'You n't be out': Gay Egyptians ntue to fear persecutn

Contents:

• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP
• BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• SHIRTLS EGYPTIAN POLICE AMY GRADUATN GO VIRAL: ‘FOR A TERRIFYGLY HOMOPHOBIC ANTI-LGBT GOVERNMENT … THIS SCREAMS PRETTY GAY’ — WATCH
• GAY DATG EGYPT
• GAY CAIRO
• A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.
• 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
• IS SAFE FOR GAY COUPL TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT?

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends.

Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends.

THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP

” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual. ) Earrg Magic Ken turned Barbie’s boyiend to an out-and-proud homosexual raver.

BEG A GAY MAN EGYPT IS 'TERRIFYG AND THRILLG'

Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck. As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns.

While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg! Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

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

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report. 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.

GAY DATG EGYPT

Homosexualy and Ancient Egypt: A Complited Creds: Gnome StewAncient Egypt is ually associated wh marvelo tombs filled wh gold, magnificent stctur the form of the Great Pyramids and the lg dynasti, and Pharaohs. However, this ancient yet great civilizatn was siar to many other stat today when to homosexualy: was seen as unnatural and not accepted there is much evince that ttifi that homosexualy was not the norm, there are other speculatns that s remnants were found even at the hight strata of the social ladr wh Ancient Egypt. Even though they are srce, the clu do not stop historians om ggg the prevalence of homosexualy.

From the Holy Books that talk about homosexualy to the potential practice of by an Egyptian emperor, this is a look at homosexualy Ancient Cur Case of Niankhkhnum and KhnumhotepPhoto Creds: PtertNiankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were two men that lived at the time Nierre was a Pharaoh. They are most notably known for their burial and pictn a picture where historians speculated that they were homosexuals who lived hidn liv, secretly love wh each other.

Even though both of the men had wiv and, surprisgly, even children, their fai cid to bury them most nvcg evince, and the most popular one, of them beg gay is the patg their tombs where they stand very close to each other, their nose touchg and both of them almost embracg each other. "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. 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.

GAY CAIRO

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.

A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.

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.

'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN

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. "Mo says his posn of privilege has sulated him om a lot of the travails other men experience growg up gay Egypt. I have been verbally harassed for beg gay a uple of tim, but I jt ignored .

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.

GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

"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. "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. 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.

IS SAFE FOR GAY COUPL TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT?

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. "Some members of the Mlim Brotherhood policized the issue and blamed the so-lled ary up for the 'gay-weddg' vio, " he says.

"Naturally, I'm sure how aware you are of the suatn the Arab world general and Egypt ncerng the homophobic society we are livg , " he tells The Advote. "We are fally startg to align ourselv to be able to work as a work the regn, wh an objective of enuragg and supportg those who support LGBT, which is the first step that needs to be remove the topic om beg a taboo the culture or media, " he out how the LGBT muny Cairo is tryg to mobilize agast all odds the send part of The Advote's si look at life for gay men Egypt unr the reprsive el-Sisi regime. 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.

Wtern cha hotels are where gay travelers will want to stay Cairo. Most likely you already know that homosexualy is unofficially illegal Egypt. 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.