Fear and Survival: Being LGBTQ in Iraq - BBC World Service

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  • For Iraq’s LGBTQ+ community, life is difficult and dangerous. In a society that sees itself as modest, traditional and deeply religious, many refuse to believe in anything other than heterosexuality. Being gay or non-binary doesn’t break any laws, but people in these groups still live in fear.
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    Every day the community faces physical violence, or even the fear of being murdered if their secret is uncovered. Sexual assaults are also common, and the toll on their mental health is severe.
    BBC journalist Anna Foster meets three young LGBTQ+ people in Iraqi Kurdistan and hears about the abuse they’ve experienced and their hopes for the future. In a place where many people believe society is changing and modernising, that’s far from the reality for them.
    Correspondent: Anna Foster
    Senior producer: Stephanie Constantine
    Produced, filmed and edited by Jewan Abdi
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Komentáře • 509

  • @11pra88
    @11pra88 Před měsícem +9

    I have a question for BBC.
    Good you did a documentary on the LGBTQ+ community in Iraq.
    But did you check on these guys after?
    Since 2 of them, hats off to them, revealed their faces, are they still safe?
    And if really BBC wanted to know about their struggles, why not help them move out from this country in the end?

    • @THEwolfKiana
      @THEwolfKiana Před 18 hodinami

      That's what I want to know. I really, really hope they are all safe right now. I hope they can get out of there fast.

  • @kahnjanm3376
    @kahnjanm3376 Před měsícem +6

    I am gay from Afghanistan my family knew that I was gay but they didn't talk bcs of people around us the culture and everything .
    So in 2007 they told me that should go I left .
    I am in Switzerland now they accept me as I am
    My father and mother told me we knew since you were about 12 years , they keep quite that I have been killed .
    It's not even your own parents will killing you but other
    people .
    I will thank them

    • @Pk-wu9tl
      @Pk-wu9tl Před 15 dny +2

      Amazing parents ❤

  • @baxyii
    @baxyii Před 2 lety +51

    I can't believe you are asking people, who are already in great danger, the question if they are being physical in a park or not! They live in this conservative religious community that violently rejects the LGBT+ community. This is a terrible question to ask, its very irresponsible and brings harm to the LGBT+ community. BBC should be more careful putting people in risk in such conflicted environments.

    • @ahmedameen2892
      @ahmedameen2892 Před rokem +4

      They can be in their home and nobody can do anything to anyone walking in the street the authority will take you straight to prison

    • @mumma-ashxo7407
      @mumma-ashxo7407 Před rokem

      The BBC don't care about people. Corrupt. Everything has a motive, even this. The BBC is the British colonies that enforced these punishments.

    • @drziggyabdelmalak1439
      @drziggyabdelmalak1439 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I agree totally with you - but I'm also confused as to why people like Adam agreed to show their face?

    • @Bananahut_
      @Bananahut_ Před 22 dny

      Muslim conservative

  • @drziggyabdelmalak1439
    @drziggyabdelmalak1439 Před 5 měsíci +32

    What a sweet guy Adam is. He is very brave showing his face...I hope he, and all the others, is okay. Any way of finding out - or a folllow-up docu from the BBC?

  • @KattiaMcWhite-mi6jx
    @KattiaMcWhite-mi6jx Před rokem +62

    Watching from South Africa with tears in my eyes. We not free until we all free. Love is love, you're valid your Enough. You exist.

  • @jaafrsadeq1978
    @jaafrsadeq1978 Před 2 lety +188

    I am iraqi and gay and i will never be ashamed of it!

    • @abdxfrycsylol5648
      @abdxfrycsylol5648 Před 2 lety +3

      ok

    • @littlefool123
      @littlefool123 Před 2 lety +24

      Wish all the best thing to you

    • @mnflare7279
      @mnflare7279 Před rokem +2

      Then you Will be sent to hell on the day of JUDGEMENT! FEAR ALLAH MY DEAR BROTHER!

    • @lilac624
      @lilac624 Před rokem +7

      The world's problem is not actually being gay but mental health....But mental health is not that a priority unfortunately

    • @ucl75
      @ucl75 Před rokem +11

      Yup stay strong! You are surely right! Never forget that!

  • @StacyInLove1
    @StacyInLove1 Před 2 lety +33

    Truly horrible. We are at risk everywhere... even in so-called tolerant societies.

    • @StacyInLove1
      @StacyInLove1 Před rokem +2

      @mericanmodi8479 Yet you tolerate (or even encourage) killing those who are different than you. So sad. I pray for you.

    • @StacyInLove1
      @StacyInLove1 Před rokem +1

      @mericanmodi8479 ...and cleansing those who do live up to your standards. 🥀

    • @StacyInLove1
      @StacyInLove1 Před rokem +2

      @mericanmodi8479 Your spurious comments show that you are incapable of discourse... and are entrenched in your hate. I am done trying to speak to that hate.

    • @coltondraws6566
      @coltondraws6566 Před rokem

      @Merican Modi
      yea dude, Iranians are so happy with their culture that their corrupt leaders have created, they even throw riot party’s for them

    • @Ishmaelites.Rabeeah
      @Ishmaelites.Rabeeah Před rokem

      You are not normal, that is why you cannot live with normal people

  • @divyasaxena2509
    @divyasaxena2509 Před 4 měsíci +12

    I am a queer person from India and I can understand how they are surviving in Iraq!😢

    • @simpsonslifeline
      @simpsonslifeline Před měsícem

      India is not that homophobic

    • @divyasaxena2509
      @divyasaxena2509 Před měsícem

      @@simpsonslifelineWell,It is !
      THE GOVT OF INDIA IS ITSELF HOMOPHOBIC AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE
      Straight people often harass LGBTQIA+ Individuals online!

    • @divyasaxena2509
      @divyasaxena2509 Před měsícem

      @@simpsonslifeline Indians are Homophobic too!!

  • @Gerryjournal
    @Gerryjournal Před měsícem +2

    I have lived and worked in 21 countries during my 80 years. Five of these countries were Islamic and some Christian dictatorships. However, in even the most developed countries, homosexuality was 'illegal'. Not persecuted, perhaps, but illegal. In every country, including Iraq, there were 'closeted' communities of LGBTQI. It was dangerous, even deadly, but life went on. Religion has a lot to answer for.

  • @kostasveronis5882
    @kostasveronis5882 Před 2 lety +75

    Being an openly gay man from Europe, watching something like this, it makes you land abruptly in a very ugly reality unfolding in another country, and it makes you put yourself in that place of people, it really is gloomy. I wish to have the chance to help them in any way.

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +10

      We have bad situations in Iraq after US invaded , but we can proudly say we are anti Pride ! We protect our kids
      And Greece were you are from have a lot to , proud of them. You can call me anything put I honestly think Pride is dangerous for peoples minds . I don’t hate y if you are gay , but it is wrong and should not be so open and promoted even . I seen kids cartoons were two boys kissing in 4 movies , they have taken it to far so people are waking Up !

    • @agogooo9776
      @agogooo9776 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StayBasedJesus "I'm not homophobic but homosexuality is an illness" Lol, dude, you're homoohibic. There's no right way to live this life. If gay propaganda exist then people can watch straight people kissing or smth and they will become straight or it doesn't work this way? 🤔

    • @flamingo5477
      @flamingo5477 Před rokem +1

      @@StayBasedJesus u people r so pulled in ur book n ur religion that u cant even understand science, human rights, empathy and tolerance.

    • @QueerCapricorn6572
      @QueerCapricorn6572 Před rokem

      @@StayBasedJesus عراكي متخلف اطفالك لم يكونوا يشاهدوا الهوت بيرد قنواته الاباحية التي اغلبها ملاكها رجال عرب و يعرفون كل صغيرة كبيرة في الجنس يا بلد الشقاق و النفاق.

    • @user-xb2vs1il1l
      @user-xb2vs1il1l Před rokem +7

      I'm a trans woman from one of the Arab Gulf countries (I can't say what country I'm from on CZcams). I had a sex reassignment surgery in Thailand last year. Even I had that surgery I cannot change my legal gender in all of my documents 😢😢😢😢😢 💔.Being transgender person in the Middle east is the worst thing.I'm thinking to move to a better place (Canada or Germany) I can't wait any more.

  • @arshbehal6312
    @arshbehal6312 Před 2 lety +118

    I worry for Varin and Adam. Since their identities have been revealed through this documentary. I hope this doesn't bring them any harm!

    • @salmanahjum-mathee9055
      @salmanahjum-mathee9055 Před 2 lety +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @YM-hh4jy
      @YM-hh4jy Před 2 lety +4

      What’s wrong is wrong and will be dealt with accordingly. That’s if they don’t get sick

    • @Ashleii
      @Ashleii Před 2 lety +13

      Yes doesn’t that make you wonder about the integrity of the BBC

    • @user-bt7ns5jl6s
      @user-bt7ns5jl6s Před 2 lety +4

      Don't worry we will find them

    • @jimfast-official
      @jimfast-official Před 2 lety +3

      Wtf... what makes us so perfect to harm a human, how is it possible, with all the beauty the world has provided us free,

  • @user-xb2vs1il1l
    @user-xb2vs1il1l Před rokem +33

    I'm a trans woman from one of the Arab Gulf countries (I can't say what country I'm from on CZcams). I had a sex reassignment surgery in Thailand last year. Even I had that surgery I cannot change my legal gender in all of my documents 😢😢😢😢😢 💔.Being transgender person in the Middle east is the worst thing.I'm thinking to move to a better place (Canada or Germany) I can't wait any more

    • @promiscuittea
      @promiscuittea Před rokem +12

      I wish you the best & hope you find a place where you can feel safe & happy soon 💗

    • @user-xb2vs1il1l
      @user-xb2vs1il1l Před rokem +7

      @@promiscuittea Thank you so much for your positive comment. I appreciate it...❤️❤️😍😍🌹🌹

    • @AhmadMuath-xn2es
      @AhmadMuath-xn2es Před rokem

      ​@@user-xb2vs1il1llol

    • @penguinbelly
      @penguinbelly Před 11 měsíci

      I thought Iran officially sanctions gender reassignment surgery.

    • @regularguy2807
      @regularguy2807 Před 9 měsíci +1

      You are not a woman.

  • @sc4083
    @sc4083 Před 2 lety +41

    So incredibly brave. Your worth is not defined by other’s intolerance. May we all learn to have more compassion and kindness.

  • @josephking1947
    @josephking1947 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Whilst the Lgbtq community protest for Hamas..incredulous

    • @visibleowner
      @visibleowner Před 2 měsíci +1

      Lol even an lgbtq in israel getting threatened by society😂

    • @AhmadSalaymeh-xd9ef
      @AhmadSalaymeh-xd9ef Před měsícem +1

      in Jerusalem they are pro-jew they attack who man look like a girl and its in every religion not good be gay ​@@user-wp8nh3lk1i

    • @josephking1947
      @josephking1947 Před měsícem

      @@user-wp8nh3lk1i You might not, but the Lgbtq community are protesting against Israel, along with the Hamas supporters and Islamists in the UK, USA, Canada and pretty much everywhere else.

    • @Kareem2570
      @Kareem2570 Před 25 dny

      We don't protest for Hamas
      Israel doesn't have the right to kill children and rape civilians and if you agree with that you need therapy

  • @qfason5836
    @qfason5836 Před 2 lety +26

    How can you kill your own brother and think it’s the correct thing. Their culture/religion is broken.

    • @qfason5836
      @qfason5836 Před rokem +1

      @Merican Modi I mean I still wouldn’t kill my own brother. Plus that is totally different than having a consensual relationship with another human.

    • @user-yg1cs3ov9y
      @user-yg1cs3ov9y Před rokem

      @@qfason5836 the thing to do is always hard

    • @CallemJayNZ
      @CallemJayNZ Před 4 měsíci

      ​@user-yg1cs3ov9y You're a Muslim aren't you

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Religion poisons everything

  • @20Alanpartridge
    @20Alanpartridge Před 4 měsíci +3

    Fantastic, the better part of the UK are with you Iraq

  • @Assyrianmikey
    @Assyrianmikey Před rokem +24

    Just let people live their lives as long as they don't hurt you. I don't expect places like Iraq, Iran, Saudia Arabia to change but what people do in their own time and their own homes shouldn't be a problem.

    • @ahmedameen2892
      @ahmedameen2892 Před rokem

      No problem in real if you do it in your home nobody will know and nobody investigate either but they want to do like west grooming children. Queer children' and drag Queen kid

    • @TheOttoManOffical
      @TheOttoManOffical Před rokem +1

      Bruh what drugs are you on☠️
      You want Islamic counties to have g*y people?
      People are dumb nowadays

    • @Gaetano.94
      @Gaetano.94 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@TheOttoManOffical Islamic countries DO have gay people. And they just want to live their lives without hurting others.

  • @user-fp8kv2iw4t
    @user-fp8kv2iw4t Před 11 měsíci +6

    So brave of these LGBTQ MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  • @mattilahde5220
    @mattilahde5220 Před 7 měsíci +4

    In Helsinki there is a community of iraqi lgbtq+
    I have meny friends in that community. And I know heteros from Iraq. I have never seen any iraqi people who woud hate gays. Ofcourse it's different for those who live in Helsinki and not Bagdad. Iraqi people living in Finland are more modern. Living here changes people and they can find out new things about them selves.

  • @leomei5690
    @leomei5690 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow, it's depressing to see this. I wonder what a LGBTQ-person thinks about Islam.

  • @stephenwoodman6015
    @stephenwoodman6015 Před 28 dny +2

    There are a lot of hateful comments here from people who were never under threat for their lives. Just shut up and leave people alone.

  • @ronyafeldman4853
    @ronyafeldman4853 Před 2 lety +17

    Shame they can't be free to be who they want to be.

  • @romeomarks8344
    @romeomarks8344 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I feel bad it’s not a crime for being ur self shame on Kurdistan

  • @lesleyesau
    @lesleyesau Před rokem +9

    Adam seems so sweet💝💝 Hope he's doing ok

  • @jumanamuhammed3383
    @jumanamuhammed3383 Před 2 lety +39

    I'm sending all the love to them and everyone who is queer, Im proud of you all to exist and fight for your freedom and happiness.....the world needs more colour and love ❤❤❤

    • @Tkharbik
      @Tkharbik Před 2 lety

      Yah right... Most of you in the west condemn the repression of the LGBTQ community in arabic countries, but when the realization that it is that shitty religion of islam that is promoting that repression, u turn a blind eye. If you want to fight that repression, condemn the source of the hate. Hell, you guys don't just turn a blind eye, you even promote islam as if it was a religion of "peace" and sensure anything that goes against it. How counter productive is that?

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +4

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @hmmmmm2634
      @hmmmmm2634 Před 2 lety +4

      🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @daniyaaal1411
      @daniyaaal1411 Před 5 měsíci

      May Allah send Lanat on them

  • @daniel_8181
    @daniel_8181 Před 11 měsíci +6

    I hope people on this planet understand what true compassion and gentleness are.....

  • @live_free_or_perish
    @live_free_or_perish Před 2 lety +22

    Interesting that countries opposed to LGBTQ are always the most autocratic and militaristic. It's an indicator of how much tolerance in general exists in a country.

    • @imanueloktavianus5876
      @imanueloktavianus5876 Před 2 lety +7

      No, it come from religion.

    • @forcabarca1014
      @forcabarca1014 Před 2 lety +8

      So what’s your problem it’s our country and we rule it the way we want

    • @live_free_or_perish
      @live_free_or_perish Před 2 lety +9

      @@forcabarca1014 absolutely, you can do whatever you want. I don't have to like it. I happen to think tolerance, freedom and democracy are good things. If you don't want those things it's not my problem.

    • @victoriatampling5049
      @victoriatampling5049 Před 2 lety +2

      @@forcabarca1014 😂😂 if you are from Iraq, your country was invented by the British in the 1920's. Your country is just our foothold in the middle East, learn your history.

    • @forcabarca1014
      @forcabarca1014 Před 2 lety +6

      @@victoriatampling5049 yes I know Iraq was invented by uk even as a kurd it was bad for us
      But my point is western people should leave Muslim and conservative countries alone

  • @isabelleboulay2651
    @isabelleboulay2651 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Persecution has any forms of expression and not only in Iraq. Even in a safer country, gays are still stigmatized and hated. Everywhere, having to act as straight as possible for protection. So we don't lose family, friends, jobs, status etc....
    The threat is still very real. How many times have I heard homophobic jokes or comments and had to act as though I wasn't bothered? How many times have people lied and lead a double life? It's haunting, tiring, it's existence until we find a group or area where we feel safe, where we don't have to pretend what we're not. The daily message we receive every time we have to hide is that of shame. Do you think an employer in Canada will admit to firing someone over sexual orientation? Of course not, because it's illegal to do so. They'll make up some phony story about your poor performance or not being agreeable with others to let you go. You have no way of proving that it's a wrongful dismissal. They'd have to be recorded saying it. It happens all the time. So there are laws that mention it's illegal to discriminate..... sure.... but it's disguised and still happens. Just as racism is still very real. It's just disguised so people won't be charged by law. It's everywhere. Iraq is more outward with it. Canada is hidden but very active in discriminating.

    • @FreyjaFoxx.x
      @FreyjaFoxx.x Před 2 měsíci

      No way you're trying to act like being lgbt in the west is somehow ultra oppressive. Oh no, some one said mean words 🙄 suck it up and get a thick skin.
      These people risk their lives because multiculturalism teaches all cultures are equal and worth respecting and the cultures of the Middle East are diametrically opposed to liberal openess that allows us to live openly.

  • @JoshuaSmith-jh6lm
    @JoshuaSmith-jh6lm Před rokem +15

    It is stories like these that motive me to continue to give my time to my LGBTQ community..and to never forget the sacrifices my elders made,..sometimes paying with their lives, to give me the rights and privileges I have today

    • @user-yg1cs3ov9y
      @user-yg1cs3ov9y Před rokem +1

      @Merican Modi more and more western males are becoming gay everyday but more and more muslims are being born to replace them. in the end things will work out for normal god fearing folks

    • @nidhalal-sanabani4375
      @nidhalal-sanabani4375 Před rokem +2

      your parents sacrifice and work their ass for you.. yet it's very hard to be a normal person.. instead of fighting for the poor, all what you care about is yourself .

    • @nidhalal-sanabani4375
      @nidhalal-sanabani4375 Před 11 měsíci

      You know that you are nothing but a disgrace for your elders. You just don't be the only one; therefore, you're telling people to join you. Regardless of everything, I still feel sympathetic to you

    • @youcef4593
      @youcef4593 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@nidhalal-sanabani4375
      1 ) he's not alive to fullfil his parents wishes. They made the decision to have him.
      2) being gay is normal.

    • @osen3182
      @osen3182 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@youcef4593 😂

  • @cann0708
    @cann0708 Před 2 lety +9

    Damn I've never seen it as snowy as that in Iraq before, looks quite nice

    • @rubaril
      @rubaril Před 2 lety +5

      It's kurdistan not iraq

    • @s.a-i.a3226
      @s.a-i.a3226 Před 2 lety

      @@rubaril iraqi kurdistan shut up and learn geography

    • @scg4201
      @scg4201 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s mountainous in Kurdistan

  • @nonine5304
    @nonine5304 Před 2 lety +6

    I think they should stop asking for freedom in west and europe when they themselves dont have freedom in their own countries.

  • @gaybriellookingland6756
    @gaybriellookingland6756 Před rokem +1

    FOR LGBTQ+ LEARN MARTIAL ARTS

  • @buntyjoy1800
    @buntyjoy1800 Před 2 lety +13

    Rwanda too...how many people will the U.K send to their deaths.

    • @marinaloulli3452
      @marinaloulli3452 Před 2 lety +1

      You kind of changed the subject there

    • @hmmmmm2634
      @hmmmmm2634 Před 2 lety

      Exactly. Trust me if they started sending Ukrainians to Rwanda that conflict would finish fast

    • @buntyjoy1800
      @buntyjoy1800 Před 2 lety

      @@marinaloulli3452 Why? by pointing out the hypocrisy of the U.K.

    • @marinaloulli3452
      @marinaloulli3452 Před 2 lety

      @@buntyjoy1800 no we were talking about the plight of trans people in Iraq.You’re right about hypocrisy for sure.We should all be kinder to one another and not aggressive about things we don’t understand, people like me who have awful lives in some places because they fear for their safety.

    • @marinaloulli3452
      @marinaloulli3452 Před 2 lety

      Sending people to Rwanda is an evil idea.

  • @max-nm6qx
    @max-nm6qx Před 9 měsíci

    "FROM MUSLIM TO ADVENTIST "BY SHAHBAZ.B. BEAUTIFUL TRUE AMAZING STORY FROM IRAN 🇮🇷 ❤

  • @shiffault
    @shiffault Před rokem +6

    This is so sad!!! Human rights violations × 100 💔💔💔💔💔

    • @TheOttoManOffical
      @TheOttoManOffical Před rokem +3

      Iraq will never go to none sense🇮🇶🤜🏳️‍🌈

    • @regularguy2807
      @regularguy2807 Před 9 měsíci +2

      It is not a human right lol.

    • @BADBVTCHRECORDS
      @BADBVTCHRECORDS Před 5 měsíci

      @@TheOttoManOfficalI love how ppl like u never have real arguments give me one reason why being gay should be illegal

  • @christopherhitchens163
    @christopherhitchens163 Před 2 lety +3

    8:00 she has the best hair line I have ever seen

    • @sayantanghosh
      @sayantanghosh Před 2 lety +1

      *they

    • @christopherhitchens163
      @christopherhitchens163 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sayantanghosh 1 person. They is plural

    • @sayantanghosh
      @sayantanghosh Před 2 lety +3

      @@christopherhitchens163 "They" can also be used to refer to a person whose gender is unknown for that moment and has been widely used before! Besides they identify as NB and if they want to use "they" as pronoun i think we should respect that without furthering the trauma they face. I mean, that's the purpose of this video right?

    • @christopherhitchens163
      @christopherhitchens163 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sayantanghosh they in that sentence does not make sense, but they is both plural and non plural. There does need to be a better word for non binary. For example, there are often times when you may not be able to distinguish a man from a women (you can find men with extremely feminine facial features (androgynous)). Someone might say: “do you see that man?/women? over there” instead of saying: “man or women” there must be a word which indicates a lack of info on the persons gender etc. The phrase non binary often can now be exploited by adding addition person characteristics. For example people could say: “oh stop being such a straight cis Caucasian male etc etc etc” I could add a few things I would like to be addressed as but that would destroy the English language
      How am disrespecting her? She will take offence when I do not use the language properly. I am offended when the language gets trashed

    • @sayantanghosh
      @sayantanghosh Před 2 lety

      @@christopherhitchens163 you're already disrespecting them by assigning them a 'gender' they do not identify with and in this case it's 'her'. I agree there's no better word for NB people but I also do not see any issues regarding using "they/them" in this case. English is my 2nd language, which means I had to learn it from scratch. So I have always seen books, articles etc. using "them/them" instead of he/his or she/her and they do not seem to 'disrespect' the language whatsoever. Languages should be versatile and evolve with time to be more inclusive so that people can accept it whole heartedly, and in this case just a little tweak. My first language is Bengali and I have to say there is no gendered pronoun in it, which makes it a Lil bit easier for NB or Trans people to be themselves and I couldn't be more happy. English should be like this, since it is spoken all over the world!
      P.S.: Pespect people, not a communication medium

  • @Bazroshan
    @Bazroshan Před 10 měsíci +4

    It seems that the shame of having a gay relation is worse than the shame of committing murder. Their values are twisted. Why are the Mullahs not educating their flocks on the matter of morals? Perhaps the moral sense of the Mullahs has also gone astray. No matter about anti-gay laws, murder is the greater wrong.

  • @user-wy8bo1ys9b
    @user-wy8bo1ys9b Před 8 měsíci +8

    🇮🇶🏳️‍🌈

    • @Tonyde-g9o
      @Tonyde-g9o Před 8 měsíci +2

      ☪️

    • @user-wy8bo1ys9b
      @user-wy8bo1ys9b Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@Tonyde-g9o I am a gay Muslim from Iraq we Muslims are peaceful people are we also support lgbtq I personally myself is a gay Muslim bisexual 🇮🇶🏳️‍🌈🕋☪️

    • @fakaaaM97
      @fakaaaM97 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@user-wy8bo1ys9bread lut story

    • @frankwong2833
      @frankwong2833 Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@user-wy8bo1ys9bI hope you can be brave ! You are who you are and you don't need anyone else to define. Loving a people of same sex is not a crime or wrong thing. Supports from China. ❤

  • @kyubishinigami3020
    @kyubishinigami3020 Před 5 měsíci

    Wonder why the offer of relocation was not offered to African Countries with these laws/problems

  • @sethcarreiro2801
    @sethcarreiro2801 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Kudos to Adam and others for sharing their stories. As someone else already said, none of us are truly free until every one of us is.

  • @erfanrules
    @erfanrules Před rokem +2

    Throw them to Canada.

    • @CallemJayNZ
      @CallemJayNZ Před 4 měsíci

      Saying "Throw them to Canada" is like saying to somebody who has been assaulted sexually to go to prison while their abuser is left free to do as he pleases

  • @imammehdichannel6992
    @imammehdichannel6992 Před 2 lety +9

    ظهر الفساد في البر والبحر بما كسبت أيدي الناس

    • @user-eu2cy4bl4b
      @user-eu2cy4bl4b Před 7 měsíci +1

      الوحيد اللي برد قلبي في التعليقات

  • @tertommy
    @tertommy Před rokem +1

    AA sent me.

  • @gaybriellookingland6756
    @gaybriellookingland6756 Před rokem +5

    GOD SAID "THOU SHALT NOT KILL"
    THOSE THAT KILL THEM ARE,THE ANTI-GOD,
    THE DEVIL

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Your absurd, archaic, irrelevant religious nonsense is the problem. Try to join the 21st century

  • @marinaloulli3452
    @marinaloulli3452 Před 2 lety +18

    My life is so easy.We should let them come here to England.

  • @usmax4185
    @usmax4185 Před 2 lety +4

    Is this Iraqi Kurdistan or Iraq? In the title of video is Iraq but the Journalist said: “Here, in Iraqi Kurdistan”, it’s really misleading.
    Iraqi Kurdistan is definitely more liberal than Iraq. Although they are really brave!

    • @keyboardwarrior6786
      @keyboardwarrior6786 Před 2 lety +1

      Iraq kurdis r so liberal that they take thi side of israel against Palestinians

    • @scg4201
      @scg4201 Před 2 lety

      Kurds are less liberal then Iraq most honour killings happen there

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +2

      Kurdistan is Iraq
      There is no such thing as Kurdistan

    • @mr.d4834
      @mr.d4834 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@StayBasedJesusStop misleading people. Yes, Kurdistan exists in the north of Iraq.The journalists talks about Iraq and Kurdistan in Iraq.

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Liberal but still absurdly religious.

  • @heaven33957
    @heaven33957 Před 2 měsíci

    It feels like the forbidden fruit for a middle eastern man to be gay as compared to the guys in Da west! It feels really weird n usual!

  • @saadiaahasoun5965
    @saadiaahasoun5965 Před 11 měsíci +1

    They should be outside of there 10:08

  • @roccostarbuck8069
    @roccostarbuck8069 Před 2 lety +21

    Dear BBC, why do you care more for all other country's exept your own?

  • @Tom-sj3vn
    @Tom-sj3vn Před rokem

    Omg do not put someone with fake pronouns in the same category of actually oppressed gay and trans people 🤨

  • @iraqiroyalvids
    @iraqiroyalvids Před 2 lety +18

    As Iraqis, we don't care what the world think of us!! Whether you like it or not, it is our country not yours. If you like gays that's your issue, if we don't like gays that's our issue!! Respect us, we respect you... it's over.

    • @etolinyamoi9333
      @etolinyamoi9333 Před 2 lety +8

      Well said bro,why are they concerned about other countries

    • @magos2610
      @magos2610 Před 2 lety +2

      Agreed

    • @tbradders
      @tbradders Před 2 lety

      Attitudes like yours is why your country is a failure and people leave

    • @mobinurrahman4377
      @mobinurrahman4377 Před 2 lety +5

      Salam and respect

    • @MrAchsas
      @MrAchsas Před 2 lety +14

      But you dont respect your own people apparently
      Just because someone is gay or lesbian doesnt make them any less of a citizen
      Like why do you care whos in love with who?
      Just worry about your own life and let people be in peace

  • @Dilwaa
    @Dilwaa Před 2 lety +3

    Give him red passport's or greens passport's a life in the west

  • @colvillemarshall-qc5pt
    @colvillemarshall-qc5pt Před rokem +6

    It still amazes me why people even dare to question who someone is attracted to, or has relations with. That is something that is private, personal, and absolutely no ones business. Do people really have nothing better to do. I don't think god is too interested in peering into peoples sexual behaviors, when he is obviously extremely busy running a universe, and looking for much more evil things going on in this sad world. A world I think would be a much more beautiful, kinder, happier place if gay people were actually driving this ship.

  • @theniceguy50
    @theniceguy50 Před 2 lety +10

    And why ? Because of a 1400 old book c'mon 🏳️‍🌈

    • @abdxfrycsylol5648
      @abdxfrycsylol5648 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes.

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +3

      You literally have a pic of Jesus . And If you say that you are Christian and accept Pride I’m gonna die of laughter how lost some pp are , and I’m Christian to

    • @theniceguy50
      @theniceguy50 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StayBasedJesus when you are Christian u may know that jesus didnt suppress anyone. Lol Christians get suppresed in most muslim countries even. Just for the believe....you are lost when you accept intolerance and a hypocrite

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +2

      @@theniceguy50 omg you really are Christian? Ok two questions. Are you from USA and what kind of Christian are y ?

    • @StayBasedJesus
      @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +2

      @@theniceguy50 can you please answer me are you From USA?

  • @hellodigitalworld8224
    @hellodigitalworld8224 Před 2 lety +2

    W Iraq

  • @kathyjones1625
    @kathyjones1625 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Xenophobic propaganda.

  • @xcd87
    @xcd87 Před 2 lety +8

    So your problem won't exist of you just act like normal men and women??

    • @yankeesquad5320
      @yankeesquad5320 Před 2 lety +3

      Well said , My friend 👍🏻

    • @danielbartleson5746
      @danielbartleson5746 Před 2 lety +10

      Imagine going through every day acting like someone you’re not. Imagine every relationship you formed being built on lies. Every “friend” you had never knowing the real you. Think of the fear and insecurity that would constantly be on your mind.
      Just stop and think for a moment about what that might feel like. That’s what you’re asking LBGT people to do.
      Instead of asking people to live a lie maybe you should ask people to extend just a little bit of empathy to their fellow human beings.

  • @alexsac7840
    @alexsac7840 Před rokem

    Adam looks normal actually, cannot believe he is also sick.. 😢😢😢

  • @vanmedya8699
    @vanmedya8699 Před 2 lety +9

    There is much bigger problems going on in Iraq lol

    • @HIL_ANI
      @HIL_ANI Před 2 lety

      lol

    • @osen3182
      @osen3182 Před 8 měsíci

      Yeah who care

    • @ralfnikoparohinog1918
      @ralfnikoparohinog1918 Před 4 měsíci

      I'm aware of that too. But I think it's also good to be aware about these kinds of problems too, isn't it?

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Yup, all caused by the US

  • @hj5262
    @hj5262 Před 2 lety +1

    البلوكة جاهزة

  • @farazmaheen4934
    @farazmaheen4934 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Try be gay here. You aren't gonna go far.

    • @user-tg5vs1xz5x
      @user-tg5vs1xz5x Před 5 měsíci +2

      I have been to Kurdistan I did go far and the Kurdish guys went all the way I loved it ❤😊

    • @farazmaheen4934
      @farazmaheen4934 Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-tg5vs1xz5x that means youre a pure nothing

    • @zeik04
      @zeik04 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@farazmaheen4934I heard your father was also closet gay

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem +1

      Fool

  • @kessler682
    @kessler682 Před 2 lety +7

    Keep fighting against the alphabet gang iraq

  • @edwardjosephdzongololo4356

    Rubbish

  • @BBCWorldService
    @BBCWorldService  Před 2 lety +1

    Subscribe to our channel here: czcams.com/users/bbcworldservice

  • @brianellison3525
    @brianellison3525 Před 2 lety +10

    Who in hell could care? There's a lot bigger shit going on in the world. No sympathies that someone's unpopular decision is causing them trouble.

    • @couldntcareless7884
      @couldntcareless7884 Před 2 lety +10

      The video literally has a part when a person on screen says it’s not a choice they made…

    • @brianellison3525
      @brianellison3525 Před 2 lety

      @@couldntcareless7884 bullshit

    • @brianellison3525
      @brianellison3525 Před 2 lety +3

      @@couldntcareless7884
      Some people say the earth is flat, I don't believe that either.

    • @couldntcareless7884
      @couldntcareless7884 Před 2 lety

      @@brianellison3525 you’re denying pretty much a proven reality. But setting that aside for a bit. Let’s assume it was an unpopular choice. So what? If someone dresses weirdly, it’s an unpopular choice. You’d be weird to say they deserve to die. But once it’s about sexuality, then why not kill a kid that you think is gay? Logic at its finest

    • @frenetic1057
      @frenetic1057 Před 2 lety +2

      I care

  • @tomsperduti2967
    @tomsperduti2967 Před 2 lety +1

    Why doesn't the West America and Europe, South America Canada give these people a visa for asylum in the West why?

    • @regularguy2807
      @regularguy2807 Před 10 měsíci

      Because they love
      lgbt and want more of them.

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Trump will turn America back a century. I would avoid the US like the plague

  • @themanwnoname3454
    @themanwnoname3454 Před rokem +1

    🅰️🅱️🆎🅾️🩸🥂

  • @EliyazerReuben
    @EliyazerReuben Před 2 měsíci

    Cute 🥰

  • @StayBasedJesus
    @StayBasedJesus Před 2 lety +3

    Z
    We have bad situations in Iraq after US invaded , but we can proudly say we are anti Pride ! We protect our kids
    . You can call me anything put I honestly think Pride is dangerous for peoples minds . I don’t hate y if you are gay , but it is wrong and should not be so open and promoted even . I seen kids cartoons were two boys kissing in 4 movies , they have taken it to far so people are waking Up !

    • @ralfnikoparohinog1918
      @ralfnikoparohinog1918 Před 4 měsíci

      Who said it's wrong to be gay? A made to believe story book written by unknown authors and was passed on for thousands of years to control people?

  • @max-nm6qx
    @max-nm6qx Před 9 měsíci +1

    MANKIND GETS IT WRONG ...BUT GOD ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT IS BEST❤

  • @user-of5sv9wn8x
    @user-of5sv9wn8x Před 6 měsíci +1

    As long as they do not kill anybody its not that bad in my opinion. 😊

  • @franken8574
    @franken8574 Před 2 lety +4

    🤮🤮🤮

  • @r.ulquiorra4883
    @r.ulquiorra4883 Před 2 lety +2

    Guys if it's like you say it you are open minded
    As a teenager who (choose) Islam
    I don't support anything or any kind of sexuality and I need no one to support me and that's equal for both, but we don't all think the same way we don't think of killing or kidnapping as a solution or a way to force it's very wrong, but for me and other true Muslims we will mind our own business and take steps away so we can be all Muslims who have the same way of thinking and you live your own happy life with other's like you is that fair enough?

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Why not join the 21st century and walk away from absurd, archaic, irrelevant religion?

  • @hmmmmm2634
    @hmmmmm2634 Před 2 lety +7

    These people need to respect the law of that country. Hell you cant dress how you want in France.

    • @satan5537
      @satan5537 Před 2 lety

      What a stupid comment.

    • @vitorcardoso7477
      @vitorcardoso7477 Před 2 lety +8

      As mentioned, it is not a crime to be gay in Iraq. Murdering however...

    • @couldntcareless7884
      @couldntcareless7884 Před 2 lety +3

      Exactly! It’s not a crime to be gay in Iraq. All those murderers should respect the law of their country for a bit and stop killing everyone they assume is different.

    • @forcabarca1014
      @forcabarca1014 Před 2 lety +4

      @@vitorcardoso7477 we don’t respect a law that was forced by USA and UK

    • @abed5144
      @abed5144 Před 2 lety +2

      @@forcabarca1014
      Think about it then why should they respect laws that were forced on them by their Religion

  • @osen3182
    @osen3182 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Bro wtf this man need my help 😂

  • @guyassawessena
    @guyassawessena Před 2 lety +3

    The End is coming!

  • @jasoneaton9477
    @jasoneaton9477 Před 2 lety

    I ain't no taco jill Biden

  • @HtpAnimations
    @HtpAnimations Před 2 lety

    glad are flight got cancled

  • @kaziforge1144
    @kaziforge1144 Před 2 lety +1

    Next episode fear and violence against Lgbtqrstyz in Soddom and Gommorrah.

  • @LICKSTERxx
    @LICKSTERxx Před 2 lety +2

    7:41 that's not iraqi that's an israeli and I suspect the house it's in is also in Israel

  • @walterwikeepa5448
    @walterwikeepa5448 Před 2 lety +1

    Now i know why they got rid of sadam lmao.

    • @nidhalal-sanabani4375
      @nidhalal-sanabani4375 Před rokem +1

      if he was here, no one of this nonsense would exist

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      'They' did not get rid of Sadam. He was assassinated by America during an illegal invasion. That is why Iraq is in such a mess and why Isis formed in the vacuum. The US has a lot to answer for

  • @splinterbyrd
    @splinterbyrd Před 10 měsíci

    I get the impression that in the middle east and Africa, lgbt rights is seen as the highest ethical principle of rich Western capitalist social democracy
    The vehemence with which some third world societies have turned on it is a 2-fingers up to the decadent west -and to capitalism
    Or in other words, it's a way of saying "We don't want to be like the West."

    • @vreevroow
      @vreevroow Před 5 měsíci

      Shows how easy the zionists are able to play them against themselves

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Wrong. It's absurd, archaic, irrelevant religion

  • @ibtehaz.mozumder
    @ibtehaz.mozumder Před rokem

    Hey, make a video about being a incestophile in any country.

  • @luciancozman4007
    @luciancozman4007 Před 9 měsíci

    i wish i could know the man in the video, anybody?

  • @Jazzjasey
    @Jazzjasey Před 8 měsíci

    The girl looks like Justin Bieber

    • @vreevroow
      @vreevroow Před 5 měsíci +1

      Did you watch the video?

    • @Jazzjasey
      @Jazzjasey Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@vreevroow why? I can't remember... Probably as I'm fascinated by homosexuality in the middle east.. as of course most people would identify as straight when in reality most are not straight...

    • @Jazzjasey
      @Jazzjasey Před 5 měsíci

      Yes I did and I'm watching it again... Why​@@vreevroow

  • @joelang6126
    @joelang6126 Před 2 lety +1

    🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻

  • @notorious-g6515
    @notorious-g6515 Před 3 měsíci +1

    free palstine....

  • @r.ulquiorra4883
    @r.ulquiorra4883 Před 2 lety +1

    Guys I'm telling from a teenager pov
    It's not about being lgbtq there's children
    Old men, old women, young men and women (they are straight) got killed in the cruelest way ever so it's not just about being lgbtq OK.

  • @cynthiajones4332
    @cynthiajones4332 Před 2 lety +2

    Listen "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word (Jesus) and believes him who sent me (God) has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.John 5:24 Are people born gay? Do people choose to commit adultery or fornicate or are they born with a tendency to sin? Please think about it. Believe&repent today. Love Y'All

    • @is17a985
      @is17a985 Před 9 měsíci

      @@phdguy2972Being gay is not genetic.

    • @is17a985
      @is17a985 Před 9 měsíci

      @@phdguy2972 You're a proud pseudoscientist. There is no gay gene.

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      Fool

    • @Gerryjournal
      @Gerryjournal Před měsícem

      ​@@is17a985obviously ignorance is

  • @ipsma1465
    @ipsma1465 Před 2 lety +2

    There are so many cuntries in the world where deviations is not alowed - BBC please be more tolerance in your propagand.

  • @RB2013-jj7kq
    @RB2013-jj7kq Před 2 měsíci +1

    Good job Iraq! Don't let them drag you into the mess they dragged our countries into!!!

  • @3wuax
    @3wuax Před 2 lety +1

    It is simple , if you wanna be gay , be it , but just outside iraq

    • @jaafrsadeq1978
      @jaafrsadeq1978 Před 2 lety +8

      I am gay and living in iraq. I am not ashamed

    • @randomuploadsbutwithgd1880
      @randomuploadsbutwithgd1880 Před 2 lety +9

      You dont 'want' to be gay, its not a choice

    • @Sakrya818
      @Sakrya818 Před rokem

      ​@@jaafrsadeq1978
      Keep hiding in the closet and be scared for life.

    • @Sakrya818
      @Sakrya818 Před rokem

      ​@@randomuploadsbutwithgd1880
      You can be a gay just to disrespect Muslims culture. Your western interpretation does not apply.

    • @osen3182
      @osen3182 Před 8 měsíci

      @@jaafrsadeq1978 😂 ليش

  • @arino007
    @arino007 Před 9 měsíci

    What abrave man brave