Many members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny Kazakhstan say they have to hi their sexual inti to prevent abe and margalizatn. Although the Central Asian state has crimalized homosexualy, homophobia remas prevalent society.
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UZBEKISTAN: GAY MEN FACE ABE, PRISON
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A 2018 survey Kazakhstan dited tolerance toward sexual mori, wh a majory sayg they wouldn't want to "live next door to crimals, dg addicts, or members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny. The extent of homophobic abe Kazakhstan was highlighted last month when two anizers of an LGBT gatherg were mistreated both by police and the crowd the southern cy of Shymkent.
They were nonted by a crowd of "about 30 men" who also shouted homophobic slurs at the women and threatened to "kill" them, Sekerbaeva said. Kazakhstan crimalized homosexualy 1998 when abolished a Soviet-era law. But homophobia remas wispread among Mlims and Christians.
As he progrsed through school, Aleksandr ntued to isolate himself om others to avoid homophobic bullyg. He eventually told his parents that he was gay.
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My manners, the way I speak, are 'manly' and don't give any ht that [I'm gay]. Sultan Makhan, a 26-year-old Kazakh stunt Canada, says that homophobia Kazakhstan also stems om "relig beliefs, patriarchal tradns, and the low level of people's awarens and tn" about the topic. Makhan, who has e out as gay, also criciz "a lack of tert by the Kazakh ernment to support LGBT rights.
Translatn of 'हो गयी है मोहब्बत (Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat)' by Aslam Shibani om English, Hdi to English * gay ki zaban *
Intro: There is very ltle reliable rmatn about gay life Kazakhstan on the ter, but here is one first-hand report om a former Peace Corps volunteer, Everett Peachey, that offers a small wdow to this huge former Soviet untry.
From: Lbian, Gay & Bisexual US Peace Corps Alumni. In Kazakhstan, I found the gay scene to be much more unrground and on a much smaller sle than Rsia. The lol gay muni exist on a much smaller sle here, and this was evint even large urban centers like Karaganda (pop.
There were a handful of people who were out Karaganda, and every new gay person I met knew everyone else I knew. One way that gay people munited was through the Inter. When I first me to Karaganda, I met people who later beme iends on gay msage boards bee was the only way I uld meet gays Karaganda.