Gay Star News is reporting that an 18-year-old gay man in Azerbaijan is in hiding today, following his parentsâ attempt to murder him after learning he is gay.
According to a close friend of the teen, identified as âMalik,â Malikâs parents punched, kicked, and âattempted to burn him with gasolineâ after an anonymous person on Facebook sent them a photo of their son attending a gay pride parade.
GSN suggests Malik had been a âvictim of blackmail for the past few months,â indicating that the anonymous outer threatened to out Malik as early as July 23.
âEven though [Malik] ran away from home, a lot of his personal belongings and documents were taken away by his familyâŚmeaning he has no chance to leave the country,â Malikâs friend tells GSN. â[Malik] is in a safe place right now. However, a threat to his life continues.â
Although same-sex sexual activity is legal in Azerbaijan, the countryâs strong Muslim culture and roots in the former Soviet Union translate into inhumane treatment of LGBTs. Gay men and women are not allowed to marry in Azerbaijan, though they are eligible to serve openly in its military. According to the HRC, the country also boasts several prominent figures in LGBT activism, who organized their first official gay pride parade last year.
Malikâs ordeal comes just six months after the death of Isa Shakhmarli, an Azerbaijani activist who committed suicide in January by hanging himself with a rainbow flag. In a suicide note, he placed âblameâ for his death on those who take part in Azerbaijanâs homophobic culture.
Scribe38
Bad religion 1
Humanity 0
Stache99
Muslims believe in honor killings. As if you could dishonor people without honor in the first place.
jd2222248
I live in the Middle East and Americans think they have it bad. Not even! đ
Ogre Magi
I hate muslims
Jeton Ademaj
@Ogre Magi: urine idiot.
Ottoman
@Ogre Magi: Uganda and the Americans who support them are Christian. So is Russia.
barkomatic
Why is it so hard to expect humanity from people? It’s like we’re a bunch of wild animals the way we treat each other–worse even. I hope Malik is able to escape his situation somehow.
Masc Pride
@Ogre Magi: Yet I bet you go apeshit when someone says they hate gays. You should really know better.
Headline says, “Teen In Post-Soviet State SET ON FIRE, Nearly Murdered By Parents After Outing”
Body says, “Malikâs parents punched, kicked, and ‘ATTEMPTED to burn him with gasoline’…”
Was he doused with gasoline or was he actually set on fire and nearly murdered?? Gasoline doesn’t burn on its own.
Ogre Magi
@Ottoman: and you think I don’t hate christians just as much
Ogre Magi
@Masc Pride: I have every right to hate these rotten turds for what they have done and continue to do to gay people
Ogre Magi
@Jeton Ademaj: Being a gay muslim or christian is like being a black KKK member
Kieran
Used to be America got its immigrants from countries like Germany, Norway, Sweden……
Now we’re getting them from places like Azerbaijan. No wonder the country is going downhill fast.