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(New
York) - The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
(IGLHRC) today condemned the Turkish government’s use of pepper spray,
water cannons, and rubber bullets to stop the 13th Istanbul lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) Pride Parade, which was
scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 28.
“For
weeks and months to come, Americans will celebrate today’s historic
ruling - a dream come true for tens of thousands of LGBTI community
members and tens of thousands of their loved ones and extended family,
clergy, teachers, employers and allies across the country."
The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) on
Wednesday released video trailers in Farsi and English to promote its
upcoming publication of a graphic novel about the struggles in Iran of
two fictional gay men, "Yousef and Farhad" created in partnership
with Khalil Bendib, the Algerian-American political cartoonist and Amir
Soltani, the Iranian-American award-winning author of "Zahra's
Paradise."
The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today
called on Moroccan authorities to immediately release two men on trial
for alleged homosexual acts.
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