TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
Contents:
- VIRG ATLANTIC FLI “GAY” PLANE TO DOHA WORLD CUP
- QATAR WORLD CUP: ENGLAND'S 'GAY PRI' PLANE PROTT IS DWARFED BY GERMANY'S 'DIVERSY WS' JET
- JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
- ENGLAND STARS FLY TO QATAR ON GAY PRI JET EARLY SHOW OF WORLD CUP FIANCE
VIRG ATLANTIC FLI “GAY” PLANE TO DOHA WORLD CUP
England’s World Cup team are flyg to Qatar, where beg gay is crimalised, a Virg Atlantic "Pri-themed" plane. * qatar gay plane *
Obvly there’s a fair b of ntroversy surroundg Qatar hostg the World Cup, given some of the untry’s social polici and laws, not to mentn a World Cup ambassador for the untry recently referrg to homosexualy as “damage the md. The claim: Qatar 'refed to receive' the German soccer team's plane due to LGBTQ symbolSce the 2022 World Cup began last month, soccer fans have been cricizg Qatar, the host of this year's tournament, for s treatment of the LGBTQ muny, which clus laws forbiddg gay sex. The flight was not diverted or nied by Qatar addn, while the plane is rated wh words and imag promotg diversy, do not bear a specific gay symbol on the outsi of the aircraft.
England's msage of World Cup fiance, directed towards the homophobic regime nng Qatar, has been dwarfed by old rivals Germany.
As so many World Cup penalty shootouts before, the Three Lns have once aga been tmped by Germans, this time a 'diversy fly out' Southgate's 26-strong team are jettg out to Qatar Virg Atlantic's Gay Pri plane, dubbed 'Ra Bow' jet featur a picture of Osr, a rtoon man holdg a Unn flag while wearg a small set rabow-loured traers, beneath the b.
QATAR WORLD CUP: ENGLAND'S 'GAY PRI' PLANE PROTT IS DWARFED BY GERMANY'S 'DIVERSY WS' JET
Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.” * qatar gay plane *
And sports the registratn number 'GV -PRD' - a nod to the Gay choice to jet out to the Middle East is seen as a clear challenge to Qatar, where is illegal to be homosexual. England and Germany are jt two of a handful of natns takg part the World Cup seekg to rebel agast Qatar's strict homophobic laws, amid wispread cricism of this year's tournament hosts.
' FA chiefs proposed the ia to highlight ncerns over gay rights Qatar, where same-sex relatnships rema a crimal offence and whose World Cup Ambassador last week said homosexualy is 'damage the md' found participatg same-sex sexual activy Qatar n be punished by up to seven years prison, while there are also ncerns about thoands of migrant workers havg died Qatar sce won the rights to host the World has urged untri to foc on football durg the petn, but Southgate has said is 'highly unlikely' that England will do so. 'However, some teams have already been penalised for their efforts to fy strict Qatari Friday, boss at FIFA rejected the Danish team's requt to tra at the World Cup shirts wh the words 'human rights for all' on Danish Football Assotn nfirmed the cisn, as Qatar fac tense prsure over s treatment of migrant workers and s anti-homosexual laws. “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.
JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan. Dpe homosexualy beg illegal Qatar FIFA has nsistently reassured LGBTQ+ fans they will be safe to vis the untry. Qatar ref to receive the German natnal team plane, which bears the gay logo.
ENGLAND STARS FLY TO QATAR ON GAY PRI JET EARLY SHOW OF WORLD CUP FIANCE
'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban. Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud. The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay.
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? 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.