
Queer Narratives – War, Family and Ongoing Suffering
[Narratives below] On the occasion of May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, the Feminists for Jina Network issued a call to

[Narratives below] On the occasion of May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, the Feminists for Jina Network issued a call to

“Can things get worse than this?” It seems they can. Woe to the days ahead. — Shahrokh Meskoob, Days on the Way (is there an

A report from December–January 2025 (Dey 1404) , Tehran — days of tension, anxiety, and disbelief – The following text is a report by a comrade who has recently left Iran. It is based on their direct observations in a (limited) number of neighborhoods in Tehran through Friday, January 9th. The text is written at a time when images and reports of the government’s widespread and horrific killings, both in other parts of Tehran and in other cities, had not yet been released.

These short texts are narrating the story of some of the women who were killed by the Islamic Republic.

“Jin-Jîyan-Azadî,” was chanted again and again during Jina’s burial ceremony in her hometown Saqqez, in Sanandaj the next day, and almost immediately, it spread across other streets of Iran as the main slogan.

After the 1979 revolution in Iran, Khomeini ordered the repeal of the Family Protection Law as the first step to creating an Islamic state, accompanied

[Narratives below] On the occasion of May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, the Feminists for Jina Network issued a call to

“Can things get worse than this?” It seems they can. Woe to the days ahead. — Shahrokh Meskoob, Days on the Way (is there an

A report from December–January 2025 (Dey 1404) , Tehran — days of tension, anxiety, and disbelief – The following text is a report by a comrade who has recently left Iran. It is based on their direct observations in a (limited) number of neighborhoods in Tehran through Friday, January 9th. The text is written at a time when images and reports of the government’s widespread and horrific killings, both in other parts of Tehran and in other cities, had not yet been released.

These short texts are narrating the story of some of the women who were killed by the Islamic Republic.

“Jin-Jîyan-Azadî,” was chanted again and again during Jina’s burial ceremony in her hometown Saqqez, in Sanandaj the next day, and almost immediately, it spread across other streets of Iran as the main slogan.

After the 1979 revolution in Iran, Khomeini ordered the repeal of the Family Protection Law as the first step to creating an Islamic state, accompanied