This paper will give a general socio-political analysis of homosexuality in Jordan in order to raise awareness of the universal need for LGBT rights. It will be examined how, despite the attempt of Professor Joseph Massad to claim otherwise, there are indeed homosexuals in Jordan and they are oppressed. It will be shown that despite Jordan being the most gay-friendly country in the Middle East, and the only Arab country where homosexuality is technically legal, the situation is less than ideal. Honour killings are still common and only lightly prosecuted, police crackdowns are common, and the pressure from family and society is massive. The coverage of homosexuality in the Jordanian press is almost entirely negative, associating homosexuality with moral decay and perversion.
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Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Introduction
1. Joseph Massad – a Jordanian Scholar and university professor who denies the existence of homosexuals in the Middle East
2. The legal situation of homosexuality in Jordan, oppression and honour-killings
3. Visibility of Homosexuality in Jordan
Conclusion
Bibliography
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- Eva Hilskamp (Author), 2013, A Socio-Political Analysis of Homosexuality in Jordan, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/265679
