UNITED STATES
Male to Male relationships: Legal
Punishments for male to male relationships: No law
Female to Female Relationships: Legal
Age of consent: Equal for heterosexuals and homosexuals
Marriage and Substitutes for Marriage: Marriage laws vary in this country depending on area
Is it possible to change your gender on official documents?: Only in some areas
Gay or lesbian able to serve in the armed forces: Yes
Hello. I am posting on behalf of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC: http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/mission.html). We are conducting research on the situation faced by Iranian members of the LGBT community which may be used in the future to document human rights violations. We typically examine public source information along with exclusive interviews with victims and other witnesses. Examples of our previous publications can be found here: http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/index.1.html.
I am writing to ask if anyone would be interested in participating in our project. It is our hope that by interviewing you and offering you a chance to tell your story to the world, we will be able to provide an accurate and objective account of human rights violations taking place in Iran. For examples of our previous work, please refer to our website at http://www.iranhrdc.org.
If you would like to help with our research but would like more information about our organization or our research into this issue specifically, we would be more than happy to discuss it with you. I can be reached at MArdalan@iranhrdc.org or 1-(203)-772-2218 and ask for Mazdak. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center