October 19, 2007: General Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, the head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Agency (ILEA), blamed homosexuality for the collapse of the family in the West, and accused the United States of embracing immorality and alcoholism as social values. Speaking at the Friday prayer service in Tehran, the capital, the Iranian police chief claimed: “ [...]
Transsexual wins landmark case after epic 10-year battle
By Allison Bray
The Government is legally obliged to revise the law on the rights of those who have changed sexes following a landmark decision in the High Court yesterday.
The ruling on the identity papers of transsexuals found the State breached the European Convention on Human Rights.
In a decision that made legal history yesterday, Mr Justice [...]
Charity warns kids could be prosecuted under incitement law
From the UK: 10th October 2007
A leading children’s charity has said that playground taunts may lead to arrests under a proposed new law.
On Monday the Justice Secretary announced that incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation would become an offence in the new Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill before Parliament.
Kidscape, who work with [...]
Iran admits that it does have gays
10th October 2007 22:20
PinkNews.co.uk writer
The President of Iran claims he was misrepresented by Western media when he was quoted as saying that there are no gays in Iran. A presidential aid now says that he simply meant not as many as in the United States.
Last month, PinkNews.co.uk quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reply to a question [...]
“There are no homosexuals in Iran”
Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s contention during a speech at Columbia University
that here are no homosexuals in Iran brought some heavy criticisms of the Iranian
leader. Taking questions from Columbia faculty and students who attended his
address recently, Mr. Ahmadinejad answered a query about the treatment of gays
in Iran by saying: “We don’t have [...]
