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Why LGBTQ people should be in the streets protesting Trump’s Muslim ban
While some argue that LGBTQ people should celebrate Trump’s immigration ban from countries with horribly homophobic governments, stop and take a second look.
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Terrified Iranian green card holder detained in Florida after gay cruise
Maysam Sodagari feared he would be sent back to Iran, where he could face execution as an openly gay man.
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In Iran, treatment of transgender people is a double-edged sword
Iran — an Islamic theocracy that criminalizes consensual same-sex relations — presents a surprisingly lenient attitude on trans issues.
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Gay state senator from Utah was under surveillance during trip to Iran
Iran’s intelligence minister is defending his agents’ handling of a visit by a gay state senator after hard-liners alleged it represented a security breach.
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Iran executes gay teenager for having sex with another boy
Hassan Afshar was the first juvenile to be executed in Iran this year, with 160 other young offenders on death row.
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How do we stop Islamic militants’ attacks on LGBT people?
Homosexuality is punishable by death in many Middle Eastern countries. The Orlando shooter took those laws seriously.
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This gay Iranian poet fled persecution — only to find himself in Israel
Payam Feili has made a years-long dream come true — he is visiting Israel, Iran’s archenemy and a country known for its tolerance toward gays.
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Exiled Iranian pop icon’s song about gay love causing stir in Islamic republic
AMSTERDAM — Iranian pop star Googoosh has released a video that addresses homosexual love – a major gesture by one of the country’s top cultural figures in exile – causing a stir in the Islamic republic, where the topic is taboo and being convicted of homosexuality can carry the death penalty.
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Iranian news agency accuses Israel, U.S., U.K. of ‘spreading homosexuality’ globally
QOM, Iran — The Mashregh News, a state-controlled Iranian media outlet, has published a report asserting that the “Zionist regime” of Israel, along with Jews in the U.S. and the United Kingdom were financing efforts to “spread homosexuality” across the globe.
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Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy
An Iranian court has sentenced four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.