Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam (2008)

Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

2008

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cast

Abdullah as Himself

Alexander Lie as Himself

B. Lennart Persson as Himself

Emre as Himself

Geir Søli as Himself

Hüseyin Ates as Himself

Imam Daayiee as Himself

Kaltham as Himself