The 77-page report, “‘They Treated Us Monstro Ways’: Sexual Vlence Agast Men, Boys, and Transgenr Women the Syrian Conflict,” found that men and boys have been vulnerable to sexual vlence the Syrian nflict sce began. People Human Rights Watch terviewed said that gay and bisexual men, transgenr women, and nonbary people were subject to creased vlence based on their actual or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty. Transgenr women are often perceived as gay men Syria and are targeted for the same reasons.
Contents:
- GAY LIFE SYRIA: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY 'REFUGEE'
- THE DOUBLE THREAT FOR GAY MEN SYRIA
- IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN SYRIA?
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
GAY LIFE SYRIA: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY 'REFUGEE'
LGBT Rights Syria: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * syria gay *
One gay man’s rponse has been to abandon his native Syria and s current upheaval state and live Turkey where he fds support om the LGBT muny but still leav him a man whout a untry.
THE DOUBLE THREAT FOR GAY MEN SYRIA
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He is currently a man whout a untry, forced om Syria by a dangero revolutn, fay disagreements as well as ary threats, not so much for his beg gay but for tryg to make a polil statement of fiance toward the Assad regime that’s currently slghterg thoands of own cizens.
IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN SYRIA?
Y, is illegal to be gay Syria. There is no specific law that crimaliz homosexualy, but same-sex relatns are not regnized by the ernment * syria gay *
Adad’s views beme known through his two psdonymo web blogs which advote for human and gay rights agast the ernment treatment of gays as well as the btaly and rptn of the currently lears. ” A gay fay member was ually upsettg at first but life had more important thgs that mattered–food, secury, safety, earng e, children’s school lsons and not drawg attentn to yourself or your fay. But then a new police chief felt the need to prove his effectivens, not agast wispread rptn the ernment or the civil service, but agast the meager gay muny for imaged immoral behavr agast the natural orr.
However, that fervent actn only lasted for a few months late 2010 when thgs went back to normal “tolerance wh reason” and gay iends ntued to meet and greet each other certa f and private small parti.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Beg gay anywhere the world n e wh challeng, but Syria probably isn't as bad as most would expect. Jt like everywhere else the world gay people still exist here, be an unrground nature. Is the suatn ial for them? Hardly. Do life still go on? Always. * syria gay *
When Adad was taed by the police a send time the officer charge, probably tryg to timidate him, displayed a large rmatn book wh nam and photos taken om onle social work webs of allegedly gay people Syria (and elsewhere) along wh their profil and iends.
When asked if he has had any trouble om namg gay venu on his webse he said “no, as long as there is not trouble stirrg we are mostly ee to go about our own affairs but they still try to sre and warn agast any big parti or public showgs. Asked where he would want to live: “of urse I want to live my home culture near my fay but that will not happen any time soon; perhaps a untry where gay people are given some feelg of rights and equaly, like France or Germany.
Soon after the short-lived police gay party bts and tentns end December 2010, (why they end is a mystery to Adad; perhaps anticipatn of bigger thgs to e), the ‘Arab Sprg’ reached Syria as the mostly unarmed populace rose up agast the heavily armed ernment. Curly, however, Adad reported that even after the revolutn started the gay muny seemed to be left alone and not specifilly targeted as a moral or secury risk, even as the ernment vilified the opposn forc as ‘homosexual revolutnari’ needg to be put down.
UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
Beg gay has always been a reason for firg someone om their job and that is creased now out of fear; the thori may spect an otherwise nocent employer if he is found to have a gay person workg for him. One uple, intified as gay based on text msag between them, were beaten, referred to pejoratively as “tante” (ntie) and for 10 nights were forced to strip and have sex wh each other ont of their Syrian army terrogators, who ed chalk to make up their fac.
A 26-year-old told of beg bldfold and handcuffed to a ceilg by unintified men who said they were affiliated wh al-Qaeda and who tried to get him to reveal the nam of his gay iends. In addn to this abe, perpetrated by all parti to Syria’s nflict, more than half the gay Syrians whom Human Rights Watch terviewed told paful stori of fay rejectn, rangg om ostracism to vlence — and, five stanc, ath threats. In at least two s Human Rights Watch documented, gay men were subjected to anal exams by the Lebane Internal Secury Forc — spe lls om the Lebane doctors’ syndite and the jtice mister 2012 to abolish that practice, which amounts to torture.
Homosexualy⚢Vari by RegnGay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ State-enforcedNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsMilary✖ Don't Ask, Don't TellDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not bannedAge of ConsentVari by Regn. Servg openly ary Syria is don't ask, don't 't Ask, Don't Tell Homosexualy is illegal Syria, but no laws specify homosexualy as a dishonorable discharge or prohibn om ary donatns by MSMs Syria? This report is based on terviews Human Rights Watch nducted Lebanon wh 40 gay and bisexual men and transgenr women—some of whom were perceived by perpetrators to be gay men—and non-bary dividuals, as well as 4 heterosexual men.