oppression and discrimination against the LGBT community in the Arab world through censorship, hate speech, and government-coordinated persecution. Akkad's story has been met with some supportive, but mostly homophobic responses through media coverage and public discourse. Akkad even started receiving death threats after coming out. See also LGBT rights in Syria LGBT rights in the Middle East LGBT in Islam References Further reading Akkad, Abdulrahman (May 5, 2021). Bundestag of David Berger 14th report of the German Federal Government on its human rights policy (reporting period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020) External links Official Website Archived September 5, 2021 on Wayback Machine Arab activists 1998 births Living people Syrian LGBT rights activists Syrian LGBT people People from Aleppo Syrian exiles Syrian emigrants to Germany Gay men Syrian bloggers Syrian human rights activists Syrian humanitarians Syrian democracy activists People of the Syrian civil war Syrian dissidents Syrian refugees Syrian feminists Gay politicians