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GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup. * usa lgbt qatar *

She once aga nmned Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act that Print Yoweri Meveni signed May.

The bill ntas a ath penalty provisn for “aggravated homosexualy” and crimaliz the “promotn of homosexualy” wh up to 20 years prison. “One might argue that a meetg like this uld be labelled promotn of homosexualy and we uld all be held crimally liable for beg this nference room today, ” said Stern.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

Gay Qataris have been promised safety om torture exchange for helpg to track down other LGBTQ+ people, a proment Qatari gay-rights mpaigner has said * usa lgbt qatar *

“[The Anti-Homosexualy Act] clus a duty to report clse that would require doctors, landlords and even fay members to report anyone that they have reason to spect is homosexual and that basilly creat a surveillance state for all LGBTQI+ persons jt for beg, ” she add. Stern said the Anti-Homosexualy Act and siar laws around the world nta provisns that “are tentnally and explicly vague bee the goal is not to keep anyone safe om LGBTQI+ people.

Qatar Preventive Secury Department forc have arbrarily arrted lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment tentn, Human Rights Watch said today. LGBT people terviewed said that their mistreatment took place as recently as September 2022, as Qatar prepared to host the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup November and even as the ernment me unr tense scty for s treatment of LGBT people. * usa lgbt qatar *

Has imposed visa rtrictns agast Ugandan officials after Meveni signed their untry’s Anti-Homosexualy Act. "Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar.

Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed­—a doctor who has lived the U. But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future.

In the months sce, Mohamed lnched the non-prof Alwan Foundatn to advance LGBTQ+ rights across the Middle East and pecially Qatar, where he says that secury operativ filtrate gay muni orr to torture and erce members to rm on others. TIME: As a gay Qatari, do you feel that hostg the World Cup n brg change?

Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * usa lgbt qatar *

Is there an unrground gay scene or is that too dangero? There are some people om really affluent fai that are gay and ’s almost public knowledge—but they’re really wealthy, affluent, and very nnected, so people jt don’t say anythg. But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways.

They uld gaybash and get away wh wh no nsequenc at all.

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And if such an attack happens on a gay fan, I don’t know of the [secury] rourc to help them.

Bee you uld be harmed, you n be gay bashed, you n be beaten, and people may not be able to help you.

“It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone. Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF.

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