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Four people have just been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt
Four people have been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt. The Haram Misdemeanour Court sentenced the defendants to three years in prison on Saturday, for acts which were “inconsistent with public...
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Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms
Police in Egypt are using gay app Grindr to lure gay and bisexual men to hotel rooms to arrest them. Dalia Abdel-Hameed, a gender rights researcher with the Egyptian Initative for Personal Rights...
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No-one is talking about Egypt’s shocking homophobic purge
Egypt’s authorities are deliberately fuelling a homophobic ‘moral panic’ in order to build support for a homophobic crackdown, a report has alleged. There has recently been a dramatic surge in arrests...
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Egypt launches bid to ban atheism over fears it turns people gay
Egypt has announced a bid to ban atheism in the hopes that it will stop people from “turning” gay. The parliamentary commission on religion has said that plans to make “promotion of atheism” illegal...
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Two arrested for waving rainbow flag in Egypt are released on bail
Two people arrested in Egypt for waving a rainbow flag at a music concert have been released on bail. In September last year, the waving of a rainbow flag at a music concert was extensively derided in...
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Nine arrested in Egypt for ‘debauchery’ after gay sex party accusation
Nine people have been arrested in Egypt accused of “debauchery” for being gay after neighbours accused them of being “weird”. The men were arrested on Monday, accused of “debauchery” after being...
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Student arrested for organising ‘homosexual concert’ accused of ‘debauchery’...
A student has been arrested in Egypt after he was accused of committing “debauchery” by organising a “homosexual concert”. The student from Giza, Egypt manages a company which organises concerts in the...
View ArticleA belly dancer in Egypt is wearing a beard to protest the treatment of LGBT...
A belly dancing activist is challenging LGBT rights in Egypt in a spellbinding way – by wearing a beard when she performs. Shrouk El-Attar, who is a lesbian, studies at Cardiff University and is an...
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These inspiring videos are amplifying the voice of LGBT+ Middle Eastern and...
A rare candid video series documenting what it’s like to be LGBT+ in the Middle East and North Africa has been released. The series, which documents the lives of LGBT+ people across the likes of...
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Police are ensnaring gay men in Egypt through dating apps
Men using gay dating apps in Egypt are being targeted by the police in a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. Users of the likes of Hornet, Grindr and Growler are being beaten and arrested by police and...
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It’s not hard, footballers – just don’t meet leaders accused of killing...
Over the weekend, one of the world’s best footballers, Mohamed Salah, met Chechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. On the surface, it made sense for Egypt’s star striker to agree to accompany Kadyrov to his...
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World Cup star Mohamed Salah sparks outrage by meeting ‘gay purge’ leader...
Footballing superstar Mohamed Salah has received a backlash after agreeing to meet the leader responsible for Chechnya’s ‘gay purge.’ The Egypt and Liverpool forward, one of the most famous faces in...
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Egyptian TV host is jailed for interviewing gay man
An Egyptian TV host has reportedly been jailed for a year for interviewing a gay man on his show—despite being anti-gay himself. TV host Mohamed al-Gheiti, a presenter on the LTC TV station, was...
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Trans woman Malak al-Kashef ‘held in Egypt at torture risk,’ activists say
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to ensure the safety of transgender woman Malak al-Kashef. According to the group, al-Kashef was seized during a police raid...
View ArticlePride flag ‘banned’ from Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Egypt
Police allegedly searched concertgoers for rainbow Pride flags before allowing them to enter Red Hot Chili Peppers concert outside the Pyramids of Giza, Cairo. Journalist Samer Al-Atrush tweeted,...
View ArticleEgyptian government refuses to acknowledge existence of LGBT people, even as...
The government in Egypt has said it does not recognise the existence of sexuality and gender identity, but continues to arrest LGBT+ people for being who they are. More than 90 people were arrested...
View ArticleEgyptian trans activist says she is treated like ‘the enemy’ and is ‘ready...
A trans activist from Egypt has said she is treated like “the enemy” in her own country, where LGBT+ people’s identities are generally not accepted. Malak El-Kashif said that people in Egypt who...
View ArticleAcclaimed Egyptian actor reveals he has a trans son with a defiant message to...
Egyptian actor Hesham Selim is being praised for a powerful interview in which he spoke about loving and supporting his trans son. In an interview which aired on May 3 with film director Enas...
View ArticleSara Hegazy, the pioneering Egyptian LGBT+ activist who was tortured for...
Sara Hegazy, an Egyptian LGBT+ activist who was jailed and tortured for raising a Pride flag at a concert, has tragically died by suicide at the age of 30. After being freed from prison, Hegazy was...
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Sara Hegazy, who died by suicide after being tortured for flying a Pride...
A candlelight vigil is being held in honour of Sara Hegazy, an Egyptian LGBT+ activist who died of suicide after being tortured for raising a Pride flag at a concert. Hegazy took her own life on...
View ArticleEgyptian actor’s trans son sued for ‘promoting homosexuality’ with tribute to...
Two Egyptian lawyers are suing Noor Hesham Selim, the transgender son of film star Hesham Selim, for an Instagram post that supported Egyptian LGBT+ activist Sara Hegazy, who died by suicide earlier...
View ArticleTV station linked to Muslim Brotherhood extremists calls for queer people to...
An Istanbul-based TV channel affiliated with the Egyptian extremist group Muslim Brotherhood has called for all homosexuals to be slaughtered. On June 16, Watan TV host Hala Samir gave a monologue...
View ArticleEgyptian police are using Grindr to hunt and imprison queer people. Once...
Fake dating profiles are being used by security forces in Egypt to entrap LGBT+ people and subject them to horrifying abuses in prison, a new report has found. According to Human Rights Watch, the...
View ArticleReligious extremist sets up makeshift school to ‘treat’ homosexuality in...
An evangelical pastor is setting up a school in Egypt that will attempt to “treat” homosexuality in young people. Pastor Tony George Rizk, a member of the Evangelicals Association in Egypt and the...
View ArticleMadonna flies to four countries in three weeks despite there being a literal...
Madonna swapped four minutes for four countries after reportedly flying from the US to England, Egypt, Malawi and Kenya in the past three weeks. According to The Sun, the pop queen is thought to have...
View ArticleBank of Egypt forced to confirm new rainbow note isn’t for LGBT+ rights after...
The Central Bank of Egypt has confirmed a new banknote with a rainbow watermark is not designed to promote LGBT+ rights. The new 10 and 20 pound notes made from a durable polymer plastic attracted...
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This shocking new BBC doc reveals how Egyptian police hunt LGBTQ+ people on...
Harrowing new BBC documentary Queer Egypt Under Attack uncovers how violent criminal gangs and corrupt Egyptian police officers use online dating sites to target the LGBTQ+ community. Journalist and...
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Grindr sends every user in Egypt warning about police tricking and arresting...
LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr has urged all users in Egypt to be vigilant following reports that police are using the app to conduct sting operations and arrest queer men. Increasing numbers of LGBTQ+ are...
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Iman Le Caire: Trans woman who fled home after being stabbed by own brother...
Iman Le Caire helps trans people facing abuse and even death in their home countries find safety abroad. It’s something she knows all too well. Content warning: rape and violence. Le Caire grew up in...
View ArticleQueer girl, 15, ‘traumatised’ after airport security made her strip to prove...
A 15-year-old British girl with short hair has recalled her “traumatic” experience with airport security guards who forced her to strip to prove her gender. Caitlyn Disley told the Daily Mail she was...
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