JULY 19, Light Candles For Hanged Gay Iranians and All Living LGBT Iranians

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July 19: Cologne, Germany, Vigil for Two Gay Teens Hanged by Iran


From the magnificent PETRELIS FILES: (Please visit his blog for more info)

[This news release came my way from a gay friend in Germany.]

CONTACT INFORMATION:Viktor Zimmermann:

viktor.zimmermann@gayhomeland.orgtel. +49-221-1691810

BARAKA AND GHF ANNOUNCE VIGIL COMMEMORATING GAY AND LESBIAN VICTIMS OF IRAN'S AYATOLLAH REGIME FOR 19 JULY 2007 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY

The Gay Homeland Foundation, an organization dedicated to furtherance of a gay national movement and cultural progress of the gay-lesbian community, and baraka, an international self-organization group of gay, lesbian and bisexual immigrants in Cologne, have announced the first political demonstration commemorating all gay and lesbian victims of the Ayatollahregime in Iran in Cologne on 19 July 2007.

A vigil is scheduled to begin at 17:30 at the "Memorial for Lesbian and Gay victims of National Socialism" near the Hohenzollern bridge on the left Rhine bank in Cologne, Germany.RUBICON, Cologne's counseling center for gays and lesbians, is also supporting the event.19 July 2007 is the anniversary of the 2005 execution of two homosexual teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were believed to be lovers and were denounced to the police by a family member.

Authorities later distributed official information suggesting that the two teenagers were executed because of a rape of a 13-year old boy. In Iran, such accusations are routinely applied against homosexuals to justify a death sentence, since the regular proof by four witnesses (as prescribed by Sharia) can not be realistically supplied.

The two executed teenagers will always remind us of the fate of many of our brothers and sisters in Iran who were tortured and murdered by the Ayatollah regime and its death squads.In today's Iran, gays and lesbians still suffer the worst oppression and live in daily fear of denunciation.

The country's harsh Islamic regime has declared a downright war against homosexuals, reminiscent of ethnic cleansing in its perfidy: Specially trained agents routinely entrap gay men in internet forums. In this atmosphere of constant fear, many commitsuicide or undergo unnecessary sex-change operations.

The Gay Homeland Foundation (GHF) last year appealed to the international community to cease deporting gay and lesbian asylum-seekers to persecuting countries, and to consider instead the establishment of a self-administered territory for the gay and lesbian people.Today, GHF and baraka urge everyone to remember that in this age of gay pride parades, pool parties and liberal lives for some, a large part of our people still lives in a state of daily fear of death, deprivation of any human dignity, and subject to the will and whim of the enemy.



Let each of us consider this day whether we as a community are doing enough to protect our brethren from their tormentors.# # #baraka is an international self-organization group of gay, lesbian undbisexual immigrants in Cologne.

The group meets every Friday at 18:00 inRUBICON (Rubensstr. 8-10, 50676 Cologne, Germany).For further event information, please contact Jacek Marjanski:baraka_koeln@yahoo.deGay Homeland Foundation

The Gay Homeland Foundation is an organization dedicated to furtherance ofa gay national movement and cultural progress of the gay-lesbiancommunity; the administrative center is located in Cologne, Germany. TheFoundation is actively investigating the possibilities for establishmentof self-administered GLBT settlements and organizing the LGBT community ina sovereign political entity.
PF 420489, 50898 Cologne, Germany
Tel: +49 221 1691810,
Fax: +49 221 1691809

As gay human rights activists in Cologne, San Francisco and Warsaw prepare vigils on July 19, the second occasion of Iran hanging two gay teenagers, words now comes from The International Herald Tribune that gays are about to be executed and Amnesty about the impending stoning of second human being in less than one week.




Please help spread the word about the July 19 actions and this important message from Amnesty.








Previously:
Massive Youth Beatdown in Iran!
Iranian Regime Forces Young Men To Suck on A$$ Washers
Iranian Blogger & Activist Help Rescue Popular Athlete From Iran!