Activists are calling on foreign nations to oppose the bill before it’s too late. Egypt is set to enact one of the world’s most sweeping and extreme pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation following a harsh crackdown on the local queer community. On Wednesday, member of parliament Ryad Abdel Sattar introduced a bill that would criminalize homosexuality
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More than half a dozen LGBT activists from the Arab world are expected to attend a first-of-its-kind meeting this weekend in Rehoboth Beach. The meeting — which will include advocates from Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Gaza Strip who live in the U.S. — will take place at a private home
Group of men aged between 18 and 57 were detained following allegations of committing sexual acts in a medical center According to Egyptian media, the suspects have been detained pending investigations into allegations that they committed ‘homosexual acts’ at a medical centre in the al-Marg district of Cairo. An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Saturday (12