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 Bahrain  

Population : 656,397 (2002)

Internet users : 140,200 (2002)

The World Factbook 2002

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 GLBT BAHRAIN NEWS

 

Bahrain cracks down on gay migrant workers

By Joshua Dancel 

 

Thursday, July 11, 2002.

Taken from The Manila Time.

THE government of Bahrain has begun cracking down on homosexual migrant workers, including those who are Filipino. Administrator Wilhelm Soriano of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said yesterday overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) found to be gay would be deported by Bahrain starting next week.  

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Princess who wants to live happily ever after as a boy

By Ros Wynne Jones

THE SUNDAY EXPRESS... june  13, 1999
Focus 2

"A royal runaway hoping for a sex change cannot return to the Gulf for fear of death by stoning..."

Anyone who met Taff al-Khalifa, in casual clothes and crew-cut, would see a polite young man, small for his age. He calls himself Taff now and dresses in the men's clothes he has felt drawn to since he was a small child.

 

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same-sex female : 

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GME is  looking for volunteers who want to join the staff of GME as a reporters.

Requirements

- writing in English

- living in the ME or having good sources in gay communities in the region.

- agreeing with GME vision and goals.    

    

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Bahrain :

Has a sodomy law, punishable with imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, with or without corporal punishment.***

 

***This information taken from the website Gay Rights Info

 

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