ISTANBUL (AP) — An anti-LGBTQ group marched Sunday in Istanbul, demanding that LGBTQ associations be shuttered and their activities banned, in the largest demonstration of its kind in Turkey. Several thousand people joined the demonstration dubbed “The Big Family Gathering.” Kursat Mican, a speaker for the organizers, said they had gathered more than 150,000 signatures to demand a new law from Turkey’s parliament that would ban what they called LGBTQ propaganda, which they say pervades Netflix, social media, arts and sports.
  •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) 
    4•1 year ago

    turkey’s trajectory has gotten increasingly alarming as it looks like Erdogan might be in serious political trouble; somewhat worried about what’s going to happen there in the next few years and this is high on the list.