The Road for Gay Iranian Refugees leads to Toronto

A tough place to be gay. From a story on the Underground railroad for Gays from Iran to Toronto,

After standing for six hours with his nose pressed hard into a grey concrete wall, Farzan Shahmoradi started to hyperventilate. He was in a Tehran detention centre along with 50 other young men arrested at a house party in the city’s suburbs.

A police officer sidled up behind the frightened 19-year-old and told him to look straight ahead. The officer left the interrogation room often, but always returned with the same command: “I know everything about you, but I want to hear it from you. All of your friends have told me everything.”