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Contents:

• 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
• GAY CAIRO
• SHIRTLS EGYPTIAN POLICE AMY GRADUATN GO VIRAL: ‘FOR A TERRIFYGLY HOMOPHOBIC ANTI-LGBT GOVERNMENT … THIS SCREAMS PRETTY GAY’ — WATCH
• THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO
• THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT
• GAY DATG EGYPT
• BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
• ALL POSTS TAGGED "EGYPTIAN GAY MEN"
• ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"
• MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.

'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN

Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn 18, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCOmar* is a 30-year-old physician livg Alexandria, Egypt, the untry’s send largt cy. He is also a gay man who has spent most of his life what has bee one of the most dangero plac to be a sexual mory. ”A fan of Lebane alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila holds a rabow flag durg their ncert at the Ehniyat Internatnal Ftival Ehn town, Lebanon on Augt 12, Saidi / Rters fileHomosexualy is not explicly illegal this untry that bridg northeast Ai wh the Middle East, but people are routely arrted and imprisoned on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty, acrdg to Amnty September was the worst crackdown the untry’s history, wh up to 76 people beg taed, acrdg to the human-rights anizatn.

The crackdown was sparked after a gay man wavg a rabow flag was arrted durg a ncert Cairo. The cint garnered ternatnal attentn, but one year later, gay Egyptians and human-rights advot say the persecutn ntu, and Egypt’s LGBTQ muny is livg fear. EGYPTIAN LAWWhile same-sex sexual relatns are not explicly prohibed Egyptian law, a 2017 report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) found that “the Law on the Combatg of Prostutn, and the law agast bchery have been ed liberally to imprison gay men recent years.

” As such, ILGA clus Egypt s list of 72 untri that crimalize, however, said, “It’s not jt gay, bisexual and transgenr people who the thori are after. “You don’t even necsarily need to be gay to get arrted, jt seen to be associated wh the LGBTQ muny.

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”GAY LIFE IN EGYPTOmar said the LGBTQ muny has not always been so aggrsively targeted. The revolutn, he explaed, opened the floodgat to extreme polics Egypt and forced the gay muny unrground. “There are spots that are, to some extent, gay iendly, but even the plac cled after 2011.

They didn’t want to look like they were that iendly towards gay people, so they closed their bars and fés and left. There have been wispread reports of Egyptian thori g gay datg apps to entrap gay men.

Omar said his neighbor was then arrted and ported om police are not the only on g the apps to persecute gay men, acrdg to Omar. Those wh homophobic tents have also been known to e them. Last month, a newspaper showed screenshots of gay datg app Grdr wh the headle “Documentg the most dangero onle gay anizatn.

GAY CAIRO

” Another Egyptian newspaper had an vtigate article about “Polari, ” or gay slang. The wrer claimed to be “exposg the secret dictnary of gay people Egypt” and ced rears to report anybody heard g the “language. ”“The ernment has targeted sexual and genr mori for heavy-hand reprsn, wh more than 230 lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people prosecuted on ‘bchery’ charg, ” the anizatn Magdi, a rearcher for Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Ai divisn, told NBC News the ternatnal muny should be dog more to protect LGBTQ Egyptians.

”All Out, another human-rights anizatn that has nmned the ernment-sponsored wave of anti-gay persecutn Egypt, said the crackdown is far om over. However, a new report by OutRight Actn Internatnal, a global LGBTQ-rights anizatn, found Egypt to be one of 55 untri the world where LGBTQ-rights groups are not able to legally register, which impes the effectivens of the current polil suatn Europe has also disuraged gay Egyptians, like Omar, om seekg a new — and ls fearful — life the Wt. Wrten and directed by Egyptian-born Mohammad Shawky Hassan, lv to gay relatnships Arab society, lookg at a number of folk tal through the queer lens.

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“Wh this immoral act, the Egyptian natnaly has bee an honor that this director who supports the ia of ​​homosexualy nnot serve, ” he said, “and we mt llectively fight this art that stroys the valu ​​of the relig and moral muny, and replac the relatnship between men and women wh a sful relatnship between men and men.

Earlier this year, a Netflix-produced film tled Perfect Strangers met wh a siar outcry the untry, as als wh a character g out as gay.

THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO

Egypt don’t have the bt track rerd when to gay rights. Homosexualy isn’t technilly illegal Egypt, but ’s still a nservative Mlim untry, and gays are discrimated agast and routely round up by the police. Who’d have thought that a young man wavg a rabow flag at a ncert Cairo 2017 would spark a major crackdown on gays?

“Homosexualy isn’t an official crime Egypt, but laws battg prostutn and “bchery” are ed to imprison gays. Cisg apps like Grdr are ed to tch gay men, who ver their fac shame when arrted. Bee homosexualy isn’t an official crime, laws battg prostutn and “habual bchery” are ed to jtify the imprisonment of gay men and lbians for six months to six years.

A favore tactic of the Egyptian police is to entrap gay men, lurg them to hotels, where they are arrted, by g apps like Grdr. Gay Travel Tips EgyptNow that you’re good and sred, ’s time to say, don’t let that stop you om visg a untry that’s sanely rich amazg templ and tombs of the ancient world.

THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT

As long as you don’t do anythg overly gay — I’m sure you n rist kissg public durg your travels Egypt — you should pass through unmolted.

GAY DATG EGYPT

Even if there were a gay bar, I wouldn’t take any chanc gog to . You don’t have to be gay to be arrted — jt beg seen as a supporter of the LGBTQ muny is enough. “There are spots that are, to some extent, gay iendly, but even the plac cled after 2011” wh the Egyptian Revolutn, the source told NBC.

Egypt is an amazg untry, and gays shouldn’t be sred off om visg. Our Experience as a Gay Couple EgyptDe and I didn’t feel unfortable beg gay Egypt at all. Wtern cha hotels are where gay travelers will want to stay Cairo.

BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'

Most likely you already know that homosexualy is unofficially illegal Egypt. You've probably heard of the "Cairo 52" se om 2001, when a group of 52 men were arrted at a gay party the "Queen Boat" moored on the Nile. Dpe terventn by ternatnal human rights anizatns, the suatn for homosexuals remas que alarmg the untry, wh arrt and torture beg mon practice.

As a gay traveler, don't e lol chat rooms to meet lol men, and be ut cisg areas. Wh mon sense you'll be able to enjoy Egypt and still fd your gaydar peakg plac.

ALL POSTS TAGGED "EGYPTIAN GAY MEN"

Simply hang out where the trendit straight crowds do, and you'll see plenty of gay lols and expats.

Everyone ss people-watchg om the sofas as they enjoy specialty cktails, and this is where you're most likely to fd a discreet mix of straight and gay. Fashnable gay men playg straight head to the Marrtt for the expensive drks at s Harry's Pub.

ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"

No hotel Cairo advertis self as gay-iendly, but the large chas do attract wealthy gay upl, pecially those lookg out to the pyramids and offerg all sorts of pamperg servic such as spa and fns center. “One event that was never rerd was the year of an dividual’s birth — and I mean any dividual, kg, moner or prce, ” Mertz views on homosexualy to the rights of women, Ancient Egypt turns out to be a particularly progrsive civilizatn.

A cluels foreigner on the streets of Cairo might assume that two men wh their arms lked are gay lovers. Congratulatg the uple on their bold statement, however, would be a mistake that would almost fely lead to a severe beatg – and that’s the bt-se Egyptians such as myself, who believe thigh-squeezg isn’t as much an acceptable method of requtg someone's attentn as is a se of sexual harassment, would thk twice before accg an overly touchy male of homosexualy.

Bee spe what all the male-on-male kissg and hand-holdg might imply, Egyptian society still operat unr the firmly held belief that homosexualy is “wrong.

MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.

"Consirg how hands-on Egyptian men typilly are wh each other, is there hypocrisy their homophobia? ”Jureidi, who spent six years Cairo before movg to the Amerin Universy Beit, explas that the typil displays of affectn Egyptian men share wh one another do not necsarily translate to, nor are they provoked by, sexual attractn, addg that “men who display this type of [behavr] may be jt as homophobic as those who do not.

”“There are many [suatns] when men are ‘allowed’ to display exprsns of closens whout beg terpreted as homosexual [behavr], ” Jureidi stat. ”In terms of homophobia, Jureidi also believ Egypt is “no different” om virtually any other society.

“In pretty much every society [you will fd] homophobia exprsed among mal [as part of their] procs of tablishg their heterosexualy, ” he claims. “In all societi, men of all ag exprs hostily and revulsn towards homosexualy. ”“There is a state-sanctned policy agast homosexualy” which Juri believ ntribut to the perpetuatn of homophobia.