Algeria's queer scene is certaly alive, but is muted and supprsed. There are no civil rights or legal protectns and ltle-to-no safe private space for meetg. Therefore, gay men occupy the only place where they n fd other like-md men: the street.
Contents:
- BEG GAY ALGERIA
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
- GAYS ALGERIA FACE PERSECUTN FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2016
- ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
- GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
- BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
- BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
- GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
BEG GAY ALGERIA
An Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced two men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg.” * algeria diritti gay *
(Beit) – An Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced 2 men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg, ” Human Rights Watch said today. An Algerian lawyer volved the se told Human Rights Watch that the urt ed police reports scribg the ratns, flowers, and sweets ditive of a weddg celebratn, and the men’s supposedly gay appearance, as evince of guilt. “Algerian thori’ attack on personal eedoms is nothg new, but arrtg dozens of stunts based on their perceived sexual orientatn is a flagrant gement on their basic rights, ” said Rasha Youn, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
The LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx ranks the world’s most dangero untri for gay travelers 2021. * algeria diritti gay *
“They should immediately release om prison the two men who would be ee today were not for Algeria’s regrsive anti-homosexualy laws. Acrdg to a 2019 analysis by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), laws regulatg nonernmental anizatns Algeria make virtually impossible for anizatns workg on issu of sexual orientatn and genr inty to legally register. ’ The peculiar habs of sgers are part of the folklore of Algeria’s barets, rai mic venu wh a reputatn for alhol, prostutn and homosexualy that are tolerated as long as they rema on the margs of pole society.
GAYS ALGERIA FACE PERSECUTN FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2016
* algeria diritti gay *
Homosexualy, when mentned at all, is prented as an illns that requir treatment by a psychiatrist, or the terventn of an imam. Some acce the Wt of seekg to export a ‘gay inty’ that don’t exist Algeria; this may enurage homophobic behavur by the thori and nservative elements of society (1) Last July, some Arabic media plaed when the Brish embassy Algiers raised an LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and trans) flag support of the Pri London para. Slimane scribed why he had felt alone durg his teens: ‘I didn’t know any other homosexuals, so I thought I was the only one, and that was sry.
Acrdg to Mariem Guellouz, a doctor of lguistics, ‘every word for homosexualy Arabic has negative nnotatns, other words the language self is systemilly hurtful and discrimatory.
ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
By Richard Ammon Updated January 2017 A near-unanimo Mlim populatn Algeria mak the fight for rights of gays a dangero * algeria diritti gay *
It’s very different for those born after the civil war (1992-2000); they are on new media all the time, and the offer a view of homosexualy that is not guilt-ducg, and posive role mols.
GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
Answer 1 of 5: Hi :) I am gay and 20yo and I am thkg about stayg wh my iend who I view like a brother Oran, Algeria for a uple of months. I won't be lookg for sex or anythg out there but is veery obvii that i am gay by my manners... and... * algeria diritti gay *
Am, a universy stunt, joked, ‘The character Mar, Degrassi [a Canadian drama seri that als wh the teenage problems and issu a realistic way], changed my life: I realised that beg gay was a thg. The poort are the most vulnerable, bee when public spac are the only place where you n have sex, there are many dangers: the police, homophobic attacks, theft, and health risks if you don’t have a ndom.
BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
Gays are everywhere Algeria, cludg marriag, which mak datg or nnectg very difficult. * algeria diritti gay *
The hierarchy of the sex and the domance of men fluence even homoerotic relatnships;many men prent themselv as active toprerve their digny, and assert their virily by rejectg anythg that might be perceived as feme. And if we had a functng enomy and labour market, wh accs to jobs and hog, and greater mobily, more people would accept that they are gay. If we had a functng enomy and labour market, wh accs to jobs and hog, and greater mobily, more people would accept that they are gay.
Slimane’s reasong rembl that of John D’E, who saw the emergence of gay inty the US cidg wh enomic ndns that allowed (salaried employment and pennce om the fay) (5). The ncepts of gay inty and sexual orientatn that have served as a basis for claimg rights sce the rebelln of the patrons of the Stonewall gay club New York 1969 have worked for some, like Slimane. Though Algeria do not have reprsn on a sle parable to some Sub-Saharan untri, those nvicted of homosexual acts are subject to a fe of 500 to 2, 000 dars ($4 to $17) and between two and 24 months prison (the penalti are heavier if one partner is a mor).
If the populatn together to fight agast the patriarchy and the relig taboos that (unequally) opprs the sexualy of all, then gay people will feel eer to assert their difference: 10 October has been LGBT Day Algeria sce 2007 (6), but is only celebrated on social works. And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx.
BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland).
GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
“Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson. “It was ranked so poorly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law.
This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.
Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson. Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims.