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Contents:

• DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
• GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE
• "LOVE IS NOT A CRIME": GOALS OF THE GAY MOVEMENT MOROC
• MOROCNS’ GAY PRI MARCH AIMS TO RVE OUT NEW SPACE OM A DISTANCE
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE

Moroc has been and remas a popular statn for LGBTQ+ travelers spe beg an Islamic untry where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by law. Homosexualy is seen by most of the populatn as a threat to the “tradnal valu” that support the expectatn of heterosexual norms and Mlim teachgs. As a nservative Mlim untry where homosexualy is illegal, there aren’t any official “gay hot spots” or LGBTQ+ celebratns.

That’s not to say that gay-iendly bars, rtrants, night clubs or beach do not exist. In urban centers like Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir, ’s possible to fd gay-iendly acmodatns and spots that wele a mix of gay and straight visors. 9% Of Morocns would not like to have homosexuals as neighborsHistoryHomosexual activy Moroc?

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GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE

(Beit) – A mpaign of onle harassment Moroc has trampled the privacy of prumed gay and bisexual men, possibly subjectg them to physil harm, prosecutn, and discrimatory measur, Human Rights Watch said today. For lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, this may lead to ostracizatn by their fay and muny, expulsn om hog by relativ and landlords, and dismissal om their jobs.

“The nsequenc of ‘outg’ n be trimental to LGBT people’s livelihoods, safety, and mental health, ” said Graeme Reid, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The Morocn thori should immediately step to protect LGBT people’s privacy and repeal anti-LGBT laws that n only fuel this homophobic behavr. However, Morocn law also crimaliz what refers to as acts of “sexual viancy” between members of the same sex, a term that thori e to refer to homosexualy more generally.

"LOVE IS NOT A CRIME": GOALS OF THE GAY MOVEMENT MOROC

It has ed panic among people who need to protect their privacy due to social stigma toward homosexualy and the legal prohibn of same-sex relatns. A 23-year-old gay universy stunt told Human Rights Watch that his brother learned of his sexual orientatn when he was “outed” onle and kicked him out of the hoe: “I have been sleepg on the street for three days and I have nowhere to go. This legal gap and the crimalizatn of homosexualy leav LGBT people Moroc particularly vulnerable to discrimatn, Human Rights Watch said.

The Uned Natns Human Rights Commtee has nmned laws agast nsensual homosexual nduct as vlatns of the ICCPR. “The on is on the Morocn ernment to protect LGBT people om this type of homophobic harassment and om all forms of discrimatn, ” Reid said. “Homophobia is a dangero realy, but thriv when the ernment crimaliz same-sex nduct and fails to shield their rights to privacy and equal treatment.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe ia was to show the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg how many gay men are livg quietly straight society. It backfired S/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagPARIS — At least 50 to 100 gay men were outed Moroc over the last two weeks, rights activists say, after the men were intified on lotn-based meetg apps while shelterg at home amid a ronavis at least three s, men were kicked out of their ho, L.

MOROCNS’ GAY PRI MARCH AIMS TO RVE OUT NEW SPACE OM A DISTANCE

”In Moroc, a North Ain kgdom where homosexualy and sex outsi marriage are crim, gay people are pafully acctomed to the feelgs of peril and rejectn, and many keep their sexual inti unr, their ver has been blown a way that would be crimal most Wtern societi, rights advot say. ”What mak this episo particularly paful, gay lears say, is that was igned by someone who had also been sgled April 13, a Morocn transgenr Instagram personaly based Istanbul, Naoufal Mosa or Sofia Talouni, was sulted about her sexual orientatn.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

In a rage, she released a profany-laced vio enuragg women to download the lotn-based meetg apps, like Grdr and Pla Romeo, which are ually ed by gay subsequent vios, she said her aim was to reveal the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg her attackers how many gay men were livg their vicy, perhaps even their own people followed Ms. Mosa’s lead and created fake acunts on the apps to gather photos of gay men, which they then posted on private and public Facebook pag, settg off the homophobic attacks igned a firtorm of cricism, both of Ms.

Mosa pelled him to acknowledge that he was gay, threateng to post revealg photos showg him wh another gay man. That’s when she got angry and suggted downloadg gay meetg apps, which led to the outburst of anti-gay vlence.

“My datg life Moroc was somehow OK as long as my partner and I were beg super discreet and ut, ” said one gay man who asked to be intified only by his ials, N. Abllah Taia, a proment gay thor and one of few to publicly clare his sexual orientatn Moroc, says that the state keeps people a gray area, makg them vulnerable to abe and discrimatn and forcg many to hidg.

GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

”Moroc’s Interr Mistry did not rpond to a requt for outg episo is seen by many as stroyg a agile balance that the untry’s unrground gay culture has built laborly over the years, ma even worse a time of uncertaty and enomic hardship. But they do have some support at Bezad, the print of the Pan-Ain Organizatn for the Fight Agast AIDS, said that while Moroc’s laws were unlikely to change, s health mistry enurag associatns like hers to help vulnerable populatns, cludg gay people.

In his talk at the 2015 Oslo Freedom Fom, the first openly gay Morocn filmmaker and wrer, Abllah Taia, said that he had always thought he “was the only gay person the untry. Homosexualy is a crime; intifyg as LGBT – simply beg who you are as a person – n land you jail. French-language media has been more gnizant of the terms to discs the LGBT muny, wh journalists fortably g the word “homosexualy.

Last month, when Mosa was sulted for her sexual orientatn, she rpond by enuragg her 600, 000 followers to download lotn-based LGBT meetg apps to intify gay men, tendg to monstrate the prevalence of LGBT persons livg wh their muni. This began a trend of people creatg fake acunts on the apps to intify ers, and snowballed to a homophobic mpaign of onle harassment, subjectg Moroc’s LGBT muny to discrimatn, physil harm, and prosecutn, purely on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty. Swarms of people created fake acunts on datg s and apps and proceed to intify and expose gay and bisexual men.