LONDON, November 17, 2007 – A new webse, Somali Gay Communy, has been lnched to serve the small gay Somali muny London – and beyond
Contents:
- GAY LIFE SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
- SOMALI AMERIN FEMALE REFUGE DISCS THEIR ATTUS TOWARD HOMOSEXUALY AND THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY
- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
GAY LIFE SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA
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.
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.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
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. 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.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.
GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
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.
SOMALI AMERIN FEMALE REFUGE DISCS THEIR ATTUS TOWARD HOMOSEXUALY AND THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY
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.
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.
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
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.
“We would like to see homosexuals Somalia accepted as equal to anyone one else unr the law.