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maandag 13 maart 2023

WORLD WORLDWIDE IRAN News Journal Update - An LGBTQ+ murder in Iran reveals a complex revolution in the making

 

The March Digital Feature Story


Anything’s better than hell: How queer Iranians & anti-LGBTQ+ rebels became part of the same uprising

Why did a queer activist murdered by the Iranian government align himself with anti-LGBTQ+ rebels? Journalist Kamiab Ghorbanpour unravels a gripping analysis of the current Iranian revolutionThose rising against the government have split into two factions, Ghorbanpour writes, and while one of the groups is anti-LGBTQ+, some queer Iranians see joining them as their only hope. As a lesbian student in the story declared, "a potato could run this country better" than the current regime.In this LGBTQ Nation exclusive, Ghorbanpour masterfully synthesizes an incredibly complex situation — one that he posits mainstream media continues to get wrong. And he does it all through the queer lens, asking the all-important question, "If you cannot afford to eat, how can you even think about your identity?"Molly SprayregenAssociate Editor

“Honestly, I don’t even care at this point. People’s Mujahidin? The Shah [King]? Anything would be better than this,” Faranak, a lesbian university student and LGBTQ+ rights activist, told LGBTQ Nation. “A potato could run this country better.”
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