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Being gay in Iran

Posted by Matthew Brett on April 5th 2009 at 7:48pm | 1

(From Conscous Global) Tell me - how is gay life in Iran?

Depends on your situation. As all the people know, it’s not easy here, but it depends on your situation, too. Which kind of family you are, what’s your religion, yes, it depends on your situation.

Couscous Global makes and broadcasts movies of young people in debate all over the world. The project originated in the audience’s responses to Couscous and Cola, a documentary TV series about a debate club of immigrant youth in Holland, broadcast by Al Jazeera. The text above is a partial edited transcript of “Being Gay in Iran.”

Matthew Brett

Matthew Brett is the Canadian Dimension weblog manager. The views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent his own. Read more by Matthew Brett.

1 comments

  • Yes, it depends on your situation—and sometimes in the Islamic Republic of Iran, if you are gay, your situation can involve being hanged by the neck until you are dead.

    #1. Posted by Michael Teper on April 7th 2009 at 9:26am

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