...but in many countries like Iran HUNG GAYS means what this sad picture, below to the right, displays.
This is what happens to gay teens in Iran- as well as many other countries in this world. This photo-article clearly documents what the United Nations, just this past week, has now condoned in several parts of the world including Iran.
Here is an excerpt from a piece from November 20. 2010:
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people were once again subject to the whims of homophobia and religious and cultural extremism this week, thanks to a United Nations vote that removed “sexual orientation” from a
resolution that protects people from arbitrary executions. In other words, the UN General Assembly this week voted to allow LGBT people to be executed without cause.
According to the International Gay and Lesbians Human Rights Commission, the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on Social, Cultural and Humanitarian issues removed “sexual orientation” from a resolution addressing extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions this past week in a vote that was overwhelming represented by a majority of African, Middle East and Carribean nations.
For a UN committee that addresses human rights questions that affect people all over the world, by removing protections for LGBT persons from a category of arbitrary executions, belies the objective and purpose of a committee whose focus this year is “on the examination of human rights questions,” according to its website.
A number of LGBT human rights advocates were surprised by the decidedly lop-sided vote, including Mark Bromley, the chair of the Council on Global Equality, a Washington, D.C. based organization that brings together human rights organizations, LGBT groups, philanthropists and corporate leaders to ”encourage a clearer and stronger American voice on human rights concerns impacting LGBT communities around the world.”
A number of LGBT human rights advocates were surprised by the decidedly lop-sided vote, including Mark Bromley, the chair of the Council on Global Equality, a Washington, D.C. based organization that brings together human rights organizations, LGBT groups, philanthropists and corporate leaders to ”encourage a clearer and stronger American voice on human rights concerns impacting LGBT communities around the world.”
You can right click here to read the entire piece...really worth a read even if you don't live in the affected countries or territories.
As for me I am not surprised- the UN should be ashamed of itself because it, in effect, has just sanctioned state justified murder without cause and left unprotected many gay and lesbians in African, Middle East and Caribbean nations.
Shame on the U.N.
Shame.
This is a short video telling you about the two boys that were hung- just for being gay...and the United Nations apparently thinks this sort of thing is ok.
...and all this on the video is in the name of a god or a religion- believe me if the Christian Taliban had their way in the United States queers would be strung up as well here...think that is crazy? How many years was it until we decided lynching black folk was morally wrong in this country?
Think about it.
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This story leaves me devastated. I did read about it in the New York Times but seeing the images of these boys and grasping their despair and terror is overwhelming to me.
ReplyDeleteWhere the hell was god when this happened? Where the hell is the outrage and fury of good and decent people who condemn bigotry and hatred?
Seventy years ago, the world turned its back on the Jews in Germany even after the events of Kristallnacht provided clear evidence that the Nazi government intended to destroy them.
The answer is clear. Good and honorable people must express outrage to the UN secretary general. We must stand up against the bullies here in the US who have driven so many young people to suicide.
We must remember that we will all be judged and found to be morally deficient if we do not stand up and be counted among those who deplore just brutality and cruelty. It is not enough to just condemn Iran and its hateful, subhuman government. We must express our outrage and do it right now.
We can do no less if we wish to count ourselves among the decent and honorable people of the world.