Gay men tell UN Security Council of being Islamic State targets; Reuters, 8/24/15

Michelle Nichols, Reuters; Gay men tell UN Security Council of being Islamic State targets">Gay men tell UN Security Council of being Islamic State targets:

"U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said this was the first time the U.N. Security Council had discussed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

"It is impossible not to take up the struggle for their rights as our own as we have other great human rights struggles," she told the meeting, according to her prepared remarks. "Today, we take a small but important step in assuming that work. It must not be our last step."...

An Iraqi man identified as Adnan told his story to the Security Council by telephone from an undisclosed location, as he said he was still not safe.

"In my society, being gay means death and when (Islamic State) kills gays most people are happy because they think we are evil, and (Islamic State) gets a good credit for that," he said, according to his prepared remarks.

"My own family turned against me when (Islamic State) was after me," said Adnan, who fled his home. "If (Islamic State) didn't get me, members of my family would have done it."

Adnan said Islamic State militants hunt down gay people through cell phone and Facebook contacts of people they capture."