Egyptian diplomat suggests gays are ‘not real people’
Egypt’s chief diplomatic representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva declared last week at a meeting about the universal right to association that gays do not warrant protections and are considered not to be “real people” in the Middle East.
The liberal Egyptian web news outlet Bikya Masr first reported on Omar Shalaby’s homophobic remarks.
According to a transcription of Mr Shalaby’s presentation, he said: “Finally, concerning the highly controversial notion of sexual orientation, we can only reiterate that it is not part of the universally recognized human rights.”
Last year, US Sectary of State Hilary Clinton, however, told the UN body in Geneva that “It should never be a crime to be gay.” Mrs Clinton told the diplomats in Geneva in December that: “Gay rights are human rights.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/27/egyptian-diplomat-suggests-gays-are-not-real-people/
Why does this not surprise me.
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