TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
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- GAY UPL WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPENLY HOLD HANDS AND KISS AT QATAR WORLD CUP
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- QATAR’S EMIR WEL GAY UPL TO WORLD CUP BUT ASKS THEM TO ‘RPECT OUR CULTURE’
- QATAR WORLD CUP: GAY COUPL WILL BE PERMTED TO EMBRACE AND KISS IN PUBLIC
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Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and a report by Norwegian Broadster NRK, Swen's SVT and Denmark's DR showed three of the 69 hotels on FIFA's official list of remend acmodatns will ny entry to same-sex three hotels did not immediately rpond to a Rters requt for other hotels said they would acmodate them as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay. 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.
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A gay woman Qatar told MailOnle that spe the measur, she will not personally feel safe durg the tournament and that she believ LGBTQ+ lols will be 'beaten and jailed' after the cup ends. * gay couple qatar *
TIME: As a gay Qatari, do you feel that hostg the World Cup n brg change?
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Invtigatn found three hotels refed to allow gay uple to stay, while 20 others asked them to modify their behavur * gay couple qatar *
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. 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.
Gay upl WILL be allowed to openly hold hands and kiss at Qatar World Cup – but lols fear they will be beaten and jailed once tournament is overPolice stcted not to arrt same-sex fans showg affectn Qatar 'Spi' had been stcted to mgle among fans and arrt offenrsGay Qatar woman says LGBTQ+ fans will still be 'beaten and jailed' afterwardsAre you an LGBTQ+ fan at the World Cup? Gay upl will be able to openly hold hands, cuddle and kiss at the Qatar World Cup, spe public displays of affectn beg outlawed by the Arab state, has been revealed. FIFA has held secret meetgs wh Qatar's Interr Mistry and persuad to stop officers om s Preventive Secury Department arrtg gay supporters at the World Cup.
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Members of the Al Fazaa police force stand near the Flag Plaza ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on 17 November Doha, Qatar The Khalifa Internatnal Stadium Doha, one of the official stadiums of the 2022 World Cup, is pictured on 14 November'But you will fd very few Qatari gay and lbian people who will believe there will be no repercsns after the World Cup is over.
'Dpe the temporary measur, official Foreign Office advice for travelers remas the same, statg simply that 'homosexualy is illegal Qatar. ' The cisn to stage the World Cup Qatar, a untry where homosexualy n be punishable by ath, has been attacked by gay and human rights anisatns sce the untry was announced as the 2022 host.
'LGBT+ people there n be subjected to police harassment on the street and shoppg malls for merely 'lookg' gay, '' Brish human rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell wrote for MailOnle.
QATAR’S EMIR WEL GAY UPL TO WORLD CUP BUT ASKS THEM TO ‘RPECT OUR CULTURE’
'There are reports of LGBT+ people beg entrapped by police g gay datg apps and beg murred 'honour' killgs by their fai, ' he Tatchell was qutned by police Qatar last month after prottg the untry's homsexualy laws on the streets of Doha. Brish human rights mpaigner stands a street Doha, Qatar prottg the untry's homosexualy laws on 25 October, 2022Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch said has documented six s of severe and repeated beatgs and five s of sexual harassment agast LGBTQ+ people police ctody between 2019 and 2022.
Invtigatn found three hotels refed to allow gay uple to stay, while 20 others asked them to modify their behavur.
QATAR WORLD CUP: GAY COUPL WILL BE PERMTED TO EMBRACE AND KISS IN PUBLIC
Several hotels Qatar refed to allow a gay uple to stay, while others asked them to modify their behavur durg their vis, a Sndavian media survey has disvered, spe Fifa's assuranc they would be allowed to book rooms. Journalists said they ntacted 69 hotels the Gulf natn, which were listed on an official World Cup webse, approved by Fifa, posg as a newly-wed gay uple seekg a room.
Twenty other hotels said they would acmodate the male uple as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay. Thirty-three hotels had no issu on bookg gay upl.
Male homosexualy is illegal Qatar, wh a punishment of up to three years prison and a fe and the possibily of ath penalty. However, there are no known s which the ath penalty has been enforced for homosexualy the untry.
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