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- 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. 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.
EGYPTIAN ACTOR KHALED ABOL NAGA REERAT HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
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.