Gay Pride in Iran....
Two years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged two youths after tarring them as homosexuals. After international outcry, Iranian officials said that the sentence derived from a rape charge. Given the continued program of lynching men construed to be gay in the subsequent couple of years, trumped up charges only demeaned their deaths further.
What's worse, Iran is not alone in this. One need only look at Jamaica where men targeted as being gay are murdered with a burning tire tied around their head. Wide swaths of Africa force gays to live in constant fear with governments and newspapers maintaining homophobia to the level of mass hysteria. It's not a good thing and it's gonna take a long time and a lot of work to sort it out.
I guess one way to start is to think about what we do during this pride season and how we can make a difference not just at home but for people labeled as "us" in places where "we" are not allowed to exist.
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