Gays persecuted in Iraq

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Iraq’s Newly Open Gays Face Scorn and Murder

BAGHDAD — The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response has been swift and deadly.

In the past two months, the bodies of as many as 25 boys and men suspected of being gay have turned up in the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City, the police and friends of the dead say. Most have been shot, some multiple times. Several have been found with the word “pervert” in Arabic on notes attached to their bodies, the police said.

“Three of my closest friends have been killed during the past two weeks alone,” said Basim, 23, a hairdresser. “They had been planning to go to a cafe away from Sadr City because we don’t feel safe here, but they killed them on the way. I had planned to go with them, but fortunately I didn’t.”
Basim, who preferred to be called “Basima” — the feminine version of his name — wears his hair long for Iraq. It falls to just below the ear. His ears are pierced, uncommon for Iraqi males. White makeup covers his face, a popular look for gay men in Sadr City who say they prefer light skin.
Though risky, his look is one result of the overall calm here that has allowed Iraqis to enjoy freedoms unthinkable two years ago: A growing number of women walk the streets unveiled, a few even daring to wear dresses above the knee. Families gather in parks for cookouts, and more people have begun to venture out at night.
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IRAQI LGBT

There is also a petition because over 100 homosexuals in Iraq are being sentaced to death. Just for being who they are: Urgent petition to save the lives of 128 homosexuals sentenced to death in Iraq Petition
 
Death penalty against gay people is illegal in Iraq but only problem is... Iraq don't have good government function and take more time for democracy to be developed.

Iraq government isn't dangerous to GLBT but there's some hate group who commit vigilante death against gay people, it's pathetic and take years for government function to be improve to protect gay people's life from threat by hate group.
 
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