A gay man living in Pakistan was recently sent to a mental hospital after he tried establishing a gay club in Abbottabad, according to an interview with the Telegraph that he was
A Pakistani man is currently in a mental hospital after he tried establishing the first gay club in the country, according to a recent report. The man, whose identity has not been released, was interviewed by the Telegraph on Sunday shortly before he was institutionalized. The man explained that he filed an application to the deputy commissioner of Abbottabad to establish a gay club, which he tentatively called Lorenzo Gay Club.
' 'I about human rights and I want everyone’s human rights to be defended,' he added. According to the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights , Pakistan still criminalizes homosexual acts through Section 377 of its national penal code.
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