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Gay partygoers to receive hormone injections
From gay.com UK
28 Nov 2005
Gay men arrested at a same-sex wedding party in the United Arab
Emirates are to be given hormone injections as part of their punishment
for homosexuality, according to officials in the country.
A spokesperson for the UAE's Interior Ministry said it raided a hotel
and arrested 26 men, the majority of whom were citizens of the
conservative country.
According to press reports, the men were attending a wedding party that
gave gay couples the chance to celebrate their relationships. Police
apparently raided after a tip from a local.
This is not the first time police have raided parties and arrested men
in countries where homosexuality is illegal.
Egypt famously arrested more than a dozen gay men attending a boat
party, a move that led to international condemnation and criticism from
the European Union.
Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia arrested more than 30 men for taking
part in a gay wedding party.
Hard-line tactics used have led to banning of gay news Web sites and
online chat rooms in a number of countries.
Representatives of the UAE government say the men arrested will be
given hormone treatments, as well as up to five years' jail time and
lashings, if found guilty of homosexual activity.
Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, where the hormone
treatments are used in an attempt to "cure" gay men and turn them
straight.
According to the Associated Press, the country's government has used
the arrests to urge vigilance by parents against "deviance" among their
children.
LGBT rights activists say the comments suggest that authorities fear a
new generation will move toward a more gay-friendly, liberal society.
From gay.com UK
28 Nov 2005
Gay men arrested at a same-sex wedding party in the United Arab
Emirates are to be given hormone injections as part of their punishment
for homosexuality, according to officials in the country.
A spokesperson for the UAE's Interior Ministry said it raided a hotel
and arrested 26 men, the majority of whom were citizens of the
conservative country.
According to press reports, the men were attending a wedding party that
gave gay couples the chance to celebrate their relationships. Police
apparently raided after a tip from a local.
This is not the first time police have raided parties and arrested men
in countries where homosexuality is illegal.
Egypt famously arrested more than a dozen gay men attending a boat
party, a move that led to international condemnation and criticism from
the European Union.
Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia arrested more than 30 men for taking
part in a gay wedding party.
Hard-line tactics used have led to banning of gay news Web sites and
online chat rooms in a number of countries.
Representatives of the UAE government say the men arrested will be
given hormone treatments, as well as up to five years' jail time and
lashings, if found guilty of homosexual activity.
Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, where the hormone
treatments are used in an attempt to "cure" gay men and turn them
straight.
According to the Associated Press, the country's government has used
the arrests to urge vigilance by parents against "deviance" among their
children.
LGBT rights activists say the comments suggest that authorities fear a
new generation will move toward a more gay-friendly, liberal society.
