Egypt's print has put the entire LGBT populatn on notice that s members are targets. In December dozens of gay men felt the heel of his ernment's boot durg a bathhoe raid.
Contents:
- GAY CAIRO
- GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
- WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY EGYPT
- BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
- EGYPT ARRTS 25 MEN GAY BATHHOE RAID
- EGYPTIAN POLICE ARRT, HUIATE 'GAY' MEN AT CAIRO BATHHOE
GAY CAIRO
Captured on hidn mera, Monday’s late-night raid on downtown Cairo’s “Sea Door” bathhoe was the largt mass arrt of men spected of practicg homosexualy Egypt over a .
Thirty-three men were taken to ctody on charg of “bchery” — an accatn police ed to lock up members of Egypt’s gay muny, as homosexualy is not technilly illegal here. It’s jt the latt crackdown on gay Egyptians unr Print Abl Fattah al-Sisi’s admistratn, which, ironilly, swept to power on the promise of reversg the polici of the socially nservative Islamist ernment before .
GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
Rights groups fear that this wch hunt will have the oppose effect: By drivg Egypt’s gay muny to jail or to hidg, will make NGOs, rights advot, and health provirs unable to accs them, which is likely to crease the spread of the vis.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY EGYPT
“It terrifi me to know that I am the target of my own police and media for mtg no crime other than beg born different, ” said Mohamed, a 28-year-old gay man. Four days after Youm7’s story on transgenr men, published a long vtigatn to the “vastatg effect on society” of homosexualy.
BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
It labeled homosexualy a “dangero phenomenon, which has swept across Egypt after the [2011] January 25 Revolutn. The outlet has sce published stori examg the “gay problem, ” cludg a July article that warned parents agast allowg their children to watch foreign rtoons like SpongeBob SquarePants, as clud scen of male characters kissg each other.
EGYPT ARRTS 25 MEN GAY BATHHOE RAID
The media’s role stigmatizg the gay muny has had a vastatg effect on the young men acced of the “crim.
EGYPTIAN POLICE ARRT, HUIATE 'GAY' MEN AT CAIRO BATHHOE
You've probably heard of the "Cairo 52" se om 2001, when a group of 52 men were arrted at a gay party the "Queen Boat" moored on the Nile.