LGBT Rights Pakistan: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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PAKISTAN JAILS UPLE OVER GAY MARRIAGE ALLEGATN
“It might seem odd to gay people who have the optn of g out, but for is survival and I will not be apologetic for .” * pakistan gay marriage *
Unr Sectn 377 of Pakistan’s penal , homosexualy is not explicly mentned, but “rnal terurse agast the orr of nature” is punishable by a fe and/or imprisonment for two years to life. Whereas unr Pakistan’s Sharia law, homosexual acts are punishable by rporal punishment (whippg), imprisonment, or ath.
The beleaguered muny watched neighborg India’s 2018 crimalizatn of nsensual homosexual relatns wh wistful joy. Nowadays, the availabily of smartphon and certa applitns have ma possible to fd members of the same muny om distanc and plac not possible [*], a 33-year-old man, intifi as gay but is married to a woman. No matter our past divi, jt felt so good talkg to someone who got to experience life there after 2018, ” said Farooq, referrg to the date when India’s Supreme Court stck down a ban on gay sex.
Sce Pakistan’s nceptn, regardls of new rearch or unrstandg, every hoehold and stutn has accepted a dichotomo terpretatn of both sexualy and genr and has duced that homosexualy is a s that means natnal and relig exists, however, a world unbeknownst to those who choose not to look, a world that liv only shadows. Many report an unshaken belief that Allah ma LGBTQ+ dividuals viant bee of a past mised, while many believe to be an immoral viancy where they have no optn but to adhere to the norms of the society to get back on the straight (heterosexual) rults many homosexual men gettg married, by choice or force, to heterosexual women early age. “Unr the weight of homophobia, heteronormativy and genrism, they are forced to adopt a liftyle acrdg to society’s assigned genr rol and expectatns, ” wr child psychiatrist Hassan Majeed on how Pakistan fails s LGBTQ+ youth by enforcg straight norms unr the guise of Pakistan, the argument of moraly is extremely skewed, regardls of your genr or sexualy.