Gays in Iraq terrorized by threats, rape, murder
The men realized he was gay, Kamal said, when he took his shirt off and they saw his chest was shaved.
“They told me to take off my clothes to rape me or they would kill me immediately. This moment was the worst moment in my life,” he told CNN, weeping as he spoke of the 2005 ordeal.
“I was watching them taking off their clothes, preparing to rape me. I did not know what to do, so I started shouting loudly, ‘Please do not do that! I will ask my family to give you whatever you want.’”
His pleas went unheeded.
Both men hope to escape Iraq. They say their ideal destination would be San Francisco, California.