Cross-dressing men flogged in Sudan for being “womanly”

[Shana A]

Cross-dressing men flogged in Sudan for being "womanly"
BBC – Cross-posted from LGBT Asylum News | Sat, 08/21/2010 - 11:23am

http://sdgln.com/news/2010/08/21/cross-dressing-men-flogged-sudan-being-womanly

OMDURMAN, Sudan -- A group of young Muslim men have been publicly flogged in Sudan after they were convicted of wearing women's clothes and make-up.

The court said the 19 men had broken Sudan's strict public morality codes.

Police arrested them at a party where they were found dancing "in a womanly fashion", the judge said.

[barbie]

Whether it is physical punishment or indirect social pressure, it is universal that many people do not like crossdressing men. Being flogged could be better than being fired from a job.

Barbie~~

[milktea]

i won't count on them keeping their jobs after the flogging

[Fencesitter]

They've got the shariah in Sudan anyway, so that was just one of the many situations which can get you into hell of a trouble.