Gay Iranians to President: "We Are Everywhere"

[William769]

Gay Iranians are sending a message via a new Facebook group — "We are everywhere."

London's Guardian first noted that a string of anonymous Iranians were proclaiming their homosexuality in videos posted on the "We are everywhere" Facebook group as a protest. They live in a country that not only recently executed three men for gay sex but has a president who denies their existence.

Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, once famously told a reporter during a news conference, "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it."

The country has also banned “glamorous haircuts,” necklaces for men, and even proposed banishing little dogs. The rules are enforced by an army of 70,000 moral fashion police.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/12/Gay_Iranians_to_President_We_Are_Everywhere/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Are-Everywhere/109095095845562?sk=wall

[Bucky]

1. That, my friends, is an act of supreme bravery.

[William769]

2. So true.

I wish the best for them & hope that this might help spark reforms that Country & so many in the region need. Not only for the GLBT but also woman.

[yodermon]

3. "banishing little dogs"? whiskey tango foxtrot?

[LAGC]

4. Ah, c'mon, haven't you seen "As Good As It Gets" (1997)?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/

Everyone knows all gay people own a small dog or two...

:rofl:

[William769]

5. ...

:wow:

[LAGC]

7. LOL, I was being facetious.

Maybe, that's where the Iranian President gets his notions of what gays must be like, from Hollywood stereotypes. ;)

[William769]

8. I knew that. I just never get to use that smiley often.

:crazy:

[sufrommich]

6. Literally putting their lives on the line. Such bravery.nt

[William769]

9. Agreed.