article_snippet: Since the revolution turned war in Syria, the situation for the nation's LGBT community has become even more dire.
article_snippet: LGBT people in Syria need help, and LGBT people in Syria need to be supported.
article_snippet: We tried to reach out to some groups, international entities, and some groups, international entities said that LGBT people in Syria are not We priority, and that would mean that We lives are not worthy for LGBT people in Syria to rescue," Nour says.
article_snippet: This week, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, a nongovernmental organization based in New York, started "Don't Turn Away," an awareness-raising campaign calling for action to protect LGBT Syrians and Iraqis from ISIS' merciless brutality.
article_snippet: The commission is calling on governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to expedite resettlement and refugee applications for LGBTs.
highlights_snippet: "LGBT people in Syria need help, and "LGBT people in Syria need to be supported," says Nour, a Syrian gay rights activist now living in Turkey .
  
highlights_snippet: We tried to reach out to some groups, international entities, and some groups, international entities said that LGBT people in Syria are not We priority," he says .
  
highlights_snippet: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is calling for action to protect LGBT Syrians and Iraqis from ISIS .