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Contents:
- TURKEY LGBT: POLICE E FORCE TO BREAK UP GAY PRI RALLY ISTANBUL
- TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS
- TURKISH POLICE FIRE PEPPER SPRAY AT GAY PRI PARA
- GAY PRI PARA OBSTCTED BY TURKISH POLICE
- TURKISH GAYS FACE GRADG TTS TO AVOID ARMY
- GAY PRI CALENDAR
TURKEY LGBT: POLICE E FORCE TO BREAK UP GAY PRI RALLY ISTANBUL
Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds at the Istanbul Pri March last weekend, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, as well as journalists attemptg to report on the June 26 event. The number of arrts 2022 is three-tim more than the arrts durg the prev seven Istanbul Pri march bed. Thirty-four of those arrted were youth, acrdg to Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group. * turkish gay pride parade *
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 the police crackdown on the paras have been creasgly tougher over the Sunday, police rt gear prevented accs to Taksim Square and blockad many streets the nearby Cihangir neighbourhood, where people tried nvene. (Istanbul) – Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds of people at the Istanbul Pri March on June 26, 2022, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
The same day, Fahrett Altun, Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s munitns director, ma an anti-LGBT speech, sayg that “Fai and children [are] targeted through … tolerance for homosexualy propaganda” and llg homosexualy “ugls.
From Istanbul to Izmir, thoands of Turkish activists took to the streets prott to memorate lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Pri month June. In March 2021, after the ernment received wispread domtic and ternatnal cricism for whdrawg om the Council of Europe Conventn on Preventg and Combattg Vlence agast Women and Domtic Vlence (known as the Istanbul Conventn), officials rpond wh an anti-LGBT statement and clared that they whdrew om the nventn bee is beg hijacked by groups to normalize homosexualy. Homophobic ernment statements like the have reverberatg effects the public sphere, where LGBT rights groups have documented a dramatic rise anti-LGBT rhetoric the news.
TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS
From Istanbul to Izmir, thoands of Turkish activists took to the streets prott to memorate lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Pri month June. Turkish thori rpond wh a seri of attacks agast LGBT rights activists, lawyers, and journalists; Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group, reported that the ernment banned 10 LGBT-related events and taed over 530 people jt 37 days. * turkish gay pride parade *
Police Turkey have fired tear gas at monstrators at a Gay Pri rally Pri march have been banned the Turkish cy of Istanbul sce 2015. Homosexualy is not illegal Turkey but Print Recep Tayyip Erdogan's lg AK Party is rooted nservative Islam. People take part the Gay Pri Para on Istiklal Avenue Istanbul on Sunday.
STORY HIGHLIGHTSIstanbul se s nth annual gay pri para"We're everywhere, get ed to , " one sign readThe march is the only one of s kd a majory-Mlim untry Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Thoands of Turks marched through Istanbul a monstratn llg for improved rights and greater social acceptance for the untry's homosexual muny.
Activists say the annual Turkish Gay Pri Para, now s nth year, is the only march of s kd a majory-Mlim untry. Several thoand supporters of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights rried signs and rabow flags as they ma their way down one of Istanbul's bit pestrian thoroughfar.
TURKISH POLICE FIRE PEPPER SPRAY AT GAY PRI PARA
Although the gay pri para has happened peace for years Turkey, on Sunday was terpted by police who shut down. * turkish gay pride parade *
Participants chanted slogans agast harassment and blew whistl, waved large rabow flags and rried signs Turkish and English that sported msag like "We're everywhere, get ed to " and "Dance, dance, agast homophobia, dance. His se was featured an Amnty Internatnal report on the stat of gays, lbians, and transsexuals Turkey entled "Not An Illns, Nor A Crime. " The report says later emerged that the prosecutor's office erroneoly transferred the plat to another office and failed to vtigate the claims, what some activists view as the unwillgns of the thori to nont homophobic vlence.
GAY PRI PARA OBSTCTED BY TURKISH POLICE
* turkish gay pride parade *
The polil impact of gay marriage. Gay rights anizatns have acced Turkey's ernment of exprsg hostile attus toward the untry's homosexual muny.
"I believe homosexualy is a blogil disorr, an illns, and should be treated, " she said a 2010 terview wh the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet. The dancer, who wears a head srf daily life, said that Islam and homosexualy are not ngo. " In accsn talks wh the European Unn, Turkey has been gradually improvg s rerd on homosexualy as mak chang to nform to EU policy on human rights laws.
Many marchers on Sunday me out to improve social nscns of homosexualy. Turkish police break up gay pri para.
TURKISH GAYS FACE GRADG TTS TO AVOID ARMY
Gay men Turkey seekg exemptn om the untry's mandatory ary service mt prove their homosexualy, the BBC reports, even though many army physicians realize 's medilly impossible to terme sexual orientatn. * turkish gay pride parade *
Gay Rights Controversi. Anti-gay pastor banned om enterg South Ai.
Pope Francis: Apologize to gay people and others. Thoands of gay men pardoned.
Afghan gay rights activist: 'Mory wh a mory'.
GAY PRI CALENDAR
A history of attacks on gay nightclubs. First openly gay Miss Ameri nttant speaks out. Gay pri para has happened peace for at least 13 years Istanbul.