Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

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2008 · 52 min · Documentary

Overview

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.

Directed by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cast

• Mansour Saberi — Himself
• Abdullah — Himself
• Imam Daayiee — Himself
• Kaltham — Himself
• Alexander Lie — Himself