The move by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's ernment means gay men uld face "medieval" stong.
Contents:
- ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
- THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
- SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
LGBT Rights Bnei: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * lgbt rights in brunei *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Censorship✖ Other punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
* lgbt rights in brunei *
Current statSce Mar 28, 2019Illegal (ath penalty as punishment) Death penalty for married men ught havg homosexual offens (unenforced); 100 lash for unmarried men.
SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
Gay people live unr the threat of an agonizg ath. * lgbt rights in brunei *
When the ty, oil-rich kgdom of Bnei first announced 2013 that would adopt strict Islamic laws, cludg ath by stong for gay sex, many the untry’s LGBT muny nsired fleeg.
This fal phase, which was slated to be implemented later this year or early 2016, will reportedly volve the troductn of executns for “offens” like homosexualy and adultery. “In Southeast Asia, the untry that has the most worrisome state of rights for LGBT people is Bnei, ” Gg Cristobal of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn says.
The followg untry profil are rived part om sectns of theHuman Rights Watch 2021 World Report that relate to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr and (LGBT) people. * lgbt rights in brunei *
Bnei was the only untry ASEAN where not a sgle LGBT person or advote was willg to step forward to share their story wh HuffPost -- even year, Amerin reporter Patrick Brzki wrote an unrver report about the “unrground gay scene” the sultanate. Sometim people make private parti -- mostly gay artists and celebri Bnei do that … We jt have to follow one le: Don't put out there.
In their State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA stated that: “Bnei Dassalam is currently phasg a Syariah Penal Co that se, black letter law, the ath penalty troduced for certa same-sex sexual activy 2016, but seems unlikely to be implemented actualy.
TIME speaks to a gay Bneian as the untry impos ath by stong as the punishment for homosexualy * lgbt rights in brunei *
In November, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn submted a report to the Commtee on the Elimatn of Discrimatn Agast Women statg that: “The enforcement of SPC Orr 2013 is likely to rult even tighter fay ntrol and creased vlence to force Bneian lbians, tomboys, mascule-lookg women, bisexual women and transgenr women to nform to social norms (and now crimal law) on sexualy and genr.
Royal Dutch Shell’s stand on LGBT rights has e unr scty followg the troductn of laws that punish gay sex wh ath Bnei. * lgbt rights in brunei *
Same-sex relatns are punishable unr article 338 of the penal by up to two years Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced two men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg. In Febary 2021, a new penal me to effect Angola that no longer crimaliz nsensual same-sex nduct, scrappg lonial-era provisns that characterized homosexualy as “vic agast nature.