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Contents:

• SDI ARABIA ARRTS MEN AFTER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO GO VIRAL
• VIRAL VIO OF SDI GAY WEDDG UNR OFFICIAL VTIGATN
• SDI ARABIA LNCH CRACKDOWN AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL
• MEC POLICE 'ARRT EVERYONE VOLVED' ALLEGED GAY WEDDG
• SDI ARABIA: GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL AND CS STIR GULF KGDOM
• SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN INVOLVED IN GAY WEDDG VIO THAT WENT VIRAL
• ARRTS AT SDI 'GAY WEDDG'

SDI ARABIA ARRTS MEN AFTER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO GO VIRAL

Several young men were arrted last week Sdi Arabia rponse to a viral vio allegedly showg the weddg of a gay the vio, two men — one wearg what appears to be a veil — are seen walkg together down an aisle as nfetti ras down. Homosexual acts are punishable by ath Sdi Arabia.

VIRAL VIO OF SDI GAY WEDDG UNR OFFICIAL VTIGATN

And though the Middle Eastern untry has no explic anti-transgenr laws, adher to a strict terpretatn of Shari’a law and has arrted numero people on cross-drsg more: The 6 Countri Execute People for Beg GayWhile Sdi Arabia has taken some steps to improve human rights the untry, particularly for women, recent months, law enforcement’s hasty reactn to the vio of the alleged weddg ceremony shows the untry still has a long way to go terms of ensurg equal rights for all.

SDI ARABIA LNCH CRACKDOWN AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL

“In a untry that n punish homosexual acts wh the ath penalty, we mt not jump to nclns about the sexuali or genr inti [of the people the vio], ” Jsi Stern, the Executive Director of LGBTQ rights anizatn OutRight Actn Internatnal, told Global Cizen. The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward.

But when Waleed sudnly dumps him to marry a woman, Rami mt face the realy of life as a gay man Egypt.

All of this at a time of a major crackdown on gay men and the notor Queen Boat arrts of 2001.

MEC POLICE 'ARRT EVERYONE VOLVED' ALLEGED GAY WEDDG

The batn of beg back his hometown, this prsure om his mother and his homosexualy him to have equent panic attacks. Out Loud is the first film om Lebanon wh a gay theme that sets a new standard for cema om the Middle East the midst of the Arab Sprg.

Abllah, a young gay man, is tryg to fd his way through the difficult sexual, polil and racial climate of Moroc.

SDI ARABIA: GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL AND CS STIR GULF KGDOM

Salma, a DJ and bartenr fac a difficult moment as she out as gay to her tradnal Christian fay. Waseem is a Syrian gay-for-pay htler seekg refuge Cologne.

SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN INVOLVED IN GAY WEDDG VIO THAT WENT VIRAL

A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear. Filmed 12 untri and 9 languag, this documentary, directed by gay Mlim filmmaker Parvez Sharma, tells the lorful and varied stori of gay and lbian Mlims om all over the world. Film still om I Am Gay and Mlim.

ARRTS AT SDI 'GAY WEDDG'

I Am Gay and Mlim (2012) dir. This timate documentary follows a number of young Morocn gay men their exploratn of their relig and sexual inty. Oriented follows the liv of three gay Paltian men who live Tel Aviv.

For a gay filmmaker, filmg Sdi Arabia prents two ser challeng: filmg is forbidn the untry and homosexualy is punishable by ath. Film still om A Gay Girl Damasc. A Gay Girl Damasc: The Ama Profile (2015) dir.

Enuraged by Sandra, Ama lnch a blog lled “A Gay Girl Damasc, ” reprentg a margalized voice the Middle East on polics, relign, and sexualy. In 2015, he me out as gay on Facebook, makg him the first openly gay man om Sudan, this a massive outrage the Sudane muny. In this portra that is multi-layered both terms of form and ntent, a gay man nonts the ghosts of his past and explor hidn longgs, unrequed love and tormentg feelgs of guilt.