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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Fri Oct 11, 2013, 09:29 PM Oct 2013

Being gay in Algeria: ‘I’ll never live with the one I love’

Thursday was the seventh national LGBT day in Algeria, a country in which homosexuality is illegal. FRANCE 24 spoke with Amelle, an Algerian lesbian who hides her sexual preference rather than risk prison time and familial shame.

By Assiya HAMZA (text)

Under Algerian law, Amelle* is guilty.

Her crime: a sexual preference for women.

In order to avoid the risk of a fine or prison sentence, the 27-year-old long ago decided to renounce her right to a love life.

Alouen, a gay rights association in Algeria, marked the seventh consecutive “LGBT day” on Thursday, October 10, calling for Algerians at home and abroad to light a candle in support of homosexuals in the North African country.

“It’s to show that we’re there, that we exist,” Amelle told FRANCE 24.

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Being gay in Algeria: ‘I’ll never live with the one I love’ (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2013 OP

Conservatism is denial of reality. (I know, I'm preaching to the choir.) xfundy Oct 2013 #1

xfundy

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1. Conservatism is denial of reality. (I know, I'm preaching to the choir.)

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:56 PM

Oct 2013

The reality is, we exist. We do no harm to anyone, yet we are accused of an infinite number of "crimes," "sins," etc.

Some of us are creative, and make things look better, sound better, feel better. Some of us are involved in business, politics, law, medicine, research — basically everything that's available for anyone else to get into if they choose.

Yet the constant screams and pogroms against us do, indeed, cause lasting damage to our souls and make our lives Hell.

I do understand why LGBTQ kids commit suicide. I've been there. Didn't do it, thankfully. Yet it still remains an option.

I wonder how many of those who persecute us have considered that option for themselves.

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