Nervous about gays

Pakistan has blocked access to its first website designed to help gay people meet and support each other in the staunchly conservative Muslim country.

www.queerpk.co, Pakistan’s first online platform for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people to share views and network, opened in July.

“The government would ban anything that is progressive and talks about the rights of minorities,” the website said in an emailed statement. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority declined to comment.

The website is available outside Pakistan, featuring the slogan, “Don’t hate us, know us!”