[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

[Anthony]

On 10/12/07, Gatto Nero <gattonero at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/10/12, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
>
> > No, but I find parts of this thread to be ridiculous.  Egypt, like
> > every other country, has a lot of sucky laws.  If you don't want to
> > follow them, don't go there.
>
> ...as long as you're not involved...
> So simple.
> You'll be able to choose, LGBT people not.
> So you can go there, if you want.
> We, even if we would like to go there, we can't.
>
Why can't you?  Have they installed "gay detectors" in the airport
which will out any "LGBT people" who pass through it?

Now Mark raises a valid point that transsexuals pose a different set
of issues, but I haven't seen any evidence that the Egyptian
government goes against transsexuals.