When the World Cup began in Qatar, in November 2022, the many media outlets took the unprecedented step of ignoring its opening ceremony to focus on the controversies that were threatening to engulf the entire tournament. Before the World Cup, US-based Qatari activist Dr Nasser Mohamed worked with Human Rights Watch on a report about arrests, and verbal and physical abuse from authorities towards the community. From accusations of corruption in the bidding process to the treatment of migrant workers who built the stadiums where many lost their lives. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, LGBTQ+ people are criminalized under the penal code, and same-sex sexual activity is punishable by imprisonment. The country also operates on an interpretation of Sharia law that criminalizes same-sex sexual intimacy between men, and queer men can face the death penalty as a result. #Queer Up The World View