May 17 marks the international day against homophobia and transphobia. I was impressed when I came across of recorded personal messages by Iranians sharing their aspirations for acceptance. Here is Ali saying no to homophobia:  Add Comment Homosexuality / همجنسگرایی 02/16/2011
A much needed program on monototv on the subject of homosexuality: Saye Sky 10/03/2010
She is simply amazing. I wish her success, and hope to see more artists in the Iranian community to follow suit: Homosexuality: A Theoretical Overview 04/27/2010
With Dr. Mossallanejad, I have posted an article he has written on homosexuality below. I also sent the article to Danestaniha requesting they publish it, and I am happy to see that they have done so.
Dr. Ezat Mossallanejad is an Iranian-born Settlement Counselor and Policy Analyst for the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture in Toronto. The article provides unbiased and factual information on the subject of homosexuality. Omid & Roya 04/05/2010
Omid & Roya is a short documentary that tells the story of an Iranian female-to-male transsexual. Part 1: Part 2:
Saye Sky 10/12/2009
Saye is an Iranian lesbian rapper and song writer. The song is dedicated to all queer Iranians in particular Iranian lesbians. Hudud (2009) 09/16/2009
Hudud, which means border, is a short movie by Federico Ariu. It is set in Belgium. The main character is an Iranian gay asylum seeker whose partner was hanged in Iran. Watch the entire film online here: http://www.hudud.be/filmhudud.html Hudud’s website: www.hudud.de     Iran: a Nation of Bloggers 09/14/2009
This is a very inspiring motion video made by Vancouver Film School students Aaron Chiesa, Toru Kageyama, Hendy Sukarya, and Lisa Temes. Find out more about this work here. Anonymous Sinners 09/09/2009
Kudos to Anonymous Sinners for breaking the silence and singing in support of Iranian sexual minorities, which is a first. Here is a rough translation of the above song:
Forgive Us by Anonymous Sinners Anti-Drug PSA 09/08/2009
Here is an Iranian anti-drug public service announcement. We would like to make similar PSAs in different languages covering topics related to human rights. Contact us if you are interested in helping out with our ads. The original American version of the above ad can be found here. | Donate Now Join us on facebook! CategoriesAll ArchivesSeptember 2011
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