article_snippet: What's even more sickening for Nour, a gay Syrian man, is the onlookers' reaction.
article_snippet: It's too much to watch, and people are just standing there in these images and watching, and people are not doing anything, and people facial expressions are really scary because people are not even scared of what is going on," says Nour, who's also an LGBT rights activist.
article_snippet: Nour, who's also an LGBT rights activist might be a little bit excited or maybe happy to get rid of homosexuals in the city.
article_snippet: Though in Istanbul, fear of persecution continues to haunt Nour, who asked us to conceal his identity as his waits and hopes for asylum in America and continues to campaign for rights for people who are LGBT -- lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
article_snippet: As a teenager, over a decade ago, his suffered because of his sexuality.
article_snippet: his family rejected his sexual orientation, his country criminalized his country.
article_snippet: Whenever we hear this in video or audio, we know that this is exactly meant for gay people," his says.
article_snippet: his brother says now gay men can fly.