April 18, 2013
A Kurdish-Iranian man, Masound Fathi, created the Facebook page, “Kurd Men for Equality.” Three days earlier, an Iranian court had punished another Kurd by parading him through town in woman’s clothing. Fathi had a friend photograph him dressed in traditional women’s attire to challenge the assumption that “being a woman is not a tool to humiliate or punish anymore.” Within a week, Hundreds of Kurdish men from all over the world posted pictures of themselves in women’s attire, holding signs with Fathi’s slogan. On May 18 the police chief apologized.
