Egypt

Activism

Trans activist Iman Le Caire holds up her hand near her mouth as she speaks during a protest march

Iman Le Caire: Trans woman who fled home after being stabbed by own brother is saving trans lives

Apr 30
6 min read

World

Police officer in front of Egyptian flag

Grindr sends every user in Egypt warning about police tricking and arresting queer men

Mar 23
2 min read

Queer Egypt Under Attack

Culture

This shocking new BBC doc reveals how Egyptian police hunt LGBTQ+ people on dating apps

Jan 31
1 min read

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World

Bank of Egypt forced to confirm new rainbow note isn’t for LGBT+ rights after backlash

Aug 03 2021
1 min read

(L) Madonna walks with Ahlamalik Williams, his arm over her shoulder. (R) Madonna wearing sunglasses and a black bandanna sat in a bus

Music

Madonna flies to four countries in three weeks despite there being a literal global pandemic

Jan 14 2021
2 min read

Pastor Tony George Rizk Egypt

World

Religious extremist sets up makeshift school to ‘treat’ homosexuality in young people

Dec 09 2020
2 min read

Egypt: Police are using Grindr to hunt, imprison and torture LGBT people

World

Egyptian police are using Grindr to hunt and imprison queer people. Once behind bars, it only gets worse from there

Oct 02 2020
2 min read

Muslim Brotherhood extremists calls for queer people to be slaughtered

Religion

TV station linked to Muslim Brotherhood extremists calls for queer people to be slaughtered and burned alive

Jun 30 2020
1 min read

World

Noor Hesham Selim: Trans Egyptian sued for 'promoting homosexuality'

Egyptian actor’s trans son sued for ‘promoting homosexuality’ with tribute to pioneering activist Sara Hegazy

Jun 25 2020
2 min read

World

Sara Hegazy

Sara Hegazy, who died by suicide after being tortured for flying a Pride flag, honoured with candlelit vigil at Egyptian embassy

Jun 16 2020
2 min read

Sara Hegazy

World

Sara Hegazy, the pioneering Egyptian LGBT+ activist who was tortured for flying a Pride flag, has died by suicide

Jun 15 2020
3 min read

Hesham Selim trans son Egypt

Culture

Acclaimed Egyptian actor reveals he has a trans son with a defiant message to bigots: ‘It’s God’s will’

May 04 2020
1 min read

malek el-Kashif trans Egypt

Trans

Egyptian trans activist says she is treated like ‘the enemy’ and is ‘ready for war’ with her own country

Mar 30 2020
1 min read

Egypt LGBT arrests

World

Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge existence of LGBT people, even as it continues to arrest them

Mar 27 2020
2 min read

Police searched concertgoers for rainbow flags before allowing them to enter the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert

Culture

Pride flag ‘banned’ from Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Egypt

Mar 18 2019
0 min read

malek el-Kashif trans Egypt

Current Affairs

Trans woman Malak al-Kashef ‘held in Egypt at torture risk,’ activists say

Mar 07 2019
1 min read

Egyptian TV host Mohamed al-Gheiti

Community

Egyptian TV host is jailed for interviewing gay man

Jan 21 2019
1 min read

Current Affairs

World Cup star Mohamed Salah sparks outrage by meeting ‘gay purge’ leader Ramzan Kadyrov

Jun 12 2018
1 min read

Egyptian national team football player and Liverpool's star striker Mohamed Salah (R) and head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov pose during a training of Egyptian team at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Grozny on June 10, 2018, ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup. - Egypt's national football team will use the venue as their base camp training site. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion

It’s not hard, footballers – just don’t meet leaders accused of killing dozens of gay men

Jun 12 2018
1 min read

Science and Tech

Police are ensnaring gay men in Egypt through dating apps

Apr 26 2018
1 min read

World

These inspiring videos are amplifying the voice of LGBT+ Middle Eastern and North African people

Apr 20 2018
1 min read

Shrouk El-Attar

UK

A belly dancer in Egypt is wearing a beard to protest the treatment of LGBT people

Mar 14 2018
1 min read

Current Affairs

Student arrested for organising ‘homosexual concert’ accused of ‘debauchery’ in Egypt

Feb 12 2018
0 min read

Eight Egyptian men on trial for doing a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding hide their identities as they sit in the defendent's cage during their trial in Cairo on November 1, 2014. The video, filmed aboard a Nile riverboat, shows what prosecutors said was a gay wedding ceremony, with two men in the centre kissing, exchanging rings and cutting a cake with their picture on it. The Egyptian court jailed the eight men for three years. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Nine arrested in Egypt for ‘debauchery’ after gay sex party accusation

Jan 16 2018
0 min read

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Two arrested for waving rainbow flag in Egypt are released on bail

Jan 02 2018
1 min read

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Current Affairs

Egypt launches bid to ban atheism over fears it turns people gay

Dec 24 2017
1 min read

Current Affairs

No-one is talking about Egypt’s shocking homophobic purge

Nov 23 2017
1 min read

Egyptian family members of victims of the Port Said massacre react outside the Court of Cassation following the court's ruling in the case, in Cairo, on February 20, 2017. An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The riot, the country's deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs

Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms

Oct 29 2017
1 min read