Category: Iraq

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Doski Azad: Murder of trans woman still haunts LGBTQ+ Iraqi Kurds

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Doski Azad dared to live openly as a transgender woman in Iraqi Kurdistan, but her murder two years ago shattered the enclave’s reputation as a relatively liberal haven in a hostile region. Today, her killer remains at large and LGBTQIA+ people in the mountainous, semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq say the case highlights widespread impunity as attacks go unpunished and rights defenders are censured. “Every time something like this happens, it’s a slap in the face. It brings you back to reality and it grounds you in this reality that…

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Popular Iraqi TikToker shot dead in Baghdad

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Noor Alsaffar, a celebrated Iraqi TikTok star, was shot dead on Monday in Baghdad, amid crackdown on the LGBTQIA+ community. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. An Iraqi security source has told CNN that “an investigation has been opened”. Speaking on the condition of anonymity to the network as they were not authorised to speak to the media, they said “the deceased has been taken to the forensic department.” The TikToker, known on social media as “Noor BM”, 23, had accumulated a…

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Iraq bill banning homosexuality resubmitted to parliament

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A bill proposing that homosexuality be banned in Iraq has been submitted to its parliament. It was presented by Mortada Al-Saadi, the Deputy Head of the Committee on Legal Affairs in Baghdad’s federal parliament, who officially submitted it to the Speaker of the Iraqi parliament. Delivered on 3 July, Al-Saadi’s letter asks that the bill be included in the upcoming legislative agenda, which is currently scheduled for September. The bill’s introduction follows Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the nationalist Sadrist movement, announcing plans to rally support for a ban on…

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LGBTQ+ stories from around the world to challenge how we perceive queer livelihoods

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It’s been just over a year since GAY TIMES launched Amplifund. The charity partnership was founded with LGBTQ+ rights charity, GiveOut, with the core aim to support and fund activist and media-based LGBTQ+ organisations in more challenging global environments. This year, our campaign was inspired by feedback from our partners on how communications from charitable campaigns from the global north can so often be patronising or inaccurate.  The stories we are sharing over the next two weeks centre around three phrases, ‘it can happen,’ ‘it does happen,’ and ‘it will…

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