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The Moroccan government uses the law as a way to police members of the LGBT+ community. When one is arrested in Morocco for a suspected homosexual act, their name becomes publicized outing the individual regardless if they're homosexual or not.

Although the founder of Kif-Kif Samir Bargachi resides in Madrid, a majority of Mithly writers currently live in Morocco.

There aren’t many organizations that help fight for the protection and rights of the LGBT+ community in Morocco.

Quotes

 * “When homosexuality is illegal, advocating for better treatment of gay people also illegal, and ensures that activists fighting for this are suspected of homosexuality.”
 * “Being arrested for homosexuality in Morocco could result in having your name publicized, which could subsequently result in the loss of a job, ostracizing from ones family, and other social ramifications”
 * “If the son is homosexual, and passive therefore, he is immediately taken to see a charlatan, a medicine-man, a clairvoyant; he is believed to be sick or possessed and needs to be healed... otherwise rejected”
 * “I think the only way not to have problems is to use [dating apps] Tinder, Grindr or Growlr, I use them to meet new people. I am a homosexual and it is not a mistake... there’s huge hypocrisy here. Foreign gay couples are allowed to come here and stroll around as an item. But not those of us from here. They put us in jail.”

Further Readings List
Adolescent Reproductive Health in Morocco: Status, Issues, Policies, and Programs by Julia Beamish and Lina Tazi Abderrazik. 

Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa.

Homosexuality in Morocco: Between cultural influences and life experience by Imane Kendili, Soumia Berrada, and Nadia Kadiri

Human Rights Council, Resolution 27/32: Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, A/HRC/RES/27/32, 2 October 2014

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Morocco: The treatment of homosexuals, including protection offered by the state and the attitude of the population, 5 March 2007. 8 May 2019.

“Love is Not a Crime”: Goals of the Gay Movement in Morocco by Bella Pori and Professor Paul Martin.