Fun Fast Facts
- No civil rights laws exists to prohibit unfair discrimination or harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in Algeria.
- Homosexuality is criminalised in Article 338 –up to 2 years in jail, 3 years if the person is underage.
- No legal recognition exists for same-sex marriage, civil unions or domestic partnership contracts.
- The murder of LGBT can be known as an honour killing.
- Most attempts at same-sex marriage end in police action, as was the case in a 2005 attempt.
LGBT organisation: Mantiqitna
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Founded in 2010 by a group of friends who expanded into networking, it now focusses on linking to HIV/AIDS and other international organisations.
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An annual meeting for activists in the Middle East and North Africa region, for activists working in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity, and social justice.
- Includes participants from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sudan.
W3JOY interviewed: Yahia Zaidi from International Lesbian and Gay Association
The lesbians are more hidden and invisible. The most visible part of the iceberg are the most feminine.
No LGBTI organisation in the region is registered.
We can’t access registration like all the other organisations. If we ask for registration, we have a lot of problems from the government…like imprisonment.
There are those who are leading double-lives. Straight in the day, but homosexual in the dark.
It’s created a lot of problems because we can’t have a bank account. We are always dependent on another organisation to do it for us.
I think the fact that I moved to Belgium was a benefit to LGBT organisations in the region.
Published on: Jul 1, 2013 at 21:18
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