Insir spoke to several Afghan gay men. One activist said he fears that gay people Afghanistan will be "weed out and extermated" by the Taliban.
Contents:
- 'FAKE LIFE': BEG GAY IN AFGHANISTAN
- GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS
- A LIFE HIDG: KABUL’S GAY MUNY DRIVEN UNRGROUND
- THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT
- MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT
'FAKE LIFE': BEG GAY IN AFGHANISTAN
A gay stunt om Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed unr the Taliban. * gay kabul *
Now Balkhi says that rare acceptance has put all their liv at risk, as the new Taliban learship Kabul unleash a wave of physil vlence and fear on Afghanistan’s gay, lbian and transgenr populatn. No official statement has been ma, but an terview wh Germany’s Bild newspaper July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexualy – stong or beg cshed unr a wall. Balkhi said one gay man her neighborhood had been raped after beg found by the Taliban.
GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS
Gay men Kabul say they fear for their liv unr Taliban le, as they hi at home, holdg out hope of a Wtern evacuatn before Islamists rry out a threat to punish LGBT+ Afghans wh ath. * gay kabul *
“Homosexualy was wily seen as taboo and cent, ” the report said. Nemat Sadat, an LGBTQ Afghan thor who liv the Uned Stat, said the untry’s gay, lbian and transgenr cizens had helped the untry’s cultural life flourish the 20 years sce the Taliban’s last le. LGBTQ people who spoke to CNN said while very few felt fortable or safe enough to be openly gay, lbian or transgenr before the takeover, many were able to quietly build liv te to their inti.
Hilal, a 25-year-old gay man, said he ed to have a boyiend and had even worked openly to advote for LGBTQ rights Afghanistan. Unr the Taliban’s terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy n be punished by ath. One gay man who has been touch wh Sadat, the US-based LGBTQ advote, said he told him he watched om his hidg place the ceilg as Taliban fighters beat the iend who had refed to divulge his lotn.
A LIFE HIDG: KABUL’S GAY MUNY DRIVEN UNRGROUND
Members of Afghanistan's gay muny live secret liv on the margs of a society that routely punish homosexualy as un-Islamic and immoral. * gay kabul *
Another gay man CNN is llg Hasan said he had been hidg a iend’s hoe Kabul for more than a month and was nng out of food and money.
THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT
Afghan men skatg along the edg of gay life Last fall (2004) I found myself Afghanistan, a natn at the center of the upheaval and change roilg * gay kabul *
Hilal, the LGBTQ activist, said he was fur at the US ernment and other Wtern untri who he felt had abandoned him and other gay, lbian and transgenr Afghans.
MEN OM AFGHANISTAN'S SECRET GAY MUNY SAY THEY ARE LIVG THROUGH A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEAR THAT THE TALIBAN WILL EXECUTE THEM AT ANY MOMENT
To be openly gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr Afghanistan is to risk abe – and even ath * gay kabul *
And, a 25-year-old genr non-nformg gay person said they had tried to appear more mascule, but a Taliban fighter beat them wh a plastic pipe when they were seen walkg a street. Image source, Getty ImagBefore the Taliban uprisg Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul (his name has been changed) was already dangero. If he'd spoken about his sexualy to the wrong person then, Abdul uld have been arrted and taken to urt for his sexualy, unr Afghan sce the Taliban seized ntrol of major ci Afghanistan last week, Abdul tells Rad 1 Newsbeat his sexualy beg revealed would now have him "killed on the spot" Taliban are a ary group who have taken ntrol of the untry, and are known to enforce extreme Islamic the Taliban's terpretatn of Sharia Law, homosexualy is strictly prohibed and punishable by last time they were power Afghanistan, between the late 90s and 2001, 21-year-old Abdul hadn't been born.
Afghan activists told Insir that even durg the prev ernments, gay men would be lured to their aths through social media. * gay kabul *
He says: "As a gay person Afghanistan, you nnot reveal yourself, even to your fay or your iends. "I want a future that I n live eely, and not be poted out by people sayg you n't be gay here.
The Pri flag is now flyg the Uned Arab Emirat, one of the most religly nservative untri. Beg gay is illegal there. * gay kabul *
"Even if the Taliban accepts a woman the ernment, school, they will never accept gay or LGBT people.
He is gay, a nvert to Christiany and a member of the Hazara ethnic mory – three groups that have been historilly persecuted by the Taliban. Ahmed felt he’d be safer as a gay man the sprawlg Afghan pal. In public statements July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexualy – stong or beg cshed unr a toppled wall.
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“He was threateng to jump off a buildg bee he thought would be a ls paful way to die than gettg ught and behead by the Taliban as a gay man.
“The Taliban is well known to have executed many LGBTQ people when was power and there have been reports of gay men beg murred sce took over Augt this year, ” said Aws Jubair, director of the Aman Project, a Turkey-based group that advot for the LGBTQ muny the Middle East.