Gays are everywhere Algeria, cludg marriag, which mak datg or nnectg very difficult.
Contents:
- BEG GAY ALGERIA
- BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
- GAY ALGERIE
- BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
- GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
BEG GAY ALGERIA
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’ The peculiar habs of sgers are part of the folklore of Algeria’s barets, rai mic venu wh a reputatn for alhol, prostutn and homosexualy that are tolerated as long as they rema on the margs of pole society. Algerians know homosexualy exists, but tend to avoid the subject and feel gay people should keep to themselv.
BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
Homosexualy, when mentned at all, is prented as an illns that requir treatment by a psychiatrist, or the terventn of an imam.
GAY ALGERIE
Some acce the Wt of seekg to export a ‘gay inty’ that don’t exist Algeria; this may enurage homophobic behavur by the thori and nservative elements of society (1) Last July, some Arabic media plaed when the Brish embassy Algiers raised an LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and trans) flag support of the Pri London para. Until the 1990s, Algerians rarely mentned homosexualy, pecially the prence of adolcents.
BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
Most gay men I terviewed said they had felt alone durg their teens. Slimane scribed why he had felt alone durg his teens: ‘I didn’t know any other homosexuals, so I thought I was the only one, and that was sry. ‘The language is homophobic’.
GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
Acrdg to Mariem Guellouz, a doctor of lguistics, ‘every word for homosexualy Arabic has negative nnotatns, other words the language self is systemilly hurtful and discrimatory. The language is not jt a sign of homophobia; ’s homophobic self’ (2).
A homosexual may be given a girl’s name as a nickname, or sulted as ‘a man who giv’ (’attay).