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Media Furor In Qatar Follows U.S. Ambassador's Tweeted Message Of Support For LGBTQI+ Community And Pride Month June 7, 2023Qatar | Special Dispatch No. 10652On the occasion of Pride Month, which is celebrated annually across the world for the entire month of June, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Timmy T. Davis posted a tweet to mark the month and stressed the importance of treating all people with respect: "Happy Pride! LGBTQI+ people deserve dignity, safety, and joy, this month and throughout the year. One June 1, I reminded my staff @usembassydoha to treat colleagues and everyone else with respect."Davis's tweet sparked furious responses from the Qatari media and from public figures in the country, who accused him of supporting perversion and unnatural human behavior and of imposing his own values on Qatari society, which opposes them. As ambassador to Qatar, they argued, Davis should respect the religion and the customs of Qatari society and refrain from tweeting messages supporting the LGBTQI+ community. ... Mubarak Al-Hayareen, a retired Qatari Armed Forces officer, tweeted: "Honorable ambassador, if we were in the U.S., would you agree to our breaking your laws, whereas you, the ambassador of the U.S., the friend, in Qatar, violate our laws, our customs, and our traditions and are inconsiderate regarding what is forbidden to us and is forbidden by our religion!" ...
Must have skipped the situational awareness class in ambassador school.
