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

Contents:

• QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX
• CONFN, EXASPERATN AND DATG APPS – MY MONTH AS A GAY REPORTER AT THE QATAR WORLD CUP

QATAR TO ALLOW PRI FLAGS DURG 2022 WORLD CUP – BUT WILL STILL LOCK UP GAY MEN FOR HAVG SEX

Associated PrsDec 10, 2020, 04:51 AM ETRabow flags will be allowed stadiums at the 2022 World Cup after Qatar said would ply wh FIFA l promotg tolerance and cln at match spe the Arab untry's strict anti-LGBTQ ls than two years until the tournament, though, ncerns persist about the treatment facg gay fans Qatar due the nservative relig prohibg same-sex relatns that nflict wh FIFA's stance agast homophobia. "I'm an openly gay woman football, so this is personally, to me, somethg I'm close to as well, " FIFA's chief social rponsibily and tn officer Joyce Cook said. "Ahead of the stagg Club World Cup last year, Qatar brought a member of Liverpool's "Kop Outs" supporters' group and his hband to the untry to offer assuranc that gay fans would be wele.

Qatari law crimaliz sex outsi marriage, cludg gay sex.

In the terpretatn of Sharia law that Qatar follows, sex outsi of marriage, cludg homosexualy, is punishable by jail time and, as a maximum sentence, ath by stong, though there isn’t available evince that such a punishment has ever been ed.

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

Nasser Mohamed, a gay Qatari livg exile the US, explaed to Vox. So ’s really hard to build a gay muny. Mohamed left Qatar his 20s for medil school “wh the tentn of never g back” bee of the limed life he led as a gay man there.

Though there are small pockets of LGBTQ people Qatar, there’s not a gay scene, Mohamed said.

“If you’re an expat, you’re able to live your life like you want, ” a gay Arab man livg Doha told Rters. I know gay men workers’ mps wouldn’t be able to live the same way.