In this photo from 2016, Rameen, a young gay Afghan, poses with his back to the camera in Kabul, Afghanistan. To be homosexual in Afghanistan is to live in fear, and with the Taliban having retaken control of the country and the U.S.
having withdrawn its forces in the last two months, the danger is even greater now. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) LGBTQ Afghanis live in fear of execution under Taliban rule as advocates elsewhere struggle to help them escape LISA KEEN | Keen News Servicelisakeen@me.com Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of LGBTQ Afghan citizens who dared to take modest steps toward living openly when their country was under the occupation by and influence of a more tolerant “western culture” are now literally hiding in closets,