<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12093323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gabrielle-union" source="Orion">Gabrielle Union</keyword> criticized <keyword id="46161" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="disney" source="Orion">Disney</keyword>'s response to <keyword id="11910362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida" source="Orion">Florida</keyword>'s Parental Rights in Education legislation. </li><li>Union said corporations should not "fund hate and oppression."</li></ul><p>Gabrielle Union criticized Disney for its response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education legislation, dubbed the "Don't say gay" bill, while on the red carpet for her Disney-produced remake of the 2005 film "Cheaper by the Dozen." </p><p>Union — who stars alongside Zach Braff in the Disney+ remake — was asked about the controversy surrounding Disney's proximity to the bill, which has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/learning/what-do-you-wish-lawmakers-knew-about-how-anti-lgbtq-legislation-affects-teenagers.html">described as a piece of anti-LGBTQ</a>+ legislation. </p><p>"Somebody asked me, 'Are you disappointed?' I'm disappointed when my order isn't right at In-N-Out. I don't even think that's a word that you could use for something like this, where children's lives are literally hanging in the balance," <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gabrielle-union-blasts-disney-handling-023247576.html">Union told Variety</a> at the "Cheaper by the Dozen" premiere. </p><p>"We need to own that if you truly are taking stands against hate and oppression, you should not fund hate and oppression," she continued. "Period. The damage is done."</p><div type="image" title="Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union with lots of kids and a dog in one bed" height="4000" width="6000" msid="90298085" hostid="261"></div><p>Florida's Parental Rights in Education legislation would prevent schools from discussing gender or sexual orientation with kids in kindergarten through third grade. Florida's state legislature has passed the bill, and it's expected to be signed by the state's Governor Ron DeSantis. </p><p>Earlier this month, LGBTQ+ activists <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ignores-protests-chooses-not-denounce-dont-say-gay-bill-2022-3">protested outside Disney theme parks in California and Florida</a>, demanding the company publish a forceful rebuke of the bill. </p><p>A statement from the company last week, however, seemed to dodge the bill entirely. </p><p>"We understand how important this issue is to our LGBTQ+ employees and many others," the statement read. "For nearly a century, Disney has been a unifying force that brings people together. We are determined that it remains a place where everyone is treated with dignity and respect." </p><p>The Orlando Sentinel has also reported that Disney <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-disney-dont-say-gay-bill-reaction-20220304-xjzp26noxbeypkelsn3k5ygo3e-story.html">donated money to sponsors of the bill</a>. </p><div type="image" title="Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, Donald and Daisy Duck and two men pose together." height="1200" width="1600" msid="90298086" hostid="261"></div><p>On Monday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent a memo to Disney employees, which was reviewed by Insider, that explained the company's initial response to the bill and promised to stop "all political donations in the state of Florida" pending a review.</p><p>"As we have seen time and again, corporate statements do very little to change outcomes or minds," the CEO said in the memo. </p><p>"Where we may differ is in the tactics to get there. And because this struggle is much bigger than anyone bill in any one state, I believe the best way for our company to bring about lasting change is through the inspiring content we produce, the welcoming culture we create, and the diverse community organizations we support."</p><p>LGBTQ+ staff at Disney sent a letter on February 28 to leaders at the company requesting the company make a public statement, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/disney-lgbtq-staff-letter-dont-say-gay-bill-bob-chapek-1235200825/#recipient_hashed=ceda9ce92d353d005479ddc8bee4521d81386c4e04b2f8c173868b6f2a857ee3">Variety reported</a>. </p>

Gabrielle Union slams Disney's response to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill: 'The damage is done'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>I'm a gay teacher in New York City.</li><li>In my experience, gay kids will find and support each other.</li></ul><p>In middle school, I had a Spanish teacher who was young and friendly, and I probably had a crush on her, though I couldn't have articulated that at the time.</p><p>One afternoon, she was describing a night out at a club in which she had seen two women dancing with each other. This bothered her, she said, even more than she thought it would. She didn't use the word "disgust," but she didn't have to.</p><p>As my classmates nodded agreeably, urging her to go on, I bored a hole in my desk with my eyes as heat rose to my face, my body coiling protectively inward in a futile attempt to disappear. I had a secret that I couldn't quite name yet. Even while entertaining us with the story, my Spanish teacher <a href="https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-workers-discrimination-things-not-to-say-2019-9">never said</a> the word "gay." </p><p>As an adult, and a teacher myself, I know that gay kids will find themselves and each other despite any books or <a href="https://www.insider.com/kate-mckinnon-takes-on-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-snl-2022-3">word bans</a> imposed by <a href="https://www.insider.com/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-florida-dont-say-gay-bill-2022-3">less understanding</a> adults. I'm also here for them to feel protected and seen. </p><h2>Coming out was liberating for me</h2><p>In spite of the lack of education I received, I soon managed to fall in all-consuming, obsessive, hormonally-driven teenage love with another girl.</p><p>I briefly thought I was bisexual, but then I realized I was a lesbian and never looked back.</p><p>In the internet-free wilderness, I was drawn as though by magnetic force to other girls like me. I must've shared a thousand knowing looks and slight nods with other queer women, including teachers at school.</p><p>Each acknowledgment was life-affirming: I see you. You exist.</p><h2>As a teacher, I want to make sure all my students feel supported</h2><p>I began my own high-school teaching career in 2005, swearing I would never let slip a detail of my personal life. But the thing about adolescents is that they know. They run on a more highly tuned emotional frequency than adults.</p><p>Before long, there was a group of students who always ate lunch in my classroom because that was where they needed to be. </p><p>As the years passed, I slowly opened the closet door. These days, having an out queer teacher is hardly noteworthy in New York City. </p><p>When I had my first out transgender student 10 years ago, I worried. I fixed her name on the attendance and used her pronouns, but I wondered whether that was enough for her to feel my support. </p><p>One day, another student got irritated with her and called her by her deadname. In the pounding silence that followed, I felt the old heat rising to my face. This time, I was the adult. </p><p>I raised one arm and pointed a finger at the door. "Out. Now," I said.</p><p>I left the student standing alone in the hallway until I reached a pause in the lesson. </p><p>"I only said his name," he protested, although I could tell from the crack in his voice that he knew he'd crossed a line. Once he promised that it wouldn't happen again, I allowed him to return, head bowed, to the classroom. </p><p>My trans student had assumed the position of protective coil around her phone. She was furiously texting someone, or maybe posting on a message board. My concerned gaze was all right, but it hardly compared to the lifeline at her fingertips. Kids like her, from all over, who had been there, who understood. </p><p>They can stop teachers from saying gay, or ban books, or whatever their next attempt may be, but queer people will always find each other. And with all of humanity just the tap of a screen away, it has never been easier to make the kinds of connections that sustain and save lives.</p>

I'm a gay teacher. You can tell us not to say 'gay,' but we'll find each other — even in school.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>I wrote about wanting to start a family with my husband and foolishly read the comments section.</li><li>Someone said we shouldn't have kids of our own and should be grateful for the other options.</li></ul><p>Growing up <a href="https://www.insider.com/surprising-statistics-about-lgbtq-people-2021-5">LGBTQ+</a>, you're made to feel like you'll forever exist on the margins of "normal" society ⁠— the heteronormative one that says anything other than a cisgender heterosexual man or woman is wrong. </p><p>That's what it was like for me as a kid in the early 2000s. I grew up in a small city in the north of England, but I moved to London, a more liberal area, at 20. Still, my self-esteem had already been significantly affected by my childhood experiences. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/NSCS19-FullReport-032421-Web_0.pdf">2019 National School Climate Survey</a>, which generated data from 13- to 21-year-olds in all 50 states, found that 8.2% of students said they received LGBTQ-inclusive sex education. This has lasting effects later in life.</p><p>In August, I published an article about <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/21/not-all-gay-men-want-to-adopt-dont-judge-me-for-wanting-my-own-kids-15123816/">my wish</a> to start a family with my husband. Recently, I foolishly read some of the comments left in response to the article, and one stayed with me. It said I should be grateful for the options we have as gay men, and that I was "entitled" for wanting the same rights as cis-heterosexual people.</p><h2>I shouldn't be grateful</h2><p>Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled about the rights LGBTQ+ people have. I feel fortunate, too, that I live in a place where existing as my true self isn't punishable by death. I'm also under no illusion that it should be as easy for us as it is for a cis-heterosexual man and woman who have no fertility issues. But should I be grateful? No.</p><p>We have rights today that would have seemed unimaginable even 20 years ago, but we shouldn't be complacent. While a <a href="https://sentinelksmo.org/kansas-dems-hope-to-repeal-the-adoption-protection-act/">repeal</a> is in the works, 2018's <a href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/measures/documents/summary_sb_284_2018.pdf">Kansas Adoption Protection Act</a>, which allows faith-based adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian couples based on religious beliefs, shows that there are still those who wish to take away these rights. </p><p>It's <a href="https://www.insider.com/surrogacy-cost">expensive</a> for LGBTQ+ people to have children — as much as $150,000 if you choose <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-parents-who-used-surrogates-2020-5">the surrogacy route</a>. And though there are amazing organizations that offer grants, such as <a href="https://babyquestfoundation.org/">Baby Quest</a>, it isn't just financial obstacles we face.</p><p>What insurers do and don't cover is ambiguous, to say the least. <a href="https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(20)30187-4/fulltext">This 2020 study</a> found that 38.5% of insurance companies provide some form of infertility coverage. Again, this isn't the only hurdle we must overcome. It's the way we're made to feel when we express our desire for the same rights as cis-heterosexual people. </p><p>LGBTQ+ people "deserve" children as much as anyone else. I would even say that the extra strength and finances needed give us an advantage in terms of <keyword id="11910745" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="parenting" source="Orion">parenting</keyword>.</p><p>When you must fight to be a parent, there is a psychology that goes along with that. The resulting children are loved and desired, as opposed to lots of other scenarios where they are not.</p><p>Being ostracized as a young person, especially in the education system, makes you question whether you deserve a future of happiness. Whether cis-heterosexual people can or can't have children, they're always made to feel like it's their right. With LGBTQ+ people, we're not quite there yet. </p><p>The point of view of the person who "attacked" me is, unfortunately, a dominant one, and their words were triggering. I know I deserve to have my own family, but years of constantly being told otherwise have left their mark. </p><p>Determining how we move forward is complex. Our existence may long be "othered," but the more normalized it is that we seek the same dreams and aspirations as cis-heterosexual people, from a young age, the better it may be. We need more education for everyone, better mental-health care, and improved financial help for those wanting to start families.</p><p>We've got a long way to go, but I have faith that we'll get there one day.</p>

As a gay man I'm often told I don't deserve to have children of my own. I absolutely disagree, and here's why.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has installed its first openly transgender bishop.</li><li>Bishop Megan Rohrer will serve a six-year term in northern <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword> and northern <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword>.</li><li>Rohrer, who uses the pronoun "they," is married and has two children.</li></ul><p>The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America installed its first <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-transphobia-problem-creators-report-harassment-threats-2021-2?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">openly transgender bishop</a> in a ceremony at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on Saturday.</p><p>Bishop Megan Rohrer will serve a six-year term in northern California and northern Nevada, overseeing nearly 200 congregations.</p><p>Rohrer, who uses the pronoun "they," is the first openly transgender person elected to that post in any <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-christianity-spread-around-world-animated-map-2015-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">mainline Christian denomination.</a></p><p>In a statement to Insider, Rohrer said "I am humbled by the outpouring of love and support I have received" from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and "our ecumenical partners."</p><p>"The installation was a celebration of the diverse Lutherans in California and Nevada," they said, adding that as bishop they "hope to continue to work for racial, economic and climate justice locally and globally."</p><p>Rohrer <a href="https://www.insider.com/first-transgender-bishop-in-lutheran-church-wants-to-inspire-hope-2021-6">told Insider</a> in June, shortly after they were elected, that they hope their story challenges notions about some Christian communities, serves as a positive model for transgender youth, and helps people "expand their creativity about what trans people are like."</p><p>"I'm just excited for more trans and nonbinary folk to know that there's a full diversity of ways that you can express yourself, that you can have a family, and maybe even have faith," they said.</p><p>Rohrer previously served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco. They were elected as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod in May after its current bishop announced his retirement.</p><p>Rohrer grew up in a small town in South Dakota, is married, and has two children, ages 7 and 8.</p><p>The bishop's goals will focus on tackling issues such as homelessness, racial inequality, and food insecurity.</p><p>The church has about 3.3 million members and is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States.</p>

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America makes history by installing first openly transgender bishop

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A truck struck 2 people at a <keyword id="22831" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pride-parade">Pride parade</keyword> in Wilton Manors, <keyword id="6357385" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida">Florida</keyword>, on Saturday.</li><li>One person was killed, while the other is in critical condition.</li><li>The incident appears to have been an accident.</li></ul><p>Two people were struck by a white pickup truck during the Stonewall <keyword id="6534458" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pride">Pride</keyword> Parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, on Saturday. One of the people died and the other remains hospitalized, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.</p><p>The incident appears to have been an accident, rather than a targeted attack.</p><p>The driver, who is in police custody, was heard telling officers it was an accident, according to Local 10 <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/IanMargolWPLG/status/1406405233937428480?s=20">Ian Margol</a>.</p><p>In a <a href="https://twitter.com/IanMargolWPLG/status/1406390440597901313?s=20">video</a> shared by Margol, the driver also appeared to be wearing a shirt bearing the logo of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Ian Margol  (@IanMargolWPLG) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1406429799023775753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2021</a></blockquote><p>Police have not yet released details on the incident, but an official briefed on the investigation told <a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/06/19/wilton-manors-pride-parade-truck-crash/">CBS4</a> that initial findings indicate it was an accident. The driver told police he lost control of the truck after his foot became stuck between the gas pedal and the brake, the official said.</p><p>Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade, had previously told <a href="https://twitter.com/MJ_Reports/status/1406414170589966337?s=20">NBC 6</a> the incident was a "terrorist attack on the LGBT community." Fort Lauderdale is close to Wilton Manors, which is part of the larger Miami metropolitan area.</p><p>Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was riding in a car that was nearly hit by the truck driver. Wasserman Schultz said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDWStweets/status/1406431338668904452?s=20">tweet</a> that she and her staff are "thankfully safe."</p><p>"I am deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost and others seriously injured," she said.</p><p><em>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</em></p>

2 people were hit and 1 was killed by a truck during a Pride parade in Florida

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Winslet believes gay actors are "terrified" to come out because it will prevent getting straight roles.</li><li>"That should be almost illegal," she told The Times. "You would not believe how widespread it is."</li><li>Winslet believes the only way to cause change is for "more people to speak the way I am."</li></ul><p>Though Hollywood has desperately been trying for years to showcase diverse voices in the stories it tells, <keyword id="28830" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kate-Winslet">Kate Winslet</keyword> believes there's still a lot of work to be done when it comes to celebrating gay actors.</p><p>"I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know - some well known, some starting out - who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will stand in the way of their being cast in straight roles," the Oscar-winner told <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kate-winslet-on-why-shes-fed-up-with-hollywood-hypocrisy-jvl58dq6f">The Sunday Times</a> recently. "Now that's f---ed up."</p><p>Winslet noted one example in which she knows a "well-known" actor, who just got a new agent. That unnamed agent told their client, 'I understand you are bisexual. I wouldn't publicize that.'"</p><p>"I can think of at least four actors absolutely hiding their sexuality," Winslet said. "It's painful because they fear being found out. And that's what they say, 'I don't want to be found out.'"</p><p>Winslet went on to say that she believes it's harder for men to come out than women in Hollywood.</p><div type="image" title="5f43cda78d81c3d6f3c78350_Kate Winslet Saoirse Ronan (2)_Ammonite_courtesyNEON" height="975" width="1300" msid="81917274" hostid="261"></div>The actress added that the notion that gay men can't play straight roles is "dated crap."<p>"That should be almost illegal," she said. "You would not believe how widespread it is. And it can't just be distilled to the question about gay actors playing gay parts. Because actors, in some cases, are choosing not to come out for personal reasons. And it's nobody's business."</p><p>Winslet wants change to happen in Hollywood, so actors can be comfortable being who they are in all spaces, but believes it will take "more people to speak the way I am." </p><p>"I don't intend to browbeat or take on Hollywood," she said. "We're just talking about young actors who might be considering joining this profession, and finding a way to make it more open. For there to be less judgment, discrimination, and homophobia."</p><p>Winslet recently starred in the movie "Ammonite," a romantic drama that chronicles the relationship between British paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet) and Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan).</p><p>She noted it's a role she didn't take from a lesbian actor because the part she played was never offered to anybody else.</p><p>"In taking this part, I had an opportunity to bring an LGBTQ story into living rooms," she said.</p><div type="image" title="Neil Patrick Harris It's a Sin" height="1200" width="1600" msid="81917276" hostid="261"></div><p>Winslet's thoughts add to a current debate going on in Hollywood right now in regards to what parts gay actors can play.</p><p>Russell T. Davies, the writer and creator of "It's A Sin," which centers a group of gay friends during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, made headlines when he said straight actors shouldn't play gay roles. </p><p>Harris said although he disagrees with Davies' sentiment, <a href="https://www.insider.com/neil-patrick-harris-its-a-sin-accent-intimacy-coordinators-2021-2">he told Insider</a> that he doesn't think Davies was speaking as "bluntly" as some headlines suggest. </p><p>Meanwhile, Stanley Tucci, who has played a gay character several times during his career, including his recent movie "Supernova," said he has "difficulty" with the argument that only gay characters should be played by LGBTQ actors.</p><p>"As you do with any character, you just want to be truthful to it," <a href="https://www.insider.com/stanley-tucci-straight-actors-playing-gay-roles-2021-1">he said</a>.</p>

Kate Winslet says she knows 'at least 4' gay actors who believe coming out will ruin their careers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gay men in <keyword id="10331" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Morocco">Morocco</keyword> — where homosexuality is illegal — are fearful for their lives after an Instagram influencer encouraged her followers to use dating apps like <keyword id="800600" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Grindr">Grindr</keyword> and PlanetRomeo to find out which men in their lives are gay. </li><li><strong style="background-color: #ffffff;">Naofal Moussa, whose account was taken down by Instagram on Friday morning, encouraged women to use the dating apps in an Instagram Live on Monday.</strong></li><li>Multiple gay Moroccan men, who asked to remain anonymous in order to speak frankly, told Insider their stories.</li><li>"I'm not just afraid," one person told Insider via WhatsApp. "I'm certain that I will be kicked out immediately. Or worse, beaten up."</li><li>"Homophobic people feel empowered because the law is on their side," Ahmed Benchemsi, the communications and advocacy director for the Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division, said. </li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>An Instagram influencer's video has started a dangerous trend where women are outing gay men in Morocco — where <a href="https://outrightinternational.org/region/morocco">homosexuality is illegal</a> — after encouraging her followers there to download gay dating apps to see which men in their area identify as such. </p><p>Naoufal Moussa, a trans woman based in Turkey who is also known as Sofia Talouni, shared an Instagram Live on Monday. Speaking in Moroccan Arabic in the video, she suggested that transphobic or homophobic women should download gay dating apps, including Grindr and PlanetRomeo, using pictures of men. </p><p>Moussa's Instagram account was removed on Friday, but a portion of the video can be seen in the post below from <keyword id="729067" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</keyword> activist Adam Eli, who previously advocated for Moussa's removal from Instagram. <em>[Editor's note: Business Insider reporter Irene Jiang assisted with Arabic translations. Insider's translations of the video are largely consistent with those posted by Adam Eli in his video.]</em></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DfKyQpXoi" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Please head over to @naoufalmoussa and REPORT her. She is asking her followers to download gay dating apps and out people in Morocco were gay sex is illegal. Young people are being outed and kicked out of their homes DURING the #Covid19 lockdown with nowhere to go. —PLEASE NOTE that she is trans which is why there is a rainbow flag in her profile. As we know VERY well all types of hate and prejudice exist within our community ____ Queer Moroccans who are open to speaking with the press - PLEASE DM ME ❤️ —- Also we do not misgender anyone - ever. When talking about a person who did a really bad thing you use their correct pronouns. Period.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  Adam Eli (@adameli) on Apr 16, 2020 at 1:08pm PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-04-16T20:08:15+00:00">Apr 16, 2020 at 1:08pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>"These apps will show you the people who are near to you. 100 meters, 200 meters, even just one meter, just next to you in the living room," Moussa said in her video. "Since everyone is together at home, it could show you your husband in your bedroom, it could show you your son who might be in the bathroom." </p><h2>While Naoufal Moussa didn't explicitly say people should use the apps to publicly out men in her video, multiple gay Moroccan men told Insider that it has led to a dangerous trend</h2><p>A number of gay Moroccan men, who asked to remain anonymous in order to speak frankly, told Insider that many people are using the apps to out men in their community. And in some cases, they say, men are being kicked out of their homes in the midst of the pandemic.</p><p>In the days since Moussa's video was posted, they say Facebook groups have been used to circulate pictures of the gay men on these apps, exposing them to humiliation and danger. One man told Insider on WhatsApp that had he not quickly deleted his pictures from Grindr, he would be "in a very dangerous situation right now." </p><p>After Insider reached out to Instagram for a comment, Moussa's account was taken down, along with many other Facebook and Instagram videos encouraging people to out gay men.</p><p>"We don't allow people to out members of the LGBTQ+ community. It puts people at risk, so we remove this content as quickly as we can," a spokesperson for Facebook told Insider in a statement. </p><p>Moussa had not yet responded to Insider's requests for comment through direct messages on Instagram in the hours before her account was disabled. </p><p>Before Moussa's Instagram account was suspended, activists like Eli, and a Moroccan LGBTQ and feminist advocacy organization, <a href="https://nassawiyat.org/en/home-2/">Nassawiyat</a>, called for the influencer's removal from the photo-sharing platform. </p><p>"We are facing a special case where a queer person that belongs to the community in a way is the one who made people in danger," a representative for Nassawiyat told Insider in an email. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Dt5YBlTHZ" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">To whom it may concern, We are urgently writing to ask skateholders, organizations, associations and institutions to take immediate action by informing the concerned authorities about an active social media influencer, specifically on Instagram in order to take steps against her/him. The Instagram user’s account is named : Naoufalmoussa The person’s name is Naoufal Moussa that is known in Morocco as Sofia Talouni. Moussa is a Moroccan expat living in Turkey. He/she has got a large number of followers on her verified Instagram account, where he/she has recently began to broadcast live videos of herself that aim to expose the identities of the Moroccan queer people. Many of those people live with their families, especially nowadays due to the quarantine. Sofia clearly attacked and underestimated the Moroccan civil society associations, especially the AIDS fighting associations that are making a great effort and work really hard for the safety and well-being of the LGBTQA+ community and the Moroccan society as a whole. While homosexuality is illegal in the Moroccan law (Article 489 of the Penal Code of Morocco criminalises "lewd or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex") and seen as a great sin by a large number of Moroccan people, homophobia is a very common act which the LGBTQA+ community suffers from here. Therefore, publically exposing the identities of the Moroccan queer people puts them at risk. Moussa has intentionally outed a lot of queer Moroccans on her Instagram live videos, as he/she has shown his/her homophobic audience the social platforms that queer people use. Such as, Grindr, Hornet, Planet Romeo...etc and encouraged them to create fake accounts to look for LGBTQA+ people there. This process has been really dangerous and harmful to the LGBTQA+ community. We urge you to contact the concerned authorities to instantly suspend the Instagram account Naoufalmoussa pending review. Then, ban him/her from the platform due to the policy of hate/speech and violence.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  NASSAWIYAT (@nassawiyat) on Apr 16, 2020 at 3:12pm PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-04-16T22:12:51+00:00">Apr 16, 2020 at 3:12pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Another gay Moroccan man, who is 19, told Insider that his photos are currently circulating online but haven't reached his family yet.</p><p>"I'm not just afraid," he told Insider via WhatsApp. "I'm certain that I will be kicked out immediately. Or worse, beaten up." </p><p>"It is a witch hunt," said one 20-year-old man, whose pictures are also circulating in Facebook groups as he waits for his family to learn of the news. He said he wishes his parents would just find the photos already so he'd be done with it, and "defend himself" with the "lies" that he's been preparing.</p><p>"I'm living in constant fright," he added. </p><h2>'Lewd or unnatural acts' between members of the same sex are illegal in Morocco under Article 489 of the nation's penal code and can lead to a fine and <a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/morocco/">sentence of up to three years' imprisonment</a></h2><p>Ahmed Benchemsi, the communications and advocacy director for the Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division, told Insider that he's been looking into the recent trend sparked by Moussa's Instagram Live.</p><p>According to Benchemsi, Moussa was directing her comments at people who had insulted her for her own sexuality and encouraging them to realize how many people around them were actually gay.</p><p>He said the outcome of Moussa's Instagram clips can be attributed to the Moroccan government's encouragement of homophobic behavior.</p><p>"The law inherently discriminates against LGBTQ people, so it can only be an incubator for this type of abuse," Benchemsi said. "Homophobic people feel empowered because the law is on their side." </p><p>Because of this, being gay in Morocco is extremely dangerous, and there have been many incidents of violence against LGBTQ individuals in the country. In 2016, a group of men broke into a home and beat up two gay men before dragging them naked onto the street, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/08/morocco-victims-attack-jailed-homosexual-acts">according to Human Rights Watch</a>. In response, a Moroccan court first pressed charges against the gay men, before the attackers. </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/iam.eddine/">Eddine</a>, a 23-year-old openly gay Moroccan who is also an Instagram influencer and lives in Rabat, said that while his parents have grown to respect him in the three years since he chose to come out, he doesn't want his friends to go through this pain.</p><p>"I'm very worried and I'm very scared. I really experienced that moment when my parents knew. I left my home because I didn't feel good," he told Insider.</p><p>Eddine, who asked that his last name be withheld, said that as a popular Instagram influencer, he feels that it's his duty as a publicly gay man to speak up for his community.</p><p>"The majority of people cannot talk," he said.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B89qXvEFabN" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Just Peachy . 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Lenses @lorans.morocco ref ‘Pale Gray’ . . #iameddine #eddine #iameddineofficial #lashesfordays #jaclynhillpalette #byscosmetics #hudabeauty #underatedmuas #wamfam #liomet_boutique #مكياج_خفيف #مكياج_وردي #jaclynhillhighlighter #bretmansvanity #muasfam #malemua #runwaymakeup #muasfeaturing #goldenrose #underratedmakeupartist #anastasiabeverlyhills #muasupport #undiscoveredmua #tarteshapetapeconcealer #anastasiadipbrow #tarteshapetape #morphecosmetics #underratedmua #boysdoittoo #colourpopme</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  ️‍E DDI N E • إ د ين (@iam.eddine) on Feb 24, 2020 at 12:43pm PST<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-02-24T20:43:48+00:00">Feb 24, 2020 at 12:43pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Eddine and other members of the community told Insider they've reached out to dating apps like Grindr and PlanetRomeo to hopefully have all users notified of the situation.</p><p>Jens Schmidt, the founder and CEO of PlanetRomeo, told Insider in a statement that the company sent a security message to its Morocco-based users after being alerted to the issue. </p><p>"We were shocked when we were contacted by the LGBT group in Morocco. We took immediate action by sending a security message to all our 41,000 users in Morocco, we blocked all profiles created from the time this person addressed her users, and contacted Facebook to have the group page taken offline," Schmidt said. "Through our work and our personal experience, we are aware that so many more people face similar threats in numerous countries." </p><p>Similar issues with gay dating apps have occurred in other Middle Eastern and North African nations, including Egypt, where gay men have been <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17279270/lgbtq-dating-apps-egypt-illegal-human-rights">catfished and then blackmailed or beaten up.</a></p><p>Representatives for Grindr did not immediately return Insider's request for comment. </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lgbtq-rights-around-the-world-maps-2018-10">10 maps show how different LGBTQ rights are around the world</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/methodist-church-plans-to-split-over-gay-marriage-clergy-church-officials-2020-1">The Methodist Church plans to split over issues of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/iconic-moments-lgbtq-rights-movement-2019-11">15 iconic moments in the LGBTQ rights movement from the last decade</a></li></ul>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/moroccan-instagram-influencer-moussa-gay-men-outed-adam-eli-2020-4">Insider</a>

Gay men in Morocco say they are 'living in constant fright' after an influencer's video sparked a trend of people using dating apps to out them

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Khris Morgan/Curtain members club" title_caption="Nana Wereko-Brobb, founder of Social Concierge and Ollie Locke." class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a841f4ed0307248008b47e0-960/ollie%20nana%202.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a841f4ed0307248008b47e0-2003/ollie%20nana%202.jpg" alt="ollie nana 2" data-mce-source="Khris Morgan/Curtain members club" /></a><p class="source"><span>Khris Morgan/Curtain members club</span></p><p class="caption">Nana Wereko-Brobb, founder of Social Concierge and Ollie Locke.</p></div><p></p></div></div><ul><li><strong>Former 'Made in Chelsea' star Ollie Locke is well known for coming out on the reality TV show.</strong></li><li><strong>Business Insider caught up with him to talk about dating as a gay man in the city. </strong></li><li><strong>Locke has launched his own gay dating app, Chappy, backed by Bumble's Whitney Wolfe.</strong></li><li><strong>Chappy and elite dating club Social Concierge are launching a calendar of 'high-end' gay dating parties in London and New York. </strong></li><li><strong>Mr Social is trying to open up their event network to corporates at companies like Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Clifford Chance. </strong></li></ul><hr><p><br>30-year-old reality TV star Ollie Locke famously came out as bisexual while filming London-based series "Made in Chelsea," having dated a number of women on the show. Now living openly as a gay man, he's currently a contestant on the new series of "Celebs Go Dating."</br></p><p>But when he's not out searching for his own soulmate, Locke says he's on a mission to shake up the gay dating scene on both sides of the pond by promoting an alternative to the immediate hook-up culture through his new app, Chappy.</p><p>"Being gay and coming out is still terribly hard," Locke told Business Insider when we met him at a private members' club in Shoreditch. "A lot of people think it's this big parade of 'I'm gay!' But for that individual person it's terribly difficult. I didn't have the guts to do it until I left university.</p><p>He added: "We're sitting here in Curtain in east London where we can do whatever we want, but not everyone's as lucky."</p><p>Locke said one of the issues facing the gay dating scene is a lack of safe places to meet someone for more than just a brief encounter, something that apps like Grindr are known for.</p><p>"Don't get me wrong, Grindr was amazing back in the day, it was the best thing for the gay community then," he told Business Insider. "You know it was the the first ever dating app? It is extraordinary what they've done. But I wish they'd progressed slightly since then.</p><p>"Suddenly as a gay man you can have it all: get married and have families," he said, adding that while progress has been made in this sense, it hasn't in the online world. "It just doesn't represent what we've spent the last 100 years trying to build."</p><p>Sick of the stereotype that "gay men only want sex," Locke saw a gap in the market for something less "seedy" and more "personal."</p><p>"The platforms weren't reflective of the gay community and that's where we came in - we said if they're not going to do it, we will."</p><p>So in 2016 Locke and his co-founders Jack Rogers and Maxim Cheremkhin created their own gay dating app, Chappy.</p><h2><strong><span>Introducing 'Bumble's lil' bro'</span></strong></h2><p>Chappy, which Locke describes as "Bumble's lil' bro" on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ollielockeworld/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram,</a>&#xa0;was partially a product of his own fear of using apps like Grindr when he first came out, he claims.</p><p>And it all started to become a reality while he was sitting on the rooftop of the Ham Yard Hotel in London's Soho, he told us.</p><p>"I was with a friend (Rogers) who worked at Happn at the time, and we spotted Whitney Wolfe, [founder] of Bumble. After several glasses of wine we went over and said hello. We said we wanted to do for the gay community what she did for women."</p><p>A couple of weeks later, Bumble,&#xa0;<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/badoo-ceo-andrey-andreev-interview-2017-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which is majority-owned by dating app Badoo</a>, agreed to invest in Chappy.</p><p>The app introduces an element of choice for its users in a similar way that Bumble does for its female users. You can set your filters based on what you're looking for to Mr Right, Mr Right Now, or Mr Who Knows for something a little more "spontaneous," Locke explained.</p><p>"The name has undertones of it being a gentlemanly place," he said. "We're not an immediate hookup. If that's what you're looking for, then you'll probably be very disappointed."</p><p><strong>Here's Locke with some of his rather handsome Chappy team.</strong></p><p>The app has a few ground rules to promote respectful behaviour.</p><p>Users have to take "a pledge" not to discriminate against other users when they join. Their faces must be visible in every one of their profile photos, which Locke said means no torso-only photos which are popular elsewhere.</p><p>You also have to sign up using a Facebook account which has over 30 friends. "That way we can make sure we get the correct name and date of birth," Locke said. They hope to soon add verification through a phone number, too.</p><p>The team have also introduced specific features to help deter unwanted behaviour.</p><p>"Men will always send [nude photos] - it's not a bad thing, it's just a part of the gay culture and always will be," Locke said. "Although the idea of being sent one by someone you've never met before or have no interest in is slightly archaic."</p><p>If someone screenshots a photo that they have been sent by someone on the app, the sender will receive a notification alert, which, Locke says, they hope will act as a deterrent.</p><h2>Bringing&#xa0;canapés and string quartets to gay dating</h2><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a81a693d030720d0c8b4634-2000/nana%20ollie%20.jpg" alt="NANA OLLIE " data-mce-source="Khris Morgan/Curtain Members Club"><p class="source"><span>Khris Morgan/Curtain Members Club</span></p><p class="caption">The Mr Social launch party will happen on March 2 in London,</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p>Chappy has also teamed up with Nana Wereko-Brobby and her crew at <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/professional-matchmaker-gives-dating-tips-for-young-professionals-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elite dating club Social Concierge</a> to launch a new offline gay dating offering: Mr Social.</p><p>The partnership will offer a series of "high-end" application-only dating events for professional gay men in their 20s and 30s, launching in&#xa0;London in March, New York in the summer, and Hong Kong by the end of the year.&#xa0;</p><p>Wereko-Brobby told Business Insider that the club, which until now has only arranged these kinds of invite-only parties for straight singletons, is promoting the events to LGBQT+ factions within corporate companies with whom it's notoriously hard to "open doors."</p><p>"[Social Concierge has] already had some really good conversations with Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Clifford Chance," she added.</p><p>According to Locke, these are the "golden gays" who are "the hardest to get hold of."</p><p>"It's because of the manly attitudes typical of the city," he added.</p><p>Mr Social, they say, will offer alternative settings for millennial gay men to meet prospective singletons that don't involve loud house music or a nightclub scenario. They promise fancy cocktail bar venues, live jazz, and free-flowing Champagne.&#xa0;</p><p>Chappy already hosts it's own events, but Locke stressed they're not exclusive and range from brunches to sporting to events to huge parties. 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