Afghanistan's Secret Gay Communy Is Livg Fear of Taliban Terror

Contents:

• THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT
• MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT
• GAY AFGHANISTAN, AFTER THE TALIBAN. HOMOSEXUALY AS TRADN
• AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG
• ‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
• GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS
• GAY MEN AFGHANISTAN SAY LIFE UNR TALIBAN 'NIGHTMARE,' ULD BE KILLED ON THE SPOT
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT

The Taliban raped and beat a gay man after dupg him to meetg them, a report om ITV outlet said that Hanan, a psdonym given to protect his inty, had been speakg to a man on social media who promised to help him fd a safe way out of LGBTQ people have been sperately tryg to flee the untry followg the Taliban agreed to meet the man Kabul after speakg for three weeks onle, who unbeknownst to him were actually Taliban men. Insir recently spoke to men om Afghanistan's secret gay muny, who said they are livg through a "nightmare" and fear of their futur unr Taliban le.

MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT

In July, German newspaper Bild reported that a Taliban judge vowed to sentence gay men to ath by stong or beg cshed by a ne-foot activists told Insir that gay men would be lured to their aths through social media even durg the prev ernments.

This was unr Ashraf Ghani and Hamid Karzai, " he Zaher, an Afghan thor and gay rights activist, told Insir that gay people would often vanish after meetg up wh men they met on social media, who turned out to be ernment officials warned that the Taliban were likely to e the same tactics. However, sce the Taliban takeover, most gay Afghans have gone to, a gay man, said: “We don’t hang out together any more the way we ed to.

GAY AFGHANISTAN, AFTER THE TALIBAN. HOMOSEXUALY AS TRADN

He is gay, a nvert to Christiany and a member of the Hazara ethnic mory – three groups that have been historilly persecuted by the Taliban. In public statements July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexualy – stong or beg cshed unr a toppled wall. “He was threateng to jump off a buildg bee he thought would be a ls paful way to die than gettg ught and behead by the Taliban as a gay man.

AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG

“The Taliban is well known to have executed many LGBTQ people when was power and there have been reports of gay men beg murred sce took over Augt this year, ” said Aws Jubair, director of the Aman Project, a Turkey-based group that advot for the LGBTQ muny the Middle East.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Afghanistan, and others who do not nform to rigid genr norms, have faced an creasgly sperate suatn and grave threats to their safety and liv sce the Taliban took full ntrol of the untry on Augt 15, 2021. ”[3] A Taliban judge told the German tabloid Bild shortly before the fall of Kabul, “For homosexuals, there n only be two punishments: eher stong, or he mt stand behd a wall that will fall down on him.

‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN

”[4] A manual issued by the Taliban’s Mistry of Vice and Virtue 2020 stat that relig lears shall prohib same-sex relatns and that “strong allegatns” of homosexualy shall be referred to the mistry’s district manager for adjuditn and punishment. Gay: A synonym for homosexual many parts of the world; this report, ed specifilly to refer to the sexual orientatn of a man whose primary sexual and romantic attractn is toward other men.

Most terviewe scribed themselv terms bt translated as gay or bisexual men or transgenr women, but we also terviewed a small number of lbian women, transgenr men, and a person who intified as asexual.

Unr the prev ernment, there was at least one Afghan civil society anizatn workg wh gay men and trans women, while we were unable to intify and ntact any formal anizatns that worked wh lbian and bisexual women or trans men.

GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS

Ali earned a livg as a makp artist at a queer-iendly bety salon and picked up extra sh as a dancer a karaoke bar where gay men gathered. A male uple fled their cy together after several gay iends of theirs were killed; the men believed the were targeted killgs rried out by the Taliban, although they were not certa whether their iends had been killed bee of their sexualy, bee they had participated an anti-Taliban prott, or both. They blamed Hamid, sayg they had heard mors that Hamid was gay, and feared their son might have been killed by Taliban members or supporters bee of their relatnship.

“Almost everyone is locked their rooms and n't go outsi, ” said a project manager of an anizatn that provid medil and mental health servic for gay men and trans women. He passed through the first checkpot whout trouble, but at the send, Ramiz said, one of the armed men shouted after him g a rogatory term for gay people, “You are an izak!

GAY MEN AFGHANISTAN SAY LIFE UNR TALIBAN 'NIGHTMARE,' ULD BE KILLED ON THE SPOT

The danger of journeys to Kabul is illtrated by the experience of a small group of trans women and gay men who cid to travel to the pal om their home cy early November. [39] At least four gay men and trans women said they were ntacted over Facebook or the gay datg app Grdr by people offerg to help them get out of the untry wh the goal of extractg personal rmatn or trickg them to meetg.

Sajjad G., a 21-year-old gay man one of Afghanistan’s major ci, posted vios of himself dancg on TikTok; he also worked as a mol and appeared mic vios onle.

Ihsan put on a blue chadar (shawl) and snuck out the back drsed as a woman, and then fled the cy wh his wife, who he said did not know he was gay nor about his work. Male homosexualy has a well-documented history Afghanistan, and love between men has been celebrated Afghan lerature gog back hundreds of years. Attus towards homosexualy—as well as sexual vlence agast men and boys—are heavily shaped by bacha bazi (“boy play”), a longstandg abive practice—distct om nsensual same-sex relatns— which femized, pre-pubcent boys are held a form of sexual slavery by warlords, police manrs, and other powerful men.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

“In school, if someone knows [you are gay] they would say, ‘If you don’t do this wh me [a sexual act] I will tell people that you’re gay, ’” Hakim S. "I jt hope that somebody and wak me up om this bad dream, " the 37-year-old gay Afghan told Insir durg a phone, who works for the Uned Natns, once enjoyed Afghanistan's vibrant "unrground" gay scene.