It's an issue that always kind of hung there. The taboo no one talked about. Everyone knew about the human rights abuses against the LGBT community, but to talk about their rights was not done. Luckily things are changing. Iranians are getting more educated, and instinctively feel that if we have 3.750.000 gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders in Iran (my rough estimate, based on a conservative 5 percent of the total population) you can worry about their rights, even if you are not gay yourself.
Also, many TV channels are writing about the issue. Radio Zamaneh has a page dedicated to LGBT called degarbash (in Persian).
And the new TV channel Man-o-to TV came with this item. Not shocking stuff, unless you're an Iranian that's been kept away from this kind of info:
Maybe this is the battle, to slowly inject sanity to the discourse, one item at a time...
The battle for Iran is a media battle as it's about events in the street. Witness the case of Saneh Jaleh, a victim of Monday's government violence, now being claimed as a civilian militia member (Baseej) killed by foreign backed agents.
For a full factual write up of who he is, and the tricks the government uses to claim him as their own, here's a good link to study:
A group of creative Amsterdammers (Iranian and non-Iranian) performed in the streets in support of the Green movement of Iran. Here's a video registration of their event.
After 9 months of blog silence, is it of any use to return? It does not matter, one blogs because one has to, not because there is a function. At any rate, with all that's happening (and not happening) in Iran I need a place to vent.
If you're looking for Iran related news, here's some active and very good blogs. People I've been following for a while, and people I've recently discovered:
One tough lady dishes it out like no one dares to:
I'm a Writer, Storyteller & Musician. I used to have my own show on RadioZamaneh.
In the past I used this space to blog about a variety of issues: politics, art, culture. For the time being I'll only write about the struggle in Iran.
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