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 BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH
• ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
• BNEI WON'T ENFORCE DEATH-BY-STONG LAW FOR GAY SEX, SULTAN SAYS
• BNEI MULAI TERAPKAN HUMAN RAJAM LGBT HGGA TEWAS, KM GAY MERASA 'TAKUT'
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
• BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
• SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
• BNEI SNDAL: WHAT S NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAWS MEAN
• ‘BARBARIC TO THE RE’: BNEI BRGS GAY SEX STONG LAW
• BNEI STONG PUNISHMENT FOR GAY SEX AND ADULTERY TAK EFFECT DPE INTERNATNAL OUTCRY
• BNEI HOTEL BOYTT GATHERS STEAM AS ANTI-GAY LAW GO INTO EFFECT
• BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG

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.

BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH

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

‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI

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.

Bnei will not impose the ath penalty on those nvicted of havg gay sex, an apparent bid to temper ternatnal nmnatn followg s roll out of strict new Islamic laws last month. The announcement follows a global backlash to the untry’s announcement April that would impose dranian new punishments, cludg ath by stong, for those nvicted of gay sex, adultery and rape. A gay man livg si Bnei, who asked not to be named, said while the sultan’s announcement was “good news, ” did nothg to addrs wispread homophobia and discrimatn the kgdom.

BNEI WON'T ENFORCE DEATH-BY-STONG LAW FOR GAY SEX, SULTAN SAYS

Relign still has a major effect towards homophobia, ” he said.

A day after beme legally possible to be stoned to ath for havg gay sex Bnei, 21-year-old Za* got a bter taste of the new realy.

BNEI MULAI TERAPKAN HUMAN RAJAM LGBT HGGA TEWAS, KM GAY MERASA 'TAKUT'

“I saw this van about 50 metr away, ” said Za, who is gay. ’”Last week Bnei – a ty tropil natn on the island of Borneo, a former Brish protectorate that is home to 420, 000 people – troduced harsh new sharia laws, cludg ath by stong for adultery and gay sex, and amputatn of limbs for punishments are part of the third and fal phase of sharia laws to be implemented after they were first announced 2013. Newlyweds have their picture taken bi the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque Bandar Seri Begawan, a cy where gay sex is now punishable by ath.

“The implementatn giv a lot of nservative people who are very homophobic a lot of power. Many, pecially the more visible transgenr people, are keepg a low profile, livg even more discreetly than they already, another gay Bneian man, said: “To me, mak my life even more plited. If they are gay they n’t jt cut off guys, so I am fundamentally opposed to the laws.

”Livg a nservative majory-Mlim society wh strict laws already place – gay sex, for example, has long been illegal – young Bneians are skilled adapters.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

Sultan of Bnei Hassanal Bolkiah, seen arrivg for meetgs Bssels last fall, now says his untry will not impose the ath penalty s volvg gay sex and adultery. The sultan of Bnei says his untry will extend s moratorium on the ath penalty to clu newly enacted laws punishg homosexual acts and adultery wh ath by stong, an apparent rponse to weeks of cricism and a high-profile boytt.

As NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, "Shell Oil, which generat about 90% of the sultanate's oil and gas revenu, has e unr prsure to e s posn to prs for gay rights Bnei.

THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

In their State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA stated that: “Bnei Dassalam is currently phasg a Syariah Penal Co that se, black letter law, the ath penalty troduced for certa same-sex sexual activy 2016, but seems unlikely to be implemented actualy.

In November, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn submted a report to the Commtee on the Elimatn of Discrimatn Agast Women statg that: “The enforcement of SPC Orr 2013 is likely to rult even tighter fay ntrol and creased vlence to force Bneian lbians, tomboys, mascule-lookg women, bisexual women and transgenr women to nform to social norms (and now crimal law) on sexualy and genr. 3 April 2019Sumber gambar, Getty ImagKeterangan gambar, Sebelum aturan i berlaku, homoseksual di Bnei dikategorikan sebagai pelanggaran hum dan teranm human 10 tahun penjara.

BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG

Kerajaan Bnei Dassalam pada Rabu, 3 April 2019, rmi memberlakan hum syariah Islam yang menntumkan human rajam hgga tewas terhadap km homoseksual.

Penerapan human i membuat komunas gay di Bnei merasa ketakutan. "Saya bangun tidur dan menyadari bahwa tetangga saya, keluarga saya, hgga ibu-ibu renta penjual udang goreng di pggir jalan u tidak menganggap saya sebagai mania dan setuju ngan human rajam, " kata seorang pria gay asal Bnei yang tidak g intasnya diungkap, kepada BBC. Lewatkan Artikel-artikel yang direkomendasikan dan tes membaArtikel-artikel yang direkomendasikanAkhir dari Artikel-artikel yang direkomendasikanBnei terapkan human rajam LGBT, komisner HAM PBB sebut 'hum kejam dan tak maniawi'Gee Clooney sekan pemboikotan hotel terka human mati bagi LGBT di BneiArab Sdi, Malaysia dan Bnei terbuk di dunia bagi mereka yang tak beragamaLGBT, seks, dan hum syariah: Isi akun Instagram yang dilaporkan Sultan Bnei ke Polda MetroBerdasarkan aturan ba i, seorang akan dihum ngan pasal mengenai hubungan seks homoseksual jika dia mengaku at kedapatan berhubungan seks berdasarkan kaksian empat orang.

Sebelum aturan i berlaku, homoseksual dikategorikan sebagai pelanggaran hum dan teranm human 10 tahun pertama kalya hum syariah Islam derapkan di Bnei?

SHELL’S STAND ON LGBT RIGHTS UNR SCTY OVER BNEI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS

Bagaimana reaksi km gay Bnei?

Seorang pria gay asal Bnei yang ki mengajan permohonan suaka di Kanada, mengatakan imbas hum ba i sudah terasa di Bnei. "Komunas gay di Bnei tidak pernah terang-terangan.

Ketika Grdr (aplikasi kenn kh km gay) muncul, u membantu orang-orang bertemu sera rahasia.

BNEI SNDAL: WHAT S NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAWS MEAN

"Mereka takut kal-kal orang yang diajak bertemu ternyata polisi menyamar jadi gay.

Seorang pria Bnei lanya mengatakan dirya ban gay, tapi dia tidak lagi memel agama Islam. "Seorang pria gay berharap hum ba i tidak benar-benar derapkan menyeluh.

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized.From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100,000 people says is unr nstant threat.“Every LGBT person terviewed by Human Rights Watch said they wished to leave the untry immediately or had envisned their future abroad,” the report stated. While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

‘BARBARIC TO THE RE’: BNEI BRGS GAY SEX STONG LAW

“People feel embolned to discrimate or be vlent.”In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

“The (LGTBQ) muny the untry is very, very margalized and vulnerable.”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help.A 58-year-old bisexual man relled how someone h him the head wh a bottle an attack that cracked his skull and put him a a. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici. Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

It is hard for me as a gay this untry.”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St.

BNEI STONG PUNISHMENT FOR GAY SEX AND ADULTERY TAK EFFECT DPE INTERNATNAL OUTCRY

Vcent Prime Mister Ralph Gonsalv was not returned.Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg .

BNEI HOTEL BOYTT GATHERS STEAM AS ANTI-GAY LAW GO INTO EFFECT

“Unr the headg ‘Protts, ’ one paragraph discs gay rights California and unr the headg ‘Court Cas, ’ there are two paragraphs that discs the urt s that allowed gay marriage California.

She said a supplemental rource lists Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and polician who was assassated 1978, along wh San Francis Mayor Gee Mosne.

Milk was believed to be the first openly gay person elected to public office California. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Censorship✖ Other punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG

HistoryHomosexual activy Bnei?