Comments on: Brutal gender crackdown in Egypt: The tomorrows that never came

By: Egypt: Interrogating the terrorist Scott Long | a paper bird

Egypt: Interrogating the terrorist Scott Long | a paper bird — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:44:27 +0000

[…] contrast with Romy Schneider. It was fitting that the interrogation began with gender, since I’d stressed the he-male obsessions of the Egyptian state in much of what I wrote. Beneath that post in the […]

By: وحشية السيسي مع المتحولين جنسياً تؤهله للترشح لجائزة نوبل | Planet Transgender

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:20:05 +0000

[…] Most of the Egyptians arrested in the crackdown since 2013 were transgender. The government explicitly says it’s going after “she-males,” sissies, mokhanatheen. Nonetheless, most coverage by […]

By: Paper Bird: Three years old and growing | a paper bird

Paper Bird: Three years old and growing | a paper bird — Thu, 21 May 2015 14:23:22 +0000

[…] shines light on injustice. News about the crackdown on trans and gay people in Egypt has largely spread from here: we’ve been an indispensable source […]

By: Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me! | 76 CRIMES

Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me! | 76 CRIMES — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:42:45 +0000

By: Deport me! | a paper bird

Deport me! | a paper bird — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 03:15:53 +0000

By: Why the crackdown in Egypt isn’t over, and what to do about it | a paper bird

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:22:56 +0000

[…] regime and its lackeys are red-faced and in full retreat. That doesn’t mean, however, that the crackdown against LGBT people in Egypt is […]

By: Bad Religion

Bad Religion — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:35:36 +0000

[…] c’est un luxe, mais ce serait aussi le signe, par exemple en Egypte, qu’ils ne sont pas systématiquement persécutés et leurs espaces envahis comme dans le cas récent des 9 hommes arrêtés dans un […]

By: BullShnit: Egyptian homophobia’s Swiss defenders | a paper bird

BullShnit: Egyptian homophobia’s Swiss defenders | a paper bird — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 02:04:32 +0000

[…] by the dozens or hundreds for a year now. (Olivier van der Hoeven can read about that here and here.) The men are being charged under an Egyptian law against men having sex with men; the provision […]

By: Virginity tests, vile bodies: Stories from Sisi’s Egypt | a paper bird

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:50:14 +0000

[…] out of the ambit of the law, trans* people are still criminals in Egypt. In the last year a massive campaign of arrest and abuse has brutalized trans* people and mokhanatheen (“effeminate” […]

By: To what extent has queer globalism influenced Egyptian society? | Beyond the comfort zone

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:02:27 +0000

[…] rights based on their sexuality, reframe their sexual identities, and attain freedom. According to Long (2014), the term LGBTQ has gained acceptance in Egyptian society, especially by those living in Cairo and a […]