Gay Qataris physilly abed then reced as agents, mpaigner says | World Cup 2022 | The Guardian

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• GAY, TRANSGENR FANS ‘WELE’ AT 2022 WORLD CUP, SAYS QATAR
• "IT'S NOT ALL SUFFERG:" QATAR'S GAY COMMUNY AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

GAY, TRANSGENR FANS ‘WELE’ AT 2022 WORLD CUP, SAYS QATAR

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.

"IT'S NOT ALL SUFFERG:" QATAR'S GAY COMMUNY AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways. They uld gaybash and get away wh wh no nsequenc at all.

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. LGBT issu are sensive Qatar, and homosexual acts are still illegal.

DOHA, Qatar — A top Qatari World Cup official has said that transgenr and gay fans would be weled to the 2022 tournament but strsed that visors would have to rpect Qatari ctoms. Homosexual acts are banned Qatar but the law around transgenr people is unclear and the issue is seldom addrsed public life or by the thori. A webse that published a story 2016 by an anonymo Qatari thor about beg gay, later went briefly offle the emirate.

GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

“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. 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. A Qatari official said the untry "do not tolerate discrimatn agast anyone" A group of Arab iends livg Qatar's pal Doha met up over cktails and snacks last week, exchangg opns as they flicked through profil of gay men on datg apps Tr and Grdr.