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• THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO
• EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN AFTER ‘GAY MARRIAGE’ CEREMONY ON NILE
• GAY MARRIAGE
• EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR EGYPT’S “FIRST GAY MARRIAGE VIO”
• UPHELD NVICTNS, RCED TERMS FOR MEN EGYPT GAY MARRIAGE VIO SE
• EGYPT’S CLERICS NMN GAY MARRIAGE LAW
• EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN OVER GAY MARRIAGE VIO
• EGYPT ORRS ARRT OF MEN OVER 'GAY MARRIAGE' VIO

THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO

The se stems om a short vio of a party on a boat that fueled a lively discsn social media and led the Egyptian se Cairo Scene to ask, "Is This Egypt's First Gay Marriage? The se has put new foc on gay rights Egypt.

From Ahram Onle: "Consensual same-sex relatns are not explicly prohibed Egypt, but other laws have been ed to imprison gay men recent years, cludg charg [of] 'bchery' or 'shamels public acts. ' "Egypt's forensics thory announced earlier this month that the fendants had unrgone physil spectns and were found to be 'not gay. Eight men acced of attendg a marriage-like ceremony on the Nile have been jailed for three years the latt of a seri of mov agast Egypt’s gay muny.

EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN AFTER ‘GAY MARRIAGE’ CEREMONY ON NILE

Dcribed onle as Egypt’s “first gay marriage”, the scene showed the pair embracg, exchangg rgs and celebratg wh their iends on a small boat – footage that outraged nservative Egypt, promptg a media backlash when appeared on YouTube judgment was passed after the eight men were subjected to anal tts that state doctors said proved the men were not gay. ”The se follows a rise over the past year raids on private properti and street arrts targetg Egypt’s gay muny.

In recent weeks, many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Egyptians have sled back their e of datg apps such as Grdr, fearg that the police may be g them to entrap gay men. Homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, but is a social taboo and allegedly gay men have often been arrted on charg of immoraly. Activists speculate that the recent crease state prsure on Egypt’s gay muny is lked to the ernment’s sire to prove their socially nservative crentials, after members of the Mlim Brotherhood, the group oted by Egypt’s current regime last summer, ed the footage to claim s overthrow has led to the stctn of Egyptian valu.

REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File PhotoLIMA, July 21 (Rters) - 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 lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated. Reprentativ of the office were not immediately available for is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.

GAY MARRIAGE

However, 61% disapproved of gay people public Lima urt orred the rerds office to "proceed wh the registratn" of the woman's marriage, the Superr Court of Jtice of Lima said on urt clared "applible" an article of the Pevian Civil Co of 1984 on the fay, which refers to marriage as the voluntary unn between man and is likely that an appeal agast the lg will be 2020, a gay uple took Pe to the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights after they lost a bid for regnn of their Mexin marriage the time, the nstutnal urt led that the civil registry of Pe only regniz the marriage between a man and a untri South Ameri, cludg Argenta, Uguay, Brazil and Colombia, have legalized gay marriage recent years. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR EGYPT’S “FIRST GAY MARRIAGE VIO”

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Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ Imprisonment as punishmentChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. HistoryHomosexual activy Egypt?

UPHELD NVICTNS, RCED TERMS FOR MEN EGYPT GAY MARRIAGE VIO SE

Homosexual activy Egypt is illegal (other penalty). Illegal As homosexualy is illegal, servg the ary is also illegal.

EGYPT’S CLERICS NMN GAY MARRIAGE LAW

Blood donatns by MSMs Egypt is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Homosexual activy is illegal, therefore MSM blood donatn is not accepted. N/A Age of Consent is unequal/applible practice, same-genr sexual behavr is punished by ernmental offils, meang that both age and nsent are irrelevant to the illegaly of homosexualy Egypt. Some ntext: Levic 18 rerds the forbidn sexual relatnships, cludg homosexual terurse (v.

I am not sayg to gays, “You’re bad and I’m good. Eight men sentenced to three years prison for Egypt’s “first gay marriage vio”. Men acced of homosexual acts hi their fac while attendg their trial 2001.

An Egyptian urt sentenced on Saturday eight men to three years prison after appearg a mock “gay marriage” vio. The vio, tled ‘Egypt’s first gay marriage, ’ had stirred ntroversy after appeared to show two men exchangg rgs and kissg ont of a ‘weddg ke’ that displayed a picture of the two men.

EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN OVER GAY MARRIAGE VIO

The 28-year-old man, whose inty was kept secret, said that people misunrstood the suatn as an actual ‘gay marriage. Egypt’s nstutn do not have laws banng homosexualy. Yet, the past offenc such as “vlatg the teachgs of relign” and “moral pravy” were ed to arrt, and imprison dividuals acced of takg part homosexual acts.

In 2001, 52 men were arrted om a gay party at the Queen Boat, what was one of the most publicized police attacks agast homosexualy Egypt. Last month, the men were nvicted of “cg bchery” and sentenced to three-year prison terms after a vio surfaced onle of them at what appeared to be a gay weddg, the Associated Prs reported. “Over the years, Egyptian thori have repeatedly arrted, tortured, and taed men spected of nsensual homosexual nduct, ” Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch said  a statement followg the arrts of seven of the men September.

EGYPT ORRS ARRT OF MEN OVER 'GAY MARRIAGE' VIO

Same-sex marriage is illegal Egypt and while homosexualy is not an offense, a untry domated by nservative Mlim valu, gays have been charged wh vlatg laws of moraly, Rters reported. Gay rights activists say that at least 150 men Egypt have been arrted nnectn to alleged homosexual behavr the last 18 months.