TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
Contents:
- GRANT WAHL, JOURNALIST WHO CRICIZED QATAR’S ANTI-GAY POLICI, DI SUDNLY WHILE COVERG WORLD CUP DOHA
- "AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN QATAR
- CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP
GRANT WAHL, JOURNALIST WHO CRICIZED QATAR’S ANTI-GAY POLICI, DI SUDNLY WHILE COVERG WORLD CUP DOHA
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Grant Wahl, a rpected sports journalist who has publicly cricized World Cup host Qatar’s reprsive anti-gay polici and s cel treatment of migrant workers, died sudnly on Friday while verg a World Cup match. ” He was taed for nearly 30 mut; FIFA later an emotnal vio posted to Instagram after Wahl’s ath was announced, Eric Wahl, Grant Wahl’s brother, who is gay, said “I’m the reason he wore the rabow shirt to the World Cup. ”“It’s really important to me and ’s not required by any stretch of the imagatn, ” Wahl said about the prott, addg that “I’ve got fay members who are gay.
I’ve got iends who are gay. I’ve got journalist iends who are gay who are here Qatar.
"AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN 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.
CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP
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.