Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
2008-01-16


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52 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mansour Saberi Himself Unowned
Abdullah Himself Unowned
Imam Daayiee Himself Unowned
Kaltham Himself Unowned
Alexander Lie Himself Unowned
B. Lennart Persson Himself Unowned
Hüseyin Ates Himself Unowned
Geir Søli Himself Unowned
Emre Himself Unowned
Tigran Himself Unowned
Kerem Himself Unowned