Gays in Egypt

CaptainHero

Most Muslim/Arab and African countries have anti gay laws.

Many/most of the former USSR countries are anti gay.

China is also not gay friendly, even though they partially legalized homosexuality.

The surprising thing {not really} is that the EU says that in order to join, you have to have basic human rights laws in place, that protect everyone. Yet they still allow countries to join that violate one of their most basic rules. Actually, it's their first rule of membership.

That is good to know. Thanks.

geodude

Yah well I live in Egypt part of the time, so I know how the prosecution is like here. They are also very anti-bi when it comes to that matter, they see it as something very immoral and wrong. The problem with islam is that it takes fanticism to a new level, as where gays in christianity are not accepted, with islam they are being erradicated, so to speak.

The best option in egypt, if your gay, is to just hide it. That realy is the only thing people can do, otherwise they would find themselves in a multitude of insults, beatings and a lot of pain. I have come to realise lately though that the younger generation is a bit more open-minded then the older generation, so we might see a change in the gay opinions in egypt, even so, thats a pretty long way off :P. This mentality against gays seems to be reflected only in the lower class though, people who are living middle to high class don't have this problem

But generaly the rule of thumb is that if your not an egyptian, its alright for you to be gay. I wouldn't have a problem telling people I'm bi in Egypt, since Im half-Greek anyway, plus I know a lot of people who are half-British or half-American who have no problems whatsoever. Its just a very stupid subject tbh because they don't realy have any evidence or real reasons as to WHY they hate gays, they just keep refering back to the koran, and tbh I don't trust a book that doesn't have any facts.

mgr

HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD

COUNTRIES WHERE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH

Afghanistan
Iran
Mauritania
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Nigeria
Yemen

COUNTRIES WITH SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
ILLEGAL)

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Barbados
Bangladesh
Bahrain
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Burma(Myanmar)
Brunei
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cook Islands
Fiji
Cameroon
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Grenada
Ghana
French Polynesia (Tahiti)
Guinea
Guyana
India
Kenya
Lebanon
Kiribati
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Laos
Liberia
Kuwait
Libya
Malawi
Maldives
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Niue Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tonga
Tokelau
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

QUESTIONABLE SODOMY LAW COUNTRIES (UNSURE IF THEY HAVE
A SODOMY LAW)

Egypt
North Korea
Turkmenistan

COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
LEGAL)

Albania
Anguilla
Andorra
Antigua-Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
China
Colombia
Chad
Chile
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Cuba
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Dutch Antilles
Denmark
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Falkland Islands/Malvinas
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Guyana
Georgia
Germany
Gabon
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malta
Martinique
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montserrat
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niger
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Turks & Caicos Islands
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu/New Hebrides
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vojvodina

Dalantis

And now: on the list of COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
LEGAL) there IS NOT even one Arab/Muslim country (exept Turkey and B&H that are in Europe, or at least-partly in Europe)… Facts say by themselfs...

twoboyz

@Dalantis:

And now: on the list of COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
LEGAL) there IS NOT even one Arab/Muslim country (exept Turkey and B&H that are in Europe, or at least-partly in Europe)… Facts say by themselfs...

But am i wrong in thinking Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan,Kyrgyzstan and Georgia are muslim to the greater extent and Eritrea has two state religions 1 being sunni muslim so no i dont see that the facts do speak for themselfs i just think we should stop being so anti muslim my self and my partner visit Egypt regularly and have NEVER had any problems at all.

Dalantis

Well - I don't think any of us here is anti-muslim. Me personally - I love muslim culture. We are just saying that islam is definnitely good religion concerning gay topic. U say - the same about catholicism and ortodox - right - I agree - but at least in Greece and in Poland and in most of the other cristian countries there is no any law that tells me what should I do in my bed (and with whom should I do it). We all know that in muslim countries being gay is much more difficult then in Europe or the States. My friends from Egypt and Gulf are offen affrain even to put pictures of themselves into the gay profile, in order not to be recognised there in their anti-gay countries…. Doesn't seem nice for me...

DOTAFREAK

no actually
Jordan is a muslim country and it is on the list

i live in jordan but i never knew that

will i dont think it matters at all …coz its how u are treated by other arabs/muslims in the country u live so am not planning to come out any time soon
until i move to canada
after i finish college

badbadass6

hey i'm from egypt , and after i read the main message of that forum , i ask him , where you hear that story ? indeed , no laws against Gays now in Egypt , it's impossible to find a gay man jailed for gay sex ! here in Egypt ( for more information about that point see www.wikipeida.org & and search for gays laws around the world ) anyway , that's not mean we have gay rights , but we are the must fighting Islamic/Arabic country for that point . but we still the first Arabic ( second Islamic after Turkey ) that we haven't a laws against gays , but we still not that free , still many gays here want to move to gay rights countries
THANKS

raphjd

The article details were in the opening post.

Advocate, The, May 24, 2005 by Mike Hudson

octavio

Homophobic countries can and will use any kind of law available to get their way.
A lot of them do have laws on immorality which they use on gays.
I think also in Egypt such laws are used for gays.

Also, I'm told that some states within the US still have sodomy laws.
Laws applicable on sodomy / assfucking between straight people as well as gays.
They are almost never used but still in existence and come in handy for police now and then!

baduy

thank you mgr….

twinkerzzz

thats a great list
its also quite a frightening list

raphjd

US Governor of Iraq at the time {with the US State Dept} wrote the Iraq constitution, outlawing m/m sodomy.

I remember watching the BBC news when this happened and C. Rice said the topic was not open for discussion, that the Bush Admin felt it was the best thing for the US and Iraq to include the anti sodomy laws in the Iraq constitution.