Turkey Heaven For The Gay People of Iraq

After the 'queer' in Iraq received death threats many of the mujahideen, because in addition to actions contrary to Islam they also work in the U.S. military in Iraq.

Now some of the 'Gay' is enjoying their freedom to move to Turkey. In the secular city of Istanbul is a very giving allowances for young children Gay Iraqi origin, they felt comfortable and calm during the Turkish secular state, different from during their stay in Iraq which they say is filled with risks of death threats.

Now a young man of middle and upper Turkish families living together to share a small apartment in disebuah city of Istanbul with five Gay men from Iraq, he alienates himself from the wave of intolerance and said that for the first time in his life he could express his sexual orientation openly in front public.

Homosexual actions are forbidden in all countries in the Middle East, but they can breathe a little after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but the freedom of the Gay and Lesbian in Iraq did not last long, after the rise of Islamic mujahideen forces fighting As and its allies - they also became the target of the mujahideen.

"I could be tracked down and killed if I admitted I was gay," Ameer said. "But here, in Turkey we feel as human beings and our rights are not guaranteed like in our home country of Iraq."

In Baghdad, he's Gay life quietly, unbeknownst to his family, only he and friends who knew Gaynya only. In Iraq once Homosexual acts are punishable up to seven years in prison.

Ameer has left in Iraq after his family fled sectarian violence, living in Shi'ite areas and working for the U.S. military in Baghdad, the capital of the fortified Green Zone, an area safe for the foreigners there.

The Gay homicides occurred in March and April, where Gay was found six people were killed, four people were killed among them chest written in Arabic with the words: 'deviant'.

Ameer, who had left Baghdad since June 2007, requested asylum and was approved after three interviews at the UN headquarters in Ankara Turkey. He hopes one day he could join other gay couples in the United States.

"Friends and my cousin in the U.S. say that I can enjoy the gay life there, and I do not be ashamed to say that I am a Gay," he said.

But for now, former Ameer enjoy his freedom of sexual deviation in Turkey a secular country whose majority Muslim, which he felt safe and comfortable with the 'hombrengan'nya. To survive in Turkey, Ameer got a little money transfers from his family in Iraq and he did a job washing cars.

"We do not have another worry here," said one Gay Ameer temen named Safwan. "I would think 100 times to return to Iraq." (Fq / aby)
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Obama To Fire His First Gay Arabic Linguist

Obama To Fire His First Gay Arabic Linguist Aaron Belkin Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Palm Center at UCSB

Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and officer in the Army National Guard who is fluent in Arabic and who returned recently from Iraq, received notice today that the military is about to fire him. Why? Because he came out of the closet as a gay man on national television.

Some readers might think it unfair to blame Obama. After all, the president inherited the "don't ask, don't tell" law when he took office. As Commander-in-Chief, he has to follow the law. If the law says that the military must fire any service member who acknowledges being gay, that is not Obama's fault.

Or is it?

A new study, about to be published by a group of experts in military law, shows that President Obama does, in fact, have statutory, stroke-of-the-pen authority to suspend gay discharges. Obama could simply invoke his authority under federal law (10 U.S.C. §12305) to retain any member of the military he believes is essential to national security.

Or he could take advantage of a legal loophole. The "don't ask, don't tell" law requires the military to fire anyone found to be gay or lesbian. But there is nothing requiring the military to make such a finding. The president can order the military to stop investigating service members' sexuality.

An executive order would not get rid of the "don't ask, don't tell" law, but would take the critical step of suspending its implementation, hence rendering it effectively dead. Once people see gays and lesbians serving openly, legally and without problems, it will be much easier to get rid of the law at a later time.

I spent a day with Dan Choi last month, and he is not someone we want to fire from the military. He loves the armed forces. He served bravely under tough combat conditions in Iraq. His Arabic is excellent, and he used his language skills to defuse many tough situations and to save lives, both Iraqi and American. All of his unit mates know he is gay, and they have been very supportive of him. But he doesn't want to live a lie.

Obama has been praised for delaying efforts to get rid of "don't ask, don't tell," and some major gay rights groups are actively lobbying to delay consideration of the issue. They seem to believe that Obama should focus on other gay-rights issues first, and that he shouldn't spend his precious political capital trying to ram a repeal bill through Congress.

This misses the point. Obama could sign an executive order today. With roughly three-quarters of the public, including a majority of republicans, in favor of open gay service, a meaningful public backlash is unlikely. A slight majority of service members prefer that the policy be left in place, but polls also show that only a tiny minority of them care strongly about the issue, and that the vast majority of service members are comfortable interacting with gays.

Obama may believe he has nothing to lose by waiting. But what about Dan Choi's career? Is this really the right time to fire military officers who are fluent in Arabic?

Originally posted on The Huffington Post on May 8, 2009 by Aaron Belkin

source: meetinthemiddle4equality.com
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Arab Homosexuality : Lifestyles

AMMAN (AROL)-- The issue of male homosexuality in the Arab world remains a taboo and untapped subject away from national debate.

This tendency is not spoken about openly-- though male-male friction is acknowledged. Nor is it legally recognized in these conservative societies.

While the issue of recognizing male homosexuality is not totally different from other countries, male Arab homosexuality has indeed a different notion from that in the West.

Gay activities are frowned upon in Islam but a set of cultural and traditional taboos has played a role in the acquiescence of much of these sexual activities if confined to a certain set of moral conducts.

That is to say, homosexual behavior may be overlooked but experiencing feelings of an emotional nature beyond sex makes a man gay and hence, a potential outcast. In a society where the family bond, "honor" and image are extremely important, many tend to follow the dictates and norms of society, even if this means living in conflict with their inner feelings.

Sex vs. emotions
Many Arab men make a distinction between sex and emotional attachment. Bruce Dunne, author of an article titled Power and Sexuality in the Middle East, believes that sexual relations in the Middle East are about power. He writes: "Sexual relations in Middle Eastern societies have historically articulated social hierarchies, that is, dominant and subordinate social positions: adult men on top; women, boys and slaves below…Both dominant/subordinate and heterosexual/homosexual categorizations are structures of power."

Having pure, raw sex with another man and being the active partner doesn’t make a man gay. This notion of same-sex is also true in the West. It differs, however, with regard the application.

"Since the concept of same-sex relations does not exist in the Arab world, being ‘Gay’ is still considered to be a sexual behavior," says Outreach Director of the Gay and Lesbian Arab Society, Ramzi Zakharia, in an e-mail interview. But according to Western definition, "that limits it to 'homosexual' behavior, which does not mean that the person is Gay. Just because you sleep with a member of the same sex does not mean you are Gay... it just means that you are engaging in homosexual activity. Once a relationship develops beyond sex (i.e: love) this is when the term gay applies," adds akharia.

He believes that gays in the Arab world, unlike those in Western societies, "limit their activities to sex and rarely explore feelings beyond that," experience.

Impressions from a European
European-born Marcus, who has been in Jordan for two months, has already noticed a remarkable difference between the Kingdom and his native country. While he says that the men he has met generally shy away from emotional intimacy mostly because they experience inner conflicts, these same men are capable of justifying a purely sexual experience.

Having sex (discreetly) is alright, and sometimes even seen as an exploit. It is therefore justified.

Men holding hands or walking arm in arm are familiar scenes in Arab streets. In general men are more intimate with each other than they are in the West and a man without a woman at his side is not really seen as strange, Marcus observes.

These scenes would not draw the eyes of passersby, but the same man-to-man intimacy could be outrightly interepreted in the West as a gay relationship.

"It is much easier to meet men and be close to them here," Marcus says.

(This article focuses only on male homosexuality. This reporter tried to interview females and to tackle the issue of female homosexuality, without results. Arab and Jordanian women are quite reserved and inhibited on this issue, even anonymously, for fear of causing problems to their friends).

Marcus, 29, is gay. He is in the country for the first time learning Arabic. Marcus preferred not to use his real name. Although he says he feels more at ease about being gay in Jordan than he does in his home town, he did not want his colleagues at work to read his name.

Marcus says he feels comfortable approaching a man in Jordan with frankness about his desires. Even though the man may not be gay there is some sort of "understanding" at what is going on, and little or no offence would be taken.

Some men interviewed in Jordan, however, appeared offended at the mention of this topic and they even refused to bring up the issue in general. When they did finally speak about homosexual behavior and gays-- which they believed were the same-- they spoke with repulsion and with harshness.

But Marcus says he has not yet experienced anything of this sort and life for a gay in Jordan is much easier in some ways. Back in his home, a man cannot easily approach or look at another man. "We have the legal recognition but we have a social taboo," Marcus says.

Living a dual life
It may be easier to engage in homosexual behavior, but it certainly is not the case when emotions are involved. This Arab distinction of sex versus emotional attachment is largely derived out of a conflict with dualreligion and tradition. Arab men engage in homosexual behavior, and don’t cross the realm of being gay in order not to morally hurt themselves or their families. These Arab men would prefer (though not because they really want to) to fit into society’s mold and they justify their sexual preferences as "something men do", and not as "something I do because I am gay."

If these same people were living in Western societies, they would most probably be gay and not only engage in homosexual sex. In the West, those who are gay will cross the homosexual boundaries, even if that means staying in the closet. In the Arab world, only some do. Many, however, live a dual life.

Indeed, several gay Arab men living in the US have said that when they return to their homes for long visits, they adapt to societal expectations of them as men, become "hypocritical" and engage in only homosexual behavior, if they do at all.

"They (Arab men) do not face friends/families or even themselves with the truth of their identity. Rather, the majority will carry on with society's plans, get married, get the kids... and then either carry on sexual relations on the side... or vent out their sexual frustrations on Alcohol, Drugs, Spouse Abuse, and other negative and destructive behavior," according to Zakharia.

Homosexuality for Arabs contradicts and even undermines the male, patriarchal image as a "macho" in Arab societies.

 source: glas.org/ahbab

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