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THE LTLE-KNOWN STORY OF IRAN'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

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But he is equally well-remembered for one sgle event: his gay marriage, the first ever rerd Iran. At the Turquoise Rtrant on the hotel’s top floor, over a 360-gree view of Tehran, an unprecented event took place: the marriage ceremony of two gay men, an event unimagable the Islamic Republic today.

BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN

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After the ceremony, the uple had planned to ri a rriage to Danhjou Park, their shared project, which had quickly also bee a gay hangout.

THIS GAY COUPLE LEFT IRAN FOR A BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY WONR IF IT CAN LAST IN AMERI.

McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsu after a state agency warned her about refg to marry gay upl. She hop a recent U.S. Supreme Court se about relig eedom helps her e. * gay persian wedding *

Mojahed, the official an of the People’s Mojahed Organizatn [MEK], clared a weddg held by two gay men symbolized “the height of rptn” of Pahlavi regime.

Tehran’s Commodore Hotel, the se of this unprecented unn, now belongs to the Mistry of Agriculture Jihad unr a regime that not only do not regnize the human rights of homosexuals, but stead routely hangs them. It also was known as the most popular spot among Iranian gay men.

LBIAN MLIM IRANIANS SAHAR MOSLEH & MARYAM IRANFAR HAVE MARRIAGE BLSED BY GAY IMAM IN SWEN

That night, the Turquoise Rtrant on the top floor of the hotel, wh a 360-gree view of Tehran, beme the scene of an event that was unprecented anywhere the world at the time, and may take years to be repeated Iran: this was the marriage of two Iranian gay men. The snow didn’t stop the uple om takg the horse and rriage wag outsi to the famo park nearby, where they planned to spend the first hours of the morng this gay hangout. They left to the astonished ey of people on the street and ro to the park, which today is still a cisg spot for many gay Tehranis.

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For more than three s, nobody knew where the gay uple’s quiet life led except their iends.

Both Sara and Paloma were open wh their fai om an early age about the fact that they were gay.

BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTN, A GAY WEDDG HAPPENED TEHRAN

PALOMA: All my dad wanted to know when I told him I was gay was, “What about grandkids? Sara’s fay already knew that she was gay and about our life together. PALOMA: The imagery of gay upl gettg married ma the ia of gettg married to Sara e alive for me.

PALOMA: You know ’s a gay weddg if they have their eakg marriage certifite on display. Unfortunately, while a lbian uple is fun, the gay men feel like a throwback, and Alex’s bisexualy, which uld have provid an trigug and credible plitn, go nowhere.

In a bleaker scenar, they would be ad or behd bars for the crime of beg what they are: gay.

WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN

They’re alive, they’re married, and they live openly as gay Haghjoo and Nia also fd themselv a untry where the print tried to ban new refuge and immigrants om Iran and several other Mlim natns, on the argument that such people pose a threat to Ameri’s safety. And they worry now about what will happen ― is already happeng ― to LGBTQ people a untry unr Republin want Iran to change so that people like them n be accepted as gay upl.

To change so they n be accepted as gay refuge om Iran. Homosexualy is agast the law, and sex between two men n be punishable by ath.

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The Ltle-Known Story of Iran's First Gay Marriage .

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