Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

52 mins | Documentary | Jan. 16, 2008

Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.

Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

52 mins | Documentary | Jan. 16, 2008

Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam
Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Producers Integral Film
Original title Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam
Directors Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Writers Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cast

Mansour Saberi

as Himself

Abdullah

as Himself

Imam Daayiee

as Himself

Kaltham

as Himself

Alexander Lie

as Himself

B. Lennart Persson

as Himself

Hüseyin Ates

as Himself

Geir Søli

as Himself

Emre

as Himself

Tigran

as Himself

Kerem

as Himself