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‘They Torture And Kill Us’: Gay Afghan Men Fear For Lives Under The Taliban

8th November, 2022 · admin

Two gay Afghan men have told RFE/RL they live in constant fear under Taliban rule and have to meet their partners in secret. In a January report, Human Rights Watch found LGBT people in Afghanistan faced a “desperate situation and grave threats to their safety” with reports of killings, gang rapes, and mob attacks.

Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Homosexuality, LGBTQ in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban torture |
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Angry and afraid, Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community say they’re being hunted down after Taliban takeover

18th September, 2021 · admin

CNN: It’s not clear yet how severely the Taliban will enforce its strict religious laws against Afghanistan’s LGBTQ citizens. No official statement has been made, but in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper in July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexuality — stoning or being crushed under a wall. Click

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Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Homosexuality, LGBTQ in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule |
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The Taliban raped and beat a gay man in Kabul after tricking him into a meeting with a promise of escape from Afghanistan, says report

4th September, 2021 · admin

Business Insider: The Taliban raped and beat a gay man after duping him into meeting them, a report from ITV says. The outlet said that Hanan, a pseudonym given to protect his identity, had been speaking to a man on social media who promised to help him find a safe way out of Afghanistan. Click

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Gay Taliban, Homosexuality, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Rapists |
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‘Bacha bazi’ outrage after pandemic takes play to the small screen

12th August, 2020 · admin · 8 Comments

BBC News:  Two Americans attempted something unconventional. Lyricist Charlie Sohne and composer Tim Rosser created a musical about a subject even Afghans would consider too sensitive and unsettling – “bacha bazi” or “boy play”. The show has also faced criticism for promoting bacha bazi as a tradition that is accepted in Afghanistan. “Bacha bazi is

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Posted in Afghan Children, Entertainment News, Other News | Tags: Azita Ghanizada, Bacha Bazi, Homosexuality |
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‘Fake Life’: Being Gay In Afghanistan

13th September, 2017 · admin

Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2017 Ahmad seems like any other teenager in the Afghan capital, Kabul. He goes to school, hangs out with friends, and lives at home with his parents. But the 18-year-old is hiding a dangerous secret that could get him imprisoned or killed: He is homosexual. Homosexuality is

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Posted in Society | Tags: Bacha Bazi, Homosexuality, Nemat Sadat |
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Fear, secrecy and danger a way of life For Afghan gays

7th November, 2016 · admin

AP: To be homosexual in Afghanistan is to live in fear. Naveed and Rameen, young gay men in the capital Kabul have lost count of the number of times they’ve been lured into dangerous situations on what they believed to be dates.  Both men describe being robbed, beaten up and blackmailed, and receiving death threats. They’ve

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Posted in Society | Tags: Homosexuality |
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Afghanistan LGBT community living under threat of death

9th October, 2016 · admin

BBC News: Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Afghanistan, rarely discussed in the media and widely condemned as immoral and un-Islamic. As a result there are no statistics indicating the size of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the country. The BBC spoke to four Afghans with different sexual orientations. All told stories of

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Posted in Society | Tags: Homosexuality |
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What It’s Like Growing Up Gay in Afghanistan

12th July, 2016 · admin · 2 Comments

The Daily Beast: Soon after the American invasion of Afghanistan in the aftermath of September 11th, I read of the seeming paradox of Taliban killings of men who had sex with men, while they simultaneously engaged in the same behaviors themselves.  As a gay journalist, I decided to venture into Afghanistan to learn more firsthand… Click

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Posted in Society | Tags: Homosexuality |
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Orlando massacre was “revenge,” not terrorism, says man who claims he was gunman’s lover

22nd June, 2016 · admin

Univision: Omar Mateen, the Muslim gunman who committed the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, was “100 percent” gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by them, according to a man who says he was his lover for two months. “I’ve cried like you have no idea. But the thing that makes me

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Posted in Other News | Tags: Homosexuality, Omar Mateen |
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Afghanistan’s Love-Hate Relationship With Homosexuality

16th June, 2016 · admin

The Diplomat:  There is now widespread interest in what Islam and Muslim-majority cultures say about homosexuality and the traditional manner in which homosexuality is approached in Muslim-majority societies, in particular Afghanistan.  Contrary to popular perception, some Islamic cultures have a long, vibrant history of tolerance for homosexual behavior. Click here to read more (external link).

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Posted in Muslims and Islam, Society | Tags: Homosexuality, Omar Mateen |

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