Iranian Queer Organization – IRQO voluntarily dissolved the organization on March 2019, and received confirmation letters from the Ministry of Government Services on July 2019. IRQO’s official website will not be updated after today but the many great articles and essays on LGBTQ topics currently on the website will remain on for another 3 years. […]
It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Ms. Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran. She passed away on February 11, 2018, and defenders of human rights, particularly those in Iran, mourn her death. Iranian society lost one of the most vocal champions of its rights, […]
Alireza and Kiran are struggling to survive in Turkey after Canada halted their resettlement to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Apr 13, 2017, 5:13 PM EDT Resource: dailyxtra.com Alireza and Kiran eat one meal a day. Since the gay refugee couple arrived in Turkey in November 2014, they’ve struggled to find paid […]
A senior official says referrals from queer Iranians decreased to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Mar 02, 2017, 5:48 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com“We have a refugee policy that is first and foremost informed by vulnerability,” Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says about Canada choice to prioritize Syrian refugees. Credit: ahussen.liberal.ca Canada’s federal immigration department […]
MPs concerned about stagnating refugee arrivals amid Trump’s executive order By Dylan C Robertson Feb 09, 2017, 3:44 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com A parliamentary committee could soon probe why Canada suddenly started turning away LGBT Iranians seeking asylum, Xtra has learned. The move comes as members of Parliament express confusion over why a famed […]
Canadian government has stopped accepting LGBT Iranian refugees to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Feb 03, 2017, 7:44 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com Mitra’s sanctuary is a mouldy basement in Turkey’s conservative heartland. The microbiology student’s life in northern Iran came crashing down in the summer of 2014, when she was outed as a […]
Being Lesbian in Iran This report sets out the research findings of OutRight Action International (OutRight) in relation to the human rights of lesbians in Iran, in law, policy, and practice. The report begins with a consideration of the legal-political environment relevant to lesbians in Iran; it then examines the human rights violations and abuses […]
49 individual’s life is lost and won’t be lived. They lost their life out of no fault, or choice of their own. They died not in a rally, or a battlefield, or an accident; they were not ill. They were healthy and happy, enjoying a moment of joy; they were not celebrating anyone’s death, […]
On May 17, IRQO website’s editor-in-chief, Vafa Mehrayeen, wrote in his article “Internal Homophobia Emerging Out of Social Structures”, how Internal Homophobia hurts the LGBT from within the community. Mehrayeen mentions George Weinberg and his book Society And The Healthy Homosexual, quoting the author that it is actually those who feel hatred against Homosexuals and […]
IRQO offered slogans for May 17 with an eye on internal homophobia. This is in-line with the organization’s new undertaking towards LGBTI rights in Iran. IRQO has been exploring and advocating alternative options for the LGBT individuals who are left with no choice but escaping Iran via seeking asylum. More about this will be published […]
