We can't see each other, But we can feel.
After reading recent Being straight with queers By "Golnar Shirazi" and Don't straighten the queers By "Afsaneh Najmabadi", I must confess that despite being a queer myself I think Mrs. Najmabadi's view, at least in Iran, seems a little unpractical. I think despite the fact that many social norms are foolish, but denying all of them at once will not work. That's why I appreciate recent Persiangayboy.com approach of just defending gay rights and don't meddle with political matters. From academic point of view this debate, at much larger scale is between supporter and opponents of Queer Theory. Some references can be found in Rictor Norton's A Critique of Social Constructionism and Post-modern Queer Theory. Mrs. Najmabadi chose her title from Prophet Mohammad quote that "Woman is crooked [being born from the rib of Adam]; don't straighten her, she will break.". Another slang for queer people is Bent. As bent boys, I think we are flexible enough so that at least straighten a little in front of THEM.
... And in the middle of search for a BENT photo I stumbled upon two great sites:
first is a Queer Lord of the Rings Fan site with great collection of articles, galleries and interviews(Specially the one with Sir Ian Mckellen).
and second is Bent. A great film about holocaust of queer people during Nazi era. It has a great trailer: small version and big version. (For downloading them you can use something like Hidownload.)

... And at last the mysterious song of QAF season 4 trailer is revealed. Its "Haven't I Cried Enough" by Wild Life. The same group that create "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)". The fantastic song for fabulous Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
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