Our big, gay, Persian weddg — Across languag, cultur, and legal hurdl, Sara and Paloma celebrate love and a lifelong mment.
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.
- BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- GAY MULLAH FLE IRAN FOR NDUCTG SAME-SEX WEDDGS
THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
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But he is equally well-remembered for one sgle event: his gay marriage, the first ever rerd Iran.
THIS GAY COUPLE LEFT IRAN FOR A BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY WONR IF IT CAN LAST IN AMERI.
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.
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.
BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN
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.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
In a bleaker scenar, they would be ad or behd bars for the crime of beg what they are: gay. 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.
GAY MULLAH FLE IRAN FOR NDUCTG SAME-SEX WEDDGS
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.
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.