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Subsequently, Qatar said it was reviewing its current and future investments in London. [38] [39] In 2022, Qatar police arrested protesters after they criticised Qatari law. [40] In October 2022, the Australian men's national team called for the host country to recognise same-sex marriage and improve migrant workers' rights.
Qatar's so-called “morality” laws have left LGBTQ fans who yearned to experience a World Cup feeling unsafe and unwanted at soccer’s quadrennial extravaganza.
LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) rights, culture, people and organisations in Qatar Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Naser "Nas" Mohamed is a physician from Qatar and a LGBT rights activist. 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 States since 2011, where he ...
The World Cup is to take place in Qatar between November 20 and December 18 and many LGBT football fan groups have expressed concerns over the country’s attitudes towards those in the community ...
Campaigner Peter Tatchell has said he was arrested after staging the first ever LGBT protest in Qatar to “shine a light” on its human rights abuses in the run-up to the World Cup.
In Qatar, Algeria, Uzbekistan, and the Maldives, homosexuality is punished with time in prison or a fine. This has led to controversy regarding Qatar, which hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In 2010, human rights groups questioned the awarding of hosting rights to Qatar, due to concerns that gay football fans may be jailed.
LGBT football fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar should be “respectful of the host nation”, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has suggested.