A Moroccan restaurant based in Valencia, Spain has been strongly criticized on social media after expelling four men wearing fans in the colors of the rainbow flag. An act deemed homophobic.
Does the series "2 wjoh" (two faces) address homosexuality? This is what many Internet users seem to be denouncing on social networks after the broadcast of an excerpt from the teaser of the series which will be broadcast daily at 7:45 pm on 2M during the month of Ramadan.
While LGBT associations see the promotion of Gabriel Attal as "progress", this is not the case for Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD).
A novel on homosexuality included in the curriculum at the Belgian school in Rabat is causing controversy in Morocco.
The Louis Massignon school, located in Bouskoura and under the French mission, is at the heart of a controversy over the programs offered to students. It is accused of promoting homosexuality "in a Muslim country" .
Emeritus university professor of sociology and consultant expert in "sexuality, gender and feminism in Islam", Abdessamad Dialmy, denounces the persistent taboo of sexuality in Morocco and the difficulty for young people to fully live their sexuality due to repressive laws.
Abdellah Taia , 50, and homosexual, is a Moroccan writer who published his ninth novel titled "Live in Your Light" in 2022. The author recounts the life of his mother and criticizes the colonial period in Morocco in the 1950s, without forgetting to address the situation of homosexuals in the kingdom.
The NGO Kif Kif, a leader in assisting LGBTI migrants in Spain, is forced to close its doors after its president, Samir Bargachi, of Moroccan origin, suspected of embezzlement and fraud, has gone missing.
The prison sentence imposed by the court of first instance of the Court of Appeal of Ouarzazate on a minor victim for "homosexuality" has sparked a wave of outrage among Moroccan Internet users.
In Morocco, homosexuals or transsexuals are rejected by society. Nour, 21, recounts how she was beaten daily at school, in the street... At 18, she decided to leave the kingdom to seek asylum in Melilla. Today, she lives and works in Pamplona (Navarre).
Chakib Benmoussa, Minister of National Education, Primary Education and Sports, spoke about the adoption by foreign educational institutions in Morocco of programs promoting homosexuality.
Abdellatif Ouahbi, Minister of Justice and Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), has once again spoken out about homosexuality. In Morocco, homosexual practices remain punishable by law.