Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the se of an LGBT ftival the pal of the untry of Geia, vandalizg the stage, settg fir and lootg the event's bar. Deputy Geian Interr Mister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants the Tbilisi Pri Ft were safely evacuated om the scene. Animosy toward sexual mori is strong Geia, which is predomantly Orthodox Christian, and some prev LGBT events have met vlent disptns.
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- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Walkg briskly through the Sadar market downtown Karachi, 46 year-old Wajid Ali looks no different to any other man the market. But Wajid is gay and if the people around him knew, (...) * lgbt festival karachi *
However, a untry like Pakistan, where homosexualy is illegal and eply taboo, the ftival has ed a great al of ntroversy. Another homosexual based ftival is gog to happen Karachi on 4th Feb. It is a place where gay men om Karachi’s relatively poor lol neighbourhood meet secretly the evengs.
Hontly, there is no safe space for to speak out about our liv, ” a gay man at Jahangir Park who wished to rema anonymo told Equal Tim.
When asked what would happen if people knew he was gay he replied that he would be physilly attacked and beaten. Thgs are a b different for Karachi’s more affluent lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) populatn, who meet at the equent parti and gathergs the cy’s well-anised, secret unrground scene.
MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW
KARACHI: A rabow flag that reprents the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans and Queer) movement was hoisted a home DHA Karachi reflectg the begngs of the movement Pakistan. * lgbt festival karachi *
Homosexualy is nsired a taboo nservative Pakistani society and there are laws which, although rarely enforced, renr homosexual acts illegal. That didn’t stop Pakistan om beg named the world lear for Google search of the term “shemale sex”, send for search of “man fuckg man”, and third for “gay sex pics” last year. Beg transgenr: more acceptable than beg gay.
Statg the se of a gay uple ught by police, Wajid tells Equal Tim that the only way to avoid ser danger is for homosexuals Pakistan to pretend to be transgenr, as this is more socially accepted. “The Pakistani nstutn do not curb the rights of gays or lbians directly but the re ia of the nstutn, which stat that there should be no law agast the basic prciple of Islam, ni gays and lbians the right of inty, the right to marry and other rights that homosexuals enjoy some other untri of the world.
A top female fashn mol told Equal Tim, on the ndn of anonymy, that while there is a b more eedom the creative dtri, gay women particular, still avoid makg their sexual preference public. “Gay rights are basic human rights; is not somethg out of this world.
KARACHI: A rabow flag that reprents the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans and Queer) movement was hoisted a home DHA Karachi reflectg the begngs of the movement Pakistan. * lgbt festival karachi *
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