Talk:Homosexuality in Iran

No iota of evidence is provided to substantiate this wholly offensive and discriminatory allegation.


 * Since the newspapers and other media are completely run by the state, this fact can never be published in Iran. Some of my Iranian friends have confirmed its accuracy.  One of them says that several Iranian men tried to kidnap him in the street on three different occasions when he was a boy in the 1990s.  However, he says it is a shame.

--anon


 * And, anon, doubtless this is very interesting, but even if you allow that attempts to kidnap were made, this does not justify the automatic conclusion as to the purpose of the alleged intended kidnaps. Moreover the fact that the state run the media is surely a side-issue unless (and I emphasise that I mention this only for hypothetical argument purposes) the argument is that all homosexuality in Iran is carried out by the state.

One time when I was a pre-teen in a village outside Tehran, I had to run away from a score of teenagers who were saying in Farsi,"You have given it to everybody, so let us do you too." I ran and cried at an unbelievable speed until I got to my dad who was visiting a friend in the village. In the house of my dad's friend, I kept near my father until we got into the car and left. I didn't say why I was running and crying. Any Iranian who had lived to the age of 20 and gone to various places definitely knows about this. Some deny it and some acknowledge it. When I lived in a Germany refugee camp, some of my Afghan friends said that in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan it is impossible for a boy to grow up and not get abused by a man. They said that they had been abused and had themselves sexually abused younger boys. [This candid conversation occurred when the Taliban was in power.] By the way, both Iranian and Afghans both speak Farsi but with different accents.
 * I lived in downtown Tehran. In the neighborhood where I lived 80% of the teenagers were homosexual. Older teenagers had dropped out of school and were seducing younger boys. A small percentage of married men seduced all boys.

--66.81.26.244 14:14, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Any reason why this article should not be plcaed in the category Iranian socitey?Wuzzy 23:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, it may well keep the main Iranian society article more compact. But other than that, not really. I've tried cleaning up the article somewhat. It read a bit like the agitated political rant of a high schooler. Arild 22:55, 6 February 2006 (CET)

Some things in this article should be moved to gay rights in Iran because they are legal issue. Or maybe both article should be made one? Taliesin1 00:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Someone should mention transexuality in this article. In Iran transexuals are encouraged to get sex changes. The Ayatollah supported the right of transexuals to get sex changes and in Iran some homosexuals see this as an alternative. --Sirkeg 02:22, 5 May 2006 (UTC)