{"id":3536,"date":"2023-08-04T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:08:19","slug":"no-more-silent-no-more-hidden-shadi-amin-at-stockholm-prides-academic-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3536\/","title":{"rendered":"No more Silent, No more Hidden – Shadi Amin at Stockholm Pride\u2019s Academic Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, Academic Pride’s seminar<\/a> will have an international focus with the aim of raising the life situation of LGBTQ+ people in Iran and Russia. What rights do they have and what can the world’s international solidarity and politics look like?<\/p>\n

Participants are Shadi Amin, director of 6rang, Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network, and Kirill Polkov from S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University and doctoral student in gender studies.Academic Pride is a collaboration around Stockholm Pride between several of Stockholm’s higher education institutions and associated student unions. The purpose is to make visible the importance of LGBTQIA + issues in higher education institutions, both in terms of research and teaching and in terms of inclusive work and study environments.<\/p>\n

You can read full version of Shadi Amin’s Speech below:<\/p>\n

10 months ago, a 22 year old Iranian Kurdish woman, Jina MahsaAmini was forcibly taken to the custody by the morality police for not having a proper hijab and went to a coma a few hours later. Her death as a result of what happened to her in the hand of the morality police in those hours triggered the nation-wide Woman, Life, Freedom revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0The world had witnessed the bravery of young revolutionary women as they boldly cut their hair, burn their scarves, demanding fundamental change in Iran. Many have been injured, arrested, tortured and killed. When I think of the revolution, and its symbol, \u2018woman, life, freedom\u2019 that is alongside \u2018queer, life, freedom\u2019, I realize that this time, the movement is far from what we had seen before in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u2018Women, Life, Freedom\u2019\u2019(Jen, Jiyan, Azadi) revolution has been a turning point for the visibility of the LGBTI community in Iran. We witnessed how involved and active the young LGBTI members in Iran were in the revolution. From protesting on the streets, tagging walls with pro-LGBTI and pro-freedom slogans, to voicing their frustrations and anger about the LGBTI situation in Iran on online platforms. Numerous LGBTI members were arrested and killed during the revolution, including Nika, Sarina, Mehrshad, Hadis, and many others. We were able to recognize them as Queer persons due to their specific activism, sometimes their own admission on various platforms like Instagram or Telegram, and other times due to their close friends and loved ones. Unfortunately, the Iranian society never allowed the sexual orientation, stories and identities of these individuals to be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n