HASHA: Ham-jens-garayan Irani Shifteh Azadi
HASHA Newsletter Spring 1994
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12 page newsletter by and about LGBT+ Iranians, with a specific focus on lesbian experiences. Page 1: Title page includes date, title in English and Persian, and tagline. Two articles, "Gay in the Islamic Republic" and "Why Hasha Exists" begin. Page 2: "Gay in the Islamic Republic" and "Why Hasha Exists" continue. Article "How We Do it" begins. Page 3: "Gay in the Islamic Republic" continues and "Why Hasha Exists" ends. Page 4: Article "How We Got Together" by Shouresh Barghi is printed in full. "Gay in the Islamic Republic" concludes. Another article by Darya Toufani entitled "How We Got Together" begins. Page 5: "How We Got Together" by Darya Toufani ends. Articles "Persian New Year" and "Film Reviews" begin. Page 6: "Film Reviews" concludes and "Persian New Year" continues. Page 7: Article "Peer-Dokhtar" begins and "Persian New Year" continues. Page 8: "Persian New Year" and "Peer-Dokhtar" end. HASHA's P.O. Box address and phone number are printed in the bottom left corner. Page 9: Back page of newsletter/start of the Persian language section. HASHA's P.O. Box address is listed. Page 10: Sketched outline of Iran is centered on the page with hand-written phrases in Persian such as "Happy Nowruz 1373," "Story from grandmother," "Happy New Year" frame the outline. Page 11: Title page of the Persian language section of the newsletter, including the title and tagline, date, and "quarterly" in printed in Persian at the top. Articles titled "The Beginning of Hasha" and "Pointing to the Admiral" begin. Page 12: Poems are written in Persian and the article "The Beginning of Hasha" ends.
- Identifier
- HBA-LGBTQ-2
- Translated Title
- DENIAL: Homosexual Iranians Enamored With Freedom
- Date
- Spring 1994
- Iranian Date (Shamsi Ghamari Calendar)
- Bahar 1373
- Creator
- HASHA Group
- Story
- HASHA, Ham-jens-garayan Irani Shifteh Azadi (In English: DENIAL, Homosexual Iranians Enamored With Freedom), was a San Francisco-based group and newsletter founded by Iranian lesbians living in the United States. The group and its eponymous newsletter were active during the 1990's Gay Liberation Movement and aimed to gain visibility for the Iranian LGBT+ community within the broader Iranian, Iranian diaspora, and United States LGBT+ communities.
- Language
- English
- Persian
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