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In 2018, nine entire articles covering gay and transgender rights published from April to July, including a discussion of LGBT rights in Africa, criticism of the US military's transgender ban and a retrospective about a 1973 fire that killed 32 people at a New Orleans gay bar, were censored from the Doha edition of The New York Times ...
As early as 2010, concerns had been raised about the rights of members of the LGBT community who would attend the tournament, since homosexuality was illegal in Qatar. [1] [2] After Qatar was chosen as host, Sepp Blatter, the then-president of FIFA, was criticised for apparently jokingly telling a reporter inquiring about these concerns that gay attendees "should refrain from any sexual ...
Homosexuality is a criminal offence in Qatar, yet the Arab nation stated that LGBT fans would be welcome to the biggest sports event. In May 2022, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stated "everyone is welcome" to attend the FIFA World Cup 2022 event in Qatar, including the LGBTQ fans. [64] "We will not stop anybody from coming ...
Plymouth's first-ever openly gay MP has warned that Qatar is not safe for LGBT football fans to travel to for the World Cup."I declare interest as a massive gay," Luke Pollard joked, before ...
The Australian national soccer team, known as the Socceroos, have issued a collective statement about the human rights record of Qatar, the country set to host the World Cup beginning in November ...
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and several other advocacy groups launched a campaign six months ago, demanding Qatar and the FIFA world soccer federation compensate migrant workers.
Nasser "Nas" Mohamed is a physician from Qatar and a LGBT rights activist, founder of Alwan Foundation [1]. In 2022, he became the first Qatari to publicly come out as a gay man and has sought to raise awareness of the persecution of LGBT people in Qatar in advance of the country hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Mohamed has lived in the United ...
Laws governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights are complex in Asia, and acceptance of LGBTQ people varies. Same-sex sexual activity is outlawed in twenty-one Asian countries. In Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, homosexual activity results in death penalty.