‎Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum (2009) directed by Glen Milner • Film + st • Letterboxd

Contents:

• IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
• GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
• GAY IMMIGRANT SEEKS ASYLUM WH DEPORTATN TO IRAN PENDG
• IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
• IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
• AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
• A GAY IRANIAN POET IS SEEKG ASYLUM ISRAEL
• GAY IRANIAN TAK REFUGE ISRAEL
• IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
• AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

Cast & crew20099mThe impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Read allThe impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt.

Read allSee productn, box office & pany PhotosBe the first to reviewContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum (2009) officially released Canada English? Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old who was gay, was allegedly killed by fay members, jt days before he uld leave Iran to seek asylum, acrdg to multiple of his early May ath ma headl the U. "I believe the exact term for this horrendo murr is gay-killg rather than the general term of honor-killg, " Ma Khani, an Iranian LGBTQ and women's rights activist based Germany, told ABC News.

GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM

"Of urse the motive of such murrs by fay members is to fend the 'honor' of the tribe or fay, but we should never fet the social stigma and hatred nstantly reproduced by the social and legal nstcts agast LGBTQ members, " she this area of the world face enormo dangers for beg openly gay.

Acrdg to Human Rights Watch, nearly 15 untri the Middle East and Northern Ai crimalize homosexualy, leadg to punishments that clu prison, lash and even the ath penalty. But 's people their lol villag and muni that have many gay dividuals sred. A woman monstrat agast the suatn Iran durg the Christopher Street Day gay pri para Berl on June 19, 2010.

Iranian law stat that men over the age of 18 need to serve the ary before they may leave the untry, but homosexualy is classified unr "psychologil disorrs, " which n lead to an exemptn om service. We are still aaid of the regime makg a database of gay and transgenr people and puttg them unr prsure whenever they want, " Shadi Am, an LGBTQ activist based Germany, told ABC ia of receivg an exemptn rd is leavg many gay and trans Iranians worried they'd be brand and vulnerable to harassment and discrimatn.

GAY IMMIGRANT SEEKS ASYLUM WH DEPORTATN TO IRAN PENDG

"It n be an immediate threat to gay men who receive this rd, " Am said. "People hold banners prottg agast discrimatn and persecutn agast homosexuals Iran, July 28, 2007, ont of the Eiffel tower Meda/AFP via Getty Imag, File Mahdi, a 36-year-old Iranian gay man who did not want to e his full name over safety ncerns, told ABC News that hearg the news of Monfared's murr broke his heart. "My own boyiend was already hant to e gay people's ary exemptn.

"Bis the immediate threat that many gay exempts face now, such way of verage and the prsure om outsi of the untry is not likely to have any impact on the illogil and nservative officials Iran, " he said. He says he learned of his undocumented stat high school, which is also when he first began intifyg as a gay man. I didn't know what 'gay' meant....

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

"Abdollahi is now facg that "gap" head on, wh the loomg prospect of portatn to Iran where homosexualy is a pal crime. Om physil threats abroad while simultaneoly facg imment portatn by immigratn has a documented rerd of persecutg gays and lbians, cludg by ath, acrdg to U. Gay Iranian Optimistic Dpe Low Odds for Asylum The risk of physil harm mt also be monstrably lked wh eher his race, relign, natnaly, membership a social group or polil opn, acrdg to U.

"Homosexual acts are nsired a crime Iran, " said Hosse Alizah of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn, who received U.

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

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But 's unclear how many, if any, were based on an dividual's sexual orientatn bee the agency do not track those Tiven, executive director of Immigratn Equaly, which advot for gay and lbian asylum seekers, said the group handled more than 200 s last year, cludg several om Iran. "The two vectors his se, like most glbt asylum s, is 'are you who you say you are, are you gay?

The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians.

AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY

Our missn is to relieve poverty for lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refuge livg Turkey by providg the basic necsi of life; and to unrtake activi ancillary and cintal to the attament of the above charable purpose. Many people who are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgenr (LGBT) have been granted asylum unr the particular social group tegory.

A GAY IRANIAN POET IS SEEKG ASYLUM ISRAEL

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A while ago, I was granted refugee stat the UK on the basis of my homosexualy and my polil activi Iran. As a person who has shared the same strs of beg a gay asylum seeker the UK wh lots of other applints, I was happy yterday to hear that the aln agreement between the Tori and the Lib Dems clud a promise to "stop the portatn of asylum seekers who have had to leave particular untri bee their sexual orientatn or genr intifitn puts them at proven risk of imprisonment, torture or executn" everybody is as lucky as I was seekg asylum the Uned Kgdom. Wh a month after my asylum terview wh the Home Office I had the posive cisn my hand, partly bee I had a huge ternatnal support and also partly bee my applitn was mostly based on my polil activi rather than my homosexualy.

GAY IRANIAN TAK REFUGE ISRAEL

The first one is the strongt but 's the latter that is given to gay asylum seekers almost all of the Home Office's attu toward gay asylum seekers the UK has been very ntroversial recent years.

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

It is said that the UK protects those homosexuals who have well-found fear of persecutn were they to return to their home untri but arbrary cisns have been ma, too. In regards to Iran, although s notor rerd of executg homosexuals is very well documented by ternatnal human rights anisatns, large numbers of gay Iranian s have been turned down every year.

AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY

Recently, a new report on the treatment of lbian and gay asylum claims the UK found that the refal rate was 90%, pared wh 73% for all the claims generally. In two recent Iranian s, one applint, known as "J" had to go to appeals urt after his claim was surprisgly, the asylum applitn for Kiana Firouz, a lbian Iranian actrs who has been urageoly public about her homosexualy, was turned down. "Of urse, 's hard for officials to verify someone's homosexualy, and some have exprsed ncern that fake claims are likely to be ma.

However, most of the asylum seekers the UK are not acpanied wh their the se of Iran, overt homosexualy is illegal. Gay Iranians n be lashed, hanged or stoned to ath if ught.

Amnty Internatnal and Human Rights Watch have also documented the persecutn of homosexuals Boroumand Foundatn, a US-based Iranian human rights anisatn, has also rerd 146 executns wh charg related to homosexualy sce 1979. In 1991, s reply to quiri ma by a UN special reprentative, the Iranian ernment stated that "acrdg to the Islamic Sharia, homosexuals who nfs to their acts and sist on [their homosexualy] are nmned to ath".

However, sce Mahmoud Ahmadejad's disgraceful nial of the existence of homosexuals Iran his 2007 Columbia Universy Q&A, the Iranian gay muny has won some regnn unrground, spe the great danger of executn. The number of gay blogs Iran has surprisgly creased sce then, ter-based gay novels and magaz have been published and recently, an Iranian rad webse based the Netherlands, has lnched a special gay fom. It's the right time for the Home Office not only to protect those homosexuals who have well-found fear of persecutn but also to put an end to the tentn of the children and fai of asylum seekers.

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EdSummariThe impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. JERUSALEM — Iranian natnals are not even allowed to vis their untry’s greatt foe, Israel, but an Iranian poet, who fled om there two years ago after facg harassment and arrt for beg gay, is now seekg asylum the Jewish Feili, who has been livg Turkey sce 2014, arrived Israel December to see his novella, "I Will Grow, I Will Bear F … Figs, " staged as a play Hebrew Tel Aviv, a cy known for s openns toward Feili, who is not Jewish, says he wants to told The Washgton Post recently that after three months here, what he feels for the untry is somethg “more than love. Gay Paltians who prefer the openns of Tel Aviv to the stricter nf of tradnal Mlim society the Wt Bank often have to wa years before their s are heard, he said.

Addnally, the Israeli ernment has faced mountg cricism for s treatment of thoands of Sudane and Errean natnals who arrived Israel illegally over the past and fear returng to their Feili do stay, however, he will jo about 140, 000 Jews of Iranian scent livg , who wr openly about beg gay his poetry, nnot return to Iran. Homosexualy is illegal the Islamic Republic and those found guilty of the “crime” face tough punishments, cludg ath. In an article on the group’s webse, the poet scrib how he was arrted outsi his home and held for 44 days whout charge after agreeg to publish his work also said that his openns about his homosexualy has left him unable to publish Iran followg the release of his first book, a llectn of poetry tled "Sakooye Aftab" ("The Sun’s Platform") Aviv, where Feili is currently ridg, is known for s flourishg LGBT muny and holds the Middle East's largt gay pri paras each year along s beachont.