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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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David Harding

David Beckham accused of ‘stamping out hope’ for Qatar’s LGBT+ community

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David Beckham has been accused of “stamping out hope” for the LGBT+ community in Qatar because of his controversial promotional work for the country’s World Cup, which begins in just a few weeks’ time.

The accusation was made by Dr Nas Mohamed who earlier this year became the first Qatari to publicly out himself as gay. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar.

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