Algeria's queer scene is certaly alive, but is muted and supprsed. There are no civil rights or legal protectns and ltle-to-no safe private space for meetg. Therefore, gay men occupy the only place where they n fd other like-md men: the street.
Contents:
- BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
- BEG GAY ALGERIA
- 44 PEOPLE ALGERIA HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND NVICTED AFTER ATTENDG A “GAY WEDDG”
- A GAY ALGERIA
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
- ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
- GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
BEG GAY ALGERIA TODAY
Gays are everywhere Algeria, cludg marriag, which mak datg or nnectg very difficult. * gay in algeria *
A rint of the popular Badjarah neighbourhood East of Algiers, he is one of the gays that live hidg. Unlike some Arab-Mlim untri, Algeria, gay s are hardly ever blocked by the ernment. Jt one ncern: many gays live wh eher their fay or their wife.
As a rult, prec few gays perm themselv to receive at home.
BEG GAY ALGERIA
* gay in algeria *
And that’s where gets plited, even to the pot of homosexuals beg picked up by the police. Apart om the fact of playg t and moe wh the police, they fear beg the target of homophobic attacks. ” He says that ’s hard to ee onelf up, but the cisg areas are the only plac to which gays have accs.
44 PEOPLE ALGERIA HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND NVICTED AFTER ATTENDG A “GAY WEDDG”
Acrdg to an Algerian lawyer volved the se, police reports ed scriptns of flowers, sweets, and the men's "gay appearance" as evince and reasons to fd them guilty. * gay in algeria *
Like many young homosexuals, Mahmoud fac difficult social circumstanc. It is this upsle neighbourhood where is found the ma unofficial (officially, Algeria has no gay plac.
“Although gays have no eedom, everythg’s fe at the Cappucco, ” is how Lotfi, a Commerce stunt, sums up. Drivg down the hill rs that smell like new, the most affluent gays spend their time gog to nightclubs. Along wh ncerns relatg to genr inty, the gay muny mt face an upsurge of HIV and STI (sexually transmted fectns) s.
A GAY ALGERIA
The LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx ranks the world’s most dangero untri for gay travelers 2021. * gay in algeria *
“Preventn is startg to take off relatn to gays Algeria, ” says an activist of a lol associatn. ” Not beg clearly rmed about the risks of HIV, homosexuals are a way the “martyrs” of the disease. Neher the state nor the policians, much ls the Algerian populatn, have any sensivy towards the gay muny.
The homosexuals long for only one thg: to go far away, to pe a society that them so much pa. The Algerians of the Maghreb and the North Ains livg France and Belgium e together thought by lightg a ndle at home, their hoe, their bedroom, discreetly, so as not to get ught by anti-LGBT or homophobic parents, neighbours or others.
GLA (“Gays et Lbienn d’Algérie” – gays and lbians of Algeria) is a fom found by a group of iends whose objective is to une the muny, promote the activi of associatns directed toward LGBT’s, and discs matters of tert, regardls of the sex, race, relign and pecially the sexual orientatn of members. Vivant lr sexualé dans la clansté, l gays d’Algérie, occupent pl en pl l’pace public et font face à une mentalé réactnnaire. Dans ce pays, où le pénal ndamne durement l’homosexualé, l gays sont nontés à sévèr difficultés.
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
Résidant le quartier populaire Badjarah, à l’t d’Alger, il fa partie s gays qui vivent chés. Inter n’arrange pas l chos: Contrairement à certas pays arabo-mulmans, en Algérie, l s gays ne sont guère bloqués par l‘admistratn.
De ce fa, rar sont l gays qui pvent se permettre recevoir. » Si on se présente à ux dans certas hôtels, le réceptnniste pt trouver que la suatn t louche et no empêcher louer une chambre, et là, c’t e perdue pour l gays «, déclare le nseiller. Et là, la suatn se plique, pot voir l homos se faire embarquer par la police.
ALGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
Mis à part le fa jouer chat et à la souris avec la police, l homos craignent d’être la cible d’agrsns homophob. Comme beup jn homos, Mahmoud t nonté à s difficultés social. C’t dans ce quartier huppé que se sue le prcipal endro gay officix ( sic: officiellement, l‘Algérie ne pte cun endro gay), le bar, le Cappuco.
GAY ORAN - ALGERIA FOM
A la terrasse, l fal dévorent s chawarma ( équivalent du kebab, NDRL), tandis qu’à l‘étage, l gays et lbienn la pale se rassemblent. Bien qu’il n’ y a pas liberté pour l gays, tout se passe bien Cappucco » résume Lotfi, étudiant en Commerce. Dcendant la côte à bord lrs vour sentant le nf, l gays l pl aisés passent lr temps à équenter l boît nu l pl ns.
A côté s soucis relatifs à l’inté sexuelle, la munté homosexuelle do faire face à la recscence s s VIH et d‘IST ( Infectns sexuellement transmissibl).
Parmi l pl touchés, on retrouve me partout: l homosexuels. » La préventn à l’égard s gays mence à déller en Algérie, déclare un activiste d’une associatn lole. N’étant pas clairement rmés s risqu du VIH, l homosexuels sont en quelque sorte l » martyrs » la maladie.