The Real Opprsors of Gaza's Gay Communy: Hamas or Israel? - Opn

Contents:

• WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY GAZA: MEETG ISRAELIS ON DATG APPS, EVADG HAMAS AND PLOTTG ESPE
• CAN YOU BE GAY GAZA? NOT LEGALLY.
• BETTER TO BE A JEW THAN GAY GAZA, SAYS GAZAN LGBTQ MAN
• ‘JT BE GRATEFUL YOU’RE NOT GAY GAZA’
• THE REAL OPPRSORS OF GAZA'S GAY COMMUNY: HAMAS OR ISRAEL?
• IS ISRAEL USG GAY RIGHTS TO EXCE ITS POLICY ON PALTE?

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY GAZA: MEETG ISRAELIS ON DATG APPS, EVADG HAMAS AND PLOTTG ESPE

Homosexualy⚢Vari by RegnGay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorshipVari by RegnNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not bannedAge of ConsentVari by Regn. HistoryHomosexual activy Palte?

Homosexual activy Palte is vari by by Regn Mixed Legaly:. Unregnized In the areas admistrated by the paltian thory and the Gaza strip, Gay Marriage is unregnized, however, Unregistered Cohabatn and Same sex Marriage is Legal for Israeli cizens the Occupied Wt Bank.

Blood donatns by MSMs Palte is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Illegal, homosexuals n't donate blood palte (except. Before I married my first wife I told her, ‘Mom, I’m gay.

CAN YOU BE GAY GAZA? NOT LEGALLY.

” Sami first knew he was gay at the age of 7. To be gay the “world’s largt open-air prison” has been a nstant stggle, he says.

BETTER TO BE A JEW THAN GAY GAZA, SAYS GAZAN LGBTQ MAN

Whereas LGBTQ Paltians livg Israel or the Wt Bank have the opportuny to leave their nservative towns and villag to fd relatively safe spac Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa or even Ramallah, Gazans are trapped what he lls a “homophobic society. “I want to be gay, I want to have a partner and be love, ” he says, stgglg to hold back tears.

I have met many homosexuals Gaza onle. One of my bt iends was gay, ” he relat. Shortly before he mted suici, we sat down together and he asked me, ‘If I kill myself, will God five me for beg gay?

‘JT BE GRATEFUL YOU’RE NOT GAY GAZA’

Islam and Homosexualy: What Do the Koran Say? Beg Gay Gaza: Meetg Israelis on Datg Apps and Evadg Hamas The Real Opprsors of Gaza's Gay Communy “We work wh LGBTQ Paltians om the Wt Bank, but people om Gaza — ’s really hard to help them. He won’t reveal where he went, orr to protect his inty, but adms was a shock to be a place where beg gay was not life-endangerg.

Outsi the Gaza Strip for the first time, he seized on the opportuny to party a gay club. It was time for him to cross back to Gaza, a place where the only gay people he saw growg up were the porn movi he watched on the fay puter the livg room.

THE REAL OPPRSORS OF GAZA'S GAY COMMUNY: HAMAS OR ISRAEL?

There were also the gay men he ocsnally saw the Hollywood-type movi he watched wh his parents.

He now liv Turkey as a “semi-openly” gay man. It wasn’t te, I don’t even thk they were gay. They asked me to be discreet so as not to tarnish our reputatn, ” he says, explag that most of his fay and iends already know he is gay.

“It feels like sh to be a gay woman Palte, ” says Rima (not her real name), who recently moved to Ramallah after growg up a more nservative part of the regn.

IS ISRAEL USG GAY RIGHTS TO EXCE ITS POLICY ON PALTE?

Life is hard for everyone — but pecially women, and particularly gay women. It’s fely easier to be gay Ramallah; there are LGBTQ-iendly spac and bars. If wasn’t for the prsure my fay is puttg on me, I would be fe beg a gay woman this cy.