TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
Contents:
- FIFA VTIGATG: MEXI BOOTED OM THE WORLD CUP AS FANS CHANT A GAY SLUR QATAR
- GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- GAY DOHA TRAVEL GUI
- GAY QATAR TRAVEL GUI
FIFA VTIGATG: MEXI BOOTED OM THE WORLD CUP AS FANS CHANT A GAY SLUR QATAR
Mexi gave up the elimatg goal jt sends after their fans chanted the gay slur yet aga. FIFA is now vtigatg. * qatar mexico gay *
Update: FIFA has opened an vtigatn to the clear chant by Mexi fans of the banned, anti-gay “puto” chant the untry’s match agast Sdi Arabia. In a b of poetry, Mexi gave up the fal goal of the match agast Sdi Arabia jt 45 sends after their fans chanted the gay slur “puto, ” as they are fond of dog durg goal kicks by the goali of opposg teams. Dpe beg orred for years not to chant the slur, beg punished by FIFA, and even the Mexi Soccer Feratn askg the fans to stop chantg the gay slur, the fans have refed to stop.
Mexi fans have been acced of chantg the gay slur Qatar prev match at this World Cup, promptg an vtigatn om FIFA. The World Cup will start jt two weeks' time, spe grave ncerns over Qatar's rerd on human rights, wh the Middle East untry ntug to persecute the LGBT+ munyA gay man has claimed he was hunted by police ahead of the upg World CupA gay man who has prevly livg Qatar has claimed he was 'hunted' by the untry's police force before beg gang-raped a hotel room.
GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
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One of the biggt ncerns about the Middle East untry is s laws which outlaw homosexualy, wh LGBT+ people the untry at risk of imprisonment or even the ath penalty. One gay man om the Philipp who worked Qatar as an office assistant, has told how he was lured to a hotel and gang-raped by police. The man, 'Ali', told the i that he received a msage on a gay datg app om a man claimg to be a Turkish worker.
The police officers then searched his bag, accg him of beg a prostute, before another gay man arrived after also beg lured to a hotel. Acrdg to the report, several other gay men have claimed they were 'hunted' the same way by Qatar's police force. Dependg on where they’re head, gay travelers n face great risks.
Acrdg to Equalx, a range of gay activi are illegal 71 untri. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers. The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
Qatar’s laws agast gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people are flashpots ahead of the first FIFA World Cup soccer petn to be held the Middle East. * qatar mexico gay *
A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay. The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more.
Toppg the LGBTQ+ Danger Inx is Nigeria, which is nsired the worst untry for vlence agast gay travelers.
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There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law. In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce. “In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.
“Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Has ma great progrs wh legalized same-sex marriage, worker protectns and crimalizatn of homophobic vlence.
“One reason for that is that there is a great al of variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re , ” says Fergson.
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You n see the entire rankg of the 150 untri here and also get 37 safety Swen, the saft untry the world for gay. Prime Mister Jt T promoted clivy by marchg Toronto’s Pri Para and beme the untry’s first Prime Mister to vis a gay bar. Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe.
Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson.