Gay tikrit, iraq

For Iraq’s LGBTQ+ community, life is difficult and dangerous. In a society that sees itself as modest, traditional and deeply religious, many refuse to belie.

This display, shown in the Fitzwilliam Museum's Octagon Gallery, September - October , considers our complex and contradictory reactions to two juxtaposed life-like male figures: St Sebastian , made by Spanish Renaissance artist Alonso Berruguete in the s, and Action , made by Iranian-born, London-based artist Reza Aramesh in Although sculpted nearly years apart, the materials, techniques, scale under life-size , and the idealisation of the male body are similar. Both sculptors have focused on pain and suffering, fear and submission.

Armed groups in Iraq, including the police and one of the country's most powerful militias, attack LGBT people with impunity, a new report says.

America saw Stephen Hill's face for 15 seconds. It took him a lifetime to show it. Stephen Hill had a year career in the Army and a secret that he felt he could never make public without throwing it all away.

The legal landscape in Iraq regarding homosexuality has undergone significant changes. On April 27, , Iraq’s parliament passed a new law explicitly criminalizing same-sex relations and related acts.

Shia militias acting under Iraqi government cover are leading the persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT Iraqis, sharply increasing their risk of death or exile, a report has found. LGBT Iraqis lack family or community support and the government refuses to offer any meaningful protection, according to the report When Coming Out Is A Death Sentence published by the group. One month later, two allegedly gay youths, aged between 15 and 17, were attacked and beheaded with their heads thrown in a rubbish bin, said a witness to the attack.

For Iraq’s LGBTQ+ community, life is difficult and dangerous. In a society that sees itself as modest, traditional and deeply religious, many refuse to belie.

TIKRIT, Iraq Reuters - A car bomb blast killed at least five people and wounded 16 others in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Sunday, police and medical sources said. The blast set nearly a dozen vehicles on fire, the police sources said. Security forces have closed most of the city streets and deployed in case of any other incidents.