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| Man arrested for cross-dressing in Bahrain |
| 2014-07-08 |
| [Gulf News] A man was sentenced to one month in prison followed by deportation after he was apprehended for wearing women's accessories and makeup in Bahrain. The expatriate Arab was nabbed Please don't kill me! by a police patrol as he was walking "in a feminine way" in the Bahraini capital Manama and attracted the attention of the servicemen. He said that he worked in a women's beauty salon and that his profession demanded that he always looked elegant and wore the latest fashion accessories to set a positive example for his clients. The public prosecution was not convinced by the arguments and charged him with encouraging debauchery. He was subsequently referred to a court that ruled to keep him in jail for one month. Cross-dressing is banned in Bahrain and in the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states — Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the UAE. Foreigners who are apprehended for their "unacceptable looks" in public are often tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! for a short period before they are sent home. Local conservatives have regularly called for tougher measures against cross-dressers and gays, accusing them of spreading vice, particularly among young people. |
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