Before reading “From Homoerotics Of Exile
To Homopolitics Of Diaspora” by Sima Shakhsari I was not familiar with queer politics in the context of Iran. I appreciated that the article allowed me to delve into thinking critically about a complex issues by framing the topic in an easily understandable fashion. The part of the article focused on the hanging of Ayaz Marhouni and Mohamad Asgari, two men assumed to be gay and rapists of a young man. I was especially intrigued by how the iconography of these two young men’s images were used to make political statements on both sides of the fence. Shakhsari argued Iranian governement represents itself as a “gran prison for queers”, in Iran the images of Marhouni and Asgari were used for the purposes cautionary propaganda. However, in Washington D.C. the images were used for purposes of protesting against the murdering of Marhouni and Asagri. I am looking forward to lecture and hearing more about Shakshari’s choice to protest against the protesters in D.C. I am a little confused by her choice and would like to her firsthand about that particular experience.