Opn: Dr. Nasser 'Nas' Mohamed sought asylum the US after g out as gay. Here's what he wants people to know about Qatar | CNN

Contents:

• DRAPE GAY
• GAY DOHA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY QATAR TRAVEL GUI
• GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
• OPN: DR. NASSER ‘NAS’ MOHAMED SOUGHT ASYLUM THE US AFTER G OUT AS GAY. HERE’S WHAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT QATAR
• GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• GAY QATAR TRAVEL GUI
• GAY DOHA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY PEOPLE LIVG UNR RADAR QATAR PREPARE WARILY FOR WORLD CUP
• DRAPE GAY

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Doha garant lr "sécuré" durant l'événement sportif, mais Human Rights Watch dénonce une crimalisatn l’homosexualé, passible prison.

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To sont coyens qataris et homosexuels. Arrêté en 2014 pour un portement homosexuel présumé, Mohammed crat retourner en prison.

Il rapporte que s amis ont été déten à Doha pendant un mois parce qu’ils avaient l'air "trop féms ou semblaient être gays". "La police ne rase pas la tête s tr prisonniers, slement celle s gays", dénonce Rafiq.

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Rabow flags uld be taken om fans at the World Cup Qatar to protect them om beg attacked for promotg gay rights, a senr lear overseeg secury for the tournament told The Associated General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari sisted that LGBTQ upl would be weled and accepted Qatar for the Nov.

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsDegree-ted, bi-lgual and wh a well-tablished reer at one of the untry’s leadg pani, Hamad is, to all appearanc, the very epome of morn-day, outward-lookg he harbours a secret, one which he says he has no choice but to keep hidn at all tim; Hamad is gay – a untry where homosexualy is illegal. A nservative, relig, thorarian state which appli Sharia law, theoretilly Qatar uld apply the ath penalty for homosexualy, although no such punishment has been is one of almost 70 untri intified worldwi by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), which crimalis nsensual same-sex activy.

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But one voice has been nspicuoly quiet – that of lol gay Inpennt has spoken to several lol LGBT+ people about their day-to-day liv, about existg a society where their sexualy is not only a crime, but also clash agast wily-held societal and relig beliefs. Their homosexualy is seen as somethg worse than a mere transgrsn agast the law; is a tell of an anx existence, one domated by the need to keep somethg as natural as their sexualy hidn for fear of shamg, reprisal, sexual asslt or imprisonment om a batn of fay members, iends, work lleagu and, ultimately, the speak of an unjtns that se homosexualy perceived as somethg “worse” than other societal transgrsns cludg drkg alhol, or adultery. Some rail agast the “dacy” and “hypocrisy” of the lg ele for urtg leadg fashn brands or celebri who are gay, yet remas illegal at home.

“All fancially privileged people here love to buy om ‘gay brands’. They are brought to life by the gays, ” says Hamad. Society has tght that we should not accept ourselv as beg gay bee is abnormal to human nature‘Jassim', an LGBT+ Qatari“I look at people who e here to Qatar as if they are wdow drsg, ” says Jassim, another LGBT+ Qatari.

“Society has tght that we should not accept ourselv as beg gay bee is abnormal to human nature, ” he says. We learnt Islamic class school about the nsequenc of beg gay based on Sharia law. ”Those nsequenc even extend beyond the here and now, he says, as they were tght that gay people would “get the worst plac hell” for their behavur while alive.

OPN: DR. NASSER ‘NAS’ MOHAMED SOUGHT ASYLUM THE US AFTER G OUT AS GAY. HERE’S WHAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT QATAR

”Those people The Inpennt have spoken to were unanimo claimg there is no such thg as a gay muny wh Qatar, more a llectn of dividuals who closely guard their secret for safety reasons. I n’t exprs myself any way at all ‘Hamad’, a gay QatariDatg apps – Grdr and Tr are accsible – but appear to have only ma life more ght. Ironilly, gay foreigners Qatar (the untry’s populatn is almost 90 per cent foreign) avoid gay lols onle for the same reason, says claims that some gay Qataris have taken to g datg apps for straight people to try and avoid tectn, and hopefully fd like-md people dog the same.

No one knew for sure why they spied, but gays no longer have safe f.

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In Augt 2016, lol English language news webse Doha News published a first-person article om a Qatari, Majid, scribg his life as a gay man the issue was emed so sensive that Doha News boss ma sure to prs the button to publish only when knew all s staff were out of the backlash was immediate. A fulmatg op-ed a lol Arabic language newspaper pared homosexual acts and animals, talked of Doha News “openg the door of filthy perversn” and railed Qataris to “never rema silent” about this matter. But this approach has only ed more offence and dismay among gay people wh Qatar.

Constctn work unrway at the Lail Stadium Qatar (Getty)“Durg the World Cup, they said they would wele the gays, ” says Hamad. But some opposed to homosexualy view the whole procs as an attempt to force outsi views on Qatar, and therefore, see gays as “pawns” of the Wt, says argu that those who are LGBT+ Qatar don’t need “Wtern savurs”, nor seek a gay culture that replit many around the world.

“Qatar mt do more to prevent homophobia, we need to be protected wherever we are.

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Face à cette rnière nsigne jugée discrimante, l’associatn Stop Homophobie s’t associée à Pantone pour ncevoir un drape spécial ne pouvant évoquer cun soupçon. Créds: Stop Homophobie. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed­—a doctor who has lived the U.

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But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future.

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

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

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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. (here)Asked about gay people attendg the World Cup, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim b Hamad al-Thani said May 2022 that "we expect and we want people to rpect our culture.

Homosexualy is illegal the Gulf Arab state.

Human Rights Watch has said Qatari laws discrimate agast women and lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals (here) (here). Qatar’s Emir said May 2022 he expects visors to rpect their culture, and homosexualy is illegal the Gulf article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).