27/02/2025 | Writer: Kaos GL
Colours of Resistance reacted to the anti-LGBTI+ regulations in the Civil Code and Penal Code.
While 2025 was determined as the ‘Family Year’, this time the Draft Law Proposal on Amendments to the Turkish Penal Code and Some Laws came out of the bag. According to the draft law proposal reached by KaosGL.org; The expression ‘biological sex’ will be added to the Criminal Code. LGBTI+ expressions in the public sphere will be penalised, and legal procedures regarding the gender affirmation process will become more difficult.
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Colours of Resistance reacted to the draft law proposal with a statement published on their social media accounts:
"We did not exist with your permission, we will not disappear with your prohibitions! The planned amendments to the Civil Code and the Penal Code target our existence. The age of gender conformity is being raised from 18 to 21 years old, and it is planned to punish those who make statements against the expression of ‘Biological Gender’ and those who perform same-sex marriage ceremonies that cannot be ‘official’. These regulations, which complicate the harmonisation process, criminalise our identity and aim to punish LGBTI+ expressions, are unacceptable! We will not give up our rights and our lives!"
Tags: human rights
