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Contents:

• SHIRTLS EGYPTIAN POLICE AMY GRADUATN GO VIRAL: ‘FOR A TERRIFYGLY HOMOPHOBIC ANTI-LGBT GOVERNMENT … THIS SCREAMS PRETTY GAY’ — WATCH
• 'I'D RATHER DIE THAN GO THERE': GAY EGYPTIAN SEEKS ASYLUM
• GAY CAIRO
• BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
• ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"
• A GAY EGYPTIAN LEAV HIS HOMELAND: MANU'S STORY
• BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?
• GAY DATG EGYPT
• THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT
• EGYPTIANS OUTRAGED OVER MOVIE PICTG GAY UPLE
• A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.
• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

SHIRTLS EGYPTIAN POLICE AMY GRADUATN GO VIRAL: ‘FOR A TERRIFYGLY HOMOPHOBIC ANTI-LGBT GOVERNMENT … THIS SCREAMS PRETTY GAY’ — WATCH

A bizarre graduatn ceremony of the Egyptian Police Amy featurg paras of flexg shirtls men jumpg through rgs of fire has gone viral, tchg the attentn of Gee Takei, who tweeted, “For a terrifygly homophobic and dangeroly anti-LGBT ernment Egypt, this screams pretty gay. Meet like-md members wh terts Gay Arabs, Gay Mlim Datg, Gay Mlims, Gay Arabic, Gay Iranians, Gay Egyptians, Gay Persians, Gay Armenians, Gay Afghans, Gay Iraqis.

The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward.

'I'D RATHER DIE THAN GO THERE': GAY EGYPTIAN SEEKS ASYLUM

But when Waleed sudnly dumps him to marry a woman, Rami mt face the realy of life as a gay man Egypt.

The batn of beg back his hometown, this prsure om his mother and his homosexualy him to have equent panic attacks. Out Loud is the first film om Lebanon wh a gay theme that sets a new standard for cema om the Middle East the midst of the Arab Sprg. Abllah, a young gay man, is tryg to fd his way through the difficult sexual, polil and racial climate of Moroc.

A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear. Filmed 12 untri and 9 languag, this documentary, directed by gay Mlim filmmaker Parvez Sharma, tells the lorful and varied stori of gay and lbian Mlims om all over the world.

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This timate documentary follows a number of young Morocn gay men their exploratn of their relig and sexual inty.

BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'

For a gay filmmaker, filmg Sdi Arabia prents two ser challeng: filmg is forbidn the untry and homosexualy is punishable by ath. Enuraged by Sandra, Ama lnch a blog lled “A Gay Girl Damasc, ” reprentg a margalized voice the Middle East on polics, relign, and sexualy. In 2015, he me out as gay on Facebook, makg him the first openly gay man om Sudan, this a massive outrage the Sudane muny.

In this portra that is multi-layered both terms of form and ntent, a gay man nonts the ghosts of his past and explor hidn longgs, unrequed love and tormentg feelgs of guilt. In post-Fran Madrid where he lived an openly gay existence, his life rembled one long Almodóvarian y, full of excs and sexual taboo-breakg.

After beg tranged om his fay for his homosexualy, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and om far away as he navigat his solu – all the while attemptg to rennect wh his mother. A short documentary that tells the stori of Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebane rock band wh an outspoken gay sger, and Sarah Hegazy, an Egyptian activist.

ALL POSTS TAGGED "GAY"

Between realy and animatn, the story of Nidhal is told, a young homosexual Tunisian who fend dividual eedoms Tunisia through his work rad. I'm a gay Egyptian man, feel ee to ask me anythg, as long as there's no bigotry or tense homophobia what you are askg. 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.

“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. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)Samer Habib go through the br of paperwork he hop will allow him to stay ntas his passport, his story, school transcripts, a work perm and news articl explag what happens to gay men, like him, , 23, has started the immigratn procs unr the Manoba provcial nomee program, but his Egyptian passport will expire June.

He's now preparg to apply for refugee stat bee he is aaid to go back to Egypt to renew his 23-year-old gay man said when he thks about havg to go back to Egypt, he is aaid. 'Thank God I'm here': Gay Syrian fds refuge WnipegAsylum seeker says hband, mother were killed on weddg day SomaliaHabib beme a stunt at the Universy of Wnipeg about five years ago and had a stunt visa. 'Impossible to be publicly gay'"It's impossible to be publicly gay where I e om, " he homosexualy private is not agast the law, other laws regardg bchery, cency and prostutn have been ed to prosecute gay men, said Wnipeg immigratn lawyer Bashir Khan.

A GAY EGYPTIAN LEAV HIS HOMELAND: MANU'S STORY

People found guilty unr those laws n face five years of imprisonment and heavy Rights Watch said a 2016 report that forced anal examatns are ed regularly prosecutg homosexual said Egypt, the police and ary patrol gay webs like Grdr and some people believe gay people are diseased and stat block gay groups om UN AIDS meetgWnipeg LGBT centre puts out ll for help after spike refugee lls"It n your entire life there" if people even spect you are gay, Habib has only e out to his father, who told him to never speak about aga and threatened to silence him if he do, Habib is most aaid of what uld happen to him if he has to jo the Egyptian seeks asylumhas started the immigratn procs unr the Manoba provcial nomee program, but his Egyptian passport will expire June. "I'd rather die than go there bee, to me, 's like beg a slave but also a prisoner at the same time, " he the ary spects a person is gay, "they ci what they want to do wh you next, " he said.

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

BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?

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.

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. "To be a gay man Egypt is que perplexg, tough, strsg, dangero and thrillg at the same time, " Mo (not his real name), a 27-year-old gay man who works media and munitns Cairo, told The Advote an terview nducted jt before a recent late-night raid on a bathhoe the pal raid has changed everythg, Mo said a follow-up terview.

GAY DATG EGYPT

But Iraqi's report, which she has fend as an attempt to expose sex traffickg and the spread of HIV Cairo, is jt the latt twist the ever-tighteng vise-grip of LGBT opprsn beg helmed by Egyptian print Abl Fattah el-Sisi's current ernment crackdown on LGBT Egyptians has been amplified by hyperbolic media verage, helpg to foster an crease antigay sentiments wh society -- which arguably serv el-Sisi's need for a spegoat muny upon which to blame Egypt's wo unr his le.

THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT

But acrdg to sourc si the untry and expatriat terviewed for this article, there was a time not so long ago when to be gay or trans wasn't as terrifyg as is today. Activists like Abl-Hamid believe el-Sisi is tryg to create a sheen of legimacy followg his btal up agast the equally (but ls proactively) homophobic and transphobic Mlim 2012 the Mlim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi was mocratilly elected to Egypt's princy. As the new print overreached and began makg cre that negated the very mocratic ials laid out the untry's new nstutn -- the ials the got him elected the first place -- the Egyptian ary began warng the print to stay te to the revolutn by actg even unr the le of Morsi and his fundamentalist Mlim Brotherhood party, LGBT people uld rely upon a modicum of predictabily about how to get by beg lbian, gay, bi, or trans, acrdg to numero sourc.

E., more Mlim than Mohammed Morsi], " says a source who is a gay man workg at a proment nonernmental anizatn Cairo, who asked to be attributed by the ials "R. Meanwhile, "Mo" says the suatn on the ground for gay and transgenr Egyptians has always varied om person to person, suatn to suatn, and lole to lole.

"Gays and pecially the obv-lookg on, [you] name feme, 'lady boys, ' transgenr guys, uld alway be subjected to a wi range of discrimatn terms of their place society and their personal secury, " he tells The Advote.

EGYPTIANS OUTRAGED OVER MOVIE PICTG GAY UPLE

"Mo says his posn of privilege has sulated him om a lot of the travails other men experience growg up gay Egypt. He believ those cints were perpetrated by a closeted, severely reprsed gay man rather than a straight there has been a fundamental change the orr of thgs for gay men, lbians, bisexuals, and transgenr people Egypt sce el-Sisi took the res of power by force, acrdg to LGBT people si the untry. ""I have my own group of gay, queer, liberal iends, and is OK so far terms of the plac I go to wh my iends, " says Mo.

"But if the police ci to arrt a guy or entrap him one day, or raid a gay party, then you are unlucky and your life would be ed.

"Downtown Cairo is filled wh gay [cisg areas], f, and bars where gay guys ually gather and chill.

A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.

"Although homosexualy is technilly not illegal Egypt, LGBT people are regularly prosecuted for crim such as "bchery, " "perversn, " or "sexual practic agast Islam. Dozens of allegedly gay men were arrted on mera as secury forc were led to the "hammam" by televisn journalist Mona the 26 men who had been arrted along wh the bathhoe owner appeared urt two weeks later, many hid their fac, wept, and implored the urt to believe their nocence lt they and their fai be stroyed.

He also remd the urt that is natural for people si of a bathhoe to be drsed only towels, as reporter Mona Iraqi told viewers her "expose" of the bathhoe -- as if the arrted men wearg only towels dited they were engaged men were acquted this month -- such an acqutal is rare, and the ernment has appealed -- but LGBT Egyptians rema , the ubiquo gay hookup app, had to disable s GPS functn Egypt September bee thori were g to entrap gay same month, Egyptian police hunted down as many as 16 men who allegedly appeared a viral vio that purported to show a same-sex weddg that took place on a riverboat on the Nile.

GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

Dpe "ttg negative" for homosexualy and claimg the whole thg was a joke, eight of the acced were sentenced to three years jail, found guilty of "spreadg cent imag and cg bchery.

However, the guys appearg the vio didn't get the solidary and support need om nonhomosexual muni or ordary cizens. If you read the ments on the vio that was leaked, they were full of homophobia and cement agast them. "Mo is quick to pot out that the posed Mlim Brotherhood is no more nocent regardg the opprsn and arrts of the men the "gay weddg" vio than the ary ernment that toppled them om power.