Iranian gay-rights activists mark Pride Week in Turkey

Now this takes some kind of courage.


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2014/06/27/Iranian-LGBTs-mark-Pride-Week-in-Turkey.html
Iranian gay-rights activists mark Pride Week in Turkey
By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Friday, 27 June 2014

Iranian gay-rights activists took to Turkey this week to mark the international Pride Week festival, aimed at shedding light on the concerns of the LGBT community; lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT).

A group of Iranian LGBTs organized a panel in Istanbul on Thursday as an attempt to continue their “fight” against Iran’s restrictive views on homosexuality, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Shadi Amin, a coordinator for the Iranian lesbian and transgender network 6Rang, said they chose Turkey because it is “the nearest possible spot to Iran,” the newspaper said.

Amin said during the panel: “We want to tell Iran that we are everywhere.”....