1 Azeri-Armenian gay love story stras at taboos 3/09 2 The Vlatns of the Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr 7/09 3 UN HRC lls
Contents:
- GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN
- GAY DICTNARY AZERI
- AZERI-ARMENIAN GAY LOVE STORY STRAS AT TABOOS
- AZERI GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST'S DEATH RAIS DIFFICULT QUTNS
- NOVEL OF GAY LOVE BRGS OUT THE POLICE
- GAY AZERBAIJAN NEWS & REPORTS
- BAKU GAY TRAVEL
- FEATURE: THE TTH ABOUT GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN OUTSI OF THE EUROVISN SONG CONTT
- AZERBAIJAN DETAS DOZENS OF GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN
In Azerjaijan the crimalizatn of nsensual same-sex male acts occurred 2000; human rights improved. But gays are still closeted. * azeri gay *
The year 2000 saw the abolishg of the Azerbaijani law forbiddg homosexual teractns (gay sex). Gay Life a Straight Society.
GAY DICTNARY AZERI
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Although homosexual acts between nsentg male adults were officially crimalized, reports about police ab agast gays, maly male prostut, persisted durg the last year. It has been observed that the state ntrolled media outlets e homosexualy as a tool to harass and discred crics of the ernment and opposn journalist.
Homosexualy Azerbaijan is an issue surround by nfn, ignorance, secrecy and a lack of nceptual unrstandg at the most basic level.
There is hardly any objective and rrect rmatn on the psychologil, soclogil and legal aspects of homosexualy Azerbaijan, wh the rult that the majory of society simply do not know what homosexualy is. Social attus are generally homophobic.
AZERI-ARMENIAN GAY LOVE STORY STRAS AT TABOOS
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“Comg out” as a gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr person is therefore rare and dividual LGBT people are aaid of the nsequenc. Some feel eply ashamed about beg gay.
AZERI GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST'S DEATH RAIS DIFFICULT QUTNS
Some, particular those who are fancially pennt and livg Baku, are able to lead a safe life as a LGBT person, as long as they ‘practice’ their homosexualy the private sphere. The age of nsent is equal for both heterosexual and homosexual sex, at 16 years of age.
As of 2009, there are no tablished forms of legally regnized unns for homosexuals.
NOVEL OF GAY LOVE BRGS OUT THE POLICE
But not all is well for LGBT people Azerbaijan; is, spe some reforms and secularism, still a Mlim-based untry where homophobia has ep roots i the relign.
GAY AZERBAIJAN NEWS & REPORTS
As reported this BBC story, one gay artist was forced to flee his untry bee of persecutn and threats.
Eurovisn 2012: Azerbaijan’s Gays Not Wele at Home. Officials Azerbaijan sist gay visors are wele to the 2012 Eurovisn song ntt when the event, which has an enthiastic gay followg, is hosted the pal, Baku.
BAKU GAY TRAVEL
However, such assuranc jar wh those who have had first-hand experience of how homosexuals are treated Azeri society. “My brother has vowed to kill me, and then kill himself, ” says Babi Badalov (photo right), a radil gay Azeri artist who has recently been granted polil asylum France.
FEATURE: THE TTH ABOUT GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN OUTSI OF THE EUROVISN SONG CONTT
“We knew he was gay, ” says his iend Tora Aghabayova, also an artist. “But he never talked about beg gay, so we didn’t mentn eher. But his applitn failed on the grounds that homosexualy was not illegal Azerbaijan.
“Homosexualy here is seen as worse than prostutn, ” says Yadigyar Sadykov, a human rights activist om Mr Badalov’s native regn.
“If a fay cid to kill a gay relative, most people would approve.
AZERBAIJAN DETAS DOZENS OF GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
I have heard of many suicis of spected homosexuals – I have never met an openly gay person around here. “Durg Eurovisn, no-one will bother gay foreigners Baku, ” says Alekper Aliyev, a wrer and an thor of a ntroversial book about a gay relatnship between an Azeri and a man om Armenia, the untry’s historic enemy. There are several openly gay celebri Baku who have money and bodyguards, and they are safe.