Obscured existence of homosexualy and transsexualy si Kurdish culture; Case studi of Gays and lbians Kurdistan and diaspora
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
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. * kurdish gay men *
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.
KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD DIYARBAKIR
* kurdish gay men *
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.
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.
IRAN CHARG FAMO KURDISH SGER WH BEG GAY, FAC EXECUTN
Kurdish lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people do exist have many stori to tell. * kurdish gay men *
although male homosexualy has been rmally known about, if not discsed, lbianism and transsexualy is much ls tolerated, even rmally.
FROM DIYARBAKIR WH LOVE: KURDISH, GAY AND PROUD
LGBT muny Iraqi Kurdistan. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr/Transsexual) and tersex muny the Kurdish regn * kurdish gay men *
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.
KURDISH GAYS LIVE LIFE THE SHADOWS IRANIAN KURDISTAN
Kurdish gays live life the shadows Iranian Kurdistan. Compared to big ci, life Iran’s nservative Kurdish regns * kurdish gay men *
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. 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;.
ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
Kev Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach major U.S. profsnal men's sports to publicly e out as gay. * kurdish gay men *
Even the medil people were very homophobic, left and right everyone was sultg me. Near Hotel Aziz there is rather dark and dirty alleyway which leads to an upstairs bar, a “Kurdish gay and lbian bar”.
NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
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. 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. 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.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
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.