Cairo

Red bubbles on the map indicate locations where LGBTQ Egyptians have been arrested or abused in public spaces.
Road Codes: Tracking anti-LGBTQ+ harassment in Egypt
Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sara Hegazy dies by suicide
Amid crackdown, Egypt denies the existence of LGBT people
In their report “The Trap: Punishing Sexual Difference in Egypt,” activists call for an immediate end to the entrapment and persecution of gay and trans individuals and those perceived as such. (Click image to read the report.)
Egyptian activists: Anti-LGBT repression is getting worse
Map shows locations of recent anti-LGBT crackdowns -- in Africa, Egypt, Nigeria and Tanzania; at the border of southeastern Europe and western Asia, Chechnya and Azerbaijan; in central Asia, Tajikistan; and in Asia/Oceania, Indonesia.
7 anti-LGBT purges: We can stop them?
Rainbow flag displayed at the Sept. 22 Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo. (Photo courtesy of youm7.com)
Egypt outrage: 7 arrests for rainbow flag; but 274 others?
Silence about Chechnya from 'family values' defenders
Instigator of anti-gay Cairo raid sent to prison
The practice of nations excluding "unauthorized persons" is a common one that recently made the news, briefly, in Egypt. (Photo courtesy of Scott Long)
Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me!
Egyptian court acquits all 26 arrested in bathhouse raid
Egypt: new arrests; sentence reduced; German MP speaks out
Activists condemn Egypt raid النشطاء يدينون غارة منى عراقي
al-Sisi’s Egypt: 26 arrests last night, totals now a record 109
Crackdown on LGBT Egyptians: Why now?
Crackdown on LGBT Egyptians: 77 arrests since October
Egypt: 4 sentenced to 3-8 years on gay sex charges