Gay partygoers to receive hormone injections

[swimmernsecretsea]

Gay.com U.K.
Monday, November 28, 2005 / 04:48 PM

Gay men arrested at a same-sex wedding party in the United Arab Emirates are to be given hormone injections as part of their punishment for homosexuality, according to officials in the country.

A spokesperson for the UAE's Interior Ministry said it raided a hotel and arrested 26 men, the majority of whom were citizens of the conservative country.

According to press reports, the men were attending a wedding party that gave gay couples the chance to celebrate their relationships. Police apparently raided after a tip from a local.

Full story at this link: http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2005/11/28/2

[Erika]

1. How close in thought the U.S taliban is to their Arab counterparts

This is sickening.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Didn't the same thing happen in Egypt?

Not the injections, but a party on a boat somewhere?

[tuvor]

3. Naming the city would be nice.

[swimmernsecretsea]

5. I'll check news updates to see if it is listed later

Then I'll post it. I wondered that myself. Going to the link doesn't show anything further.

[Skittles]

4. that sounds bizarre to say the least

I'm just curious what they would do with us straight folk who attend gay weddings. :o

[readmoreoften]

6. which hormones?

melatonin? estrogen? testosterone? too much testosterone turns into estrogen anyway. Morons.

more fundie fuckin' science.