Police uses grindr to arrest gay men,

[Melech 9,900]

"Police in Egypt are using gay app Grindr to lure gay and bisexual men to hotel rooms to arrest them.

Dalia Abdel-Hameed, a gender rights researcher with the Egyptian Initative for Personal Rights unearthed dozens of police reports. 

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In the reports, a “cultivation” technique is set out which sees targets seduced using Grindr. 

They are lured to hotel rooms and arrested by authorities. 

“It’s related to the fact that men are using apps more than women and an obsession of who is being penetrated. 

“There is this penetration mania in Egypt due to religious reasons, mostly.”

Earlier this month, four people were imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt.

The Haram Misdemeanour Court sentenced the defendants to three years in prison on Saturday, for acts which were “inconsistent with public morality and homosexuality”. 

The illegal actions were committed in a residential apartment in Hadayeq al-Ahram, Giza, near the country’s famous pyramids, according to the Egyptian Independent.

The convicted people, whose genders and names have not yet been reported, were arrested as part of the ongoing crackdown on the LGBT community in Egypt.

Police said they received an arrest warrant from the public prosecution before making the arrests, and that aphrodisiacs and sex toys were confiscated from the scene.

The crackdown began last month, after at least one rainbow flag was waved at a concert by the Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, whose lead singer is openly gay.

Egypt’s conservative, pro-government media stoked anti-LGBT sentiment after the concert, with prime-time TV host Ahmed Moussa telling his audience: “Homosexuality is a crime that’s as terrible as terrorism.”

A Pride flag at Mashrou Leila’s concert

Egyptian authorities responded with a ‘purge’ targeted at the country’s gay community, raiding homes and arresting more than 60 people to date, according to sources.

10 of those arrested immediately after the concert have already been sentenced to six years in prison each, for “debauchery”.

The Forensic Medical Authority has also carried out **** examinations on at least five of those arrested.

It is de facto illegal to be gay in Egypt, under public morality and order laws. Those convicted of homosexuality can be sentenced to as much as 17 years in prison.

Last week, authorities banned the media from reporting on the issue – while imposing a Russia-style ban on LGBT people being mentioned on TV and film, as well as radio, online or print media.

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued the statement, which “prohibits the appearance of homosexuals or their slogans in the media”, branding homosexuality a “sickness”.

Eight Egyptian men on trial for filming a gay wedding, 2014 (Getty)

The order forbids any appearance of gay people “in any media outlet whether written, audio, or visual, except when they acknowledge the fact that their conduct is inappropriate and repent for it”.

Though the crackdown has largely targeted gay men, one woman was detained by authorities on suspicion of “promoting sexual deviancy” and “habitual debauchery” for waving the rainbow flag."

http://attitude.co.uk/egypt-moves-towards-criminalising-homosexuality-with-new-bill/

I wish I was surprised by this. This is just sad

[calmar 22,768]

I personally am not surprised. When the news came out the police would start hunting people there I saw lots of warnings to get off of social media, especially if that media was catered to homosexuals (like Grindr.)

[swakby 4,100]

“Homosexuality is a crime that’s as terrible as terrorism.”

I cannot even begin to list how many things are wrong with this sentence. I'm so sick of closed-minded people. 

[Damon 10,930]

I feel so bad for those guys.. Imagine living a life where being yourself gets you killed, that's wrong on so many levels.

I pray one day their government see the truth and accept we are as human as they are

[Babel 41,637]

What kind of medieval witch hunting mess is this.

Horrible to hear what the gay community have to deal with in other parts of the world.

[juju 18,907]

18 minutes ago, Melech said:

“Homosexuality is a crime that’s as terrible as terrorism.”

Imagine believing this crap.

But with self-hating gays condemning the rest of us for being who we are/not fitting into some binary bullshit module, and people like Spacey using homosexuality to seemingly "excuse" himself of sexually assaulting minors, it's no surprise that the rest of the world still hates gays. It's the sad, sad truth, we can't really expect anyone to identify with our struggle when people within our own ranks will do whatever they can to tear us down.

[Melech 9,900]

Just now, that juju said:

Imagine believing this crap.

But with self-hating gays condemning the rest of us for being who we are/not fitting into some binary bullshit module, and people like Spacey using homosexuality to seemingly "excuse" himself of sexually assault minors, it's no surprise that the rest of the world still hates gays. It's the sad, sad truth, we can't really expect anyone to identify with our struggle when people within our own ranks will do whatever they can to tear us down.

not you being actually self-hating in the last paragraph  

[juju 18,907]

Just now, Melech said:

not you being actually self-hating in the last paragraph  

how  

[Melech 9,900]

1 minute ago, that juju said:

how  

you make it sound like its justified to hate gays because of some individuals. Black sheeps exists in every community/groups. The problem is with straight people, not gay people here

[Lippoutou 4,657]

23 minutes ago, Melech said:

The Forensic Medical Authority has also carried out **** examinations on at least five of those arrested.

What have they examined ? 

[Supersonic 49,376]

8 minutes ago, Melech said:

you make it sound like its justified to hate gays because of some individuals. Black sheeps exists in every community/groups. The problem is with straight people, not gay people here

I don't think that is what he wanted to say. I think he wanted to say that some LGBT people are twisted sociopaths that would willingly use their influence to hurt the community (out of personal gain)

And that it's hard dealing with straight people trying to come from our asses and then our own stabbing us in the back too.

[juju 18,907]

23 minutes ago, Melech said:

you make it sound like its justified to hate gays because of some individuals. Black sheeps exists in every community/groups 

my point was that, when there are gay men who actively reject what (****they think****) it means to be "gay", can we really expect much from anyone else, especially a nation long plagued with homophobia? Like, literally GAY people are out here condemning other GAY people for being "GAY", and we want to imagine we've made any progress whatsoever - this was my primary point. And the Spacey comment backs that notion in regards to the dangerous and toxic reality that, for many people over many decades, homosexuality has been correlated in some godforsaken way with pedophilia, and how ill-timed his coming out (when we been knew) was in correlation with the story of him assaulting the other actor when he was 14. So talk about regression... so yeah, two different points, but I wasn't trying to make it sound like hating gays is justifiable in any way, just that for so long, even our own oppose and loathe us. 

It's still an insidious regime and frightening as hell, and I pray the news is reaching the homosexual men of Egypt. 

[juju 18,907]

9 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

I don't think that is what he wanted to say. I think he wanted to say that some LGBT people are twisted sociopaths that would willingly use their influence to hurt the community (out of personal gain)

And that it's hard dealing with straight people trying to come from our asses and then our own stabbing us in the back too.

basically, this.

Perhaps I wasn't wording it correctly but there is so much (seemingly endless) internal turmoil, that as much as I want to believe the rest of the world can be tolerant....... it's really difficult most days. I honestly don't think I'll live to see the day LGBTQ+ people are treated with the respect they deserve, and its disheartening.

[youandi 2,110]

This is so so sad  

[JustaMonster 4,909]

This is so ****ed up