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dykesanddykery: LGBT Activists Gather For Rare Show Of Public Pride In Iran On May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a group of LGBT activists in Tehran, Iran, risked their lives to take a stand for gay rights, the Atlantic Online reports. According to reports, a small group of young people gathered in a park overlooking Iran’s capital city. They were armed with nothing but a single rainbow flag and two small signs — one of which read “No to homophobia and transphobia” in Persian, Care2.com reports. But in a country where being gay can be punishable by the death penalty, the rare public display of support for Iranian gay rights holds a powerful significance. Read More

dykesanddykery:

LGBT Activists Gather For Rare Show Of Public Pride In Iran

On May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a group of LGBT activists in Tehran, Iran, risked their lives to take a stand for gay rights, the Atlantic Online reports.

According to reports, a small group of young people gathered in a park overlooking Iran’s capital city.

They were armed with nothing but a single rainbow flag and two small signs — one of which read “No to homophobia and transphobia” in Persian, Care2.com reports.

But in a country where being gay can be punishable by the death penalty, the rare public display of support for Iranian gay rights holds a powerful significance.

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