WORLD WORLDWIDE IRAQ - All Out - LGBTQIA Homosexualité GAY - Only news journal UPDATE - We're running out of time: help LGBT+ Iraqis escape

 

Dear friends –

It is not safe for LGBT+ people to stay in Iraq for a minute longer.

As All Out's team combed through news reports from Iraq, we discovered stories of gay men who were followed and kidnapped, lesbian women who had been stabbed, and trans people who received horrific death threats. These stories are only from the survivors.

As the death penalty for LGBT+ people becomes an imminent threat, violence is escalating and Iraqi LGBT+ citizens need our help to escape.

The Guardians of Equality Movement (GEM), a trusted partner of All Out, is one of the few LGBT+ organizations that is able to work on the ground in Iraq and is preparing to relocate those at greatest risk.

This is where you come in. Your donation will help pay for the urgent evacuation of a queer Iraqi person facing life-threatening danger, but we have only 48 hours left. Can I count on you to donate now?

Even under threats, GEM is working day and night to protect LGBT+ people in Iraq. But more and more people are asking for assistance and activists, who will also be punished by the law, don't have the resources to respond to everyone. You can change that.

Donate now and help save LGBT+ lives in Iraq.

Thanks for going All Out,

Ana Clara (she/her)
Senior Campaign Manager at All Out

SOURCES:

●︎ "Everyone Wants Me Dead": Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Sexual Violence Against LGBT People by Armed Groups in Iraq – Human Rights Watch, 23 March 2022
●︎ The Guardians of Equality Movement website

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