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‘WE’RE AGAST LGBT’: ERDOğAN TARGETS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE AHEAD OF CRIL TURKISH ELECTN
At mpaign ralli across Turkey, Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has missed no opportuny to attack gay and trans people. They say Erdoğan’s re-electn risks further fuellg a culture war that he and his supporters have done much to flame, empowerg stutns to crack down on anyone seen as different and to turn a bld eye to a statewi problem of vlence agast women, gay and trans people.
”An Erdoğan victory, says Akbulut, risks formalisg to policy the kd of hatred that the print has ployed on the mpaign trail, and legimisg attacks on gay rights, particularly the right to anise. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPAAkşener has spoken openly of Turkey’s need to return to the Istanbul nventn, but has been more ut on gay rights, statg that while she would be unhappy wh a gay child she was also agast vlence towards LGBTQ+ Women’s Platform for Equaly (EŞİK), a femist aln, found that leftwg parti were far more likely to field female ndidat, but no party managed genr pary any of s electoral lists. “Our ears are bombard wh this propaganda, such as strange claims like if you vote for the opposn, your child will bee gay.
The referendum was emed valid sce ls than 50 percent of the voters answered the Orbán ernment prevly changed the fn of fay wh a nstutnal amendment, banng same-sex upl om adoptg January the Duma, Rsia’s lower hoe of parliament, unanimoly voted to extend s ban on so-lled “gay propaganda.