We've found one: meet the only gay in Tehran ... but it takes two to tango.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in New York last week that there were no gays in the Islamic Republic.
"In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," he said in response to a question at Columbia University on September 24. "In Iran we don't have this phenomenon."
"In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," he said in response to a question at Columbia University on September 24. "In Iran we don't have this phenomenon."
And this would be an accurate statement ... in all probability the occurrence of homosexuality is considerably less in Iran than in the US, where (in the US) the predominant sanctions are a little residual stigma and a greater risk of HIV and hence potentially aids than 'mainstream operators' (i.e. heterosexuals).
And in interview with this 'one discovered homosexual' ...Q: Do you have a boyfriend now?
A: No ... I'm just enjoying life.
Q: Have you ever thought about leaving Iran?
A: I can go out of Iran anytime I like.
A: No ... I'm just enjoying life.
Q: Have you ever thought about leaving Iran?
A: I can go out of Iran anytime I like.
... so he can enjoy life without homosexuality in Iran and can pursue his sexal life-style choice elsewhere without impediment if he so choses ... how terribly undraconian.
2 comments:
Choices choices. Two countries across the Iranian border that are popular hoiliday destinations are Iraq and Afghanistan. I imagine he could get buggered quite easily in those places.
Or he could just run down the streets of Tehran shouting "I'm gay and this is Iran's first mardi gras"
Wonder if it will catch on?
'Tis truly a fine line between being literally and metaphorically buggered, Zen.
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