Contents:
- AFTER FLEEG ANTI-GAY PERSECUTN IRAN, BIJAN FOUND 'EEDOM' SERVG A MUNY
- THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
AFTER FLEEG ANTI-GAY PERSECUTN IRAN, BIJAN FOUND 'EEDOM' SERVG A MUNY
Key PotsBijan Kardouni fled Iran where homosexualy is punishable by ath. Growg up gay Iran, Bijan Kardouni was gripped by fear.
Homosexualy is punishable by ath Iran. Globally, there are that crimalise homosexualy by law., after his then boyiend's arrt for participatg protts agast the regime, that Mr Kardouni received a notice to appear before the revolutnary was rmed that all his msag and lls to his boyiend had been monored by the revolutnary guards. " Though Mr Kardouni said he “suffered greatly due to Iran’s homophobic society”, he knew he would miss his fay and iends who unrstood Mr Kardouni was studyg down unr, a gay iend of his was arrted by the revolutnary guards at a party after travellg home om the UK to vis his fay.
THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
" In 2005, Ayaz Marhoni and Mahmoud Asgari were executed after beg nvicted of a crime volvg homosexual terurse, a heavily bated se which brought ternatnal attentn to the suatn of LGBTQI+ people Iran. " He still experienc homophobia Atralia, and this n be triggerg. Whenever I enunter a homophobic person, my md flash back to the terrogatn revolutnary urt.
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. 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.