LGBT Issues and Life in Jordan
Some say that it's okay to be who you are wherever you are. You shouldn't have to change your identity for the sake of societal pressures. This expression is a product of Western culture, but the world is changing, and there more circumstances of "tolerance" in places outside Western culture. What I would like to discuss in this topic is the acceptance of and non-discrimination against people that identify with the term LGBT or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender in Jordan, particularly Amman. While some believe that homosexuality does not exist in the Islamic world, it does, and many people are living their lives in an “in-between” life here in Jordan. They are no instances of "gay bashings" or "violence against gays" because the subject is not talked about in Jordanian society. Yet, many of those who are gay can continue to live and work without discrimination in Amman as long as they do not openly flaunt or speak on their ...