Statement by Rea Carey,
Executive Director of NGLTFIn our capacity as the leading national American progressive LGBT organization, we are guided in our advocacy by the core philosophy of an injury to one, is an injury to all. That philosophy doesn't stop at the Atlantic or Pacific oceans.
We have read with growing concern, the news accounts from many outlets about the targeting of LGBT Iraqi citizens for harassment, denial of basic human rights, mutilation and death.
The recent escalation of torture, including the gluing of anuses of homosexuals who are then forced to swallow potent laxatives, causing diarrhea and death, forces us to raise our progressive voices in protest.
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NGLTF has done the following:
- Sent a letter to the U.S. State Department requesting a full and transparent investigation into the killings;
- Contacted Congressmember Jared Polis to gain his insight into the needs of LGBT Iraqis and praised him for contributing $10,000 to Iraqi LGBT, a UK-based exile group working on behalf of LGBT persons;
- Matched the Polis donation. NGLTF has given $10,000 to Iraqi LGBT to continue their life-saving underground network of support;
- Communicated with other national American LGBT human rights organizations, requesting that they too deplore the murders and offer financial assistance.
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