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Egypt imposes media blackout on LGBT community
Egypt
October 1, 2017
Egypt imposes media blackout on LGBT community
The Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) has released an order to ban all forms of support towards the LGBT…
Coptic church organizes ‘Volcano of Homosexuality’ conference
Egypt
September 28, 2017
Coptic church organizes ‘Volcano of Homosexuality’ conference
St. Mark’s Orthodox Coptic Cathedral, which represents Egypt’s Copts, recently declared that it will organize a conference entitled Volcano of…
7 Mashrou’ Leila fans arrested over encouraging homosexuality
Egypt
September 26, 2017
7 Mashrou’ Leila fans arrested over encouraging homosexuality
Security authorities have arrested seven fans of the Lebanese alternative band Mashrou’ Leila for encouraging homosexuality in a concert held at…
Music Syndicate bans Mashrou Leila from performing in Egypt over LGBT pride flag
Egypt
September 25, 2017
Music Syndicate bans Mashrou Leila from performing in Egypt over LGBT pride flag
The Music Syndicate has banned Mashrou’ Leila from performing in Egypt following Friday’s Music Park concert where a couple of rainbow…
Malaysian health officials to amend gay ‘prevention’ contest: activists
Society
June 9, 2017
Malaysian health officials to amend gay ‘prevention’ contest: activists
Malaysian officials who launched a controversial video contest offering $1,000 cash prizes to explain how to “prevent” homosexuality have agreed…
Egypt boycotts screening process for LGBT expert on UN Human Rights Council
Egypt
August 12, 2016
Egypt boycotts screening process for LGBT expert on UN Human Rights Council
Egypt's representative on the UN Human Rights Council boycotted on Thursday the screening process of candidates for the new position…
Court resumes trial of 11 over ‘homosexuality’ charges
Egypt
February 14, 2016
Court resumes trial of 11 over ‘homosexuality’ charges
The Agouza Misdemeanor Court in Giza resumed on Sunday the trial of eleven men charged with “practicing homosexuality.”The trial’s first…
Trial of 11 men accused of homosexuality begins
Egypt
January 11, 2016
Trial of 11 men accused of homosexuality begins
The Agouza Misdemeanor Court in Giza begins Monday the trial of eleven young men accused of practicing homosexuality inside a…
No regrets for gay priest sacked by Vatican
Life & Style
November 13, 2015
No regrets for gay priest sacked by Vatican
More than a month after the Vatican fired high-ranking priest Krzysztof Charamsa for his very public coming-out, he says he…
Coptic Pope: Same-sex marriage an ‘abnormality’
Egypt
July 8, 2015
Coptic Pope: Same-sex marriage an ‘abnormality’
Same-sex marriage is a “deviation from normality”, the head of the Egyptian Church said on Monday as defenders of the…