Makg Visible the Unseen Queer: Gay Datg Apps and Iologi of Tthmakg an Outg Campaign Moroc | SprgerLk

Contents:

• GAY MOROCNS FACE BLACKMAIL, BULLYG AFTER THEY WERE OUTED ONLE
• GAY MOROCNS OUTED THE MIDST OF RONAVIS LOCKDOWN
• MAKG VISIBLE THE UNSEEN QUEER: GAY DATG APPS AND IOLOGI OF TTHMAKG AN OUTG CAMPAIGN MOROC
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
• MOROC INSTAGRAM FLUENCER APOLOGIS FOR ROLE OUTG OF GAY MEN

GAY MOROCNS FACE BLACKMAIL, BULLYG AFTER THEY WERE OUTED ONLE

TUNIS (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Morocn men on gay datg apps have seen their pictur leaked onle recent weeks, rights groups said, an ‘outg’ mpaign targetg LGBT+ Arabs that has raised ncern about vulnerable ers of apps like men Moroc, where homosexualy is illegal, were tricked to sharg timate pictur of themselv by ers who posed as potential dat and then shared the imag onle, acrdg to LGBT+ rights group Nassawiyat. Wh a ronavis lockdown place some of them have no place to turn, ” said a Nassawiyat closure of gay bars and other LGBT spac around the world due to measur curbg the novel ronavis panmic has led to a surge the e of LGBT+ datg apps like apps have taken steps to protect ers om ntractg the vis but velopers are unr prsure to protect the inti of ers untri like Sdi Arabia where gay sex n be punishable by outg of men Moroc was sparked by a mol, Sofia Taloni, who a seri of Instagram live streams told her 620, 000 followers to download datg apps to lote gay men. It uld show you your hband your bedroom, uld show you your son who might be the bathroom, ” Taloni said vio seen by the Thomson Rters ’s acunt, which was spend on Friday, did not explicly ll on viewers to out gay men but LGBT+ rights groups say men were targeted by ers who ced her.

MALICIOUS PROFILES“We’ve disabled the fluencer’s Instagram and Facebook acunts and we’re takg proactive steps to fd and remove other ntent like this, ” said a Facebook, the world’s bt known gay datg app, allows ers so-lled high-risk untri like Moroc to e premium featur cludg a screenshot blocker and photos that tomatilly erase a few sends after beg shared wh those rryg out so-lled tfish attacks by cultivatg a fake persona n circumvent screenshot blocks by g a send phone to film the screen of another vice, rights groups say. Left: Sofia Talouni, a trans woman origally om Moroc, "outed" a gay man an April 10 Instagram Live feed, sayg she wanted to expose hypocrisy and homophobia Morocn society.

GAY MOROCNS OUTED THE MIDST OF RONAVIS LOCKDOWN

We have chosen to only publish screengrabs of the vio a send Instagram feed on April 13, which was streamed by more than 100, 000 ers, Talouni urged her followers: “Girls, go and download gay datg apps.... For those who thk that their man is irreproachable, for mothers who sult gay people, for those who say to me, 'My man is more of a man than you, Sofia' -- now is your opportuny.

MAKG VISIBLE THE UNSEEN QUEER: GAY DATG APPS AND IOLOGI OF TTHMAKG AN OUTG CAMPAIGN MOROC

Badi says is a shame that gay Morocn men n no longer tst the anonymy of gay datg s, a untry where homosexualy is punishable by six months to three years prison:The datg s were a breath of eedom.

But homosexualy is crimalised unr the law, so this procs don’t work, ” says Walid Ennis, an LGBTQ 2018, 170 people were arrted on charg of homosexualy Moroc, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn. Alongsi other popular gay apps like PlaRomeo and Hor, Grdr appeals to s ers wh the promise that, by downloadg the app, they will be put ntact wh an unseen world of men-seekg-men that exists around them— their neighborhood, their cy, their muny—through the means of s lotn-based chat servic. In recent years, lotn-based gay datg apps like Grdr, Hor, and PlaRomeo have been ployed as tools for homophobic vigilant to “hunt” gay men orr to expose their sexual orientatn, to shame gay men ont of their fai and iends, and to m homophobic acts of vlence.

In Rsia, for example, crimal gangs are known to create fake profil on gay datg apps, lurg unspectg men to meetg them only to extort the men for brib unr the threat of exposure or vlence (Carroll, 2019). In South Korea, screenshots om gay datg apps have been ed as evince ary trials implitg active-duty soldiers of illegal same-sex acts (Gzen, 2021) this chapter, I analyze a mpaign targetg gay, bisexual, and queer men Moroc which young women create fake profil on Grdr and PlaRomeo orr to expose or “out” lol men prumed to be gay.

THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

Footnote 1 In addn to facg potential crimal punishment on the basis of their sexualy, many Morocn gay men experience abe and vlence om the police, neighbors, and fay when they are perceived to challenge lol heteronormative expectatns of proper genred behavr (Ale-Ebrahim, 2019).

MOROC INSTAGRAM FLUENCER APOLOGIS FOR ROLE OUTG OF GAY MEN

I argue that the sign featur of lotn-based gay datg apps like Grdr and PlaRomeo allow for the possibily of both sirable nnectn and unwanted exposure for queer men Moroc, challengg the misnceptn that the apps functn as unplited “safe spac” for queer timacy and muny buildg. Multiple actors Morocn social media works, workg alongsi the sign of the apps themselv, “entextualize” (Bman & Briggs, 1990) imag and text msag shared on gay datg apps as transparent ditors of same-sex sire, a “media iology” (Gershon, 2010) that prents risks for gay app ers Moroc.