Protests for Iran
Day of Solidarity with Iranians Planned for July 19th
07/07/2006
Demonstrations and vigils are being organized all over the world on July 19, the first anniversary of the public hanging of the two gay Iranian teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni.

If your city does not yet have a July 19 event in solidarity with gay Iranians scheduled, organize one!

Groups in Amsterdam, London, Marseille, New York, Provincetown, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Stockholm, Provincetown, Washington D.C. will stage demonstrations, vigils, or public events July 19, at the call of the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organisation (PGLO). The initiative is sponsored by the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), the British gay rights group OutRage and the Swedish group Tupilak.

These demonstrations are intended to help call attention to the homophobic reign of terror which the fanatical religious regime in Iran is inflicting on its lesbian and gay citizens, and as testimony of the solidarity of Western gays with their persecuted Iranian sisters and brothers.

You can read about these planned July 19 demonstrations by clicking here.

Let the PGLO know of your initiative by contacting them at hrc@pglo.net.

Currently, protests are scheduled for:

New York -- Location: Iranian Mission to the U.N., 622 Third Avenue (at 40th St.) Time: 5:00 P.M. Contact: IGLHRC, 212-268-8040

Washington, D.C. -- Location: DuPont Circle Time: 5:00 P.M. Contact: Rob Anderson rcand@mac.com, Tel. work (202) 508-4446 home (202) 550-8812

Provincetown -- Location: Town Hall Square Time: To be announced Contact: Andrew Sullivan, andsul@aol.com

San Diego -- Location: U.S. Federal Building Time: 4:00 pm Contact: Michael Mussman, michaelmussman@yahoo.com

San Francisco -- Location: Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro and Market Streets Time: 5:00 pm Contact: Michael Petrelis, mpetrelis@aol.com

Sacramento -- Location: Lambda Community Center, 1927 L Street Time: 6:00 P.M. Contact: Jerry Sloan, JerrySloan95828@yahoo.com Phone: 916-381-3115 (Left, the poster for the Sacramento Demonstration)

Fort Lauderdale-Broward County (South Florida) -- details to be announced soon Contact: Michael James, Editor, Independent Gay News, MJames@OurIndependent.com Telephone 954.563.0470

Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- Location: Calvary Cathedral, 500 S. Main Avenue
Time: 9:00 pm Contact: Kathy Knobloch, thecenter.colc@midconetwork.com

Toronto -- Location: University of Torontdo, Hart House, Music Room, 7 Hart House Circle. Toronto, Ontario Time: 5-9 P.M. Speakers will include Arsham Parsi, Human Rights Secretary of the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organization (PGLO) and an Iranian exile, and local gay and political leaders. Contact: pglo@pglo.net

Vancouver -- Location: Vancouver Art Gallery - Robson Plaza Time: 6:00 p.m. Contact: Finn Kovaltsenko, aidengreer@shaw.ca

Mexico City -- Location (Lugar): Contempo Cine, Address (Direccion): Londres 161, 1er piso; entre Florencia y Amberes; Time: (Miercoles 19 de julio/)Wednesday Hora: 19:00 Hrs Contact: Enkidu Magazine, info@enkidumagazine.com, Telephone 044 55 2517 5098

Warsaw -- Location: Candle-light vigil, 22 Królowej Aldony street Time: 9 P.M. Contact: Lukasz Palucki, luke.santi@eranet.pl

Amsterdam -- Location: Homomonument (Keizersgracht canal near Westerkerk)Time: 10 P.M. Contact: René van Soeren of COC, rvansoeren@coc.nl, and Mike Tidmus, tidmus@mac.com

London -- Location: House of Commons, Committee Room 12 Guest Speakers: openly gay Labour Party Member of Parliament Chris Bryant MP (photo right), Jean Lambert MEP, Iranian gay activists, Simon Forbes and Peter Tatchell Time: 6:30 pm Contacts: Peter Tatchell, peter@tatchell.freeserve.co.uk & Brett Lock, brettlock@gmail.com

Stockholm -- Location: Iranian Embassy, Elfviksvägen Västra Yttringe gård Lidingö Time: 5:00 P.M. (17:00) Contact: Bill Schiller, bill.schiller@sr.se (Supported by Tupilak, Nordic Homo Council, Nordic Rainbow Humanists, and International Lesbian & Gay Cultural Network Information Secretariat)

Marseille -- details not yet available Contact: Louis-George Tin and IDAHO, also UEEH (Université d'été Euroméditérranneenes des Homosexualités)

Moscow -- Location and Time to be announced. Contact: Nicolas Alexeyev, GayRussia.ru

Brussels -- Location: Brussels Stock Exchange Time:8 PM to 11PM (20h a 23h) Contact: Stephen Barris, ILGA stephenbarris@ilga.org

Vienna -- Location: Office of IranAir (official airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran), A-Wien 1010 Opernring; Time: to be announced Contact: HOSI Wien and Kurt Knickler, kurt.krickler@hosiwien.at

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