Somalia - GlobalGayz News Archive

Contents:

• GAY LIFE SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA
• SOMALI AND GAY?
• GAY SOMALI IS KHANIIS OR FARAXSAN OR SOO JIIDASHO LEH.
• ‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’
• GAY SOMALIA: THE PRICE OF BEG SOUL MAT
• SOMALI ISLAMISTS KILL MAN AND TEENAGER FOR GAY SEX, ANOTHER MAN FOR SPYG
• GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
• SOMALI GAY ON REDD.
• GAY DICTNARY SOMALI

GAY LIFE SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA

They have also done terviews wh LGBTQ Somali folks, cludg a discsn wh Imam Nur Warsame, Atralia’s first openly gay Imam. Mali, havg lived Mogadishu, Somalia for roughly three years, discsed his experience livg as a queer man a untry that crimaliz homosexualy and other LGBTQ inti.

SOMALI AND GAY?

Hassan remembers watchg his iend was 2013, and Hassan’s 25-year-old iend had jt told his fay that he was gay. On the one hand, homophobia and transphobia plague the Somali-Amerin muny.

GAY SOMALI IS KHANIIS OR FARAXSAN OR SOO JIIDASHO LEH.

Theirs are all stori of rilience, and of fdg strength each other amidst wav of terviewee stood outsi a popular gay bar Mneapolis and saw gay whe men ll Somali taxi drivers “goatfuckers”.

It’s expected, ” Hassan said of homophobia and transphobia his Somali-Amerin muny. Even though Mneapolis’ LGBTQ muny is large and visible, many of the dividuals terviewed for this piece say has largely met them wh hostily – an extensn of the overt racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia boilg the US at asked about LGBTQ Somali-Amerins beg further tegrated wh Mnota’s larger LGBTQ muny, Michelle, a 29-year-old Somali gay woman who me to Mnota seven years ago, said: “I don’t really foree that happeng this untry. ”“We have now a suatn that tells that we are not Amerin, overtly, ” said Hse, a 24-year-old gay Somali-Amerin man.

“In Somalia, [gay people] only exist social media, not real life, ” said Ali, a 28-year-old gay Somali-Amerin man. He me to Mneapolis several years ago wh his parents, who do not know he is gay and routely prsure him to get married.

‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’

I don’t thk I n have that nversatn wh them bee of how they view homosexual people. ”“[Homophobia] is eply woven to our culture, and ’s eply woven to ntemporary terpretatns of Islam, ” Hassan said. “At the same time that Islam is a eply homophobic relign, there is an credible amount of muny and nnectedns that helps facilate.

I know might be kd of hard to terpret, but if I believed God a ltle b more, I thk that homophobia, for me, would be a small enough price to pay to still be a part of that muny. Includ civil issu of urse are laws which ern homosexual activy. It’ s no surprise that homosexualy is illegal the untry and is punishable by imprisonment.

Unr Article 410 of the Somali Penal Co, an addnal secury measure may acpany sentenc for homosexual acts, ually g the form of police surveillance to prevent “re-offendg”. (1) The followg mentary about Somali Culture and Homosexualy om the webse lled.

GAY SOMALIA: THE PRICE OF BEG SOUL MAT

Gay Life of the Somali People. Somali Gay Communy was tablished 2005 by a small group of Somalian guys who, apart om sharg the same culture and background, acknowledge the fact that they are homosexuals livg the UK. The aim of startg the group was to create a space and medium for Somalian gays and lbians to accs rmatn, share experienc and velop support works.

Dpe the current suatn, Somalis nsir themselv to be one homogeno people and not a natn of multiple cultur or fahs. It is the startg pot of the Somali fay stcture and anizatn, th homosexualy is nsired by many to be uls and a mortal s. However, we at Somali Gay Communy do not nsir love and rpect between two dividuals, whether straight or gay, as uls.

“Homosexualy Somalian muni is as extensive as any other ethnic muny, the only difference is that ’s done private and secrecy th not openly visible.

SOMALI ISLAMISTS KILL MAN AND TEENAGER FOR GAY SEX, ANOTHER MAN FOR SPYG

Arab and Mlim ernments turn a bld eye to homosexual practic as long as stays the dark. In several ocsns when gays me to the open and se a gay marriage was nducted, they had to face the shame of the muny and the hand of law. “Homosexualy Somalia and Ai predat European lonizatn, as sexual relatns were said to be mon many cultur pecially among young boys.

Wherever you are beg gay do not stop anyone om havg children or a fay. “Gay and Lbian Somalians who are Somalia have no official regnn and live unr a nstant cloud of fear, as homosexualy is often punished wh lashg, beg ostracized om fai and muni and even ath!

“Therefore, beg Somali and gay n be very difficult. Homosexualy is discsed Somali hoeholds maly a negative way. Fai tend to know or spect their gay children but the problem aris when the son or dghter adms to his/her sexualy.

GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK

“We would like to see homosexuals Somalia accepted as equal to anyone one else unr the law. As was illegal to be gay the UK only 40 years ago and the law repealg sectn 28 only me to effect 2003.

(2) The followg mentary about Somali Culture and Homosexualy om the webse Behd the Mask, a LGBT news reportg se, 2004. He mak equent viss to Somalia to make ntact wh small groups of queers there and on a recent vis he sent back startlg rmatn that shows that for gay and lbian people Somalia the issue of ath looms large. Their greatt fear is ath, a sentence that n be brought upon them jt for beg homosexual or beg perceived to be homosexual.

“My people don’t unrstand what a homosexual is. “Young queers Somalia look to neighbourg untri for help and sanctuary but have difficulty fdg , as both Ethpia and Kenya do not look favourably on gay issu eher. “Osm, another member of Queer Somalia, reported to Faro that the cy of Burao (pal cy of the Togdheer provce Somaliland; send largt cy Somaliland after Hargeisa) he wnsed gangs of men wh guns searchg the streets for people they spected of beg gay.

SOMALI GAY ON REDD.

(3) Another report om Somali Gay Communy webse which the thor (admistrator of the webse) pafully tri to untangle ‘natural homosexual sire’ om the arne plexy the Quranic vers. He nclus wh “the current posn of the Mlim jurists is unstaable and an open and hont bate about the legal stat of homosexualy is paramount. Y, Somali Gay Guys DO Exist...

Y, I am a gay Somali guy. I'm new to this fom, and I jt wanted to wre this thread to let you know that there are gay Somali guys.

GAY DICTNARY SOMALI

But I've never met another gay Somali guy before, or maybe they jt hi very well lol. I ed to get prsed about beg gay until the middle school.

Ever sce the last year of middle school till universy, I never get prsed about beg gay. God ma me gay, and I didn't choose to be gay.

My wallaalahay know I'm gay and love me for who I knows, but she's nial. I'm not one of those gay people that feel that they need to e out to their parents orr to feel "happy".., I don't need to that.