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Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization – PGLO send you a notice for July 19 in Toronto (attach file). PGLO is not a political organization and our goal is Human Rights developing in Iran for queers. We organized a commemoration for two teen gays in Mash'had.

We believe that we can not remove homophobic cultural by war and we have just one way: send true information in Iran.

Please join us in PGLO's commemoration at July 19 in University of Toronto.

Do not leave us alone

Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization

http://www.pglo.net
Email: pglo@pglo.net

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Background blurb:
International Day of Persecution of Homophobia in Iran

At least 18 cities in the U.S., Europe, and Canada have already begun to organize events for July 19, the International Day of Action Against Homophobic Persecution in Iran. The original call to action for July 19 was initiated jointly by the militant British gay rights group OutRage and the Paris-based International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) for world-wide demonstrations on July 19, the first anniversary of the public hanging in Iran of two gay teens, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni. Photos of the execution of the two boys, who were hanged in the public square of the city of Mashad last year, created international outrage when they were widely circulated on the Internet, and focused the world's attention on Iran's ongoing, lethal reign of terror targeting Iranian gays.

Protests have already been scheduled for the anniversary of the teens' execution in a number of large European cities, including London, Moscow, Frankfurt, Berlin, Marseille, Amsterdam, Vienna, Stockholm, and Brussels. Local gay groups and ad hoc committees have already scheduled U.S. events in San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Washington, D.C., Fort Lauderdale, and Provincetown for July 19. And there will be commemorative meetings in Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.

The call for global demonstrations has also been endorsed by the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organization (PGLO), the largest Iranian gay group, which has secretariats in several European countries and Canada. "We enthusiastically support the call for demonstrations on July 19, and we are very grateful to our brothers and sisters for organizing these demonstrations for our beleaguered Iranian gay people," Arsham Parsi, human rights secretary of the PGLO, told Gay City News from his base in Toronto, where he and local gay organizations are organizing a demonstration.

Hey!

The June GM will be held next week on Tuesday, June 13 at 5pm in the Bahen Centre (tentative). I will repost the precise room at the Bahen Centre once it's confirmed.

Bahen Centre (BA) is located on the west side of St. George St. just north of College St. (40 St. George St). It's actually connected with the Koffler Student Centre. You can find it on the UT St. George Campus Map ( http://oracle.osm.utoronto.ca/map/index2.html) under the building code, BA.

If you need more help figuring out the location, feel free to email me at internal@lgbtout.com.

The reason for the unconstitutionally short notice (less than one week) is that there should be a break between this GM and the exec retreat (currently proposed to begin in Thursday evening). This allows the exec enough time to adjust the retreat to the feedback and requests we receive from this GM. I apologize for not announcing it sooner (citing sickness and moving my grandmother into a home for the aged). Don't hesitate to email me if these circumstances have been excessively inconvenient and we'll try to work around it.

As with every GM, the agenda is now open. Off the top of my head, some issues that will be discussed will be the exec retreat and listserv changes. Email me to add items to the agenda. I'll close the agenda and post it on Sunday evening.

Thanks,
James An
Internal 06-07