Gay Iraqis Being Massacred

Last Sunday, two gay Iraqi men were found dead in Sadr City, a slum in Baghdad. They had been murdered. In March, four gay Iraqi men were also murdered in the same slums. Signs tied to their bodies displayed the words perverts and puppies. According to Amnesty International, this is merely the tip of the iceberg. As many as 25 gay men have been reported killed this month in Baghdad alone. Thousands more have good reason to fear for their lives.

All of this happened in what the New York Times called "the relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq". I beg to differ. Freedom to be openly gay and killed for it, is no freedom at all.