LGBT Syrians Are Being Hunted by Their Neighbors

After decades of bitter oppression at the hands of Bashar al-Assad, LGBT Syrians now face a landscape of violent, anarchic vigilantism.

H - NewsDiana RamosMay 16, 2025Currents, Latest, Reid Newton, C - Secret Double Lives

By Any Means Necessary: Iran, Hamas, and the Left

History shows that when the revolutionary left and Islamist right start sounding alike, it’s time to start worrying.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosJanuary 17, 2024Currents, C - Reservation, Armin Navabi, C - Communist Homophobia, Featured TEMP, C - Alberta, C - LGBT Syrians, C - Secret Double Lives

“Queers for Palestine” and the Death of Irony

Imposing Western identity politics onto the Middle East is a formula for moral insanity.

CUR - Iran's Theocrats, CUR - Pride Flags, CUR - Unveiled, CUR - WLW Islam, H - PoliticsDiana RamosOctober 17, 2023Currents, Armin Navabi, C - Imperialism, C - Theocrats, C - WLW Islam, C - Radfem Hamas, C - Any Means, C - Looming MAGA, C - Alberta, C - Secret Double Lives

Unveiled and Unbroken: A Women's Revolution in Iran

Their threat to the Islamic regime of Iran isn’t veiled — nor are their faces.

CUR - WLW Islam, CUR - Iran's Theocrats, CUR - Pride Flags, H - NewsDiana RamosFebruary 17, 2023Currents, Maryam Namazie, C - Irony, C - Imperialism, C - Theocrats, C - Awards, WLW Islam, C - WLW Islam, C - Radfem Hamas, C - Any Means, C - LGBT Syrians, C - Foreign Aid, C - Syrians Hunted, C - Secret Double Lives

Iran’s Theocrats’ Worst Nightmare is Coming True

For 40 years, the Iranian regime has ruled with divide and conquer. Now Iranians are united.

CUR - Unveiled, CUR - WLW Islam, CUR - Pride Flags, H - NewsGuest UserOctober 17, 2022Currents, Armin Navabi, C - Irony, C - Imperialism, C - WLW Islam, C - Any Means, C - Canada, C - LGBT Syrians, C - Secret Double Lives

Islamic Homophobia is Empowered by Leftist Silence

Homophobia is widespread in Islamic communities throughout the world. It’s hard to combat the problem when even most LGBT activists are unwilling to call it out.

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