However, we showed a bunch of young queer people, who are scared and in quarantine, that they are not alone, that they have the force of the international queer community behind them.”Ī spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, confirmed that Ms. “We did not solve the issue of queer-phobia in Morocco. “For now the account has been suspended, and already a new one has popped up,” he said. Moussa and of Morocco’s discriminatory laws.Īdam Eli, the founder of the New York-based activist group Voices4, worked in coordination with Moroccan L.G.B.T.Q. The attacks ignited a firestorm of criticism, both of Ms. Moussa’s lead and created fake accounts on the apps to gather photos of gay men, which they then posted on private and public Facebook pages, setting off the homophobic attacks. In subsequent videos, she said her aim was to reveal the hypocrisy of Moroccan society by showing her attackers how many gay men were living in their vicinity, perhaps even in their own homes.
In a rage, she released a profanity-laced video encouraging women to download the location-based meeting apps, like Grindr and Planet Romeo, which are usually used by gay men. On April 13, a Moroccan transgender Instagram personality based in Istanbul, Naoufal Moussa or Sofia Talouni, was insulted about her sexual orientation. What makes this episode particularly painful, gay leaders say, is that it was ignited by someone who had also been singled out. “But in Morocco, same-sex behavior is also criminalized, so victims could find themselves trapped in a tragic catch-22 situation.” “A legal system respectful of universal rights would empower victims to press charges,” he said.
“When wrapped in incitement to hate and calls to violence based on sexual orientation, it’s also a crime.” “Forcibly outing people is not just an obvious violation of their right to privacy,” said Ahmed Benchemsi, the communications director for the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch. As of 2013, Americans are divided – a majority (60 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 33 percent disagree.Now, their cover has been blown in a way that would be criminal in most Western societies, rights advocates say. Opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality is divided in Israel, Poland and Bolivia". The Pew Research Center's 2013 Global Attitudes Survey found that there is "greater acceptance in more secular and affluent countries", with "publics in 39 countries broad acceptance of homosexuality in North America, the European Union, and much of Latin America, but equally widespread rejection in predominantly Muslim nations and in Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and in Russia. The high prevalence of people from the West on this list may be due to societal attitudes towards homosexuality. See homosexuality and bisexuality for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual ( LGB) people.
Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity. However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioural component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term "sexual orientation" in divergent ways. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. Famous people who are simply rumored to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, are not listed. This is a partial list of confirmed famous people who were or are gay, lesbian or bisexual. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.