While jailed, Aviña was deprived of antiretroviral medication that he needs as an HIV-positive man. He was also forced to sign documents pertaining to his imprisonment that were written in Arabic, which he does not speak, without a translator. He said that he was forced to identify which contacts in his phone were his sexual partners, and subjected to “psychological torture.”

Aviña’s family and LGBTQ+ rights advocates around the world launched a campaign for him to return home, which was finally successful this week.

It’s at around this time that a respectable UK government might say “give him back or we’re wiping Doha off the map.” It’s good that he’s free, but I hope he doesn’t develop AIDS after this from being denied medication for so long.

Wouldn’t expect anything else from Qatar.

But seriously, who in their right mind would use Grindr in Qatar? If I was gay, I would be veeery apprehensive about being in Qatar or even just working for their airline.

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