Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Afghans and people who do not nform to rigid genr norms Afghanistan have faced an creasgly sperate suatn and grave threats to their safety and liv unr the Taliban, Human Rights Watch and OutRight Actn Internatnal said a report released today.
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- MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT
- ‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
- AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG
MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT
Insir spoke to several Afghan gay men. One activist said he fears that gay people Afghanistan will be "weed out and extermated" by the Taliban. * gay thursday in afghanistan *
Now Balkhi says that rare acceptance has put all their liv at risk, as the new Taliban learship Kabul unleash a wave of physil vlence and fear on Afghanistan’s gay, lbian and transgenr populatn. No official statement has been ma, but an terview wh Germany’s Bild newspaper July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexualy – stong or beg cshed unr a wall.
Balkhi said one gay man her neighborhood had been raped after beg found by the Taliban.
“Homosexualy was wily seen as taboo and cent, ” the report said. Nemat Sadat, an LGBTQ Afghan thor who liv the Uned Stat, said the untry’s gay, lbian and transgenr cizens had helped the untry’s cultural life flourish the 20 years sce the Taliban’s last le.
‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
A gay stunt om Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed unr the Taliban. * gay thursday in afghanistan *
LGBTQ people who spoke to CNN said while very few felt fortable or safe enough to be openly gay, lbian or transgenr before the takeover, many were able to quietly build liv te to their inti.
Hilal, a 25-year-old gay man, said he ed to have a boyiend and had even worked openly to advote for LGBTQ rights Afghanistan. Unr the Taliban’s terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy n be punished by ath.
One gay man who has been touch wh Sadat, the US-based LGBTQ advote, said he told him he watched om his hidg place the ceilg as Taliban fighters beat the iend who had refed to divulge his lotn.
AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG
Another gay man CNN is llg Hasan said he had been hidg a iend’s hoe Kabul for more than a month and was nng out of food and money. Hilal, the LGBTQ activist, said he was fur at the US ernment and other Wtern untri who he felt had abandoned him and other gay, lbian and transgenr Afghans. And, a 25-year-old genr non-nformg gay person said they had tried to appear more mascule, but a Taliban fighter beat them wh a plastic pipe when they were seen walkg a street.
Several gay Afghans spoke to Insir and scribed how they live fear of their life after the Taliban's victory. Unr the prev perd of Taliban le, the ant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people Afghanistan would be "weed out and extermated" by the Taliban.