accommodate them as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay.
Some World Cup hotels in Qatar have refused to allow same-sex couples to stay and others have asked customers to avoid public displays of affection, according to an investigation.
However, a team of Norwegian, Swedish and Danish reporters said they contacted 69 hotels on FIFA's official list of recommended accommodations - posing as a newly wed gay couple - and found three refused to accept reservations.
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