Youssef*, a 26-year-old man from Agadir, Morocco, who considers himself progressive after completing his education in Paris, shared his perception of the treatment of the gay community in his home country. It is learning how to “play with society” that determines whether or not you can get away with bei. Cinema always helped him, specifically Egyptian film.Īccording to Taïa, there is an underground gay community in Morocco, even one that is not so discreet. Taïa says he understood that he needed to become smarter than the world that surrounded him, and he started to lie and to manipulate others in order to get by.
