Introductn: Egypt, a untry wh a rich cultural herage, is currently grapplg wh a ncerng suatn regardg the treatment of s lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny. Unr Print Abl Fattah el-Sisi's le, the thori have lated their persecutn, leadg to arrts, discrimatn, and human rights ab. The ternatnal muny, cludg fluential natns like…
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- EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SYSTEMILLY ABE AND TORTURE GAYS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
- LIVG FEAR: EGYPT’S GAY MUNY
- ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SYSTEMILLY ABE AND TORTURE GAYS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
LGBT Rights Egypt: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * lgbt community in egypt *
But even though there are no laws that explicly crimalize homosexualy, they e the existg bchery laws orr to crimalize . For example, the Orthodox Coptic Church anized a nference lled “Volno of Homosexualy, ” followg the Mashrou’ Leila ncert 2017, when ncertgoers unfurled a rabow flag.
LIVG FEAR: EGYPT’S GAY MUNY
Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them. * lgbt community in egypt *
3 It refers to the rhetoric that the ll for gay rights dit the existence of a potential “Wtern” nspiracy agast the state. Acrdg to this narrative, the Wt is filtratg Egypt through gay dividuals and works and, therefore, the state has a duty to protect society om the threat. What was very paful was that there were members of the gay muny who basilly adopted this narrative as well.
” So there were two fights: there was one happeng at the level of Egyptian society, and another one takg place wh the gay muny wh a lot of them turng agast those who raised the flag. 6 In other leftist parti, there were ternal stggl over the issu, but they were aaid of publicly supportg homosexuals bee they feared they would be lled “khawalat. For a lot of Islamists who pretend to be on the left, when to moral issu like homosexualy, there is no solidary.
It created a whole problem wh leftist parti who began realizg that they were supportg jailed Islamists but not homosexuals.
ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
Cambanis: So a secular activist would be willg to speak out agast the tag of an extremist Islamist who don’t even regnize secular rights, but they wouldn’t fend a gay person beg persecuted? They want to enact change very gradually and they do not want to engage a direct nontatn wh society, bee supportg gay rights would amount to such a nontatn. There are many activists who are closeted gays, but refe to “e out” bee of their fear that will be ed by “Wtern” media to unrme popular uprisgs.