LGBT muny Iraqi Kurdistan - Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr

Contents:

• OBSCURED EXISTENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY AND TRANSSEXUALY SI KURDISH CULTURE; CASE STUDI OF GAYS AND LBIANS KURDISTAN AND DIASPORA
• KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD DIYARBAKIR
• IRAN CHARG FAMO KURDISH SGER WH BEG GAY, FAC EXECUTN
• FROM DIYARBAKIR WH LOVE: KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD
• KURDISH GAYS LIVE LIFE THE SHADOWS IRANIAN KURDISTAN
• ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

OBSCURED EXISTENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY AND TRANSSEXUALY SI KURDISH CULTURE; CASE STUDI OF GAYS AND LBIANS KURDISTAN AND DIASPORA

The plight of Iraq's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng or queer (LGBTQ) muny returned to the spotlight last week when Kurdish secury forc Sulaymaniyah reportedly arrted several gay men. Members of the muny told VOA the arrts of at least eight gay men on April 1 stilled fear among them, particularly after secury forc reportedly attempted to force the men to unrgo physil examatns.

Durg s dranian le Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State terror group published vios showg s members killg gay men by throwg them off buildg rooftops. On September 4, members of the Kurdistan Regnal Government Iraq proposed an od bill to Parliament that, if passed, would punish any dividual or group who advot for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.

Acrdg to the “Bill on the Prohibn of Promotg Homosexualy, ” anyone who advot for LGBT rights or “promot homosexualy” would face imprisonment up to one year, and a fe of up to five ln dars (US$3, 430). The bill would also spend, for up to one month, the licens of media pani and civil society anizatns that “promote homosexualy.

KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD DIYARBAKIR

This ethnographic paper try to give an anthropologil perspective on the all too obscured existence of homosexualy and transsexualy si Kurdish culture. Bee of this unwillgns to treat the topic, transgenr and homosexual people Kurdish society have never been given a regnised role.

although male homosexualy has been rmally known about, if not discsed, lbianism and transsexualy is much ls tolerated, even rmally. There is a srcy of wrten rerds about the issue of homosexualy Kurdish society as well, although there have been attempts by Kurdish or non-Kurdish wrers to rearch this cultural taboo.

In what follows I show some se studi of dividuals whom I terviewed for this rearch, and explore their motivatns and practic of homosexualy, as well as the ways they see themselv viewed Kurdish society. Iran is perhaps unique the Mlim world for s lenient attu towards transsexuals; although homosexuals may face the ath sentence if open about their sexualy, transgenr dividuals are not only tolerated, but ernment support is available for their treatment. It is probably bee homosexualy is seen as so crimal that transsexualy is tolerated s place.

IRAN CHARG FAMO KURDISH SGER WH BEG GAY, FAC EXECUTN

My father almost killed me when he found out that I was gay/transsexual, I had to flee Kurdistan and go to live Tehran. H said I had a really tough time Kurdistan, I wasn’t allowed to say that I was gay;. Even the medil people were very homophobic, left and right everyone was sultg me.

FROM DIYARBAKIR WH LOVE: KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD

Near Hotel Aziz there is rather dark and dirty alleyway which leads to an upstairs bar, a “Kurdish gay and lbian bar”. As soon as you walk , almost everyone seems to be checkg you out, perhaps to see if you are gay/lbian.

At this pot she lowers her voice and says, or maybe hangs me to ath jt like last year when they hanged two Fars (Persian) gays.

KURDISH GAYS LIVE LIFE THE SHADOWS IRANIAN KURDISTAN

Well, what I mean I n’t live there is, is not possible for me as gay man, then he says I am om regn of Hawraman, and that’s mak worse.

ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS

To be hont, I didn’t know that I was gay until one night I was wh a iend om the same llege and he ma a move, thkg back on the old days I unrstand now why I have never been terted girls. Even though there is such a taboo surroundg any kd of non-nformist sexualy, be gay or transsexual, a public bate is begng to emerge on the topic, led by diaspora activists. After a terrible human rights vlatn which a gay Kurdish uple had been whipped as ‘punishment’ Iran, a Kurdish gay supporter on wrote:.

Gays Kurdistan, like most Middle Eastern societi, are really looked down upon bee of relign and even our culture.

Homosexualy was always looked at as a bad thg throughout tim, while early Europe perasty was que mon.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

So, naturally, we always have been agast homosexualy but at the same time I don’t believe Shari’a law and the whippg of homosexuals to ath at most tim.

Gay and Lbian is a te natural phenomenon and will never be nsired as disease. Gay people will make about%10-12 of the human begs populatn everywhere this world. Usually Gay personaly is very creative and artistic, if we go through the history pag we n see many famo nam of creative artists and wrers such as Oskar Wild, Rambo…etc.

The answer for gay issue nnot be vlence and will never solve the problem. We thk for creatg morn and creative society we need to accept our differenc and live together peace; gay n be your son, dghter, hband, good iend…..

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Even though male homosexualy has long been known Kurdish society, and ed as a rogatory social tegory even when not talked about, the public emergence of lbianism is still very early stag. This has begun northern Kurdistan (Turkey), where other parts of Kurdistan gay or lbian public life is virtually non-existent. While Turkey’s secular laws do provi some opportuny for gays, lbians and transsexuals to anize public lobbyg and other activi for their acceptance society, they are mostly absorbed to Istanbul-based NGO’s.

Therefore the needs of this hidn muny of Kurdish gay, lbian and transsexuals are still largely ignored. Cross-culturally, homosexualy is ually ntrasted wh heterosexualy and bisexualy. Three major forms of homosexual relatnships are proposed by anthropologists: egalarian, genr-stctured, and age-stctured.