ADULTS 18+ ONLY The American University in Cairo advises in its 1999/2000 faculty handbook that ".....public gestures of affection between two person of the same sex that are perceived as homosexual behaviour can provoke a strong reaction. Also, earrings on men are considered to be a sign of homosexuality. There is no gay rights movement in Egypt for the simple reason that homosexuality is illegal." The handbook then spells out the draconian penalties which face all those who might be involved in consensual homosexual behaviour and concludes ".....One cannot overemphasize that homosexual relations are not welcome in Egypt." Little, if anything, seems to be mentioned about advice or support which might be offered to gay students, at least not a word was not visible to me in the handbook, and all this from a University supposedly representing the land of the free ! Read more gay history - Second Century - Roman Emperor's favourite drowns in the Nile. xClick here Twelth Century - Salah El-Din - Egypt's gay hero. xClick here Fifteenth Century - Cairo Slave Boy Market. xClick here. Twentieth Century - Terrorists threaten penis shaped Cairo Tower - Click here. Lots more gay history - xClick here ! Don't care for history ? Try a shockingly depraved story - click here ! Is your right hand exhausted by sordid sex stories ? Browse GayEgypt.com's multi-country personals section - click here ! Discover gay destinations in Egypt - click here or Learn some Arabic sex slang - click herex ! Latest news 22 May 2012: Cairo psychiatrist claims he can "cure" 70 to 75 per cent of gay teenagers.