Gay Life in Tunisia
GlobalGayz - Introduction There are countless reports from many Arab/Muslim societies about persecution, harassment or imprisonment of gay citizens, from Egypt to Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia where...
View ArticleTunisia, Bardo Museum
GlobalGayz - The Bardo Museum in the capital city of Tunis contains the world’s largest collection of Roman mosaics as well as hundreds of Roman and Greek eras bronze and marble statuary. It was...
View ArticleTunisia, Tunis Medina
GlobalGayz - The medina (souq) marketplace is the ancient core of Tunis, since the 7th century. Narrow alleyways are lined with hundreds of tiny shops and stalls selling everything from ladies...
View ArticleTunisia, Carthage Ruins
GlobalGayz - Modern Carthage is an upscale suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, with a population of about 22,000. Ancient Carthage is believed to have been founded in the 8th century BC then destroyed by warfare...
View ArticleTunisia, Tunis World War II Cemeteries
GlobalGayz - There are two war cemeteries in the Tunis area where the World War II dead are buried. One is American, in Carthage, and the other is French, in Gammarth. The Battle of Tunisia occurred...
View ArticleTunisia, Sidi Bou Said Town
GlobalGayz - Sidi Bou Said is a small suburban town near Tunis. The town itself is an attractive tourist location known for the extensive use of blue and white colors on buildings. Here is located the...
View ArticleTunisia, La Marsa & Gammarth Towns
GlobalGayz - La Marsa is an upscale suburban town north of the capital of Tunis, located on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a pleasant beach town and popular in the summer with many restaurants and a few...
View ArticleBeing Gay in Algeria Today
GlobalGayz - Intro: Living their sexuality mostly in hiding, the gays of Algeria are cautiously more evident, but face a reactionary social mentality. The penal code severely condemns homosexuality so...
View ArticleGay Life in Angola
GlobalGayz - Compiled by Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com February 2012 Introduction A rare glimpse into gay life in Angola where the social environment is toxic for LGBT people. Because they are an...
View ArticleEvolution of Kenya LGBT Rights and Spaces Since 2008.
GlobalGayz - By David Kuria Founding Director, Gay and Lesbian Coalition Kenya (GALCK) August 2012 Here is update on the LGBT situation in Kenya for our LGBT community in recent years. I have focused...
View ArticleUganda: Grateful to Volunteer
GlobalGayz - Grateful to volunteer in Uganda By JP Conly, RN December 12th, 2013 This is the first of three reports originally published in the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. (JP Conly, a nurse from...
View ArticleUganda : Homophobic Law Passed
GlobalGayz - How things quickly turned wrong in Uganda JP Conly December 27th, 2013 Originally published in the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News Since JP Conly returned home the Uganda Parliament voted,...
View ArticleGay Uganda: A Dangerous Place
GlobalGayz - Dangerous liaisons: Meeting up with Uganda LGBT activists Sam Ganafa and Long Jones By JP Conly, RN January 23rd, 2014 Originally published i the San diego Gay and Lesbian News Before...
View ArticleGay Egypt: President Al-Sisi is Worse For Gays Than Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalGayz - Daily Beast looks into the LGBT community since Egypt has been headed by its third president in three years, Abdel-Fattah Sisi’. His election did not bode well for Egypt’s already nervous...
View ArticleGay Botswana – An Historic Event Unfolds
GlobalGayz - Intro: Peaceful Botswana in southern Africa is both modern-urban and simple-rural, rich and poor, prosperous and challenged, with both an anti-gay law and a playful assertive gay community...
View ArticleGay Malawi: Focused and Determined
GlobalGayz - Gay Malawi Introduction: Despite it’s low profile on the world stage, the small southern African territory called Malawi contains a wondrous variety of scenery, tribal traditions, modern...
View ArticleGay Uganda: Interviews with Activists
GlobalGayz - Gay travel and culture worldwide: stories, photos, news Introduction The country may be homophobic and the politicians and clerics may be close-minded but that does not stop Uganda’s LGBT...
View ArticleTunisian LGBT Community Making Strides
GlobalGayz - Gay travel and culture worldwide: stories, photos, news The first official LGBT advocacy group and gay pride parade seem promising, but discrimination and imprisonment are still real...
View ArticleGay Life in Democratic Republic of Congo
GlobalGayz - Gay travel and culture worldwide: stories, photos, news Gays Misunderstood 24/11/2014 From ILGA Inspired by the LGBT movement in the West, small groups of gays are timidly trying to make a...
View ArticleGays in Algeria Face Persecution in Fight for Rights 2016
GlobalGayz - Gay travel and culture worldwide: stories, photos, news By Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com Updated January 2017 A near-unanimous Muslim population in Algeria makes the fight for rights of...
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