Yet the statement didn’t acknowledge that Pulse was a gay club, and that many of the victims were members of the LGBTQ community. Three days [after the Pulse nightclub massacre on June 12], a court in Cairo sentenced two 18-year-olds to three years in prison on charges of “debauchery”: The young men were apprehended through government surveillance of social media dating apps for gay men, according to court records. It’s no surprise to gay Egyptians, say community leaders. In fact, they say Egypt has become one of the world’s biggest jailers of gay men, with as many as 500 behind bars on “morals” charges — and the crackdown is escalating. “These same governments keep arresting and torturing gay people and are putting them in jail.