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In Qatar, trans people can be arrested for the crime of "impersonating the opposite gender". Such individuals are often deemed to be "violating public morality" or infringing "community protection" laws and, as such, police may detain them for up to six months without trial or charge, on this suspicion.
Notable reference of same-sex activity in Ethiopia was in hagiography The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Wälättä P̣eṭros (1672).Walatta Petros (1592–1642) and her fellow student Ehete Krestos from Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, were friendly nuns "lived together in mutual love, like soul and body" until death whereas other nuns depicted as lustful each other.
The ancient Law of Moses (the Torah) forbids people from lying with people of the same sex (i.e., from having intercourse) in Leviticus 18 and gives a story of attempted homosexual rape in Genesis 19, in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, after which the cities were soon destroyed with "brimstone and fire, from the Lord" [23] [24] and the death ...
Qatar's so-called “morality” laws have left LGBTQ fans who yearned to experience a World Cup feeling unsafe and unwanted at soccer’s quadrennial extravaganza.
The World Cup is to take place in Qatar between November 20 and December 18 and many LGBT football fan groups have expressed concerns over the country’s attitudes towards those in the community ...
LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) rights, culture, people and organisations in Qatar Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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[2] [3] Both male and female types of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in the country, [4] with reports of high levels of discrimination and abuses against LGBT people. [5] [6] Ethiopia has a long history of social conservatism and same-sex sexual activity is considered a cultural taboo. [7] [3]