Gay expat reveals what ’s like to live Dubai where homosexualy is punishable by 10 years prison | The Sun

Contents:

• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW
• GAY TRAVEL DUBAI
• GAY DUBAI
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI
• GAY EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO LIVE DUBAI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS PUNISHABLE BY 10 YEARS PRISON
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• SGER THE 1975 FI UAE'S ANTI-GAY LAW BY KISSG MAN AT NCERT

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. Homosexualy the UAE. Homosexualy is not jt a taboo subject Dubai – s strictly forbidn and punishable by law.

Many LGBT dividuals may chose to vis Dubai or the UAE but is extremely important to be rmed of the nsequenc of beg openly gay this regn. Although one should never have to hi who they are, ’s the only way to travel safely the UAE if you are gay.

Wh harsh and discrimatory laws nmng homosexualy and promotg homophobia the name of relign, one mt nsir the risks que refully. Homosexualy, nducted homosexualy is an illegal act.

THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW

There is a vibrant unrground gay scene Dubai even though beg gay is a punishable offence. If you know the right people and the right plac, one n enjoy the gay scene to a certa extent. There are no official gay clubs, but lotns of unofficial gay clubs circulate on the Inter and men gather wh ltle fear of the nsequenc.

Some claim that the police will simply disperse crowds if a gay club is bted, but other people are fearful that the suatn might be worse. When the police fd out about gay iendly clubs they get shut down fast, people get ported and punishments are likely imposed.

But, ’s not jt the police who are entrappg homosexuals. There are stori of fundamentalists chattg onle and meetg up wh gay men and subsequently threateng to report them to the police. There have been a few wispread reports regardg the nmnatn of homosexual behavr Dubai and the UAE.

GAY TRAVEL DUBAI

Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty.

Instead, nsensual homosexual activy is crimalized.

The cint arose out of allegatns that the Sheikh ma homosexual advanc to Orsi.

GAY DUBAI

Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required.

The treatments were jtified based on the social impact of homosexualy and risk for society. Officials Dubai arrted 26 men attendg a gay weddg raid by police. Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny.

PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

Hormone therapy is nsired a eful treatment to al wh the ‘homosexual problem’ Dubai.

The topic has been regularly ignored nsirg the taboo nature of homosexualy Mlim untri.

Kafkaque claims he was disuraged by the police om prsg charg and even faced the possibily of beg charged wh crimal homosexual activy himself. This se highlighted the taboo nature of homosexualy and HIV/AIDS. The law provis that foreigners wh HIV or foreigners who have mted homosexual actns are to be ported, or so seems.

GAY EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO LIVE DUBAI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS PUNISHABLE BY 10 YEARS PRISON

What is apparent though, is that there have been var s over the last 5 or so years that monstrate harsher treatment for foreigners and crimalizatn of homosexualy. Homosexualy has a grave impact on a society where relig books nmn homosexual behavr for beg immoral and agast human nature.

Homosexualy is not a disease or mental problem that needs to be fixed. Seventeen homosexual men were also arrted 2008 for cross-drsg and beg gay.

While is clearly a vlatn of human rights to crimalize homosexualy and promote discrimatn, there is a fe le between the right to be yourself and the importance of rpectg other people’s cultur. While is imperative that homosexualy be accepted the UAE, is also important for foreigners to be rpectful of the culture which they impose themselv – even if they disagree wh the ctoms.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

The uple felt that they were targeted for beg gay. While seems evint that rape occurred, AA is beg charged wh nsensual homosexual sex.

The charg arose January and another man, MN was also charged wh prostutn, nsensual homosexual sex, pornographic material, cross-drsg and sultg relign.

There were only few reports of prosecutns and punishments but many people on the Inter censor their nversatns and inty gay chat rooms. Reports even suggt that any se wh the word gay or sex is blocked.

SGER THE 1975 FI UAE'S ANTI-GAY LAW BY KISSG MAN AT NCERT

Gav Newsom and sla gay rights lear Harvey the ne-hour Temecula Valley Unified meetg, which ran past midnight, some parents spoke support of the nservative majory on the school board and s buckg of state standards for clive and diverse pated Newsom — who plans to send textbooks that reference Milk to Temecula stunts fiance of the board — as a “tyrant” who “forc his le” upon a district he knows nothg about. ”The bate arose after the board rejected proposed stctnal material that mentned Milk, a member of the San Francis Board of Supervisors and the first out gay man elected to public office California, who was assassated 1978. ” Conservative school board Print Joseph Komrosky, who lled Milk a “pedophile” and has been publicly fdg wh Newsom over the issue, asked sheriff puti on Tuday to remove a teacher om the meetg after she lled nservative board member Danny Gonzalez a “homophobe.