LGBT Rights Iran: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
- THIS GAY COUPLE LEFT IRAN FOR A BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY WONR IF IT CAN LAST IN AMERI.
- THE CONSTCTN OF THE IRANIAN GAY SUBJECT OUTSI OF IRAN
- GAY IRANIAN, 20, 'BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY DISVERED HIS SEXUALY'
- GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
- BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN
THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
The chapter discs how the morn Iranian gay subject has been nstcted outsi of Iran. The disurs reproduced by Wtern (pk) media on same-sex sir have mostly been amed around victimizatn and the persecutn of gays wh Iran. The gay... * iranian gay wedding *
But he is equally well-remembered for one sgle event: his gay marriage, the first ever rerd Iran.
At the Turquoise Rtrant on the hotel’s top floor, over a 360-gree view of Tehran, an unprecented event took place: the marriage ceremony of two gay men, an event unimagable the Islamic Republic today.
THIS GAY COUPLE LEFT IRAN FOR A BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY WONR IF IT CAN LAST IN AMERI.
Our big, gay, Persian weddg — Across languag, cultur, and legal hurdl, Sara and Paloma celebrate love and a lifelong mment. * iranian gay wedding *
After the ceremony, the uple had planned to ri a rriage to Danhjou Park, their shared project, which had quickly also bee a gay hangout.
Mojahed, the official an of the People’s Mojahed Organizatn [MEK], clared a weddg held by two gay men symbolized “the height of rptn” of Pahlavi regime.
Tehran’s Commodore Hotel, the se of this unprecented unn, now belongs to the Mistry of Agriculture Jihad unr a regime that not only do not regnize the human rights of homosexuals, but stead routely hangs them. In a bleaker scenar, they would be ad or behd bars for the crime of beg what they are: gay.
THE CONSTCTN OF THE IRANIAN GAY SUBJECT OUTSI OF IRAN
Alireza Fazeli Monfared, 20, was allegedly taken by the three male members of his fay to the village of Bomi, wtern Iran, and behead after they found out he was gay. * iranian gay wedding *
They’re alive, they’re married, and they live openly as gay Haghjoo and Nia also fd themselv a untry where the print tried to ban new refuge and immigrants om Iran and several other Mlim natns, on the argument that such people pose a threat to Ameri’s safety. And they worry now about what will happen ― is already happeng ― to LGBTQ people a untry unr Republin want Iran to change so that people like them n be accepted as gay upl. To change so they n be accepted as gay refuge om Iran.
GAY IRANIAN, 20, 'BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY DISVERED HIS SEXUALY'
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Homosexualy is agast the law, and sex between two men n be punishable by ath. Other acts, such as kissg or even jt nfsg to homosexualy, n lead to punishment.
While there are secret works for LGBTQ people, many of them onle, members live unr the nstant threat of beg Haghjoo also wanted to be hont about who he was and to avoid ary service, bee n be dangero even for closeted gay was at risk for other reasons as well.
Then his home phone man on the other end of the le said that he knew Nia was gay and that nothg bad would happen to him if he operated by gog to the man’s hoe and named other gay people.
GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
Nia repeatedly cled to nfirm that he was gay or to intify anyone else, but the man kept his llege, a secury guard told Nia that a man had been there and asked for his schle. Based on the persecutn he experienced as a gay man. Sometim others who had fled their hom and were now stuck Turkey argued that beg gay ma easier for Nia and Haghjoo ― that they uld move through the refugee procs more quickly, while took longer for polil refuge.
They didn’t unrstand that beg gay Iran had been “a prison, ” Nia Turkey was difficult, too.
BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN
They were featured on the popular Humans of New York Facebook page ― a photo of them standg on a pathway amed wh snow and a short ptn: “We’re gay refuge om Iran.
When gay people beg to lose their eedom like they did Iran, he would leave.