GAY EXECUTIONS IN IRAN ? ?

Sparks flew when a representative of Human Rights Watch and an independent Iranian-American filmmaker criticized stories in Gay City News, one of the USA's most respected journals, as being "bad reporting" which was based on second and third-hand reporting. Scott Long of Human Rights Watch said descriptions of intensified harassment of gays in Iran could not be verified.

Editor Paul Schindler angrily defended articles by reporter Doug Ireland which insisted two teenagers were hung in Iran simply because of their sexual orientation and consensual sexual activities.

The independent Iranian-American filmmaker angrily criticized Gay City News and the American gay press in general for covering events in Iran in a way that was "really more about what is happening in this country".

He said American gays demanding American forces "protect" Iraqi gays was "the worst thing" imaginable because it caused them to become identified with the occupying forces. The arguments reflected a complex mixture of sexual & cultural global politics.

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[tag1188]

first of all who are use to decide the fate of others second when i came across this page i was shocked at the comments "execute homosexuals" , "rid of them and their disease" ,"inferior forms of life" . i am gay and i didn't have a choice none said "well what will it be" its not a decision. i know they will always be hate its in human nature but as time moves on the law of the land changes and your can either become a part of change of get left behind.

[RandolfeWicker]

Just want you to know that I leave ALL comments up because I am against all censorship. I also believe the "hate comments" posted here simply "speak for themselves". They are proof of the virulent hate for gay people that is still rampant in many parts of the world. I find these comments mind-boggling as well.

[pcgamer010]

@pipo26100 Bigoted cunt.

[cymrutroll]

I got executed cos i like 5 year olds its so unfair

[hotboiohio2010]

@zodice1 i hope one day a faggot will beat the shit out of you

[hotboiohio2010]

all of you need to wake up its a new age now us gays should have the same right as everyone else so all you gay haters can suck my dick

[hotboiohio2010]

@pipo26100 All haters like your self need to funking die

[pipo26100]

ALL Fags should die! FUNKING DISEASE...

[zodice1]

Stop the abominations before the most holy GOD. Trust the GOD of the Hebrews our GOD and end the immoral rebellion. A man is a man not a woman stop fooling yourselves it is evil and unnatural and wrong.

[ChaosDynamics]

@zodice1

So is eating shellfish. Those who eat shellfish should be beheaded.

[maryamsm]

question is why did they break the law? only homos who are seen to have sex openly in public are hung...not even couples r allowed to do that...indecency has a price...so what they coulda done it at home!

[TakeBackFreedom]

@slapsus

correct