In an unprecedented move, a Pakistani citizen submitted an official request to open a club for the gay community in Abbottabad, claiming it was a "fight for human rights".

The request sparked outrage in the conservative society, and authorities responded by hospitalizing the man in a psychiatric institution.

The case highlights the tension between human rights values and traditional social norms in the country.

According to the latest report, a Pakistani man is now hospitalized in a psychiatric facility after attempting to establish the country's first homosexual club.

The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was interviewed by The Telegraph on Sunday shortly before his hospitalization. He explained that he had submitted a request to the Deputy Commissioner of Abbottabad to establish a homosexual club, which he tentatively named "Lorenzo Homosexual Club".

According to the report, the application explained that the club was intended to be "a great convenience and resource for many homosexuals, bisexuals, and even some heterosexuals residing in Abbottabad in particular, and other parts of the country in general." The request also noted that "no homosexual (or non-homosexual) sexual relations would take place (except for kissing)".

The report states that the man was subsequently arrested by authorities and transferred to a psychiatric hospital in Peshawar, about 200 kilometers west of Abbottabad.

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הפוסט Attempted to Open an LGBTQ Club – Sent for Psychiatric Hospitalization הופיע לראשונה ב-מעקב.