Conversn therapy: a vlatn of human rights Iranian gay men
Contents:
- AN AWARD-WNG PHOTOGRAPHER LEFT IRAN TO BE GAY. TWO MONTHS AFTER FDG LOVE, HE DIED OF CORONAVIS.
- Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN
- GAY IRANIAN GRANTED ASYLUM REPRIEVE
- CONVERSN THERAPY: A VLATN OF HUMAN RIGHTS IRANIAN GAY MEN
- THE CONSTCTN OF THE IRANIAN GAY SUBJECT OUTSI OF IRAN
AN AWARD-WNG PHOTOGRAPHER LEFT IRAN TO BE GAY. TWO MONTHS AFTER FDG LOVE, HE DIED OF CORONAVIS.
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”Gleon liv Soho, central London, where Shahablou loved to spend time, fdg his own micromuny the patrons of the Kg’s Arms pub, loved by bears — bigger, hairy gay men that Shahablou also photographed. 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).
Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN
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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.
GAY IRANIAN GRANTED ASYLUM REPRIEVE
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6 In s annual report for 2021, Amnty Internatnal noted that, ‘Milary exemptn rds issued to gay and transgenr dividuals directly disclosed their sexual orientatn or genr inty whout their nsent, puttg them at risk of vlence. 8 Referrg to Ali Fazeli Monfareda, known as Alireza, a gay man killed May 2021, 6Rang stated that the murr ‘… took place followg the revelatn of Alireza’s sexual orientatn.
‘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. 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.
CONVERSN THERAPY: A VLATN OF HUMAN RIGHTS IRANIAN GAY MEN
1 Acrdg to 6Rang, ‘Sce the tablishment [of] the Islamic Republic 1979, state officials Iran have nsistently portrayed homosexualy as a “viant” sexual proclivy that has a rptg effect on society.
THE CONSTCTN OF THE IRANIAN GAY SUBJECT OUTSI OF 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).