ant gay bar/clubs Algiers and Oran?

Contents:

• BEG GAY ALGERIA
• BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
• GAY AREA ALGIERS
• BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ALGIERS
• GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
• BT GAY CLUBS NEW ORLEANS
• ALGERIAN STUNT MURRED, 'HE IS GAY' WRTEN ON WALL WH HIS BLOOD

BEG GAY ALGERIA

(Beit) – An Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced 2 men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg, ” Human Rights Watch said today. An Algerian lawyer volved the se told Human Rights Watch that the urt ed police reports scribg the ratns, flowers, and sweets ditive of a weddg celebratn, and the men’s supposedly gay appearance, as evince of guilt. “Algerian thori’ attack on personal eedoms is nothg new, but arrtg dozens of stunts based on their perceived sexual orientatn is a flagrant gement on their basic rights, ” said Rasha Youn, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.

BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY

“They should immediately release om prison the two men who would be ee today were not for Algeria’s regrsive anti-homosexualy laws. Acrdg to a 2019 analysis by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), laws regulatg nonernmental anizatns Algeria make virtually impossible for anizatns workg on issu of sexual orientatn and genr inty to legally register. ’ The peculiar habs of sgers are part of the folklore of Algeria’s barets, rai mic venu wh a reputatn for alhol, prostutn and homosexualy that are tolerated as long as they rema on the margs of pole society.

Algerians know homosexualy exists, but tend to avoid the subject and feel gay people should keep to themselv.

Homosexualy, when mentned at all, is prented as an illns that requir treatment by a psychiatrist, or the terventn of an imam. Some acce the Wt of seekg to export a ‘gay inty’ that don’t exist Algeria; this may enurage homophobic behavur by the thori and nservative elements of society (1) Last July, some Arabic media plaed when the Brish embassy Algiers raised an LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and trans) flag support of the Pri London para.

GAY AREA ALGIERS

Slimane scribed why he had felt alone durg his teens: ‘I didn’t know any other homosexuals, so I thought I was the only one, and that was sry. Acrdg to Mariem Guellouz, a doctor of lguistics, ‘every word for homosexualy Arabic has negative nnotatns, other words the language self is systemilly hurtful and discrimatory.

It’s very different for those born after the civil war (1992-2000); they are on new media all the time, and the offer a view of homosexualy that is not guilt-ducg, and posive role mols.

BEG GAY ALGERIA: ‘I’LL NEVER LIVE WH THE ONE I LOVE’

Am, a universy stunt, joked, ‘The character Mar, Degrassi [a Canadian drama seri that als wh the teenage problems and issu a realistic way], changed my life: I realised that beg gay was a thg. The poort are the most vulnerable, bee when public spac are the only place where you n have sex, there are many dangers: the police, homophobic attacks, theft, and health risks if you don’t have a ndom.

The hierarchy of the sex and the domance of men fluence even homoerotic relatnships;many men prent themselv as active toprerve their digny, and assert their virily by rejectg anythg that might be perceived as feme. This perceptn of homosexualy, and an unqutng rpect for parental thory, lead many men to nform to the social norm. And if we had a functng enomy and labour market, wh accs to jobs and hog, and greater mobily, more people would accept that they are gay.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ALGIERS

If we had a functng enomy and labour market, wh accs to jobs and hog, and greater mobily, more people would accept that they are gay. Slimane’s reasong rembl that of John D’E, who saw the emergence of gay inty the US cidg wh enomic ndns that allowed (salaried employment and pennce om the fay) (5). The ncepts of gay inty and sexual orientatn that have served as a basis for claimg rights sce the rebelln of the patrons of the Stonewall gay club New York 1969 have worked for some, like Slimane.

GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM

Though Algeria do not have reprsn on a sle parable to some Sub-Saharan untri, those nvicted of homosexual acts are subject to a fe of 500 to 2, 000 dars ($4 to $17) and between two and 24 months prison (the penalti are heavier if one partner is a mor). If the populatn together to fight agast the patriarchy and the relig taboos that (unequally) opprs the sexualy of all, then gay people will feel eer to assert their difference: 10 October has been LGBT Day Algeria sce 2007 (6), but is only celebrated on social works. In the var Arab ci I've vised over the years, the sayg, "We don't have a problem wh men who have sex wh men, but we don't accept the gay life, " is mon.

BT GAY CLUBS NEW ORLEANS

This is a somewhat clearly drawn le, sce the vtig of what many would nsir a gay liftyle -- clubs, bars, bathho and theatril paras filled wh stumed go-go dancers -- are non-existent om Rabat to Beit, save Tel Aviv. However, the young men do not intify wh an anized or vol gay muny, simply for the fact that such a factn do not exist. This is due largely to the laws of the ep state, le pouvr, which nmn and punish homosexualy Articl 333 and 338 of the Penal Co, wh vlators subject to f and imprisonment.

Therefore, gay men occupy the only place where they n fd other like-md men: the how do one go about cisg Algiers?

ALGERIAN STUNT MURRED, 'HE IS GAY' WRTEN ON WALL WH HIS BLOOD

Gay sgl tend to lger alone near the metro and b stops, as well as the numero gated parks that are sttered across the hilltops. Even if there is a robt gay populatn lookg to thrive this cy, remas difficult to meet outsi of darkened parks at night and far off bathho. When another guy walks on , my pulse quickens, but he watch nocuoly before jerkg what do this mean for the future of gays Algeria?