Gay black najaf, iraq

LGBT Rights in An Najaf, Iraq: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Imagine being born gay in Iraq’s Shiite epicenter of Najaf, a city soaking in religious sacredness and strong antagonism towards the LGBT+ community. That is the story of year-old Haydin*, who on Saturday found out that his country’s parliament had criminalized the little right he had to live freely as a gay man and that he could be put behind bars for.