The ia was to show the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg how many gay men are livg quietly straight society. It backfired badly.
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TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC
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Moroc has been and remas a popular statn for LGBTQ+ travelers spe beg an Islamic untry where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by law. Homosexualy is seen by most of the populatn as a threat to the “tradnal valu” that support the expectatn of heterosexual norms and Mlim teachgs. As a nservative Mlim untry where homosexualy is illegal, there aren’t any official “gay hot spots” or LGBTQ+ celebratns.
That’s not to say that gay-iendly bars, rtrants, night clubs or beach do not exist. In urban centers like Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir, ’s possible to fd gay-iendly acmodatns and spots that wele a mix of gay and straight visors. Omar is a 21-year-old gay Morocn.
Omar’s fears are rooted the fact that homosexualy is a crimal offence Moroc, as is many other Ain untri. The law b wh a strongly nservative society to create a real sense of danger for members of Moroc’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muni. And, as I pot out my book, the weight of Islam – Moroc is a predomantly Mlim untry – adds another dimensn, accentuatg gay people’s feelgs of nial, self-loathg and guilt.
DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
Morocn women have been urged to pose as men on gay datg apps to expose fay members and their sexual inti. It snowballed to a hate mpaign. Why did a gay Instagram fluencer tell them to do ? * morocco on lgbt *
There have been several high profile s of homophobic vlence Moroc.
In July 2015, a man was btally beaten the cy of Fès by a mob who hurled ephets at him bee he was apparently gay.
They were later released, but not before the UN Human Rights Commtee reacted to the story by llg on Moroc’s thori to crimalise homosexualy. Human Rights Watch has repeatedly echoed this ll, potg out that the crimalisatn of homosexualy do not ply wh Moroc’s 2011 Constutn.
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There are some spac where gay Morocns feel they n exprs themselv a ltle more openly. Aicha, a 34-year-old teacher who liv Fès, told me: “We are a untry where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment. Some high profile tellectuals have emerged fence of the gay muny.
For stance the French-Morocn novelist Leila Slimani has nounced the “huiatn” of gay people Moroc. In a statement to the Huffgton Post’s Maghreb edn, she wrote: “I am obvly for the crimalisatn of homosexualy Moroc.
Abllah Taïa, another French-Morocn wrer, is one of the first Morocns to e out publicly as gay. And the weekly Franphone magaze TelQuel ed an edorial to ll for the “rpect of gay rights” and “equaly. ” This is the legislatn that crimalis homosexualy.
A mpaign of onle harassment Moroc has trampled the privacy of prumed gay and bisexual men, possibly subjectg them to physil harm, prosecutn, and discrimatory measur. * morocco on lgbt *
Dpe the small steps, for now social works and ter foms are the only really safe space for gay people Moroc. In his talk at the 2015 Oslo Freedom Fom, the first openly gay Morocn filmmaker and wrer, Abllah Taia, said that he had always thought he “was the only gay person the untry.
Homosexualy is a crime; intifyg as LGBT – simply beg who you are as a person – n land you jail.
French-language media has been more gnizant of the terms to discs the LGBT muny, wh journalists fortably g the word “homosexualy. Last month, when Mosa was sulted for her sexual orientatn, she rpond by enuragg her 600, 000 followers to download lotn-based LGBT meetg apps to intify gay men, tendg to monstrate the prevalence of LGBT persons livg wh their muni. This began a trend of people creatg fake acunts on the apps to intify ers, and snowballed to a homophobic mpaign of onle harassment, subjectg Moroc’s LGBT muny to discrimatn, physil harm, and prosecutn, purely on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty.