Algeria's queer scene is certaly alive, but is muted and supprsed. There are no civil rights or legal protectns and ltle-to-no safe private space for meetg. Therefore, gay men occupy the only place where they n fd other like-md men: the street.
Contents:
- GAY PAKISTAN: WHERE SEX IS AVAILABLE AND RELATNSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT
- DAGTANI GAY PLAS ABOUT TORTURE REHAB
- CHECHEN GAY ISMAIL ISAEV PLACED A PUNISHMENT CELL DURG FIRST MONTH OF HIS STAY A PENAL LONY
- ORGANIZERS OF "LGBT WEEK" ABANDON THE IA OF GAY PARA TBILISI
- AFTER FASHN SHOW, MAKHACHKALA SIGNER ACCED OF GAY PROPAGANDA
- 10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
GAY PAKISTAN: WHERE SEX IS AVAILABLE AND RELATNSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT
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In the var Arab ci I've vised over the years, the sayg, "We don't have a problem wh men who have sex wh men, but we don't accept the gay life, " is mon. This is a somewhat clearly drawn le, sce the vtig of what many would nsir a gay liftyle -- clubs, bars, bathho and theatril paras filled wh stumed go-go dancers -- are non-existent om Rabat to Beit, save Tel Aviv. However, the young men do not intify wh an anized or vol gay muny, simply for the fact that such a factn do not exist.
This is due largely to the laws of the ep state, le pouvr, which nmn and punish homosexualy Articl 333 and 338 of the Penal Co, wh vlators subject to f and imprisonment. Therefore, gay men occupy the only place where they n fd other like-md men: the how do one go about cisg Algiers? Gay sgl tend to lger alone near the metro and b stops, as well as the numero gated parks that are sttered across the hilltops.
Even if there is a robt gay populatn lookg to thrive this cy, remas difficult to meet outsi of darkened parks at night and far off bathho.
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When another guy walks on , my pulse quickens, but he watch nocuoly before jerkg what do this mean for the future of gays Algeria? Though homosexualy is alive, remas ncealed. Intertgly, straight men do enjoy an timacy wh one another that remble gay relatnships, holdg hands on the street, affectnate bodily ntact, cheek kissg.
There is, however, a distctn between close male iendship and the actual timacy of a gay relatnship, due part to men and women beg segregated om one another until marriage. Pakistan is not the kd of place that most people would associate wh gay liberatn. But some say the untry is a great place to be gay - even scribg the port cy of Karachi as "a gay man's paradise".
Unrground parti, group sex at shr and "marriag of nvenience" to members of the oppose sex are jt some of the surpris that gay Pakistan has to offer. Danyaal, as he's asked to be known, is a 50-somethg bsman who liv an affluent part of Karachi, and his smartphone to anise Karachi's gay party scene.
CHECHEN GAY ISMAIL ISAEV PLACED A PUNISHMENT CELL DURG FIRST MONTH OF HIS STAY A PENAL LONY
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"The days there are smartphone apps that e GPS to tell you how close you are to another gay person wh an onle profile. There are thoands of gay men onle Pakistan at any one time.
"If you want sex too, 's a gay man's paradise.
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"The vatn-only parti are a rare opportuny for gay men to be open about their sexualy. "Gay men will make every effort to stop any vtment a same-sex relatnship bee they know that one day they will have to get married to a woman, " he says.
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For participants, 's anonymo group kd of behavur is, of urse, not ndoned by Pakistan's relig Pakistanis view homosexualy as sful. The vast majory of clerics terpret the Qoranic story of Lot as a clear ditn that God nmns homosexual men. The shre is far om the only place Karachi where gay sex is eely is, for example, easy to buy om a malchi walah - a massr who offers massage and "extras" for the equivalent of £5, or $7.
" Technilly, homosexual acts are illegal Pakistan.
"In almost all s charg will be dropped, Iqbal says, but the boys will be forced to get married by their ocsnally, though, Pakistani parents do rencile themselv to children enterg a long-term gay and Ali are one such uple who have ma thgs work, agast the odds.
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For many gay men Pakistan, a heterosexual marriage and a life of anonymo gropg is the long-term life n be even more difficult for gay women. So how do gay women make their liv work? I know some gay guys and maybe we'll do a al so we put money together and they have one portn of the hoe and we'll have another portn.
"Fatima, who ntribut to an vatn-only onle gay support group, believ 's only "a matter of time" before Pakistan begs to bate gay rights openly, and people clare their homosexualy wh pri. "Gay rights Ameri me after women had basic rights. "I thk 's selfish for me to e out and mpaign for gay rights now.