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• BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
• BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
• ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• BEG GAY ALGERIA
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY ALGERIANS SEEK 'RABOW MARRIAG' TO ELU RIGID SOCIETY

BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY

(Beit) – An Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced 2 men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg, ” Human Rights Watch said today.

An Algerian lawyer volved the se told Human Rights Watch that the urt ed police reports scribg the ratns, flowers, and sweets ditive of a weddg celebratn, and the men’s supposedly gay appearance, as evince of guilt. “Algerian thori’ attack on personal eedoms is nothg new, but arrtg dozens of stunts based on their perceived sexual orientatn is a flagrant gement on their basic rights, ” said Rasha Youn, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.

“They should immediately release om prison the two men who would be ee today were not for Algeria’s regrsive anti-homosexualy laws. Acrdg to a 2019 analysis by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), laws regulatg nonernmental anizatns Algeria make virtually impossible for anizatns workg on issu of sexual orientatn and genr inty to legally register. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)Censorship✖ Imprisonment as punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’

Current statSce Jun 8, 1966No protectns As homosexualy is legal, discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inti are permtedLGBT employment discrimatn Algeria? Along wh ncerns relatg to genr inty, the gay muny mt face an upsurge of HIV and STI (sexually transmted fectns) s. The Algerians of the Maghreb and the North Ains livg France and Belgium e together thought by lightg a ndle at home, their hoe, their bedroom, discreetly, so as not to get ught by anti-LGBT or homophobic parents, neighbours or others.

ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

GLA (“Gays et Lbienn d’Algérie” – gays and lbians of Algeria) is a fom found by a group of iends whose objective is to une the muny, promote the activi of associatns directed toward LGBT’s, and discs matters of tert, regardls of the sex, race, relign and pecially the sexual orientatn of members. Vivant lr sexualé dans la clansté, l gays d’Algérie, occupent pl en pl l’pace public et font face à une mentalé réactnnaire.

BEG GAY ALGERIA

Inter n’arrange pas l chos: Contrairement à certas pays arabo-mulmans, en Algérie, l s gays ne sont guère bloqués par l‘admistratn. » Si on se présente à ux dans certas hôtels, le réceptnniste pt trouver que la suatn t louche et no empêcher louer une chambre, et là, c’t e perdue pour l gays «, déclare le nseiller.

Mis à part le fa jouer chat et à la souris avec la police, l homos craignent d’être la cible d’agrsns homophob.

C’t dans ce quartier huppé que se sue le prcipal endro gay officix ( sic: officiellement, l‘Algérie ne pte cun endro gay), le bar, le Cappuco. A la terrasse, l fal dévorent s chawarma ( équivalent du kebab, NDRL), tandis qu’à l‘étage, l gays et lbienn la pale se rassemblent. Bien qu’il n’ y a pas liberté pour l gays, tout se passe bien Cappucco » résume Lotfi, étudiant en Commerce.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

Dcendant la côte à bord lrs vour sentant le nf, l gays l pl aisés passent lr temps à équenter l boît nu l pl ns. A côté s soucis relatifs à l’inté sexuelle, la munté homosexuelle do faire face à la recscence s s VIH et d‘IST ( Infectns sexuellement transmissibl).

N’étant pas clairement rmés s risqu du VIH, l homosexuels sont en quelque sorte l » martyrs » la maladie. Ni l’Etat, ni l poliqu, et enre mos la populatn algérienne ne porte une sensibilé à l’égard la munté gay.

L Algériens et Algérienn du Maghreb, l brs France et Belgique se retrouvent par la pensée en mettant à brûler une bougie chez x, à la maison, dans lrs chambre, discrètement pour ne pas se faire pcer par l parents, voiss ou tr anti LGBT ou homophob. A ( Gays et Lbienn d’Algérie) t un fom fondé par un groupe d’amis, dont l’objectif t rassembler la munté, promouvoir l activés s associatns à orientatn LGBT, échanger sur l sujets qui l térsent, quel que so le sexe, la race, la relign, et surtout, l’orientatn sexuelle s membr. In fact, I uld only terpret that as a mere pretext, sce the novel had received a good al of media attentn Algeria - not for the referenc to God that ntas, but rather for addrsg homosexualy the ntext of the revolutn; namely, the protagonist reprents a gay martyr the Algerian War of Liberatn.

GAY ALGERIANS SEEK 'RABOW MARRIAG' TO ELU RIGID SOCIETY

A few months prr, I had been excsively attacked one of the largt natnal Arabic daili (ach-Chourouq) and on the ma Islamist pag Algeria, which picted the novel as g homosexualy to sult the revolutn and the image of fallen Algerians. The strong argument, which ultimately swayed public bate favour of my novel, was that I had dited to Jean Sénac, also known by his nom guerre Yahya al-Ouahrani, a proment Algerian rebel known for beg gay.

I knew om the start that raisg the subject of homosexualy the ntext of Algeria’s holit of holi (the War of Inpennce) would not go unchallenged. Yet was still strikg to disver the official perceptn of homosexuals as send class cizens, even those who fell durg Algeria’s War of Liberatn and who were erased om llective memory until my novel Cy of the Whe Shadows forced the subject to the public bate.