• barsoap
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    1 year ago

    Turkey doesn’t lock people up for being gay. Homosexuality was never criminalised. Public displays of affection are another issue but just being gay, no.

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      1 year ago

      That doesn’t line up with a single person’s version of the story.

      He says he was locked up for looking gay, Turkey claims they locked him up for being at a pride event.

      Neither of those are public displays of affection.

      Bootlicker

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        1 year ago

        Just because someone is gay or got called gay doesn’t mean that they’ve been arrested for being gay. Laws surrounding demonstrations are illiberal enough on their own to result in getting locked up.