Guest post: Iranian LGBT Movement Without the B

Bi radical

by Zeynab Alsadat Peyghambarzadeh (originally published here)

Zeynab Alsadat Peyghambarzadeh started her voluntary activities in the field of gender and sexuality in 2003. She also worked as a researcher, social activist, and journalist. In 2011, Peyghambarzadeh relocated to Sweden and continued her activities. She is one of the co-founders of the Persian website “Dojensgara” (which means bisexual in Persian). Peyghambarzadeh holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Tehran University, and a master’s degree in gender studies from the Lund University in Sweden.

Credit: http://dojensgara.com [Image: a rainbow-colored infinity sign, superimposed with a bisexual flag with a bisexual infinity symbol in the middle of it, and writing in Persian in white.] Credit: dojensgara.com
[Image: a rainbow-colored infinity sign, superimposed with a bisexual flag with a bisexual infinity symbol in the middle of it, and writing in Persian in white.] Bisexuality has received minimal attention from the Persian media and journals on LGBT human rights in recent years. Iranian bisexuals have no voice of their own and have been judged based on homosexuals’ stereotypes. This paper aims to present…

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