The official fictn, Brian Whaker explas, is that gay people don’t exist the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, attus of fay and society are a bigger problem than fear of beg persecuted
Contents:
- ALAA JARBAN: ONE OF YEMEN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN
- DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
- WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI
- WHAT PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS A GREAT GAY DTATN?
- EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
- GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
- WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
ALAA JARBAN: ONE OF YEMEN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN
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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.
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI
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WHAT PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS A GREAT GAY DTATN?
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Last week, spired by the hope the revolutn created, Alaa beme one of the first people to e out publicly as gay while still livg Yemen. "In his post, Mr Jarban revealed timate thoughts and reflected on a perplexed and isolated perd of adolcence growg up as a gay boy a nservative society. Fdg posive support shared on a public platform, regardls of how small, shows a distct shift attus towards homosexualy among some Yemen.
But while for some that is a good thg, for others rerc the ia that Yemenis need to prerve their tradns orr to fight off this creepg so-lled "Wtern morny" prospect of acceptg homosexual people seems distant a untry that do not acknowledge their existence.
"I asked iends where is the gay muny, and people said there are no gays Yemen, " wrote a girl who was aaid to share her real inty on Alaa's blog, which has bee a platform for ntributors om the LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr] muny.
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"When the protts reached Yemen, I cid to take part the hope of fdg a new si to my untry, a si I uld fally relate to, " said Mr that hope began to wane as he watched the limed impact the revolutn had on tradnal Yemeni life and attus - spe the otg of a print who had led for 32 ptn, Kamal al-Solaylee says his cisn to e out as a gay Yemeni enuraged othersKamal al-Solaylee - thor of Intolerable: A Memoir of Extrem, a book about the trials he faced g out as member of the Yemeni diaspora - scribed Mr Jarban's cisn as brave, pecially for a man so young. Acutely aware of those nsequenc, Mr Solaylee is nearly 50 and liv his book was published, gay Yemeni men sought him out, eager to share experienc and embrace their sexual inty an acceptg Yemeni Solaylee was luged wh emails and letters. "I beme the godfather of gay Yemeni men, " he feels protective of Mr Jarban and wants to help him, but there is ltle he n do if the 23-year-old cis to stay Yemen.
GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
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WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
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. ”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.