Tag: Middle East
Coming out: “Family Secrets” challenges homosexual stereotypes in the Middle East
Being gay in the Middle East is forbidden, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist.
No gays allowed: Saudi Arabia bans homosexuals from schools
Gays and “tomboys” can no long enter public schools and universities in Saudi Arabia, until they change their appearance and behavior. That’s how the country chose to tackle the spread of the two “phenomena”.
Egyptian Domino Theory…A Threat to Arab Gay People and Women
Egypt is fated to be the first domino. The revolution there will inevitably spread to all of the Middle East and North Africa. The question is: Will it be an Islamic fundamentalist revolution or a democratic one? That outcome will profoundly determine the progress of gay rights as well as women’s rights in the Middle East.
6 gay men shot in Iraq after clerics urged crackdown on gays
Two gay men were killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, a local official said on Saturday, and police said they had found the bodies of four more after clerics urged a crackdown on a perceived spread of homosexuality.