Istanbul gay pri activists stage annual rally fiance of ban | Turkey | The Guardian

Contents:

• TURKEY GAY PRI PARA MARCH DRAWS THOANDS ISTANBUL
• TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS
• ISTANBUL GAY PRI ACTIVISTS STAGE ANNUAL RALLY FIANCE OF BAN
• GAY PRI PARA OBSTCTED BY TURKISH POLICE

TURKEY GAY PRI PARA MARCH DRAWS THOANDS ISTANBUL

On Thursday, a majory of European Unn lears vowed to ntue batg discrimatn agast the LGBTI muny a jot letter amid a standoff wh Hungary, whose parliament last week approved a bill that bans the distributn of material schools emed to promote homosexualy or genr change. Homosexualy is not a crime Turkey, but hostily to is wispread and police crackdowns on Pri paras have bee tougher over the years. The annual pri para Istanbul, which had been gog for s, had been the largt the Mlim world—notably attractg thoands of people celebratg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pri.

Unlike many other Islamic untri, homosexualy is legal Turkey.

Dpe this, homophobia is a btal realy. AKP has not hidn their hostile attu towards the LGBTQ+ muny, wh Print Erdoğan llg journalists, Armenians, and gays alike “reprentativ of sedn. Diplomatic history, we rell his experience of celebratg pri Istanbul 2015 wh a performance by the Boston Gay Men Chos at the nsulate and attendg wh his same-sex partner the para that was dispted by the police force.

TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS

Read more about the State Department’s effort to track down gay people the 1950s and ‘60s HERE. “Intertgly the Ottoman Empire crimalized homosexual acts the neteenth century, long before any Wtern untry did. The reason that was signifint is that that very day the Boston Gay Men’s Chos was due to arrive Istanbul.

So was kd of a trifecta to have the Boston Gay Men’s Chos arrive for a receptn at my place that had already been planned on the day that that momento cisn was hand down Washgton. HUNTER: Well, that will be a segue to the story that I had to tell about the Boston Gay Men’s Chos. Intertgly the Ottoman Empire crimalized homosexual acts the neteenth century, long before any Wtern untry did.

ISTANBUL GAY PRI ACTIVISTS STAGE ANNUAL RALLY FIANCE OF BAN

Long before my arrival, a tradn of Gay Pri paras Istanbul had begun back the 1990s.

The para was due to happen a few days after the Boston Gay Men’s Chos’s arrival.

GAY PRI PARA OBSTCTED BY TURKISH POLICE

) They put on their schle a performance for the Boston Gay Men’s Chos June 2015 durg Pri Month. At some stage me to the attentn of the Zorlu fay that this group was an ensemble of homosexual men who embraced their inty. I don’t know the tails of nversatns there may have been wh the fay or wh officials Ankara, but any event the cisn was ma that the Boston Gay Men’s Chos uld not perform at the Zorlu Center.

The Boston Gay Men’s Chos I thk wisely cid to rema their hotels and not try to force the issue, so they unfortunately did not have the pleasure of beg among the people celebratg there. Turkey had had paras before; there’s no prsure on the gay muny om what I gathered you were sayg, so what was the problem? For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsA crowd-dispersg method turned to an unwtg symbol of fiance, if this photo is to be believed, Taksim Square, Turkey yterday, where the annual gay pri para was beg held.

People take part the Gay Pri Para on Istiklal Street Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday.