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Homosexuality in Qatar
I'm new to qatar but i have been reading the discussions on qatar living for a couple of months and was wondering about how widespread being gay in qatar was. although i am not gay i am coming from a culture where it is widespread and considered acceptable and legal. i saw a discussion on this site from a couple of years back but it was really old.
my new colleagues tell me that homosexuality is rampant but deeply closeted and i am pretty sure one of the locals in my office is as gay as gay can be.
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britexpat said
pappajohns2.. ...My boyfriend says that its widespread, but i'm not so sure...
bubblymom said
lol brit! :p ...lol brit! :p
mcrajeshk said
fffff ...we can tryyyy
flanostu said
i like to suck on beers after ...i like to suck on beers after work.
My Sense said
Gay(s)is not allowed here in ...Gay(s)is not allowed here in QATAR, if you are..then just show it indoor. LOL!
220v said
Gay or straight.. Nobody ...Gay or straight.. Nobody really gives a shhh.. Unless u make it obvious in Qatar public.
linc said
Why not ask the guy out and ...Why not ask the guy out and find out? You can always stand him up later if you get nervous. Or just tell him you'll pick him up in front of City Center, and that he will know it is you because you will be driving the white Landcruiser with the go-faster-stripe.
csymllr said
I never saw a guy holding ...I never saw a guy holding another guys hand in public until I came here...
-Casey
Dot.Com said
holding hands mean ...holding hands mean gays...........lol
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gkramer said
pappajohns it is rampant here ...pappajohns it is rampant here but officially it is banned.
britexpat said
csymllr.. ...Ofcourse there is homosexuality here, but holding hands is more of a social thing. It happens all over the Gulf and Indian subcontinent.
KHATTAK said
csymllr...I dont have any ...csymllr...I dont have any girls in my 'friend's circle', I go out with my friends (boys), (At times) we hold hands, we exchange hugs when we meet or depart...so that makes me a Gay?
You know, you need to understand the cultural things when you move outside your home country...No? Men holding hands may be a bit abnormal from where you've come but not in this part of the world.
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Scotiabank said
holding hands dont mean gay ...holding hands dont mean gay in qatar, and arab contries, thanks brit expat for clearing this to them. In america i remove my hand when arabs try to hold it as friendship! i tell them this mean you are gay around here!
Sherazi said
Holding hand does not mean gay ...Why you dont want to hold hands in america. What you are afraid of. If people think you are gay so what. You are not gay .. right?
Mr M. said
Holding hands between male ...Holding hands between male friends and relatives is absolutely fine here in the Middle east.
Dot.Com said
thnx guys for clarification, ...thnx guys for clarification, else i was in doubt about my friends circle :P
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csymllr said
still sounds fishy to me ...still sounds fishy to me
-Casey
linc said
Sure, Scotiabank. WE BELIEVE ...Sure, Scotiabank. WE BELIEVE YOU you don't hold hands with men in America. Weren't you just talking about measuring penis sizes in another thread?
Sherazi said
Why it is fishy ...Why it is fishy Casey. It is about time to learn culture and norm of other countries.
KHATTAK said
linc...are you sure, he ...linc...are you sure, he started the 'measuring' thing in THAT thread?
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linc said
I don't know if he started ...I don't know if he started it, but he was certainly engaging in it with references to male genitalia.
ckcbice said
homos ...homos
nomad_08 said
i like homos and kuboos. ...i like homos and kuboos.
...Cha-Ching!
lobot said
lots of gays posting this ...lots of gays posting this thread.
xHeartcoreBoyx said
Lots of them ...They are everywhere, at college, the gym, the club, malls, everywhere...i don't think it's illegal, but to all the gay people out here, PLEASE act a little manly and stop trying to get with straight guys, it's amusing but can get uncomfortable.
Thank you.
Visper said
LOL.. lobot isa ka sa ...LOL.. lobot isa ka sa ila?
Translate: a55, r u sure?
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ex.ex.expat said
I gotta take credit for that one ...I thought that argument was getting a bit like d*ck waving, and made the reference ;)
KHATTAK said
The problem is with lack of ...The problem is with lack of understanding, acceptance & respecting other culture, norms & social values from both sides. If someone (not all) from this part of the world sees a woman in revealing clothes in public, he/she labels her as a 'bad woman'. If someone from the other part of the world sees two guys holding hands, he/she labels them as gays.
It would be better to learn & accept the cultural & social values of your hosts....be it in the east or west. You dont need to adapt but just acceptance would do.
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lobot said
visper anovahhh....lol... ...visper anovahhh....lol...
Visper said
lol lobot.. I thought ur ...lol lobot.. I thought ur straight.. No more crush on you.. :))
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lipsy2482 said
Hi ...Karoge to maroge
If you will do you will die for sure, bcoz it caries HIV virus.
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hamadaCZ said
I have seen many "straight" ...I have seen many "straight" Russian males kiss on lips as a form of greeting. It was too cold for me to shake hands, so I used my nose instead :)
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asif_khan said
gays are also human beings ...gays are also human beings but their behavior can be considered as unnatural.
there was one gay who shook hands with me and i was nervous by the way he was looking at me and holding my hand
ohhhh gave me a nightmare
linc said
There is enough hatred in the ...There is enough hatred in the world already; why punish two people for loving each other in this world? If the major religions are right, they will suffer enough in the next.
asif_khan said
i dont believe in ...i dont believe in homosexuality or a person can be either STRAIGHT OR BISEXUAL
jackmohan2007 said
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jackmohan2007 said
Mod I meant Gay=Happy... ...Mod I meant Gay=Happy... :(
BTW mod how many members are there?... the numbers are hidden now a days ...why?
garce said
Oftentimes, I see men holding ...Oftentimes, I see men holding hands here while walking.....
HHWW----holding hands while walking. Okay, so there's nothing wrong with that; but what about some men in the park, lying in the park and cuddling each other? The man is lying on his back while the other men is lying on his chest??????
What's this??
garce said
Oftentimes I see men ...Oftentimes I see men H.H.W.W........ ---holding hands while walking.
So it's normal here? Fine.
But what about those men in the park cuddling each other? The man is lying on his back and the other man is lying on his chest. So, this is normal also here?
fhyzzal said
lol.. haha... ...lol.. haha...
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linc said
The problem is that if tens ...The problem is that if tens of thousands of male workers are put into camps, forbidden to engage with women for years at a time. it is a lot like prison. And prison-like homosexuality must be rampant. The court section of the Gulf Times sometimes has some scary accounts of the sorts of male-on-male assaults that take place in worker residential zones, and I think it is safe to say that this sort of stuff is under-reported.
ex.ex.expat said
which also explains the what I heard about ...the amount of homosexual experimentation in the schools here among boys and girls. In many ways, it is a very unnatural society for many of its residents (and even some qataris by the looks of things).
one_shot said
this thread is digging in the ...this thread is
digging in the dirt
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ex.ex.expat said
somebody forcing you to read it? ...You can always ignore it, one shot. Unless the subject interests you ;)
one_shot said
hehe it seems like you are ...hehe
it seems like you are offended ex.ex.ex.ex.ex.ex.ex. but
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britexpat said
Since Qatar has a large ...Since Qatar has a large number of expat children, it means that they must be experimenting also ....
Perhaps it's a phase many go through... Like trying drugs, porn, alcohol, sheep etc..
mallrat said
gay, so what///? ...Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin, openly-gay.
According to Wikipedia, he coined the famous German phrase 'Ich bin schwul, und dasist aucht gut so' which means "I am gay, and that's all right, too."
I think it's fantastic that one could be a politician regardless of their sexual orientation...
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ex.ex.expat said
sheep? Are you a Yorkshire lad, brit? ...Or Taliban? lol
But yes, kids experiment. If they don't have access to the opposite sex, they'll often try with what they do have access to.
britexpat said
ex.ex.expat.. ...A person after my own heart. You've obviouslyy walked the Yorkshire dales with wellies on and cum upon the odd sheep .. :O)
ex.ex.expat said
lollllllllllll britexpat! ...I have to say I have never personally cum upon a sheep, but I have heard about it :)
pappajohns2 said
thanx for the comments. ...thanx for the comments. appreciated the mix of humor and seriousness. sounds like ql and qatar are more tolerant than i thought. kudos.