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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
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”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.
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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. ”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.
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“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.
THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO
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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.
THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT
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. ” Another Egyptian newspaper had an vtigate article about “Polari, ” or gay slang.
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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.
BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
”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.
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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.
ALL POSTS TAGGED "EGYPTIAN GAY MEN"
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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?
ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"
“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.
MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.
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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. 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.