05/05/2023 | Writer: Kaos GL
Defne Guzel, an activist with the Kaos GL, commented on AKP’s anti-LGBTI+ election campaign to Al-Monitor.
The homophobic and transphobic language has fueled concerns amongst Turkey's LGBTQ community. Defne Guzel, an activist with the Kaos GL, one of Turkey’s largest LGBTQ organizations, believes the rhetoric fuels violence against LGBTQ individuals
“First and foremost it tarnishes the dignity of LGBTI+s,” Guzel told Al-Monitor. “This narrative is simply criminalizing LGBTI+s. It paints the existence of LGBTI+s as a crime and LGBTI+ organizations as criminal organizations. Diversity of gender identities and sexual orientations are portrayed as anti-family.”
Tags: human rights
