Contents:
- KHALED ABOL NAGA RPONDS TO "CLOSETED GAY" ACCATNS!
- EGYPTIAN ACTOR KHALED ABOL NAGA REERAT HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
KHALED ABOL NAGA RPONDS TO "CLOSETED GAY" ACCATNS!
Khaled Abol Naga was acced of beg a "closeted gay" after changg his Facebook profile picture support of same-sex marriage last month. "Make of what you will, but wrg about "the diverse rabow of love" and "givg love a chance" is a clear enough msage that Khaled supports gay rights and peace around the world.
CAIRO — A photo and a gay pri flag on a T-shirt has spurred ntroversy and eventually a legal se Egypt last month, targetg actor Khaled Abol Naga and the ternatnal clothg brand Bershka. The Egyptian law do not explicly crimalize homosexual relatnships, but prosecutors often e the terms "bchery” or “adultery” to brg up s agast homosexualy.
Advocy of gay rights are often taken unr “catn for adultery” by Egyptian urts. This clus rryg gay pri flags or logos public spac, as had been the se when a group of Egyptians waved a rabow flag at a ncert of Lebane rock group Mashrou' Leila last year. Faced wh accatns that he was “gay” and “abnormal, ” Abol Naga wrote that this was an old photo taken by his photographer iend Yosef Nabil.
EGYPTIAN ACTOR KHALED ABOL NAGA REERAT HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
He praised the photo as "one that told a story, even if some people saw the photo a 'batihka'" — a word that means watermelon Arabic but is also slang to scribe gays. The actor tweeted the next day that the photo proved to be “the perfect opportuny to spread false mors, ” implyg that he was not gay. However, he went on to fend gay rights agast the homophobic statements he faced.
13, “Discrimatn agast homosexualy is siar to race discrimatn agast people born wh a dark sk. Gay people are born wh an attractn toward the same sex, which is scientifilly proven. In reply to a Twter er who attacked him for his support for the gay muny, on the basis that homosexualy is not human nature, Abol Naga tweeted Aug.
Homosexualy is not a choice. A source close to Abol Naga, who also spoke on ndn of anonymy, told Al-Monor that the posts on social media by the actor would not ce anyone to homosexualy — they merely aimed to support the gay muny, which is persecuted and discrimated agast the untry. The source also noted that the Egyptian society has bee more open to those who advote for gay rights, but the “old guard” was ready to punish anyone who spoke out on homosexualy.