A Brish man has flown home om Moroc after beg jailed for "homosexual acts" - there was a time though when Moroc was a haven for gay wrers.
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HOW MOROC BEME A HAVEN FOR GAY WTERNERS THE 1950S
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Image source, Getty ImagA Brish man flew home om Marrakech last week after beg jailed for "homosexual acts". There was a time though when Moroc was renowned as a haven for gay Amerins and Brons, who fled rtrictns their own untri to take advantage of s relaxed a walk down one of the ma streets Tangier, the Boulevard Pastr, turn left before the Hotel Rembrandt and scend towards the sea.
The book, banned unr US obsceny laws, is a mixture of tobgraphy, science fictn and satire, peppered wh scriptns of gay sex. Its bookshelv are another remr of Tangier's huge lerary legacy which clus Jean Ge, Andre Gi, Tennsee Williams, Tman Capote, Gore Vidal and Joe Orton, all of whom were gay or bisexual, as well as many others, om Samuel Pepys to Mark Twa, who were source, AFPImage ptn, Tangier's Boulevard Pastr, 1944For s Tangier and other Morocn ci were mags for gay tourists.
" The Amerins who turned up the 1950s were pg om a reprsive society where homosexualy was outlawed.
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"For some straight men the predomance of gay men had s advantag.
"So why did Moroc, an ostensibly vout Islamic untry, allow homosexualy to thrive? 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.
Gay history Moroc. At one time, Moroc was a haven for gay Amerins and Brons, known for s tolerant and relaxed atmosphere. * morocco lgbt history *
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.
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 lgbt history *
Human Rights Watch has repeatedly echoed this ll, potg out that the crimalisatn of homosexualy do not ply wh Moroc’s 2011 Constutn.