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• GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• MATTHEW SHEPARD FALLY LAID TO RT 20 YEARS AFTER HE WAS KILLED FOR BEG GAY
• SOLDIER LEAV LEGACY MUCH LARGER THAN 'HE WAS GAY'
• REPORTS CLEARS ARMY GAY SOLDIER'S DEATH
• "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
• FRIENDS HONOR GAY SOLDIER MAJ. ALAN ROGERS, KILLED IRAQ, AFTER REPEAL OF 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
• GAY SOLDIER KILLED ACTN IRAQ

GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Ali Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old gay Iranian man, was allegedly killed an “honor killg” by some of his male fay members after they found out he was gay, acrdg to an LGBTQ rights group Iran and Monfared, who was known as Alireza by iends and fay, lived a cy southwt Iran. He had applied for an exemptn om pulsory ary service so he uld leave the untry and move to Turkey to live wh his close iend, Aghil Bayat, acrdg to 6Rang, the Iranian Lbian and Transgenr homosexual nduct is crimalized Iran, part of the ary exemptn law allows gay and transgenr people to receive a medil exemptn om service for their inty.

MATTHEW SHEPARD FALLY LAID TO RT 20 YEARS AFTER HE WAS KILLED FOR BEG GAY

The law stat, part, “a person n be eed om his ary service duti, if he is ‘mentally ill’ (homosexual). ”Fazeli Monfared received an exemptn rd the mail om the Islamic Revolutnary Guard Corps after disclosg his homosexualy, but one of his male relativ found and disvered he was gay, acrdg to 6Rang.

The rd, and the exemptn for homosexualy as a disease, put Fazeli Monfared danger, she said.

“We thk that bee of his genr exprsn and his behavrs, they knew that he is homosexual, but was proof that shows he wants to leave the untry, and he is a gay man, ” Am said. She add that though Iran crimaliz homosexual nduct, isn’t illegal to be gay. If Fazeli Monfared’s alleged killers had ught him havg sex wh a man, then they might receive lser punishments for his is one of an timated 11 untri where same-sex sexual acts are punishable by ath, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, and one of almost 70 untri where is crimalized, acrdg to Human Rights Watch, an ternatnal human rights group based New York.

SOLDIER LEAV LEGACY MUCH LARGER THAN 'HE WAS GAY'

In Iran, punishments for homosexual nduct range om 31 to 100 lash to ath, acrdg to Human Rights Watch. Iranian Foreign Mister Mohammad Javad Zarif fend the untry’s ath penalty punishment for homosexual nduct durg a prs nference June 2019.

REPORTS CLEARS ARMY GAY SOLDIER'S DEATH

"The are moral prcipl regardg the behavr of people general, ” he said at the time, acrdg to German broadster Dtsche are no statistics or rerds of the number of anti-LGBTQ “honor killgs” — which are perpetrated by relativ who feel the LGBTQ person has brought “dishonor” to the fay — that happen Iran or other untri that crimalize homosexualy, Tara Sepehri Far, who vtigat human rights ab Iran and Kuwa for Human Rights Watch, told NBC said Fazeli Monfared’s se highlights the importance of the role of the fay LGBTQ people’s liv when the state crimaliz who they are. “Exposg that to the very same thori who, theory, have the thory to arrt and prosecute you is very risky, ” she said other untri should prsure Iran to remove the law crimalizg homosexualy and the ath penalty “bee this is the reason why the fai, they allow themselv to have the right to vlate their children. Matthew Shepard was fally laid to rt Friday at the Washgton Natnal Cathedral 20 years after beg killed by two men bee he was gay.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

Gene Robson, the first openly gay prit to be nsecrated a bishop the Epispal Church. STORY HIGHLIGHTSAndrew Wilfahrt is first known gay soldier killed war sce repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"Wilfahrt had perfect sre on Army aptu tt; Army named bat outpost for himHis parents, Jeff and Lori, have bee csars for same-sex marriage MnotaJeff Wilfahrt asks Lady Gaga to e to Mnota to dance a gay-marriage polka Rosemount, Mnota (CNN) -- Andrew Wilfahrt changed his ga the weeks before gog off to basic trag.

This was the boy who told them he was gay at 16 after beg nonted wh exorbant bills om Inter chat rooms. Who lobbied for gay rights his high school and ped the fists of football players when hockey players me to his rcue.

Grievg parents take up gay rights. Gay soldier's parents fight marriage ban. He wanted to know for sure that this wasn't a behd-the-shed killg of the gay guy.

FRIENDS HONOR GAY SOLDIER MAJ. ALAN ROGERS, KILLED IRAQ, AFTER REPEAL OF 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

Andrew Charl Wilfahrt, 31, is believed to be the first gay U. Soldier to die battle sce Print Obama signed the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell, " the policy forcg gays the ary to hi that part of their liv or risk beg kicked out. To his buddi, is not named for a gay soldier, but for one who fought wh valor.

But like so many, he stggled wh what means to be gay Ameri. In the note on his laptop, he never ed the words gay or homosexual to fe himself. But wh his ath, his parents have taken up the e of gay rights.

GAY SOLDIER KILLED ACTN IRAQ

Gay the land of Pawlenty, Bachmann The red Toyota Corolla eas through the streets of downtown Mneapolis. Lori and Jeff Wilfahrt attend their first gay pri para.

In a state that has produced GOP printial hopefuls Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty -- who have ma reers fightg gay marriage -- the parents of an Amerin hero prent a major challenge to the tablishment. To the Wilfahrts, nyg gays the right to marry is discrimatn agast a group to which their son belonged. " On this day, the grandstands of the pri para, the Wilfahrts will celebrate their son's inty as both a gay man and a soldier.