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Old 18th Sep 2008, 06:59 AM   #1
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Default Just a little something I thought I'd share

It made me very

My mum got back from a party at an old friend's house a week or so ago, and I just remembered what she'd told me the night she got back. At this friends house (let's call her L), mum told me that she met L's friend C there, for the first time. He came to the party as well...

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with his partner M

I had NO IDEA that there were gay men here. Even someone like me, who practically looks out for it. That just shows how secret and discrete they have to be...

I'm amazed their landlord hasn't clamped down on their housing arrangements yet. Apparently 'single' men and women aren't allowed to live together in a house. This applies for men living together, women living together, and men AND women living together. And it's only in a house...apartments are fine.
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Old 18th Sep 2008, 08:33 AM   #2
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Awesome! I'm sorry you have to live hidden. At least there are others too!
Check out the documentary on living gay in iran, i think its on google video.
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Old 18th Sep 2008, 09:11 AM   #3
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Wow those laws are crazy! At least there are some good accepting folks in Dubai including your mom!
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Old 18th Sep 2008, 12:16 PM   #4
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Wow! Thanks for telling us! Hopefully things will improve one day... everywhere.
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