What 's like to be gay and Qatari - Doha News | Qatar

Contents:

• BEG GAY DOHA
• DOHA - GAY LIFE - DOHA FOM
• GAY LIFE QATAR
• GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI
• GAY QATAR TRAVEL GUI

BEG GAY DOHA

I am not tryg to host a bate on gay rights, nor I want to mount polemics.

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.

DOHA - GAY LIFE - DOHA FOM

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.

But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways.

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

GAY LIFE QATAR

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

GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

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

I am a gay male planng on visg Doha around the end of the year for 2 weeks. I was hopg to get some on where I n fd iends to hang out wh that are gay.

Not necsarily a bar bee i know Qatar don't have gay bars, but jt a place that is unofficially a gay hang out place. Re: Doha - Gay Life. Much like other small Gulf Stat the Arabian pensula fdg recent and -pth stori about gay life is not easy.

WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI

The biggt public kerfluffle about homosexualy Qatar recent years has not ncerned any gay executns, wch hunts, persecutn or mands for gay marriage.

Completely overlookg the social impact of such a huge ternatnal event such a ty Islamic place as Qatar FIFA got self to hot water om human rights anizatns as well as gay rights associatns. The disptive issue was homosexualy. Very few are prepared to sudnly surrenr their sexual inty and stop beg gay for a week.

GAY QATAR TRAVEL GUI

However, homosexualy is illegal Qatar and n be punished wh lash and jail, which offends the progrsive agenda of rights groups the Wt.

It is unavoidable that a clash of cultur will occur; a llisn of east-vers-wt agast Qatar’s tightly bound sexual and social standards, both straight and gay. The UK gay football group, The Jt Campaign, as well as activist John Ameechi, said was eply ncerned: “spe their apparent mment to humanarian valu and the promotn of global solidary through football, FIFA is sendg out a msage loud and clear that the rights of the global LGBT muny do not even register on their agenda… Sport should never be allowed to tmp human rights.