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Undercover police agents use the applications to set up meetings with gays in cafes. In the current climate, I no longer dare to use applications to meet people. We asked to see the manager and he said: "Get out of here! I don’t want problems in my café ". When we called the waiter over, he came to our table and asked us to leave the restaurant. But when I am with a friend that does look effeminate, people always insult us.Ī few days ago, we were sitting in a cafe. I’m lucky because I don’t look effeminate and so I go unnoticed. People think that gays are perverts, that they have no morals and that they only think about sex all the time.
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In Egypt, there is a kind of religious fascism. I am very careful not to let my secret out because it could get me in big trouble. But outside of this small family circle and a few gay friends, no one knows. But he let me return soon after because he realised that it wasn’t my fault. At first, when I told my father, he was very angry and kicked me out of the house. I’m lucky because my parents and my older brother know and accept that I am gay. "I was chased out of a cafe in Cairo because I was with an effeminate friend"Karim Ahmad (not his real name) is 20-year-old medical student. Egyptian gay rights activists have published numerous messages warning members of the community to refrain from using these applications.Īccording to several gay rights activists, at least 77 LGBT people have been arrested since October 2013. The sign reads: “Liberty for Arabic homosexuals! Love is not a crime".Īccording to accounts given by numerous witnesses, police are using gay online dating sites, such as Grindr, to hunt down LGBT people. This photo was published on a Facebook page calling for an end to the persecution of LGBT people in Egypt. One of them was sentenced to 12 years of prison, the heaviest sentence ever given to an LGBT person in Egypt. Despite this, numerous people have been arrested while taking part in festivities celebrating gay unions and accused of “debauchery.” In May, for example, four men were arrested during a party organised in Nasr City, located east of Cairo. However, after the men were “tested,” the authorities admitted that the results showed that they had not engaged in homosexual relations. The footage was shared across social media and was picked up by the local press, who condemned this ceremony.Īt the beginning of the week, the public prosecutor’s office ordered the two men featured in the ceremony to undergo “medical tests” that were supposed to be able to determine if they were homosexual. The footage showed a gay couple exchanging vows and rings under a traditional canopy on a boat on the Nile, in the presence of a small group of friends. Two gay Egyptians, who hide their sexuality and live in fear of being arrested, tell us their story.Ī week ago, seven men were arrested after they appeared in a video showing a marriage ceremony between two men. Though homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, police have been using social media and smartphone applications to hunt down and arrest gays and lesbians. Screen grab from the video below, showing a gay marriage ceremony.