Gay tikrit, iraq

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 belie.

Armed groups in Iraq, including the police and one of the country's most powerful militias, attack LGBT people with impunity, a new report says.

A report released by the organization in accused armed groups in Iraq of abducting, raping, torturing, and killing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people with impunity and the Iraqi.

The LGBTQI+ community in Iraq is often subjected to discrimination and persecution by security forces and the country’s conservative-majority population.