The Only Gay Citizen in Qatar Says Seeking Asylum in US is Rough and Intrusive
Dr. Nasir Mohamed Greg Owen Dr. Nasser Mohamed is the first person from Qatar to publicly come out as gay, after being granted asylum in the U.S. based on the likely prospect he’d be persecuted for his sexual orientation at home. He’s currently a physician in San Francisco serving a primarily LGBTQ+ clientele. Mohamed, 38, went public in 2022 at the start of the World Cup in Qatar, to highlight LGBTQ+ rights abuses in the wealthy Gulf State. Rep. Emily Randall is fighting the “atrocious” conditions in Trump’s immigration facilities Many of those have been documented by the Alwan Foundation, an advocacy group founded by Mohamed to collect evidence-based data that “accurately reflects the circumstances and living conditions of the LGBT community in different Gulf countries,” where little to no data existed before. Now his findings are being used in asylum cases in the U.S., similar to his own. Mohamed spoke with LGBTQ Nation from his office in Lower Pacifi...
