Who is protecting LGBTQ fans at the 2018 World Cup?

Gay-rights activists during a traditional May Day march in St.Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo / Dmitry Lovetsky)

It doesn’t look like FIFA or the Russian state will act to halt anti-gay violence.

Welcome to the 2018 World Cup, a World Cup you may not be watching. Many Americans will undoubtedly be choosing to tune out this year’s soccer extravaganza, absent the nationalist pull of seeing the US team…