Here's a gui to tips for gay and lbian travelers Egypt - everythg you need to know.
Contents:
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
- GAY CAIRO
- IS SAFE FOR GAY MEN TO TRAVEL TOGETHER EGYPT? - CAIRO FOM
- GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
- 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them. * egypt gay safety *
(Beit) – Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them, Human Rights Watch said today. Human rights groups have documented wi-sle ab the wake of a September 2017 ncert by the Lebane band Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead sger is openly gay and which performs songs that support sexual and genr diversy.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
The LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx ranks the world’s most dangero untri for gay travelers 2021. * egypt gay safety *
Police randomly picked up five men bee of what the thori scribed as “feme and gay gtur” and one transgenr woman due to her “abnormal appearance. I was taed a ge unr a stairway [at the prosecutor’s office], wasn’t even a prison cell, [but merely] a 3 by 2-meters ty room, wh 25 gay and transgenr people.
And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx. Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland).
“Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson. “It was ranked so poorly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law. This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.
TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
* egypt gay safety *
Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson.
In fact, Jamai was lled the most homophobic place on Earth by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Homosexual acts, which their laws refer to as ‘rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, ’ are subject to 20 years prison.
“This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg, and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy.
GAY CAIRO
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * egypt gay safety *
“In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson.
IS SAFE FOR GAY MEN TO TRAVEL TOGETHER EGYPT? - CAIRO FOM
Answer 1 of 13: I know a group of gay men that are terted visg Egypt, but they are ncerned about their safety as openly gay. Do anyone have any experience wh this, and is there anythg to worry about? Some9one said is "illegal" to be... * egypt gay safety *
That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg gay, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. “One possible sign of posive chang the untry is that the print recently pardoned a gay uple who were sentenced to a 15-year prison term. In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry.
“Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.
GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to ten years prison, ” says Fergson. “Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society.
'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
“Iran ma number 15 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson.
Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan print has recently been rampg up the anti-gay rhetoric to help w vot an upg electn. “Same-sex acts rult up to three years prison wh a fe, and posssn of homosexual materials rults up to two years prison wh a fe. The Netherlands also ranked number one the latt Gallup Poll wh 92% of rponnts sayg that the cy or area where they live is a good place for gay and lbian people.