Iran Execut 2 Gay Men Acced of 'Sodomy,' Human Rights Group Says

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHO WERE THE FIRST GAY MEN MURRED BY THE IRANIAN REGIME?
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT
• IRAN’S NEW GAY EXECUTNS
• FROM DISCRIMATN TO ATH – BEG GAY IRAN
• IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ACCED OF 'FORCIBLE SODOMY,' HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone. ”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

WHO WERE THE FIRST GAY MEN MURRED BY THE IRANIAN REGIME?

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. One year prr to this executn, durg the last month of the Shah’s reign, a gay weddg was nducted publicly Jimmy Carter’s admistratn was qutned by human rights activists about their silence on what was gog on Iran, he answered that the US did not want to “tervene Iranian domtic polics”.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

1 This note provis an asssment of the general suatn of persons who are known to be, or are likely known to be, gay men, lbian, bisexual, trans or tersex – that is those who are open, or are likely to be pelled to be open, about their sexual orientatn and/or genr inty or exprsn (SOGIE) – as well as those perceived as such bee of their appearance, attus and/or behavur. Milary exemptn rds, an accepted form of intifitn issued to gay and trans dividuals, directly disclose the persons sexual orientatn or genr inty and may put them at further risk of vlence and discrimatn for ‘outg’ them and / or bee beg gay or trans is classed as a mental illns (see Milary exemptn, Genr reassignment surgery, Threats, harassment and vlence and Treatment by fay members). 3 The same source noted that Article 7 of the regulatns, which addrs the issue of exemptn for gay men, stat, ‘“perversns that vlate the social and ary of nduct (such as sexual perversn and homosexualy) [warrant] a six-month ferment.

‘While this provisn is discrimatory and gradg towards gay, transgenr and other genr non-nformg persons, and treats homosexualy as a form of mental illns or psychopathology spe of clear statements to the ntrary om var psychiatry bodi across the world and the World Health Organizatn, is monly ed by gay, transgenr and genr non-nformg persons Iran to seek an exemptn om pulsory ary service to protect themselv om homophobic and transphobic ab prevalent ary settgs.

HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT

‘Acrdg to rmatn received om Iranian gay men and reports by human rights groups, seekg exemptn om ary service on the basis of their sexual orientatn or genr inty, gay, transgenr and genr non-nformg dividuals are generally forced to unrgo huiatg and gradg physil and psychologil tts, cludg anal examatns, which amount to torture, as well as terrogatns by officials durg which they are forced to answer timate qutns about their genr and sexualy such as their preferenc for sexual posns.

IRAN’S NEW GAY EXECUTNS

12 6Rang stated that the exemptn regulatn ‘… allows gay dividuals to be intified by the police, judicial thori, employers and those rponsible for tnal centr who n simply look at their ary exemptn rds, which functns as one of the few forms of acceptable IDs Iran. As one example, the former Print of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadezhad, rponse to qutns about “homosexuals” or “gays” the USA most notorly stated “we do not have the hamjensbāz (translated to dience as “homosexuals”) like you have your untry” and that “absolutely such a thg do not exist as a phenomenon” Iran. The aim is to firstly raise awarens that this is the flag of “Sodomians” and puttg gay men and women potential dangers of gettg reported if they are anyway g this sign for social purpos (In Iran a large number of gay people e the flag sign orr to fd each other and socialize).

FROM DISCRIMATN TO ATH – BEG GAY IRAN

This time, the fai cludg children have participated this event and were holdg signs such as “Two people of the same sex do not make a uple”, “We are the fenrs of prophet Lut” and “homosexualy, the morn barbarism”, as well as tramplg the flag (Halalzaha, 2021).

5 Acrdg to Amnty Internatnal, wrg 2021 followg the murr of Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a gay man, ‘LGBTI people Iran face pervasive discrimatn, live the nstant fear of harassment, arrt and crimal prosecutn, and rema vulnerable to vlence and persecutn based on their real or perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty.

IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ACCED OF 'FORCIBLE SODOMY,' HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

‘The crimalizatn of same-sex nsensual acts legimiz vlence by State actors and private dividuals, cludg the e of torture, beatgs and rape by law enforcement and vigilant… Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons face regular harassment and, if arrted, are nied the right to a fair trial… The acts rema largely unrreported due to the victims’ fear of persecutn. Mohammadi, who was arrted 2018[footnote 67], was acced of: ‘1- Assembly and lln agast natnal secury to crimalize homosexualy (Normalizg homosexualy), 2- Elimatg the ugls and famy of homosexualy, 3- Makg homosexualy acceptable, pecially llaboratn wh relig and nscience anizatns, 4- Makg the Islamic Republic of Iran rponsible for extensive human rights ab (Lack of regnn of homosexualy).

2 The USSD stated s 2020 human rights report that ‘While few tails were available for specific s, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) activists exprsed ncern that the ernment executed LGBTI dividuals unr the pretext of more severe, and possibly spec, crimal charg such as rape.

The report noted that the paratively high levels of executns rerd for same-sex sexual acts the years immediately followg the revolutn (144 total between 1979 and 1982[footnote 79]) ‘… may not reprent the actual number of executns, as the Iranian thori ed homosexual and other pal offenc as a ver to execute opponents. Once arrted, the Penal Co has a perverse effect of enuragg false accatns of rape: centivis persons alleged to have engaged nsensual acts to “acce their partner of rape to save their [own] liv”… In addn to avoidg the ath penalty, a false rape accatn may also be motivated by a sire to avoid the stigma associated wh beg gay… The Penal Co uld also disurage genue accatns of rape: victims face the risk of beg disbelieved about the ercive nature of the sexual act, which uld rult an executn. ‘6Rang’s field study on the polyclics, stutns and private clics, that have listed unsellg ‎to LGBTI people as one of the areas of their expertise, show that the centr nsir ‎homosexualy to be a disease or sexual viatn, and have ma a bs by allegg ‎their advertisements that they n cure this disease.

Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN

3 In January 2021, the UN Special Rapportr on human rights Iran exprsed ncern at reports that ‘… lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr children were subjected to electric shocks and the admistratn of hormon and strong psychoactive meditns. ‘As same-sex timacy is crimalised Iran, the victims of same-sex rape, as well as persons blackmailed on the basis of their sexual orientatn, have ltle means of reurse – whether to the police, the Pasdaran (the “Revolutnary Guards”, a branch of the Iranian Armed Forc), or the Basij, a paraary volunteer ia actg as a “moraly police”, who have ee re to m acts of homophobic vlence a verable “Guerrilla War” agast sexual mori (Iranian Railroad for Queer Refuge, 2018).