{"id":706,"date":"2026-06-24T21:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:30:40","slug":"in-a-rainbow-trimmed-robe-at-the-world-cup-a-gay-qatari-doctor-advocates-for-equal-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Formally dressed in a traditional Qatari bisht,\u00a0Dr. Nasser Mohamed\u00a0strolled past a crowd of several hundred people outside Chase Center as the England-Croatia\u00a0World Cup\u00a0match was shown high above on the big screen. His gold-and-black robe featured a flourish: rainbow piping down each sleeve and the words \u201clove\u201d and \u201cfreedom\u201d written in Arabic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why the World Cup is really powerful, because people don\u2019t need to hear about who I am \u2014 I can just walk, be seen, and that\u2019s it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Hundreds of Dogs Remain Missing as Search Resumes at Miranda\u2019s Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n

Four years ago, when the World Cup was\u00a0played in his home country\u00a0and Mohamed was already living across the world in San Francisco, he came out and became an exceptionally rare openly gay man from Qatar, where gay sex is prohibited and he can\u2019t dress how he\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

Read more Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake in Mendocino County Alerts Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read more San Jos\u00e9 Postpones Plan to Double Downtown Parking Rates After Business Owner Uproar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four years after coming out as a gay Qatari man with the World Cup playing in his home country, Nasser Mohamed is speaking up again by sharing his journey that brought him across the world to the Bay Area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ap-news"],"yoast_head":"\nIn a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four years after coming out as a gay Qatari man with the World Cup playing in his home country, Nasser Mohamed is speaking up again by sharing his journey that brought him across the world to the Bay Area.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"headline\":\"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"AP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706\",\"name\":\"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1333},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=706#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub","og_description":"Four years after coming out as a gay Qatari man with the World Cup playing in his home country, Nasser Mohamed is speaking up again by sharing his journey that brought him across the world to the Bay Area.","og_url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706","og_site_name":"Sacramento Moving Hub","article_published_time":"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618"},"headline":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights","datePublished":"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg","articleSection":["AP News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706","name":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights - Sacramento Moving Hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-24T21:30:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c509d8f9fcadc6a120d7a009d5634a71.jpg","width":2000,"height":1333},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=706#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In a Rainbow-Trimmed Robe at the World Cup, a Gay Qatari Doctor Advocates for Equal Rights"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/","name":"Sacramento Moving Hub","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}