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 .
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 *
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. 3 It refers to the rhetoric that the ll for gay rights dit the existence of a potential “Wtern” nspiracy agast the state.
ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
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. 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?