Comments on: Kuwaiti Gaydar Test to Ban Gays Entry to Arab Countries?

By: muhammad

muhammad — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:23:23 +0000

In reply to LebaneseGuy. i really like ur guts and to speak the truth. wow i like ur thoughts and telling all to accept the reality.

By: LebaneseGuy

LebaneseGuy — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:03:23 +0000

Hello everybody,
I was really entertained by reading this article and all of your comments.
entertained… yeah maybe, but also hurt… hurt to know that we are still that far away in our region from understanding the true meaning of a sustainable society… we as a society would like to continue hiding from reality… assuming dreams and getting surprised from the most obvious circumstances… and CHOCKED!!! lol
guys, either you like it or not either you agree or not either you are gay, bi or straight either your religion like it or does not homosexuality is a reality and it is one of the components of your and any other society. It has been since ever, it is still existent, and will continue existing for the rest of the existence of the human race.
so you better stop fighting reality… stop fighting the creation of God… stop lying to yourself and to your people, and just adapt and respect the differences.
and if Green Prophet is about sustainability… this is one of the most important subjects of social sustainability to talk about in our blind Arab society.

NB: if you feel offended by this post please read it again… if you still feel offended then tell me what you think 🙂

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:05:43 +0000

In reply to Zaid. Zaid, you sound incredibly sarcastic. What's your view on incest? I know that incest is broadly practiced in the Arab world where it is customary in some places, like among Israeli Christian Arabs, for first cousins to marry cousins. Very taboo in the Western world, it still happens. Incest does need to be addressed as there are loads of genetic problems passed to offspring in partnerings that result in children.

By: Zaid

Zaid — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:39:32 +0000

So glad green ‘prophet’ is taking up these issues! This is so connected to saving our environment! I hope to soon see a post that champions the rights of consensual adults in incestuous relationships as well…after all who’s to say any love is wrong, as long as its consensual, right? lol…

By: richard

richard — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:47:23 +0000

I think the test referred to is for people applying for residency visas? So visit visas should continue to be gay-inclusive 🙂 I suspect they have no actual technique other than basic psychology…spread the rumour the test exists and you’ll cut gay applicants by half. Or maybe the test is a question on the application form. ‘Are you, perchance Sir, a gay gentleman?’.
At first I thought this initiative was probably driven by Islamic moral factors, but after some thought I think you’re probably right, it’s to do with AIDS. Consider that gay sex is, purportedly, practised much more commonly here, even just recreationally amongst otherwise heterosexual young men deprived of opportunities with females (sailor/prisoner-syndrome?) The old urban legend is that many young men lose their ‘ virginity’ with the Asian houseboy.
Maybe they’re afraid of AIDS ripping through here like a Californian wildfire? Imagine the shame…

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:11:18 +0000

Human rights issues have everything to do with Green Prophet.

I suppose I could have posted a photo of myself or any of the planet’s billions but deferred to a gay male stock photo, labeled as such at Shutterstock.

This isn’t an easy easy issue to tackle as being gay is just really about being human. Some may argue that all of us are “gay” in small amounts, some more some less. My comment about HIV/AIDS is actually a common fear that communities worldwide have about the male gay community. HIV/AIDS is common in the male gay community in the west, and rising, due to effective anti-virals. This is not a prejudiced comment on my part, but a social and biological phenomenon due to the nature of gay sex.

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:56:39 +0000

What’s with the weird posey photo?… oh of course…it’s a GAY man….. how silly of me. You’re article head image ironically steps in the same trail as the content of the story in that you can identify gay people through perceived stereotyping. As in: “Any ideas on what kind of factors would be included in the gay test? Will it be a lie detector, some hair-brained blood test or a the way a guy or girl talks or walks?”
Poor show guys.

Also disappointing:
“We can presume that this proposed “gaydar” test is meant to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases from entering those conservative states and countries? ”

You can presume what you like but this is also bare faced prejudice.

Also:
“While it is important for countries to try and keep communicable diseases in check (think about the MERS virus), diseases that “gays” get actually affect all humans.”

Is an insulting and completely obvious thing to say.

Finally:
What does any of this have to do with the remit of Green Prophet?