Advot have nceled a regnal gatherg of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists Indonia’s pal, Jakarta, rponse to harassment and ath threats om Mlim nservativ.
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- ONLY 5% OF PALTIANS AND 6% OF LEBANE ACCEPT GAY RELATNSHIPS
- PALTIAN AUTHORY BANS ACTIVI BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP
ONLY 5% OF PALTIANS AND 6% OF LEBANE ACCEPT GAY RELATNSHIPS
Is racist to say that the Paltian Authory is light-years behd Israel terms of LGBT equaly? And why is the hight-profile ternatnal gay rights anizatn boyttg WorldPri Jesalem Augt? * palestinian lgbt *
A survey published for BBC News Arabic reveals shockg rat of homophobia across the Middle East and North study was nducted by the Arab Barometer rearch work on June 24, durg LGBT Pri month.
The BBC wrote, “Acceptance of homosexualy vari but is low or extremely low across the regn.
PALTIAN AUTHORY BANS ACTIVI BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP
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Algerians sred the hight number of acceptance of gay relatns wh 26%.
Paltians harbored the most tolerance toward gay relatns.
Four Gay Men and One Woman Tell Haaretz What Life Is Really Like a ‘Homophobic Society’ Where Pretendg to Be Straight Is Often a Matter of Survival * palestinian lgbt *
”Hamas enforc lethal homophobia the Gaza Strip. In 2016, Hamas executed 34-year-old Mahmoud Ishtiwi, based on allegatns of gay sex and theft, shootg him three tim the cht. Regardg Jordan, the BBC wrote, “While Sharia law forbids homosexualy the untry, same-sex relatnships are not crimalized.
As a person who intifi himself as a gay Arab man, I stggle to fd my place my muny, a muny which I love. ”US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell – who is the admistratn’s most high-profile openly gay official – told the Post Febary, “71 untri crimalize homosexualy and eight will put you to ath for beg gay. ” Grenell is spearheadg the ternatnal effort to stop the persecutn of the LGBT muny untri that impose crimal penalti – cludg the ath penalty – on Post reported January that Iran’s regime publicly hanged a man based on accatns of homosexualy.
The Paltian Authory’s vlent treatment of the gay muny unr s le offers a gloomy remr of this muny’s difficult suatn most Mlim untri. * palestinian lgbt *
Acrdg to a 2008 Brish Wikileaks ble, the Islamic Republic of Iran executed 4, 000-6, 000 gays and lbians sce the untry’s 1979 radil Islamic a prs nference wh German Foreign Mister Heiko Maas June, Iranian Foreign Mister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his untry execut gay people bee of “moral prcipl. 19, 2019JERUSALEM — A Paltian gay and transgenr rights group vowed on Monday to ntue s activi after the Paltian Authory police barred the group om holdg events the Wt Bank and threatened to arrt Paltian Authory police, who exercise ntrol parts of the Israeli-occupied Wt Bank, announced the ban over the weekend.
”Found 2001, Al Qaws is a grass-roots anizatn that advot sexual and genr diversy Paltian society, which is largely nservative and often reprsive for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.
It also me three weeks after a Paltian teenager was stabbed and severely wound outsi a shelter for gay and transgenr youths Tel Qaws generally operat om offic Israeli-annexed East Jesalem and the Israeli port cy of Haifa, beyond the reach of the Paltian Authory police. ”The ban also drew notice Israel, which has long promoted s tolerance on sexual and genr issu, spe vehement rejectn some strictly Orthodox Jewish circl, and has ced a lack of gay rights other parts of the Middle East to make unfavorable parisons. The current Israeli jtice mister is gay, and Tel Aviv is proud of s reputatn as a favore statn for gay and lbian Israel has also been acced of portrayg self as a bastn of progrsive valu to tract attentn om s 52-year occupatn of the Wt Bank and the right-wg ernment’s polici toward entanglement beme clear as efforts by Israelis to show solidary wh Al Qaws, and perhaps palize on the Paltian Authory’s ban, drew reb om others who acced the group of Qaws advot what lls a “holistic” approach that appears to skirt any regnn of Israel.