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 . 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.
GAY TRAVEL 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. 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. The media’s role stigmatizg the gay muny has had a vastatg effect on the young men acced of the “crim. 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.
Dpe terventn by ternatnal human rights anizatns, the suatn for homosexuals remas que alarmg the untry, wh arrt and torture beg mon practice. Simply hang out where the trendit straight crowds do, and you'll see plenty of gay lols and expats.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY EGYPT
Everyone ss people-watchg om the sofas as they enjoy specialty cktails, and this is where you're most likely to fd a discreet mix of straight and gay.
No hotel Cairo advertis self as gay-iendly, but the large chas do attract wealthy gay upl, pecially those lookg out to the pyramids and offerg all sorts of pamperg servic such as spa and fns center. Homosexualy isn’t technilly illegal Egypt, but ’s still a nservative Mlim untry, and gays are discrimated agast and routely round up by the police.
BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
Who’d have thought that a young man wavg a rabow flag at a ncert Cairo 2017 would spark a major crackdown on gays? “Homosexualy isn’t an official crime Egypt, but laws battg prostutn and “bchery” are ed to imprison gays. Bee homosexualy isn’t an official crime, laws battg prostutn and “habual bchery” are ed to jtify the imprisonment of gay men and lbians for six months to six years.
A favore tactic of the Egyptian police is to entrap gay men, lurg them to hotels, where they are arrted, by g apps like Grdr.
Gay Travel Tips EgyptNow that you’re good and sred, ’s time to say, don’t let that stop you om visg a untry that’s sanely rich amazg templ and tombs of the ancient world. As long as you don’t do anythg overly gay — I’m sure you n rist kissg public durg your travels Egypt — you should pass through unmolted. “There are spots that are, to some extent, gay iendly, but even the plac cled after 2011” wh the Egyptian Revolutn, the source told NBC.
EGYPT ARRTS 25 MEN GAY BATHHOE RAID
They didn’t want to look like they were that iendly towards gay people, so they closed their bars and fés and left. CAIRO -- Twenty-six men arrted durg a televised raid on a Cairo public bathhoe last month and acced of "bchery" were urt Monday what human rights activists scribe as the latt example of an creasgly opprsive crackdown on Egypt's gay fense team told CBS News after the proceedgs that the urt would renvene on January 12, when is expected to issue a verdict the ntroversial homosexualy is not technilly illegal Egypt, the socially-nservative untry has a history of persecutg homosexuals.
EGYPTIAN POLICE ARRT, HUIATE 'GAY' MEN AT CAIRO BATHHOE
"The gay muny has been targeted for a while now, " fense lawyer Islam Khalifa, who is reprentg 14 of the acced, told CBS News on Monday. Khalifa would know; he also fend the acced what was known as the "Egyptian gay marriage" se November 2014, when eight men were sentenced to three years prison after appearg a viral YouTube vio that purportedly showed a same-sex marriage ceremony takg place on a boat the Nile. "The liberate, public huiatn of the men nducted tanm wh the media is shockg, but typil of an tensifyg and troublg ernment clampdown on the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny Egypt, " New York-based Human Rights Watch said a statement.