Tag: Muslim
Call for more government support for gay Asians
The British government needs to do more to support the rights of gay Asians in Britain, a leading campaigner has said.
Egyptian authorities drag 33 naked men from bath house for suspected homosexuality
Up to 33 men suspected of homosexuality have been arrested and dragged naked from a bath house in downtown Cairo, following a raid by Egyptian authorities.
14-Year-Old Muslim boy harassed when he came out as gay
I’ve had it hard. It has been yelled shit to me like “fucking Queer” and many other bad things. There are many Muslims who look down on me, says a 14-year-old boy from a Muslim background to NRK.
New book by Ali calls for acceptance of gays in Muslim countries
Author Ali gives a poignant look into the lives of gay men living in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern Muslim countries in his eye-opening new book, “Two Gay Muslim Couples” (published by Lulu).
Gay-friendly mosque opens quietly in South Africa
Against a global background of rising Islamist militancy a new mosque where gay people are welcome, Christians too, and women are treated equally to men opened peacefully in Cape Town on Friday despite threats of violence.
Turkey’s gay groups sound alarm over separate prisons plan
Gay rights groups in Turkey expressed alarm Tuesday at a government-led project to build prisons only for criminals who declare themselves gay, saying it would lead to more discrimination in a largely homophobic country.