TIME speaks to a gay Bneian as the untry impos ath by stong as the punishment for homosexualy
Contents:
- THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
- BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
- SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
- BNEI SAYS WON'T ENFORCE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX
- BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
LGBT Rights Bnei: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * brunei gay rights *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Censorship✖ Other punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. HistoryHomosexual activy Bnei? Homosexual activy Bnei is illegal (ath penalty as punishment).
Current statSce Mar 28, 2019Illegal (ath penalty as punishment) Death penalty for married men ught havg homosexual offens (unenforced); 100 lash for unmarried men. Same-sex marriage Bnei is not legal Homosexualy is illegal. As well Homosexualy is currently adoptn Bnei?
BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
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Illegal Homosexualy is donatns by MSMs Bnei? N/A Homosexual activy is illegal Bnei.
’s sexualy was a closely guard secret even before Bnei this week enacted the fal phase of s dranian new penal , which clus ath by stong for people found guilty of gay sex or adultery.
Homosexualy has long been outlawed the ty, Mlim-majory Southeast Asian natn. In addn to penalizg gay sex wh ath by stong, Bnei now prcrib the punishment for extramaral sex, abortn and blasphemg the Prophet Mohammed. “I’d hate to be the first gay man to be tried unr the [new] system, ” says Shahrani, who is seekg asylum Canada after he says he was charged by the Bnei ernment for a cril Facebook post.
SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons Bnei face severe challeng not experienced by non-LGBT rints. Homosexualy is illegal Bnei. Sexual activy between men is jure liable to pal punishment, wh facto lser penalti of imprisonment and whippg applied; sex between women is punishable by ng or imprisonment. The sultanate applied a moratorium on the ath penalty 2019, which was still effect as at May 2023 OutRight Actn Internatnal has scribed Bnei as "the untry that has the most worrisome state of rights for LGBT people Southeast Asia". LGBT Bneians feel the need to rema very discreet about their sexual orientatn. * brunei gay rights *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) persons Bnei face severe challeng not experienced by non-LGBT rints. Homosexualy is illegal Bnei. The group anised a private muny event 2016, celebratg Bnei's first "Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia" event.
BNEI SAYS WON'T ENFORCE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX
Gay people live unr the threat of an agonizg ath. * brunei gay rights *
In their State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA stated that: “Bnei Dassalam is currently phasg a Syariah Penal Co that se, black letter law, the ath penalty troduced for certa same-sex sexual activy 2016, but seems unlikely to be implemented actualy. In November, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn submted a report to the Commtee on the Elimatn of Discrimatn Agast Women statg that: “The enforcement of SPC Orr 2013 is likely to rult even tighter fay ntrol and creased vlence to force Bneian lbians, tomboys, mascule-lookg women, bisexual women and transgenr women to nform to social norms (and now crimal law) on sexualy and genr.
A law go to effect Wednday Bnei that will punish adultery and homosexual sex wh ath.
Bin shared a CNN article on the new law on his official Twter acunt, wrg, “Stong people to ath for homosexualy or adultery is appallg and immoral. Kurz says Bnei’s cisn to troduce the ath penalty for gay sex is “cel and humane” and should be whdrawn. In a statement on Twter, Kurz said: “I ll on the Sultanate of Bnei to whdraw the ath penalty by stong (of) homosexual acts between nsentg adults.
BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH
Royal Dutch Shell’s stand on LGBT rights has e unr scty followg the troductn of laws that punish gay sex wh ath Bnei. * brunei gay rights *
“(Atralia’s) Labor (Party) is eply ncerned by the Bnei ernment’s plans to implement new laws that would see adultery and homosexual acts between nsentg adults punishable by ath, ” she tweeted. Clark said the troductn of the new penal is “shockg news” and “provis for ath by stong as punishment for gay sex. “Our hearts go out to the good, hardworkg employe of properti owned by the Sultan of Bnei, many of whom we know to be gay, ” he wrote.
Bnei’s new anti-gay laws have shocked the world. So, why haven’t ernments, cludg Atralia’s, taken a stronger stand agast the sultan? * brunei gay rights *
“New laws Bnei will punish adultery and gay sex wh ath by stong, ” the Virg Group founr wrote on Twter.
When the ty, oil-rich kgdom of Bnei first announced 2013 that would adopt strict Islamic laws, cludg ath by stong for gay sex, many the untry’s LGBT muny nsired fleeg. “It’s really sry, ” says Khail, a young gay man Bnei who spoke to CNN over the phone.
It’s not somethg that a human should suffer … jt bee of beg a homosexual. It was only when he got to Canada that he was able to e out as gay.