Outlaw Queer Documentaries
July 15, 2022 5:47 PM Subscribe
Two very contrasting stories of queer persecution around the globe: Invisible Men (2012) [1h6m] looks at the lives of gay Palestinian men living illegally in Israel to avoid persecution from their families. Proud And Unafraid (2021) [28m] has four outspoken queer individuals speaking from Lagos, Nigeria about their experience with the outlawing of any public display of LGBTQ+ existence in public life.
Just to expand on the first documentary a little, gay Palestinian men are at risk of being murdered by their families. They're safer in Israel, where being gay is pretty well accepted-- there's a big pride parade, for example.
Except that *Palestinian* gay men are illegal because they're Palestinian, so the Israeli police capture them and send them back to Palestine, where the risk of being murdered continues. Fortunately, the border is somewhat porous.
The mercy, such as it is, in the situation is Israeli lawyers who can sometimes arrange for asylum in a third county. It's exile, but it's something.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 4:20 PM on July 16, 2022
Except that *Palestinian* gay men are illegal because they're Palestinian, so the Israeli police capture them and send them back to Palestine, where the risk of being murdered continues. Fortunately, the border is somewhat porous.
The mercy, such as it is, in the situation is Israeli lawyers who can sometimes arrange for asylum in a third county. It's exile, but it's something.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 4:20 PM on July 16, 2022
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