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From 3 April 2008 our news editor is in a remote area of the Sahara without even a satellite connection and therefore it is unlikely he will be able to post regular news updates this month.
3 April 2008
Geert Wilders defends his controversial anti-Islam film Fitna asking "Where is the imam who stands up in the Netherlands and says, for us, homosexuals are entitled to equal rights ?" and arguing that "(homoophobic) attacks don’t happen in the name of Buddhism or Christianity; nor do homosexuals get beaten up, as happens daily in Amsterdam."
dienim.wordpress.com
2 April 2008
Review of a new documentary which focuses on "citizen Nawi", a gay Jewish plumber, who decides to side with Palestinians as Israeli army bulldozers flatten their homes; while his Palestinian boyfriend wants to escape the anti-gay bigots of Ramallah but finds that in Jerusalem he is repeatedly thrown in Jail for having no permit.
Variety.com
2 April 2008
Junaid Jahanagir wonders whether two marganalized Canadian communities, queers and muslims, can ever work together and finds some reasons to be optimistic.
The Gateway - University of Alberta student newspaper
2 April 2008
"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would approve" - journalist questions a Human Rights Watch report on Iran, implying its' insistence on obtaining clear evidence of gay executions might be pandering to the regime's own propoganda
Queerty.com
2 April 2008
In just over two weeks gay Arabs, Turks, Iranians and friends will party together in San Francisco and all money raised will go to gay rights groups, at least four of them working in the Middle East
OutInSanJose.com
2 April 2008
A Dubai high court will give its' final verdict on an appeal by two Emirati men convicted for the rape of a 15 year old French-Swiss boy
France 24
2 April 2008
Hilal Nakiboglu Isler makes a belated but refreshingly different review of Alaa Al Aswany's "The Yacoubian Building", notorious for its' depiction of the closeted gay editor of Le Caire newspaper. Did you know that Al Aswany still works as a dentist in the Garden City disctrict of Cairo ?
desicritics.org
2 April 2008
Brief reference to the Egyptian movie ‘Heena Maysara’ with its' lesbian scenes which made it into third place at the Cairo box office taking over 16million LE, giving even the blockbuster "Al Jazeera" a close run
Waleg.com
2 April 2008
Writer argues that gay rights in Indonesia could soon benefit from a recent meeting between between Islamic leaders and a gay rights group.
Sydney Star Observer - Issue 912
2 April 2008
Books written to combat anti-gay prejudice are withdrawn from two British schools after complaints from the predominantly Muslim parents.
Telegraph.co.uk
2 April 2008
"My journal was a real help with my complicated gay life" writes Egyptian blogger one year after starting.
ramsesthesecond.livejournal.com
1 April 2008
Alasdair Soussi interviews "Adel", a gay teenager who works with the Tunisian Association Against AIDS, trying to raise HIV awareness among vulnerable groups - specifically sex workers and the gay community
New Internationalist
1 April 2008
Blogger reflects on Kuwait's new crackdown on transvestites
middleeast.about.com
1 April 2008
The Gambian president declares that his government will have "zero tolerance on......gay-marriage," declaring that "anyone bent on such unacceptable activity will find his or herself in the wrong place."
The Point
31 March 2008
Morocco's press rallies behind the newspaper fined after it alleged a judge had been present at a party involving a "network of sexual perverts."
Magharebia.com
31 March 2008
Nigerian Islamic scholar interviewed on the subjects of sex education and homosexuality.
jurnal-farmasi.blogspot.com
31 March 2008
Human rights activist Scott Long examines the issue of gay rights in the context of Iran
Guardian Unlimited
31 March 2008
Greek Government decides against deporting gay Iranian refugee
PinkNews.co.uk
30 March 2008
Major Alan Rogers, a senior intelligence officer is killed in Iraq but the Washington Post keeps silent about his sexual orientation despite his prominent role in gay rights advocacy
ABC News
30 March 2008
The Scotland on Sunday newspaper launches an online petition to save a gay Syrian from a deportation order
Scotland on Sunday
30 March 2008
Debate rages over the topic "Gay Albanians- Are we ever going to come out of the closet??"
Warning - There might be some inappropriate and/or offensive comments.
Topix.com
29 March 2008
Miss Malaysia wins the "Catwalk" transexual beauty pageant in San Francisco
Asian Week
29 March 2008
Kuwaiti police arrest three gay men in cafe
Arab Times
29 March 2008
Now MPs join fight to stop gay Iranian refugee's deportation from the U.K.
The Independent
28 March 2008
Gay kurds marching with a rainbow flag meet with mixed reactions
Kurdish Aspect
28 March 2008
British peer argues that there is only one ethical option open to the British Government and that is for the Home Secretary to block the deportation of an Iranian gay refugee
The Independent
28 March 2008
Human Rights Watch urges the Iranian Government to release 30 men arrested in Esfahan in February and investigated for alleged homosexual conduct
Human Rights Watch
28 March 2008
Scottish gay activists campaign to stop deportation of gay Syrian teenager
PinkNews.co.uk
28 March 2008
Gay Kosovan activist granted asylum in the United States
Washington Blade
28 March 2008
A conference of moderate muslim scholars in Indonesia concludes that gays, lesbians and homosexuality are all permissible within Islam
The Jakarta Post
27 March 2008
Interview with Yonatan Gher, the Executive Director of the Jerusalem Open House, the LGBT centre for the city's residents
The Jerusalem Post
27 March 2008
Blogger attacks British politician George Galloway for supporting the Iranian government's explanation for the execution of a man who was the boyfriend of an Iranian now seeking refuge in the U.K..
godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com
26 March 2008
Egyptian student blogger discusses his research on HIV prevention at university and the problems of tackling HIV prevention and the Egyptian public's attitude towards AIDS and homosexuality
ramsesthesecond.livejournal.com
26 March 2008
Moroccan newspaper ordered to pay almost one million dollars in damages after it stated a judge was present at an alleged "gay wedding"
PinkNews.co.uk
26 March 2008
Students at a Jerusalem Rabbinical Seminary clash over gay rights
The Jerusalem Post
26 March 2008
Malaysian police launch investigation after gay deportee returns from Canada
The Asian Pacific Post
25 March 2008
Gay Palestinian granted temporary residence permit to live in Israel after he proved his life was in danger due to his sexual orientation
Reuters
24 March 2008
Forum discussion - Are there any gay bars in Almaty - Kazakhstan ?
Lonely Planet - The Thorn Tree
23 March 2008
Over 150 turn up to a London demonstration calling for an Iranian gay refugee and others in a similar situation to be allowed permanent residence in the U.K.
Trotskyist.blogspot.com
22 March 2008
American gay magazine publishes a guide to picking up Israeli men
YNetNews
17 March 2008
For the first time in Israel two men are recognised as joint parents of an adopted child
The Jerusalem Post
17 March 2008
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch are joining together to promote a petition requesting the release of six Moroccans imprisoned after the alleged "gay marriage" incident
PinkNews.co.uk
16 March 2008
Tel-Aviv will use the opportunity of this year's gay games in Copenhagen to promote the city's image to the international gay community
ynetnews.com
16 March 2008
Gay Syrian refugee who escaped beatings and torture now faces deportation from the U.K. back to Syria
Scotland on Sunday
15 March 208
Gay Iranian refugee requests guarantee that he can stay in the U.K.
The Independent
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