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INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATION
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Executions in Iran
Protests for Iran
in WORLD
,07/07/2006
Day of Solidarity with Iranians Planned for July 19th
Demonstrations and vigils are being organized all over the world on July 19, the first anniversary of the public hanging of the two gay Iranian teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni.If your city does not yet have a July 19 event in solidarity with gay Iranians scheduled, organize one!
Groups in Amsterdam, London, Marseille, New York, Provincetown, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Stockholm, Provincetown, Washington D.C. will stage demonstrations, vigils, or public events July 19, at the call of the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organisation (PGLO). The initiative is sponsored by the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), the British gay rights group OutRage and the Swedish group Tupilak.
These demonstrations are intended to help call attention to the homophobic reign of terror which the fanatical religious regime in Iran is inflicting on its lesbian and gay citizens, and as testimony of the solidarity of Western gays with their persecuted Iranian sisters and brothers.
You can read about these planned July 19 demonstrations by clicking here.
Let the PGLO know of your initiative by contacting them at hrc@pglo.net.
