



This message contains insults against gay people and bans them from entering the store.

A restaurant, a food market, an Internet café, a clothing store, a phone store, a taxi… all shared the same message: “No homosexuals allowed." These signs appeared in different neighbourhoods of Tunis starting on April 21, the day after Shams’ vice president appeared on television , on a talk show called “Klem Ennes”. In the same show, a week earlier, Tunisian actor Ahmed Landolsi had described homosexuality as a “ sickness ”. While his words were met with criticism, he also received many messages of support.