official name: Egypt
capital: Cairo
independence: 1922 from UK
president: Mohammed Hosni MUBARAK
population: 76.1million
languages: Arabic (official), English
currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
religion: 94% Muslim, Coptic Christian 6%
homosexual status: Illegal

Egypt

Five Egyptian men sentenced to prison for being gay

09 Apr 2008- Cairo, Egypt- Five Egyptian men were sentenced Apr 9 to three years in prison for being gay. Four of the men were targeted by police because of their HIV status...more

Over a hundred NGOs slam HIV-based arrests and trials ‘of’ gay men

08 Apr 2008- Egypt- Amnesty International As five more men face trial in Cairo on 9 April in a widening and dangerous police crackdown on people living with HIV/Aids...more

Egyptian government accused of HIV witch-hunt

23 Mar 2008- Egypt- STIGMATISING HIV-positive men will not help the Egyptian government contain the spread of the disease...more

Egypt police 'widen HIV arrests'

19 Feb 2008- Egyptian police have arrested four men suspected of being HIV positive, bringing the total detained in a recent crackdown to 12, rights groups say...more
 

Scholars decry lesbian scene in Egyptian movie

07 Jan 2008- Egypt- Religious scholars in Egypt are outraged by a lesbian scene in a new movie, telling audiences to stay away from the sinful flick and calling for the director and actresses to be prosecuted...more
 

Egypt 'torturing HIV sufferers'

 06 Feb 2008- Egypt- HIV-positive Egyptian men are tortured and chained to hospital beds while awaiting unfair homosexuality trials, a human rights group has claimed...more

Sex and the city, Egyptian-style

18 Feb 2007- Cairo, Egypt- In the hot evenings of autumn 2002, Cairo's streetside cafes were packed with men, women and teenagers riffling intently through the same pages...more

Egyptian MPs call for film with gay character to be cut

14 July 2006- Egypt- Egyptian MPs are demanding cuts in a popular new film, claiming it defames their country with its gritty portrayal of corrupt politicians, police brutality, terrorism and homosexuality, writes Brian Whitaker...more

Fear of arrest results in Egyptian gays not having HIV tests

04 April 2006- The lack of gay and bisexual men in Egypt requesting tests for HIV has been blamed on police raids based on medical records kept at hospitals...more
 

Egyptian manicurists become homosexual icons, could this be the first recorded gay kiss?


01 Jan 2006- A WALL painting in an ancient Egyptian tomb, showing an intimate embrace between two male manicurists, could be the first recorded depiction of an openly homosexual couple...more

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