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.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
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”.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.
GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
“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.
SOMALI AMERIN FEMALE REFUGE DISCS THEIR ATTUS TOWARD HOMOSEXUALY AND THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY
“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.
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
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 Life of the Somali People.