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On the 11th anniversary of the Amerin vasn of Iraq, gay former soldier Rob Smh remembers the harrowg events.

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2 GAY IRAQI SOLDIERS FOUND LOVE AMID WAR. THEN THE ATH THREATS STARTED

Btoo Allami and Nayyef Hrebid ped persecutn om relativ for beg gay. Nearly a and two ntents later, they rned. * gay soldiers in iraq *

Neher Hrebid nor Allami knew the other was gay. ISIS, which held large swaths of Iraqi terrory until recently, has also targeted gay men, tossg many to their aths om tall buildgs.

Even durg the days of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, when the US did not officially allow gay people to serve the ary, Hrebid says a base officer allowed them to spend time together at the Amerin base. But word got out that he was gay, and that he was a US translator. One night, as they chatted on Skype, Allami’s relativ overheard them and realized he was gay.

THIS NEW MOVIE TELLS THE TORTURED LOVE STORY OF TWO GAY IRAQI SOLDIERS

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Failla scrib the uple as “major fluencers” the gay muny Seattle. The last few s have seen a transformatn Amerins’ attus toward gay people. Today nearly two-thirds of Amerins say homosexualy should be accepted, up om jt over 30% the early 2000s.

Yet some Ain and Middle Eastern untri, nearly 100% of people say the oppose—that society mt disurage homosexualy. In the plac, beg gay is still seen as a s or disease to be routed out, which has taken the form of gay men beg hurled om the top of buildgs or stoned to ath. TIME spoke to the uple featured a film that spans a and four untri about what was like to grow up that part of the world, why they ma this film and how feels to watch gay refuge flee persecutn the Middle East now that they’re safe Washgton state.

IRAQ: A GAY SOLDIER’S VIEW

Homosexualy is prohibed almost everywhere the Middle East, but ndns have bee pecially dangero for gays and lbians, as relig ias have bee powerful the wake of the U.S.-led vasn of Iraq. * gay soldiers in iraq *

) What was like growg up Iraq and realizg that you were gay? And if they fd about [ beg gay], of urse we will get killed or be tortured to be exampl for others … It ma me feel like they’re tyg my hands and my legs and I nnot move.

TORTURED AND KILLED IRAQ FOR BEG GAY

As the first Amerin to be jured the Iraq War, Mare Eric Alva shar the story of beg gay the ary at Harvard’s fal Faculty of Arts and Scienc Diversy Dialogue. * gay soldiers in iraq *

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That's how you end up wh ras playg "gay chicken, " as Roger, a former mare who fought Iraq, told . "Who n do the gayt thg?

GAY MARE HELPS CHANGE HISTORY

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"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

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