Alireza Fazeli Monfared, 20, was allegedly taken by the three male members of his fay to the village of Bomi, wtern Iran, and behead after they found out he was gay.
Contents:
- WATCH: DOCUMENTARY UNVERS HORRORS FACED BY TWO GAY IRANIAN REFUGE
- INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
- GAY IRANIAN, 20, 'BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY DISVERED HIS SEXUALY'
- WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN
WATCH: DOCUMENTARY UNVERS HORRORS FACED BY TWO GAY IRANIAN REFUGE
Even after pg Iran, two gay men awag asylum are unwillg to show their fac on mera a first-of-s-kd documentary. * gay iran film *
The characters Faraz Shariat’s buzzy, bright-eyed “No Hard Feelgs” may grapple wh overlappg aspects of their sexual and ethnic inti their search for somewhere to belong — legally, socially, culturally and emotnally — but the vibrant, observant film they’re , by ntrast, knows exactly what is: an immigrant love song set to a gay nightclub dance-pop beat wh a fiant chos of “We are the future. Dpe Amon havg to mata a faça around his homophobic untrymen — “That sh is ntag, ” they sneer — he and Parvis are drawn to each other, even as Parvis and Banafshe bee nfidants. Homosexualy is illegal Iran, wh LGBT+ people at risk of harassment, abe and vio - which has been wily shared on social media - has ed furore onle.
Sce his inty as a gay man was disvered, Ashkan Shabani's life has been danger, wh his parents pursug him to kill him orr to prerve their honor. For 13 years, he ncealed his te inty as a gay man, livg secrecy, wh his fay Iran.
INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
From Fassbr to Pasoli and Sciamma, here are some of the bt gay movi om the global arthoe. * gay iran film *
My father prented me wh two choic: m myself to a mental stutn where I would be subjected to electronvulsive therapy to “cure” my homosexualy, or face ath. I learnt the word gay, and then I realized my own nature.
GAY IRANIAN, 20, 'BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY DISVERED HIS SEXUALY'
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In the face of physil attacks, verbal abe, discrimatn, and even murr, this gay club Istanbul stands as a rare safe space for queer dividuals to eely exprs themselv, spe the ernment's efforts to curtail LGBTQ+ rights. Filmmaker Rick Flynn bills Golf Alpha Yankee, which spells "gay" ary ll letters, as the first film of s kd to document human rights atroci mted agast LGBT Iranians by a regime whose former print once claimed Iran didn't have any gay years the makg, the film featur terviews wh LGBT Iranian refuge livg Turkey, awag cisns om Uned Natns officials about if, when, and where their applitns for asylum might be accepted.
Mistreatment of LGBT people is mon untri such as Iran, where homosexualy is a crime that n be punished wh the ath penalty. Jt last week two Iranian men were hanged for what was reported to be nsensual gay sex.
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 film *
Rewards for supportg the film's Kickstarter mpaign range om baked goods and boxers to VIP premiere parti and a gay tour of Berl. That unbearable, paful erotic tensn is more or ls the staed mood of Oliver Herman’ shimmerg and sensual ary drama “Moffie, ” which is easily the bt movie about gay male reprsn sce “God’s Own Country. ” Set 1981 South Ai at the apex of the South Ain Borr War, the film’s story of gay unrequed sire turns out to be a sg for somethg far more lethal s marrow.