The official fictn, Brian Whaker explas, is that gay people don’t exist the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, attus of fay and society are a bigger problem than fear of beg persecuted
Contents:
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
Speakg on homophobia the sport a lengthy statement 2021, Henrson said: “My view on this is very much the same as on any other form of discrimatn the game, whether relat to race, relig tolerance, disabily or any 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. '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.
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". The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom. Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) published a report on Tuday verg the crimalizatn of nsensual same-sex relatns, statg that the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kgdom of Sdi Arabia and other Mlim-majory untri are spected of executg gays.
“Possible executns were intified at least two untri (Iran and Sdi Arabia), wh an addnal number of summary executns rried out by surgent groups that gaed effective ntrol over a certa portn of terrory at least six other untri (Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan), ” noted the ILGA World homophobia exists a number of Mlim-majory untri, acrdg to the report, which stat that “there is full legal certaty that the ath penalty exists as a prcribed punishment for nsensual same-sex sexual activy Bnei, Iran, Sdi Arabia and Yemen. (cred: NOAM REVKIN/FLASH90)Acrdg to the study, “ October 2019 a Brish-Iranian anthropologist studyg child marriage and female genal mutilatn the untry was arrted, wh reports November 2020 ditg that he had been sentenced by Iran’s Revolutnary Court to ne years imprisonment and a fe of USD 700, 000 for 'promotg homosexualy, ' as well as 'visg Israel [... The Jesalem Post prevly reported that a 2008 Brish Wikileaks ble said that Iran’s cleril regime executed 4, 000-6, 000 gay and lbians sce the 1979 Islamic revolutn the ILGA World report said that “Unr the Iran Islamic Penal Co (2013), the ath penalty n be imposed for the acts of liwat (sodomy), tafkhiz (bbg penis between thighs or buttocks), and maheqeh (lbian sex).
EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
”The thors of the IGLA World report wrote that “Those who are imprisoned are reportedly subjected to torture or otherwise dire ndns, wh most gay and trans tae the pal, Tehran, allegedly held Ward 240 of Ev Prison. Homosexualy, however, remas illegal the untry, though the laws are not always Sdi Tourism Authory’s webse has an updated sectn unr s Frequently Asked Qutns page statg “Are LGBT visors wele to vis Sdi Arabia? Easy, Crimalized LGBT muny make sure that your lgbtq cizens are prison and the same time wele to Internatnal LGBT… — Wajeeh Gay Lnوجيه المثلي الأسد (@WajeehLnn) April 26, 2023Background: Like most Mlim-majory untri the Middle East, same-sex relatnships are prohibed by law Sdi Arabia.
For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsSdi Arabia’s state secury agency has been forced to do a U-turn after released a vio which classified femism, homosexualy and atheism as extremism and utned cizens the kgdom to be on animated promotnal vio, which has sce been taken down, was shared on the verified Twter acunt of the State Secury Princy at the weekend. Same-sex relatns are also crimalised Sdi and punishable by the ath Arabia impos a very strict terpretatn of Islam known as Morayef, Amnty Internatnal’s Middle East and North Ai director, said a statement that: “The Sdi state secury agency’s announcement which labels femism, atheism and homosexualy as extremist ias punishable by jail and floggg is outrageo – clearly ntradictg the Kgdom’s bog reformist image which Crown Prce Mohammed b Salman ntu to flnt ternatnally.