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Contents:

• GAY AND LBIAN ARAB SOCIETY (GLAS)
• MAJORY OF AMERIN MLIMS NOW SUPPORT LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
• [PRS RELEASE: WORLD'S ONLY GAY AND LBIAN ARAB GROUP SEEKG MEMBERS]
• FOR GAY ARABS, A PLACE TO DANCE, AND BREAK DOWN WALLS
• IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
• ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY

GAY AND LBIAN ARAB SOCIETY (GLAS)

Inclive and gay iendly mosqu are mhroomg, and some Imams have e out as gay or otherwise celebrate same-sex unns untri such as France, Canada, South Ai, Atralia, and the Uned Stat. Likewise, many Wtern untri now regnize LGBT-related asylum claims and asylum agenci affirm that anti-gay vlence wh a untry nstut persecutn.

In 2019, Bnei passed a law namg stong as the appropriate punishment for homosexualy, and only after public outcry did thori impose a moratorium on the law. Addnally, the first gay-trans pri para was held Pakistan and there was regnn of a “third sex” Banglash 2018. While the acceptance of registratn of the first gay Kuwai associatn is still up the air, Gulf untri are creasgly unr prsure om the ternatnal muny to abi by current human rights standards.

Clearly Qatar, which is set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and has adhered to two major human rights treati, nnot rema an outsir to the velopments—pecially given that FIFA has now a tailed human rights policy and is particularly supportive of clive football associatns such as the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Football Associatn. Media outlets have reported that Qatari ernmental officials have reassured the gay muny that “LGBTI fans will be wele at the World Cup.

MAJORY OF AMERIN MLIMS NOW SUPPORT LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE

View ALP's entire list of NYC Rourc For Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spir, Trans & Genr Non-Conformg People Of Color. Alwan is an onle muny for Arab lbians, gay men, bisexual men and women, transgenr persons and those who are terted buildg bridg wh the LGBT Arab muny and participatg a progrsive dialogue.

The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward.

The batn of beg back his hometown, this prsure om his mother and his homosexualy him to have equent panic attacks. Out Loud is the first film om Lebanon wh a gay theme that sets a new standard for cema om the Middle East the midst of the Arab Sprg. Abllah, a young gay man, is tryg to fd his way through the difficult sexual, polil and racial climate of Moroc.

[PRS RELEASE: WORLD'S ONLY GAY AND LBIAN ARAB GROUP SEEKG MEMBERS]

A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear.

Filmed 12 untri and 9 languag, this documentary, directed by gay Mlim filmmaker Parvez Sharma, tells the lorful and varied stori of gay and lbian Mlims om all over the world.

This timate documentary follows a number of young Morocn gay men their exploratn of their relig and sexual inty.

FOR GAY ARABS, A PLACE TO DANCE, AND BREAK DOWN WALLS

For a gay filmmaker, filmg Sdi Arabia prents two ser challeng: filmg is forbidn the untry and homosexualy is punishable by ath. Enuraged by Sandra, Ama lnch a blog lled “A Gay Girl Damasc, ” reprentg a margalized voice the Middle East on polics, relign, and sexualy.

In 2015, he me out as gay on Facebook, makg him the first openly gay man om Sudan, this a massive outrage the Sudane muny. In this portra that is multi-layered both terms of form and ntent, a gay man nonts the ghosts of his past and explor hidn longgs, unrequed love and tormentg feelgs of guilt. In post-Fran Madrid where he lived an openly gay existence, his life rembled one long Almodóvarian y, full of excs and sexual taboo-breakg.

After beg tranged om his fay for his homosexualy, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and om far away as he navigat his solu – all the while attemptg to rennect wh his mother. A short documentary that tells the stori of Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebane rock band wh an outspoken gay sger, and Sarah Hegazy, an Egyptian activist. Between realy and animatn, the story of Nidhal is told, a young homosexual Tunisian who fend dividual eedoms Tunisia through his work rad.

IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC

A majory of Amerin Mlims accept lbian, gay and bisexual people as part of society, acrdg to new fdgs om Pew Rearch Center, markg a dramatic shift attus over the past .

A majory of Amerin Mlims accept lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people as part of society, acrdg to new fdgs om Pew Rearch Center, markg a dramatic shift attus over the past . Fifty-two percent of Amerin Mlims now agree wh the statement, “Homosexualy should be accepted by society, ” nearly double the number om those polled a ago.

” While there are other gay Arab parti the Uned Stat, this may have been the first aimed at lbian Arabs. ”They also epomized New York’s diversy, wh Lats, Ain-Amerins, Asians and Csians — and a handful of gay men.

ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY

For the 10th anniversary Habibi on May 27, at the Rz, a gay club Hell’s Kchen, Abraham said he might have a dited women’s dance Graziano, the bar owner, seemed happy wh the premiere. Upon meetg so many fellow Arab Amerins, and havg traveled much of the globe, I’ve e to realize the creasg number of Arab dividuals who intify as homosexual. Yet, the growg rate of openly homosexual Arabs isn’t somethg we hear about bee is still nsired a taboo subject for our culture.