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Contents:

• THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW
• THE UAE’S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
• EMIRATI FIREMAN ON TRIAL FOR A 'GAY' HANDSHAKE
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• GAY DUBAI
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
• UAE GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• GAY ABU DHABI ABU DHABI CY GUI
• LAWS AGAST GAY TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
• UNED ARAB EMIRAT LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW

Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailRecently, I was asked to fend my support of the UAE and expla why I am so enthiastic about a natn that is perceived to enforce torture, lengthy prison terms and even the ath penalty agast gay people. And spe what some might thk, the ath penalty has never been voked or rried out as a punishment for homosexualy or sodomy the whole history of the there are thgs that are not nuanced at all.

THE UAE’S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW

The Gay Beards picturShow all 23People often pot to “sharia law” as beg another “ma source” of ducg the illegaly of homosexual nduct. The book, revealed the 7th century CE, do not mentn “homosexualy” which is a 19th century Brish medil term. In Arabic we have no words for "gay" or "straight.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

" But we have over 200 words for love, and we have genr ntral terms reason I don’t intify myself as “gay” is bee that is a ridiculoly limed statement.

THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

“Gay” is a 16th century French word.

EMIRATI FIREMAN ON TRIAL FOR A 'GAY' HANDSHAKE

"Homosexualy" is a 19th century Brish medil term. I am not gay.

I am not homosexual. Homosexualy the UAE. Homosexualy is not jt a taboo subject Dubai – s strictly forbidn and punishable by law.

Many LGBT dividuals may chose to vis Dubai or the UAE but is extremely important to be rmed of the nsequenc of beg openly gay this regn.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Although one should never have to hi who they are, ’s the only way to travel safely the UAE if you are gay. Wh harsh and discrimatory laws nmng homosexualy and promotg homophobia the name of relign, one mt nsir the risks que refully. Homosexualy, nducted homosexualy is an illegal act.

GAY DUBAI

There is a vibrant unrground gay scene Dubai even though beg gay is a punishable offence. If you know the right people and the right plac, one n enjoy the gay scene to a certa extent. There are no official gay clubs, but lotns of unofficial gay clubs circulate on the Inter and men gather wh ltle fear of the nsequenc.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

Some claim that the police will simply disperse crowds if a gay club is bted, but other people are fearful that the suatn might be worse. When the police fd out about gay iendly clubs they get shut down fast, people get ported and punishments are likely imposed. But, ’s not jt the police who are entrappg homosexuals.

There are stori of fundamentalists chattg onle and meetg up wh gay men and subsequently threateng to report them to the police.

There have been a few wispread reports regardg the nmnatn of homosexual behavr Dubai and the UAE. Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty. Instead, nsensual homosexual activy is crimalized.

UAE GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

The cint arose out of allegatns that the Sheikh ma homosexual advanc to Orsi. Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required.

The treatments were jtified based on the social impact of homosexualy and risk for society.

GAY ABU DHABI ABU DHABI CY GUI

Officials Dubai arrted 26 men attendg a gay weddg raid by police. Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny.

Hormone therapy is nsired a eful treatment to al wh the ‘homosexual problem’ Dubai. The topic has been regularly ignored nsirg the taboo nature of homosexualy Mlim untri. Kafkaque claims he was disuraged by the police om prsg charg and even faced the possibily of beg charged wh crimal homosexual activy himself.

LAWS AGAST GAY TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

This se highlighted the taboo nature of homosexualy and HIV/AIDS. The law provis that foreigners wh HIV or foreigners who have mted homosexual actns are to be ported, or so seems. What is apparent though, is that there have been var s over the last 5 or so years that monstrate harsher treatment for foreigners and crimalizatn of homosexualy.

UNED ARAB EMIRAT LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

Homosexualy has a grave impact on a society where relig books nmn homosexual behavr for beg immoral and agast human nature.

Homosexualy is not a disease or mental problem that needs to be fixed. Seventeen homosexual men were also arrted 2008 for cross-drsg and beg gay. While is clearly a vlatn of human rights to crimalize homosexualy and promote discrimatn, there is a fe le between the right to be yourself and the importance of rpectg other people’s cultur.

While is imperative that homosexualy be accepted the UAE, is also important for foreigners to be rpectful of the culture which they impose themselv – even if they disagree wh the ctoms.