Queer Notes

Gay Iranian Asghar Hedayati has been denied asylum in Norway and is in danger of being deported back to Iran where he could be executed for being Gay. Norway is saying that nothing will happen to him in Iran if he stays in the closet. To help Mr. Hedayati, go to www.irqr.net/English/231.htm.

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At this year's national prayer breakfast, President Obama spoke strongly against Uganda's proposed anti-gay bill (see "Uganda's anti-Gay law," January-February N&L), saying, "it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are--whether it's here in the United States or, as Hillary mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda." The annual prayer breakfast is hosted by The Family, an extremist Christian group directly linked to the Ugandan anti-gay bill.

--Truth Wins Out

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Beginning Feb. 19, Queer Youth Network and Stop Conversion Therapy Taskforce protested outside Ballynahinch Baptist Church against Core Issues international gay-cure conference in Belfast, Ireland. Stop Conversion Therapy's organizer Patrick Strudwick went through gay-cure therapy, evidently "unsuccessfully."

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The University of Richmond may become the first university in Virginia to include gender identity and expression in their nondiscrimination policy. The Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity collected the necessary 1,000 signatures for its petition for the inclusion. It's the first step, one demonstrating that a third--therefore a substantial number--of the entire student body considers it an area of concern.

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