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Contents:
- WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN
- ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY
- IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN
It is possible to be gay and live unr a reprsive regime that is always threateng to out you, or worse. But 's a lot like walkg a tightrope: sry and ght wh risks. * gay iran videos *
Saeed was 20 years old when he sat his father down and told him he was gay. Sexual teractn between two women is punishable by vast majory of media reports about homosexualy Iran are based on acunts of torment and opprsn om gays and lbians who have fled the untry.
And while their experienc are reprentative for some of Iran's homosexuals, they are hugely different om those of the people who choose to stay the untry, or don't have the opportuny to om lower class and ral areas, where stigmatizatn is often most severe, rarely have the abily to move out of the hoe before marriage, let alone leave the untry. There is generally ltle acceptance of homosexualy, but some middle- and upper-class Iranians have the means to create parallel liv, out of sight of their relativ or iends.
"Nety-five percent of gays Iran will never e out, " Saeed says over pasta at one of northern Tehran's ffee shops, where the atmosphere is relatively permissive.
ARAB LGBT : MOVI, DOCUMENTARI AND SHORT FILMS OF TERT FOR A GAY AND LBIAN DIENCE OM ALGERIA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT IRAN IRAQ LEBANON MOROC TUNISIA + PAKISTAN AND TURKEY
Arab LGBT : Movi, documentari and short films of tert for a Gay and Lbian dience om Algeria Afghanistan Egypt Iran Iraq Lebanon Moroc Tunisia + Pakistan and Turkey * gay iran videos *
| (VOCATIV/SUNE ENGEL RASMUSSEN)"The number one threat to gays and lbians Iran is the fay, " agre Hosse Alizah of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Human Rights Commissn (IGLHRC), and himself an Iranian.
IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum: Directed by Glen Milner. The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship." data-id="ma * gay iran videos *
Many gays endure beatgs and even sexual asslts om fay members, he adds. "The Iranian thori ually turn a bld eye to the gay muny's pas, but much like the telligence servic the former Soviet Unn, Iranian telligence is believed to pile large fil on many cizens, which they n e to build a legal se agast people who might be ught engagg polil activi. Often, this kd of promisg rmatn is ed to ph gay people to rm on their fellow cizens.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
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"The problem is that somewhere down the road, someone fds out you are gay and then starts blackmailg you. It don't have to be a straight [person], n be a gay who sleeps wh you and fds out you have money.
"Private parti are some of the easit plac for middle-class Iranian gays to hook up for one-night stands. The park is also one of the most popular pickup spots for Tehran's gay dk, Maseratis, BMWs and the ocsnal Porsche circle the park; you don't have to wa long to spot one of them slow to a halt and pick up a sgle man cisg the g.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay, makg him the first out male ach a pro men's league. NBC Sports' Corey Robson explas why this is a big step for football. * gay iran videos *
Most Iranian gay adults are heterosexual marriag, and prostutn is the preferred way to have same-sex affairs. It also provis a temptg e, for gays and straights alike, an enomy bet by flatn and though the typ of -person enunters are a way to elu virtual spi, they are still ght wh risk.
Recently, a story went around about a young gay man who was murred by two strangers durg BDSM play. He was jt strangled to ath, " says Saeed, who has bee more ut about meetg up wh strangers bee of siar 's parks are always crowd, and particularly around dk, many of them bee popular cisg spots for gay men. | (VOCATIV/JANUS ENGEL RASMUSSEN)So naturally, when Naeem* met Behram* four years ago on gay datg se Manjan, which is also monored, he was ially hant.
Seven months later, they rented an apartment wtern Tehran; they both still live at home and when Naeem here, he tells his parents he is gog out of town wh challenge of fdg a steady partner weighs heavily on Iranian gays; many speak of prsn, lonels and paranoia as almost permanent mental stat.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport * gay iran videos *
She's a big gay in, and Febary she me out explic support of gay rights wh a vio for the song "Behht, " pictg a lbian uple love. (In a male-domated society like Iran, homosexual women have even ls privacy than men, and often risk beg shunned by neighbors if they rent an apartment whout a hband.