What’s Changed, What Hasn’t

Iraq has never been a gay friendly place and the homophobia and violence against the gay population runs extremely deep and often times ends in violence and death. Read more

A Mother’s Unspeakable Grief

The photograph at the left conveys the ultimate horror of war and violence. It is not, however, a photo of the mother who experienced unspeakable grief of the loss of her son who was murdered only because of his sexuality. Read more

Modern Day Hitlers

Sitting on the floor, wearing traditional Islamic clothes and holding an old notebook, Abu Hamizi, 22, spends at least six hours a day searching internet chatrooms linked to gay websites. He is not looking for new friends, but for victims. Read more

Woods Loses Bout for Congressional Seat

Anthony Woods was raised by a single mother who was a housekeeper. He went on however to graduate from West Point and Harvard. He served two terms in Iraq and was awarded the bronze medal. Read more

No Homosexuals, Adulterers or Other Maleficents

For the past year and more, I and others in the LGBT press and bloggers have been covering the inhumanity which is being perpetrated against members of the LGBT community in both Iraq and Iran. Read more

GLBT Americans Need to Help GLBT People of Iraq

GLBT Americans and groups need to step up efforts to help Iraqi GLBT people move to safer locations and to raise awareness of the hostile and dangerous climate for gays and lesbians there, according to this blog post. Read more

Hunting Down Gays in Iraq

The “improved” security situation in Iraq is not benefiting all Iraqis, especially not those who are gay. Islamist death squads are engaged in a homophobic killing spree with the active encouragement of leading Muslim clerics, such as Moqtada al-Sadr, as Newsweek recently revealed. Read more