EXCLUSIVE: First gay bar opens Tehran - The People's Cube - Polil Satire

Contents:

• IRAN IS THE MOST DANGERO UNTRY FOR GAY TRAVELERS - REPORT
• INSI THE SECRET GAY NEIGHBORHOOD IN TEHRAN, IRAN WHERE PEOPLE ARE RISKG THEIR LIV FOR THEIR EXPRSN
• Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN
• WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN
• ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS
• GAY BARS NEAR ME

IRAN IS THE MOST DANGERO UNTRY FOR GAY TRAVELERS - REPORT

The fance webse Insir Monkey listed the Islamic Republic of Iran as the most dangero untry for gay travelers followg the regime’s executn of a man last year based on an anti-gay September 13 article said that Iran topped “the list of the 15 most dangero untri for gay travelers, wh the ath penalty imposed for such acts. ”Acrdg to a 2008 Brish WikiLeaks ble examed by The Jesalem Post, Iran’s cleril regime has executed between 4, 000 and 6, 000 gays and lbians sce the untry’s Islamic revolutn Post first reported 2019 that Iran's regime publicly hanged a man for vlatg the untry's Islamic Sharia anti-gay law. US State Department spokwoman Man Ortag tweeted on Sunday: "On what legal basis do Iran execute homosexuals?

Former US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who later beme actg director of natnal telligence, lnched a global mpaign to crimalize homosexualy. Grenell's iative has played a key role ntributg to the elimatn of pal punishment for gays and raisg awarens about lethal homophobia as a global human rights ARABIA was ranked as the send most dangero untry.

“No surprise to see Sdi Arabia on the list of the most dangero untri for gay travelers.

INSI THE SECRET GAY NEIGHBORHOOD IN TEHRAN, IRAN WHERE PEOPLE ARE RISKG THEIR LIV FOR THEIR EXPRSN

“If you’re a homosexual Mrania but you’re a non Mlim, then you don’t have to worry.

Addnal Middle East untri that were classified as dangero for their lethal homophobia were Qatar and Yemen. However, also has Sharia urts which n impose the ath penalty, ” noted the Yemen, “f you're unmarried and engage homosexualy, then you n receive a 100 lash and one year prison. ”The article noted that, " most Mlim untri, homosexualy is outright illegal and sometim even punishable by ath.

But their laws, if any, agast homosexualy are not as strict as most Mlim untri and their terpretatn of Shariah, or Islamic law. ”The report add that “ Our list is based on the most rtrictive and dangero laws for gay travelers, taken om here, and any updat ma to this, such as the recent change law Sudan removg the ath penalty for homosexuals.

Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN

”The other untri that ma the top 15 most dangero natns for gay travelers were Barbados, Malawi, Malaysia, Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia, Bnei and St.

WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN

Historilly, Iran has not been a safe place for cisgenr women and LGBTQIA+ homosexualy has not always been a crime Iran. Some folks might qutn the necsy for a space specifilly for gay men, but is clear om the recent sentencg of two Iranian activists that there is still a lot of ntempt for anyone who is not straight and/or cisgenr. Iran’s Supreme Lear Ali K lled Wtern civilizatn “a new age of ignorance”, and referred to homosexualy as a “severe moral privatn” a televised speech, acrdg to US News.

RELATED: You May Thk You're Beg A LGBTQ+ Ally, But You're NotSome members of the LGBTQ muny Tehran have tablished a 'gay neighborhood. Acrdg to that same article, Iran has “varied s stance ncerng homosexualy” for the last 200 years. Iranian thor of "There Are No Homosexuals Iran", Lrence Rasti, told Dazed magaze, “Sce the revolutn 1979, homosexualy is nsired as a crime based on the Iranian penal and lots of homosexuals have been executed sce.

"In the neighborhood of Tarasht, “gog out for a smoke” is a by gay men to get away om their fai, so they uld fd another man to spend time wh. ”He also said that Pahlavi Park, now known as Danhjoo Park “has historilly been the most well-known gay area of Tehran, ” but wh the ventn of datg apps, he noted that the younger crowd of gay men tend not the e the “tradnal methods” of seekg “hiouts.

ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS

Three days later, she died om a reason that Ami was arrted was bee she vlated Iran’s hijab law, which forc all women to wear folks Iran face severe legal punishment, even ath, if they are ught the act of “homosexual behavr”. Acrdg to a UN news report, “Iran’s legal system explicly prohibs homosexualy, which unr the untry’s penal is punishable by ath. ”Beg gay is also nsired a “psychologil disease Iran, and the ary's ary board n exempt a gay man om service if they are emed homosexual after an examatn, " Jasm Ramsey, the munitns director for the Center for Human Rights Iran, told Insir.

The few reports on the aths of LGBTQIA+ dividuals are reason enough for gay men to want their own safe space. RELATED: Why Fans Thk Wednday Addams Is Gay — And Believe Netflix Is Tryg To Hi Their TheoriTaylor Hayn is a wrer based Chigo.

GAY BARS NEAR ME

Iran is among the few untri the world where gays still risk executn for their sexual orientatn. But Iran's gay muny has succeed rvg out greater space for self recent years and gag some important social regnn. Through onle activism, publishg poetry, lerature and artwork onle, and engagg wh global gay culture through televisn and the ter, gay Iranians are g of age, spe the myriad of rtrictns they still face Iranian society and at the hands of the state.

Mehdi Hamzad is young gay man his early thirti who has recently fished higher tn; he liv Tehran, and has braved g out to his iends, though not to his fay. We spoke to him about what life is like the days for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred Iranians, and whether is even possible to live a fulfilled, secure life as a gay person a untry such as Iran:.

Over the past uple of months, European and Amerin gays and lbians have secured some important legal rights. A feral anti-gay law was overturned the Uned Stat, and Bra gay marriage has beme legal.