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Can You Organize A July 19 Gay Iran Vigil?

Dear Gay Family, Friends and Allies Everywhere:

I am part of a group of gays around the world organizing vigils and press conferences on July 19 to mark the one-year anniversary of Iran hanging two gay teenage boys.

Actions are planned for many cities in the USA and Europe, but we still need additional cities and people to join us.

Can you and your gay group organize an event in your city on July 19?

It does not have to be a big demonstration, and it can be as simple as a handful of people lighting candles of hope for gay Iranians and gays everywhere.

We would love to add your area on our list of world cities participating in the July 19 actions for gay Iran.

For information on the global July 19 actions, go here.

And visit Doug Ireland's blog for a detailed article about gay Iranians and the day of protests.

Please let me know if you can help us and organize a vigil where you live. I hope to hear from you.

Best,
Michael Petrelis
Email: mpetrelis (At) aol.com
San Francisco, CA

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[Updates on cities are here. Please link to this URL]

Here is the updated list of seven cities participating in the July 19 actions:

Amsterdam
Location: Homo-Monument(Keizersgracht canal near Westerkerk)
Time: 10 P.M.
Contacts: René van Soeren of COC, rvansoeren@coc.nl, Mike Tidmus, tidmus@mac.com

Berlin
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland e. V. or just LSVD, http://typo3.lsvd.de/229.0.html

Brussels
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Stephen Barris, stephenbarris@ilga.org

Fort Lauderdale
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Michael James, MJames@OurIndependent.com

Frankfurt
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland e. V. or just LSVD, http://typo3.lsvd.de/229.0.html

London
Location: House of Commons, Committee Room 12
Time: 6:30 pm
Contacts: Peter Tatchell, peter@tatchell.freeserve.co.uk
& Brett Lock, brettlock@gmail.com

Marseilles
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Louis-George Tin, TINLuigi@aol.com

Moscow
Location: To be announced
Time: To be announced
Contact: Nicolas Alexeyev, nicolas_alexeyev@yahoo.com

New York
Location: Iranian Mission to the UN, 622 Third Avenue
Time: 5:00 pm
Contact: Lisa Levy, llevy@iglhrc.org

Provincetown
Location: Town Hall Square
Time: To be announced
Contact: Andrew Sullivan, andsul@aol.com

Sacramento
Location: Lambda Community Center, 1927 L Street
Time: 6:00 pm
Contact: Jerry Sloan, JerrySloan95828@yahoo.com

San Diego
Location: U.S. Federal Building, 880 Front Street
Time: 4:00 pm
Contact: Michael Mussman, michaelmussman@yahoo.com

San Francisco
Location: Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro and Market Streets
Time: 5:00 pm
Contact: Michael Petrelis, mpetrelis@aol.com

Stockholm
Location: Iranian Embassy, Elfviksvägen Västra Yttringe gård Lidingö
Time: 5:00 pm
Contact: Bill Schiller and Tupilak, bill.schiller@sr.se

Tehran
Location: Not to be announced
Time: All day and evening
Contact: Arsham Parsi, arsham@pglo.net

Vancouver, BC
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery - Robson Plaza
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Finn Kovaltsenko, aidengreer@shaw.ca

Vienna
Location: Office of IranAir, A-Wien 1010 Opernring
Time: To be announced
Contact: Kurt Krikler, Kurt.Krickler@hosiwien.at

Washington, DC
Location: Dupont Circle Fountain
Time: 5:00 pm
Contact: Rob Anderson, rcand@mac.com

The demand of the global 19 July protests is:

Iran: Stop Killing Gays! Stop Killing Kids!