Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them.
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- THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP
- 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
- GAY CAIRO
- BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?
- ÉGYPTE GAY
- EGYPTIANS OUTRAGED OVER MOVIE PICTG GAY UPLE
- THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT
- GAY EGYPTIANS E OUT OF THE CLOSET
- GAY EGYPT TRAVEL GUI
- ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"
THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP
Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn ntu. * egyptians gay *
Homosexualy and Ancient Egypt: A Complited Creds: Gnome StewAncient Egypt is ually associated wh marvelo tombs filled wh gold, magnificent stctur the form of the Great Pyramids and the lg dynasti, and Pharaohs. However, this ancient yet great civilizatn was siar to many other stat today when to homosexualy: was seen as unnatural and not accepted there is much evince that ttifi that homosexualy was not the norm, there are other speculatns that s remnants were found even at the hight strata of the social ladr wh Ancient Egypt.
Even though they are srce, the clu do not stop historians om ggg the prevalence of homosexualy.
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From the Holy Books that talk about homosexualy to the potential practice of by an Egyptian emperor, this is a look at homosexualy Ancient Cur Case of Niankhkhnum and KhnumhotepPhoto Creds: PtertNiankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were two men that lived at the time Nierre was a Pharaoh. They are most notably known for their burial and pictn a picture where historians speculated that they were homosexuals who lived hidn liv, secretly love wh each other.
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Even though both of the men had wiv and, surprisgly, even children, their fai cid to bury them most nvcg evince, and the most popular one, of them beg gay is the patg their tombs where they stand very close to each other, their nose touchg and both of them almost embracg each other.
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
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The unfurlg of a rabow flag at an open-air rock ncert Cairo was a rare public show of solidary wh gay and transgenr people the Arab world’s most populo natn. The backlash has been fierce: Dozens have been arrted and put on trial, spreadg panic the embattled muny. * egyptians gay *
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn 18, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCOmar* is a 30-year-old physician livg Alexandria, Egypt, the untry’s send largt cy. He is also a gay man who has spent most of his life what has bee one of the most dangero plac to be a sexual mory.
”A fan of Lebane alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila holds a rabow flag durg their ncert at the Ehniyat Internatnal Ftival Ehn town, Lebanon on Augt 12, Saidi / Rters fileHomosexualy is not explicly illegal this untry that bridg northeast Ai wh the Middle East, but people are routely arrted and imprisoned on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty, acrdg to Amnty September was the worst crackdown the untry’s history, wh up to 76 people beg taed, acrdg to the human-rights anizatn. The crackdown was sparked after a gay man wavg a rabow flag was arrted durg a ncert Cairo.
BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?
The cint garnered ternatnal attentn, but one year later, gay Egyptians and human-rights advot say the persecutn ntu, and Egypt’s LGBTQ muny is livg fear.
EGYPTIAN LAWWhile same-sex sexual relatns are not explicly prohibed Egyptian law, a 2017 report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) found that “the Law on the Combatg of Prostutn, and the law agast bchery have been ed liberally to imprison gay men recent years. ” As such, ILGA clus Egypt s list of 72 untri that crimalize, however, said, “It’s not jt gay, bisexual and transgenr people who the thori are after.
ÉGYPTE GAY
“You don’t even necsarily need to be gay to get arrted, jt seen to be associated wh the LGBTQ muny.
The revolutn, he explaed, opened the floodgat to extreme polics Egypt and forced the gay muny unrground. “There are spots that are, to some extent, gay iendly, but even the plac cled after 2011. They didn’t want to look like they were that iendly towards gay people, so they closed their bars and fés and left.
Omar said his neighbor was then arrted and ported om police are not the only on g the apps to persecute gay men, acrdg to Omar. Last month, a newspaper showed screenshots of gay datg app Grdr wh the headle “Documentg the most dangero onle gay anizatn. The wrer claimed to be “exposg the secret dictnary of gay people Egypt” and ced rears to report anybody heard g the “language.
EGYPTIANS OUTRAGED OVER MOVIE PICTG GAY UPLE
”“The ernment has targeted sexual and genr mori for heavy-hand reprsn, wh more than 230 lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people prosecuted on ‘bchery’ charg, ” the anizatn Magdi, a rearcher for Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Ai divisn, told NBC News the ternatnal muny should be dog more to protect LGBTQ Egyptians. ”All Out, another human-rights anizatn that has nmned the ernment-sponsored wave of anti-gay persecutn Egypt, said the crackdown is far om over. However, a new report by OutRight Actn Internatnal, a global LGBTQ-rights anizatn, found Egypt to be one of 55 untri the world where LGBTQ-rights groups are not able to legally register, which impes the effectivens of the current polil suatn Europe has also disuraged gay Egyptians, like Omar, om seekg a new — and ls fearful — life the Wt.
On the one hand, homosexualy is nsired viant and gay men are discrimated agast; on the other hand, sexual relatns between men are often ignored as harmls. The upsi of the suatn is that gay men n enjoy a variety of sual sexual enunters wh relative ease. The downsi is that, once intified as a homosexual, a visor may experience discrimatn and face problems wh the police.
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(Beit) – Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them, Human Rights Watch said today. Human rights groups have documented wi-sle ab the wake of a September 2017 ncert by the Lebane band Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead sger is openly gay and which performs songs that support sexual and genr diversy.
Police randomly picked up five men bee of what the thori scribed as “feme and gay gtur” and one transgenr woman due to her “abnormal appearance. Four officers then watched him take his cloth off while directg homophobic slurs at him, he said. I was taed a ge unr a stairway [at the prosecutor’s office], wasn’t even a prison cell, [but merely] a 3 by 2-meters ty room, wh 25 gay and transgenr people.
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“One event that was never rerd was the year of an dividual’s birth — and I mean any dividual, kg, moner or prce, ” Mertz views on homosexualy to the rights of women, Ancient Egypt turns out to be a particularly progrsive civilizatn. You've probably heard of the "Cairo 52" se om 2001, when a group of 52 men were arrted at a gay party the "Queen Boat" moored on the Nile.
Dpe terventn by ternatnal human rights anizatns, the suatn for homosexuals remas que alarmg the untry, wh arrt and torture beg mon practice. Simply hang out where the trendit straight crowds do, and you'll see plenty of gay lols and expats.
Everyone ss people-watchg om the sofas as they enjoy specialty cktails, and this is where you're most likely to fd a discreet mix of straight and gay.