Confn, exasperatn and datg apps – my month as a gay reporter at the Qatar World Cup - The Athletic

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

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

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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?

CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP

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. 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. In a tearful Instagram vio post, the journalist’s brother, Eric Wahl, who is gay, alleged Qatari ernment culpabily Grant Wahl’s ath. I’m gay.