Amid brazen, deadly attacks, gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecution

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/middleeast/isis-lgbt-persecution/index.html


"LGBT people in Syria need help, and they need to be supported," says Nour, a Syrian gay rights activist now living in Turkey
"We tried to reach out to some groups, international entities, and they said that LGBT people in Syria are not our priority," he says
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is calling for action to protect LGBT Syrians and Iraqis from ISIS

 

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They ( a gay couple) share housing with other Syrian refugees, where they have to continue to pretend that they are straight. When the ISIS photographs emerged, one of their housemates made a sickening comment.

"He made an absurd joke about how he was so amused, had too much fun watching homosexuals. He says now gay men can fly."

They say they will never return to Syria. And neither will Nour.

Perhaps isis is not reviled as much as the talking heads would like us to believe.