Xulhaz Mannan: 'We Belong to This World' - San Francisco Bay Times
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Five years ago this month, on April 25, 2016, terrorists disguised as deliverymen arrived at the apartment of LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. They removed the machetes hidden within the package they carried, then in front of his mother, hacked him and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy to death. His affront to their fanatic righteousness? Being an openly gay man working to gain human rights for LGBT people in a country where legal codes, religious dogma, and social convention marginalize their existence. Xulhaz was 39 years old, Tonoy eve...
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