A Pakistani man who tried to open the country’s first gay club has been sent to a mental hospital. His friends say that they are very worried about his safety but have been restricted from.
A Pakistani man who tried to set up the nation's first gay club has been thrown into a mental hospital, after religious conservatives claimed he only did so after coming back from the UK.
A Pakistani man living in Abbottabad was recently sent to a mental hospital in Peshawar after he attempted to start a gay club, which he called Lorenzo Gay Club.
In a startling development, a covert gay club in Pakistan has been repurposed into a mental hospital, sparking widespread controversy and shedding light on the country’s fraught relationship with LGBTQ rights.