Here's What It's Like to Be Gay Bnei | Time

Contents:

• THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
• ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
• BNEI-OWNED HOTELS HI SOCIAL MEDIA PAG AS OUTCRY GROWS OVER ANTI-GAY LAWS
• BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH

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.

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.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

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. Beg gay Bnei was difficult enough whout Sharia law.

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

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.

In Augt 2016, openly gay skier G Kenworthy was attendance for one of Azim's glzy star-studd affairs. Clooney noted that Bolikah owned "nice hotels" and that the "people who work there are kd, " but argued that supportg the hotels only aids "puttg money directly to the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to ath their own cizens for beg gay or acced of adultery.

Dependg on where they’re head, gay travelers n face great risks. Acrdg to Equalx, a range of gay activi are illegal 71 untri.

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

In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.

The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here.

A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay. The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. Toppg the LGBTQ+ Danger Inx is Nigeria, which is nsired the worst untry for vlence agast gay travelers.

BNEI-OWNED HOTELS HI SOCIAL MEDIA PAG AS OUTCRY GROWS OVER ANTI-GAY LAWS

There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law. In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce.

“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.

“Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says.

BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH

“We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Has ma great progrs wh legalized same-sex marriage, worker protectns and crimalizatn of homophobic vlence.