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A life in hiding: Kabul’s gay community driven underground To be openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender in Afghanistan is to risk abuse – and even death. From the debate on US immigration to the shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, here are the most eye-catching and emotional pictures from this past week. A man carries shackles that are meant for undocumented immigrants outside a US federal court in McAllen, Texas, on June Protesters against the Trump administration's border policies try to block a bus carrying immigrant children out of a US Customs and Border Protection detention center on June 23 in McAllen, Texas.

GlobalGayz» Asia» Afghanistan» Gay Afghanistan: Homoeroticism Among Kabul’s Warriors Afghan men skating along the edges of gay life Last fall () I found myself in Afghanistan, a nation at the center of the upheaval and change roiling the world. There I found Afghan men skating along the edges of gay life. I’ve had a curiosity about Afghanistan since childhood that began with the. They had names, they had addresses, they were searching homes, stopping people on the street. If officials in his home country of Afghanistan ever found out he was bisexual, he could have been arrested and taken to court. But when the Taliban seized control of the country a year ago , he knew he had to leave.

Ever since the Taliban takeover, US-based bestselling author Nemat Sadat — the first gay Afghan to come out publicly — has been trying to help LGBTQ members leave Afghanistan. Sadat had fled the country in after being fired from his teaching job at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul for being gay. Before the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul his name has been changed was already dangerous. If he'd spoken about his sexuality to the wrong person then, Abdul could have been arrested and taken to court for his sexuality, under Afghan laws. But since the Taliban seized control of major cities in Afghanistan last week, Abdul tells Radio 1 Newsbeat his sexuality being revealed would now have him "killed on the spot".

Fear, secrecy and danger mark the lives of Afghanistan's gay men, where coming out as gay in the community, or even being perceived or suspected as such, can easily end in a bloody "honor killing". A BRITISH tourist claims he had a holiday fling with a Taliban terrorist while visiting Afghanistan. Toyosi Osideinde, 30, said they would spend evenings watching Gossip Girl while his lover showed off his guns. But after six days and almost £4, later, Toyosi claimed his trip ended with machine guns pointed at his head and an interrogation.