23/01/2014 | Writer: Ömer Akpınar
Isa Sahmarli, 20-year-old LGBT activist in Azerbaijan, hanged himself yesterday with a rainbow flag.
Isa Sahmarli, 20-year-old LGBT activist in Azerbaijan, hanged himself yesterday with a rainbow flag.
The president of the Azad LGBT group was found dead by his friends in the office where he worked.
“You are all responsible of my death”
Before committing suicide, Sahmarli shared a note from his Facebook account:
“I am going. This country, this world is not for me... I am going to become happy... Tell mom that I love her much. You are all responsible of my death. This world is not strong enough to bear my colors. Farewell.”
"God loves everyone as he created"
“Rainbow Flags Will Be in Baku Sky”
Sahmarli once said in an interview: “I hope and I will see one day that LGBT flags will be in Baku sky. What I really want to see is a gay couple walking freely in Baku.”
He also emphasized in another interview that family pressure drives many LGBT teens to suicide.
Isa’s friends and those against homophobia will attend his funeral today. There will be a press release on Sunday in Ankara by Anka LGBT, as well.
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