Trans Qatari Princess Flees Fearing Persecution
December 12, 2022A Qatari princess has been granted asylum in the UK over fears that they would be persecuted for being trans.
Documents, obtained by the Sunday Times of London, show that the princess, a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family, told Britain’s Home Office how difficult their upbringing was.
“I am born a female but was male on the inside. Being gay in Qatar is considered punishable by law and death,” the princess wrote. “Qatar is extremely strict in Sharia.”
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The Gulf state is currently hosting the World Cup.
The leaked documents show that the princess escaped during a family trip to London in the summer of 2015 and went into hiding with their girlfriend, according to the New York Post.
In their application, the princess included two letters that described how they had been “depressed ever since I can remember simply because my outside never matched my inside.”
The princess also wrote about their dream to run away from the country’s ruling family. “I felt as though my life had been thrown in the garbage,” they wrote. “I never wanted to marry my male cousins like the rest of my family. I am terrified for what my brothers are about to unleash. I am scared.”
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