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not using afghanistan as TLD for a queer forum. Even if the Talibans didn't get back in power, it wasn't a country very LGBT friendly to put it mildly, so it wa
by poulpy123 3y ago
not using afghanistan as TLD for a queer forum. Even if the Talibans didn't get back in power, it wasn't a country very LGBT friendly to put it mildly, so it was very risky for a long term instance to use it for TLD
- pyuser583 3y agoI’ve heard Kabul is one of the gayest places in the world. The presumption is you are gay until proven otherwise. Not the same thing as being LGBTQ+ friendly. Torture and executions is pretty LGBTQ+ hostile. But interesting how extreme homophobia and widespread homosexuality coexist.
- dibujaron 3y agoThis is fascinating. I feel like you're serious but I don't understand. does anyone have a source about this gay-but-not culture in Kabul?
- pyuser583 3y agohttps://www.scotsman.com/news/world/startled-marines-find-afghan-men-all-made-up-to-see-them-2468177 https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/startled-marines-find-af... That’s rural Afghanistan, not Kabul. “Taliban Shuffle” by Kim Barker is entertaining and relevant.
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- ksenzee 3y agoThis comment deserves some kind of prize for simultaneous display of surface support for women's rights together with a breathtaking level of casual misogyny.
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- ptsneves 3y agoAnd you saw it all nonetheless :) I have a bit of an impostor syndrome given HN’s high brow public but this is cluedo-master level. At least there is a prize.