The LGBTQ community in Pakistan has been advocating for acceptance and, in a fresh move sought approval for the country's first gay club in Abbottabad.
A Pakistani man living in Abbottabad was recently sent to a mental hospital in Peshawar after he attempted to start a gay club, which he called Lorenzo Gay Club.
He had applied to open up the club in Abbottabad, which is a very conservative region of Pakistan. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights.
A Pakistani man who tried to set up the nation's first gay club has been thrown into a mental hospital, after religious conservatives claimed he only did so after coming back from the UK.