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Iraq Gays

Baghdad's Gay Community: A Tale of Two Cities

Michael Luongo | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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Michael Luongo

I leave Baghdad soon, this beautiful, dangerous and ancient capital, wondering what to make of this tale of two cities for the gay men I have met who must walk a precarious balance in this still war-torn place.

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Iraqi Gays Targeted, Brutally Killed: Human Rights Watch

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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The number of deliberate attacks against homosexual men in Iraq has risen precipitously this year at the hands of Iraqi militias and death squads, acc...

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Iraqi Gays Suffer Atrocities At The Hands Of Iraqi Militias

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Reports of heinous acts against gays continue to trickle out of Iraq this week, with Towelroad reporting on an Alarabiya translation from the Internat...

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Iraqi Gay Murders Spur Action From Gay US Congressman

Gay City News | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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As organized killings of Iraqi gays have escalated in recent months amid a homophobic campaign in that nation's media, openly gay Democratic Congressm...

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Iraq's Newly Open Gays Face Scorn And Murder

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and TAREQ MAHER | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response ha...

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