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.
Contents:
- 2 GAY IRAQI SOLDIERS FOUND LOVE AMID WAR. THEN THE ATH THREATS STARTED
- THIS NEW MOVIE TELLS THE TORTURED LOVE STORY OF TWO GAY IRAQI SOLDIERS
- IRAQ: A GAY SOLDIER’S VIEW
- TORTURED AND KILLED IRAQ FOR BEG GAY
- GAY MARE HELPS CHANGE HISTORY
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
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.
THIS NEW MOVIE TELLS THE TORTURED LOVE STORY OF TWO GAY IRAQI SOLDIERS
On the 11th anniversary of the Amerin vasn of Iraq, gay former soldier Rob Smh remembers the harrowg events. * gay soldiers in iraq *
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.
IRAQ: A GAY SOLDIER’S VIEW
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One night, as they chatted on Skype, Allami’s relativ overheard them and realized he was gay. Failla scrib the uple as “major fluencers” the gay muny Seattle. The last few s have seen a transformatn Amerins’ attus toward gay people.
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 *
Today nearly two-thirds of Amerins say homosexualy should be accepted, up om jt over 30% the early 2000s.
GAY MARE HELPS CHANGE HISTORY
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"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
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