Understanding the Needs and Challenges of Transgender People Accessing Gender-affirming Healthcare in Egypt: A Mixed Methods Study
Abstract: The research investigates the challenges faced by transgender individuals when accessing gender-affirming healthcare in Egypt, utilizing a combination... Read more.
A Complete Guide on Laws, Policies and Case Law Impacting the Human Rights of LGBTQ+ People in Egypt
Abstract: Egypt has a complex legal framework, policies, and case laws that govern the human rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. While the focus is often on laws... Read more.
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court: Engagement in Homosexual Acts is Grounds for Dismissal from Public Office
In a recent ruling in July 2023, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court, the highest court within Egypt’s administrative court system, upheld a decision from a... Read more.
Bahrain: Continued Denial of Legal Gender Recognition and Gender-affirming Healthcare for Transgender People in the Name of Islamic Sharia
In a recent judgment from May 2023, a Bahraini lower court rejected a transman’s application to obtain legal gender recognition and access gender-affirming healthcare,... Read more.
Tunis Court of First Instance: Gender Identity Disorder is Not A Valid Reason for Legal Gender Recognition
In a recent judgement dated April 24th, 2023, the Tunis Court of First Instance declined to grant legal gender recognition to a transgender man, asserting that there... Read more.
Egypt’s Economic Courts: Homosexuality is Explicitly Criminalized Under Cybercrime Law
In recent judgements obtained through Cairo 52’s pro bono legal representation program, the Economic Court in Alexandria, through multiple rulings, has emphasized... Read more.
Your Kind Is Not Welcome Here: A Study on the Treatment of Queer Foreigners by the Egyptian Authorities
The report analyses how Egypt treats queer foreigners once they are identified as queer. The information is based on an analysis of Egypt’s immigration laws and... Read more.
Sexually Guilty: Custom Morality and the Persecution of the LGBTQ Community in Egypt: A study on the methods used by the Egyptian State to persecute Queer individuals and its violations of the rule of Law and international human rights treaties backed by Case Law from 2001 to 2021
Summary: Egyptian society is a generally conservative binary one, where any identity outside of the narrowly sanctioned social binary is considered immoral and taboo.... Read more.
The Legal and Media Obsravtory of Sex Work Crimes in Egypt
Introduction: The criminalization of sex work in Egypt is relatively new for modern Egypt, as it was not legally criminalized until 1951. On the contrary, the legal... Read more.
This World Cup, the Biggest Loser was LGBTQ+ People in the Middle East and North Africa
In 2010, Qatar won its bid to host the World Cup, and only recently did Western media and football teams show concern over LGBTQ+ rights during the World Cup.... Read more.