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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
A gay stunt om Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed unr the Taliban. * young gay afghanistan *
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.
‘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 *
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.
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 *
”[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.
FEAR, SECRECY AND DANGER A WAY OF LIFE FOR AFGHAN GAYS
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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. 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. 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.