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• GAY BRADFORD UPLE FORCED TO MARRY SECRET ARE SUPPORTG THOANDS THROUGH GLOBAL PODSTBRADFORD PAIR AMIR AND AAMIR HAVE BEEN NOMATED FOR A NATNAL DIVERSY AWARDHUDRSFIELXAMERBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYANDREW ROBSON18:57, 1 APR 2020UPDATED19:00, 1 APR 2020BOOKMARKAMIR DEAN (LEFT) AND AAMIR HASSAN (IMAGE: REEL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY)THE LATT BRADFORD NEWS AND UPDAT LIVERED TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE LATT BRADFORD NEWS AND UPDAT LIVERED TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY UPLE SHUNNED BY THEIR MUNY ARE FIGHTG BACK AGAST ADVERSY
• IS AMIR ARISON GAY?
• IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

GAY BRADFORD UPLE FORCED TO MARRY SECRET ARE SUPPORTG THOANDS THROUGH GLOBAL PODSTBRADFORD PAIR AMIR AND AAMIR HAVE BEEN NOMATED FOR A NATNAL DIVERSY AWARDHUDRSFIELXAMERBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYANDREW ROBSON18:57, 1 APR 2020UPDATED19:00, 1 APR 2020BOOKMARKAMIR DEAN (LEFT) AND AAMIR HASSAN (IMAGE: REEL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY)THE LATT BRADFORD NEWS AND UPDAT LIVERED TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE LATT BRADFORD NEWS AND UPDAT LIVERED TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Perhaps the makers of The Ke Runner (to October 30, Hay Theater) would be horrified to thk that the msage of their Broadway show aligns so closely to the homophobia and poisono prejudice—“groomers, ” “pedophil” and the rt of —issug forth om Republin and right-wg mouths of late. But perhaps they wouldn’t be horrified; after all, right there ont of , they proudly prent a gay psychopath who is also a rapist and pedophile and the villa of their show. What a dream night out for anti-gay bigots they have do not know much else about Assef (Amir Malaklou).

If this is the se, there is no exploratn of the source of his self-hatred and vlence, or what might have been like to have been a screwed-up young gay man 1970s Afghanistan; and don’t bother to chart his journey of, say, a self-loathg teenager to rapist to vlent, child-traffickg pedophile and rapist. The Ke Runner don’t say; really never digs to s woon see Assef talkg shiftily to a male servant at a party held for Amir (y, gay, we’ve got by now, thank you! Oddly, 1981 San Francis, gay people do not figure the list of thgs that stand out for Amir—but rather football, baseball, and Prce.

GAY UPLE SHUNNED BY THEIR MUNY ARE FIGHTG BACK AGAST ADVERSY

How weird for Amir to live one of the gayt ci on the pla and not notice this, or— terms of a story vice right ont of his creator—e San Francis’s stat as a major gay populatn center, rich diversy, to eher challenge or epen the play’s unrstandg of sexualy. Instead, the sole avatar of homosexualy The Ke Runner is a spible rapist and child aber. Sure, he is happy his iend was happy, but the bizarre amg of masculy the play, the unspoken implitn is also “Thank goodns he attaed some kd of socially-sanctned heterosexual normaly after beg raped by that gay pedophile!

Instead, all that lgers is the heavy pall of homophobic, simplistic ugls—and so many unanswered qutns. A gay uple who wed secret after beg shunned by their muny have been nomated for an award for beg posive role mols.

Aamir Hassan and Amir Dean, who scribe themselv as a proud, gay South Asian uple, are the hat for a Natnal Diversy Award 2020 the LGBT tegory. "We are extremely overwhelmed that anyone would nomate and we hope we are dog a good job reprentg the South Asian Gay muny.

IS AMIR ARISON GAY?

" Aamir said was important for gay Mlims and former Mlims to know they are not alone. A PROUD gay uple who were shunned om their muny bee of their sexualy have been nomated for natnal diversy award.

The podst has also brought up other opportuni - the uple appeared ‘My God I’m Queer’, a documentary created by the Naz and Matt Foundatn which tackl homophobia triggered by relign. At the heart of the uple’s work is the sire to spread the msage of love and she a light on their own experience of beg a South Asian gay uple that have married and are openly livg their liv.

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

As wh many other celebri, has always been speculated the issue - Amir Arison is gay? Yet, as often happens wh artists of this field, the mors that Amir Arison is gay are persistent, which is surely annoyg. More and more celebri adm every year that they are gay, but this is not the se wh Amir Arison sce this celebry never said so.

Although Amir Arison has never admted to beg gay, the media always nsirs the likelihood of one day reportg on the other. Cast & crew20099mThe impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt.