Here's What It's Like to Be Gay Bnei | Time

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• THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
• BNEI SAYS WON'T ENFORCE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX

THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH

’s sexualy was a closely guard secret even before Bnei this week enacted the fal phase of s dranian new penal , which clus ath by stong for people found guilty of gay sex or adultery. Homosexualy has long been outlawed the ty, Mlim-majory Southeast Asian natn. In addn to penalizg gay sex wh ath by stong, Bnei now prcrib the punishment for extramaral sex, abortn and blasphemg the Prophet Mohammed.

“I’d hate to be the first gay man to be tried unr the [new] system, ” says Shahrani, who is seekg asylum Canada after he says he was charged by the Bnei ernment for a cril Facebook post.

When the ty, oil-rich kgdom of Bnei first announced 2013 that would adopt strict Islamic laws, cludg ath by stong for gay sex, many the untry’s LGBT muny nsired fleeg. “It’s really sry, ” says Khail, a young gay man Bnei who spoke to CNN over the phone. It’s not somethg that a human should suffer … jt bee of beg a homosexual.

BNEI SAYS WON'T ENFORCE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX

It was only when he got to Canada that he was able to e out as gay.

Beg gay Bnei was difficult enough whout Sharia law. Asian natn set to punish homosexual sex wh ath. “Gay men jt hold hands the supermarket, they kiss, ’s OK.

That’s why they don’t need gay bars; all the bars are gay. Homosexualy was already illegal Bnei and punishable by up to 10 years prison.