A gay stunt om Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed unr the Taliban.
Contents:
- GAY AFGHANISTAN, AFTER THE TALIBAN. HOMOSEXUALY AS TRADN
- ‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
- GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS
- FEAR, SECRECY AND DANGER A WAY OF LIFE FOR AFGHAN GAYS
GAY AFGHANISTAN, AFTER THE TALIBAN. HOMOSEXUALY AS TRADN
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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. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Afghanistan, and others who do not nform to rigid genr norms, have faced an creasgly sperate suatn and grave threats to their safety and liv sce the Taliban took full ntrol of the untry on Augt 15, 2021.
”[3] A Taliban judge told the German tabloid Bild shortly before the fall of Kabul, “For homosexuals, there n only be two punishments: eher stong, or he mt stand behd a wall that will fall down on him. ”[4] A manual issued by the Taliban’s Mistry of Vice and Virtue 2020 stat that relig lears shall prohib same-sex relatns and that “strong allegatns” of homosexualy shall be referred to the mistry’s district manager for adjuditn and punishment.
Gay: A synonym for homosexual many parts of the world; this report, ed specifilly to refer to the sexual orientatn of a man whose primary sexual and romantic attractn is toward other men.
‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Afghans and people who do not nform to rigid genr norms Afghanistan have faced an creasgly sperate suatn and grave threats to their safety and liv unr the Taliban, Human Rights Watch and OutRight Actn Internatnal said a report released today. * young gay afghanistan *
Most terviewe scribed themselv terms bt translated as gay or bisexual men or transgenr women, but we also terviewed a small number of lbian women, transgenr men, and a person who intified as asexual. Unr the prev ernment, there was at least one Afghan civil society anizatn workg wh gay men and trans women, while we were unable to intify and ntact any formal anizatns that worked wh lbian and bisexual women or trans men.
Ali earned a livg as a makp artist at a queer-iendly bety salon and picked up extra sh as a dancer a karaoke bar where gay men gathered. A male uple fled their cy together after several gay iends of theirs were killed; the men believed the were targeted killgs rried out by the Taliban, although they were not certa whether their iends had been killed bee of their sexualy, bee they had participated an anti-Taliban prott, or both.
GAY AFGHANISTAN: HOMOEROTICISM AMONG KABUL'S WARRRS
“The Taliban regime is tly the dark ag for Afghan LGBTQ people,” a 21-year-old gay artist Kabul said. * young gay afghanistan *
They blamed Hamid, sayg they had heard mors that Hamid was gay, and feared their son might have been killed by Taliban members or supporters bee of their relatnship.
“Almost everyone is locked their rooms and n't go outsi, ” said a project manager of an anizatn that provid medil and mental health servic for gay men and trans women. He passed through the first checkpot whout trouble, but at the send, Ramiz said, one of the armed men shouted after him g a rogatory term for gay people, “You are an izak!
FEAR, SECRECY AND DANGER A WAY OF LIFE FOR AFGHAN GAYS
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The danger of journeys to Kabul is illtrated by the experience of a small group of trans women and gay men who cid to travel to the pal om their home cy early November. [39] At least four gay men and trans women said they were ntacted over Facebook or the gay datg app Grdr by people offerg to help them get out of the untry wh the goal of extractg personal rmatn or trickg them to meetg. Sajjad G., a 21-year-old gay man one of Afghanistan’s major ci, posted vios of himself dancg on TikTok; he also worked as a mol and appeared mic vios onle.
Ihsan put on a blue chadar (shawl) and snuck out the back drsed as a woman, and then fled the cy wh his wife, who he said did not know he was gay nor about his work. Male homosexualy has a well-documented history Afghanistan, and love between men has been celebrated Afghan lerature gog back hundreds of years.
Attus towards homosexualy—as well as sexual vlence agast men and boys—are heavily shaped by bacha bazi (“boy play”), a longstandg abive practice—distct om nsensual same-sex relatns— which femized, pre-pubcent boys are held a form of sexual slavery by warlords, police manrs, and other powerful men.