#THISisLGBTIran

• Iran’s execution of two men last week for homosexual conduct highlights a pattern of persecution of gay men that stands in stark violation of the rights to life and privacy, Human Rights Watch said today. (2005)
• Mehdi P., from Tabriz; Moshen G., from Shiraz; and Nemat Safavi, from Ardebil, were accused in separate cases of committing homosexual acts when they were under age 18.  No date has been set for their execution yet, but the lawyer representing two of the men fears that it could happen any day. (2009)
• "The three convicts were sentenced to death based on the articles 108 and 110 of Iran's Islamic penal code, for acts against the sharia law and bad deeds," the Isna agency quoted a judiciary official in Khuzestan as saying. (2011)
• The four men -- identified by the Human Rights Activist News Agency in Iran as Saadat Arefi, Vahid Akbari, Javid Akbari and Houshmand Akbari -- are set to be hanged after their guilty verdict was approved recently by high court judges. (2012)
• Iran's revolutionary guards have announced the arrest of "a network of homosexuals and satanists" in the western city of Kermanshah, close to the country's border with Iraq, prompting fresh alarm over the treatment of gay people in the Islamic republic. (2013)

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source:
Iran: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct - Human Rights Watch - November 22, 2005
Three Men Await Execution for Alleged Homosexual Conduct When Children - Human Rights Watch - November 4, 2009
Iran executes three men on homosexuality charges - by Saeed Kamali Dehghan - The Guardian, Wednesday 7 September 2011
Iranian Gay Men To Be Hanged For Sodomy: Report - Huffington Post - Posted: 05/14/2012
Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy - by Dan Littauer - LGBTQ Nation - Saturday, May 12, 2012
Iran arrests 'network of homosexuals and satanists' at birthday party - by Saeed Kamali Dehghan
The Guardian, Thursday 10 October 2013

#THISisRaceOnRaceMurder

• 44,406 black-on-black murders - 2000-2010
• 4,441 average per year
• 36,419,434 black population - 2000
• 42,020,743 black population - 2010
• 39,220,088 average black population
• 11.32 black-on-black murders per 100,000 people per year

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• 37,345 white-on-white murders - 2000-2010
• 3,735 average per year
• 216,930,975 white population - 2000
• 231,040,398 white population - 2010
• 223,985,686 average white population
• 1.67 white-on-white murders per 100,000 people per year.

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source:
Black-on-black murders - 2000-2010 - WSJ By Rob Barry, Madeline Farbman, Jon Keegan, and Palani Kumanan. Source: FBI. Data collected 12/9/2013
White-on-white murders - 2000-2010 - WSJ By Rob Barry, Madeline Farbman, Jon Keegan, and Palani Kumanan. Source: FBI. Data collected 12/9/2013
The White Population: 2010 Census Briefs
The Black Population: 2010 Census Briefs

#THISisLaborParticipation

Series Id: LNS14000000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate
Labor force status: Unemployment rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	President
2001	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.0	5.0	5.3	5.5	5.7	Republican
2002	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.0
2003	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7
2004	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4
2005	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
2006	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4
2007	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.0
2008	5.0	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.6	5.8	6.1	6.1	6.5	6.8	7.3
2009	7.8	8.3	8.7	9.0	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.8	10.0	9.9	9.9	Democrat
2010	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.6	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.8	9.3
2011	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.6	8.5
2012	8.3	8.3	8.2	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8
2013	7.9	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.0

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Series Id: LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
Labor force status: Civilian labor force participation rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	President
2001	67.2	67.1	67.2	66.9	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.5	66.8	66.7	66.7	66.7	Republican
2002	66.5	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.6	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.6	66.4	66.3
2003	66.4	66.4	66.3	66.4	66.4	66.5	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	65.9
2004	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.9	66.0	66.1	66.1	66.0	65.8	65.9	66.0	65.9
2005	65.8	65.9	65.9	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.0	66.0
2006	66.0	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.3	66.4
2007	66.4	66.3	66.2	65.9	66.0	66.0	66.0	65.8	66.0	65.8	66.0	66.0
2008	66.2	66.0	66.1	65.9	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.9	65.8
2009	65.7	65.8	65.6	65.7	65.7	65.7	65.5	65.4	65.1	65.0	65.0	64.6	Democrat
2010	64.8	64.9	64.9	65.1	64.9	64.6	64.6	64.7	64.6	64.4	64.6	64.3
2011	64.2	64.2	64.2	64.2	64.2	64.0	64.0	64.1	64.2	64.1	64.1	64.0
2012	63.7	63.9	63.8	63.6	63.8	63.8	63.7	63.5	63.6	63.8	63.6	63.6
2013	63.6	63.5	63.3	63.3	63.4	63.5	63.4	63.2	63.2	62.8	63.0

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source:
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey - Unemployment Rate
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey - Labor Force Participation Rate
Data extracted on: December 6, 2013