Cross-dressing men flogged in Sudan for being "womanly"
BBC – Cross-posted from LGBT Asylum News | Sat, 08/21/2010 - 11:23am
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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.
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~~
i won't count on them keeping their jobs after the flogging
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.