Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Turkish gay pride


Turkish gay pride march draws thousands

By Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover, For CNN
June 27, 2011 -- Updated 1030 GMT (1830 HKT)
 
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Thousands of Turks marched through Istanbul in a demonstration calling for improved rights and greater social acceptance for the country's homosexual community.
Activists say the annual Turkish Gay Pride Parade, now in its ninth year, is the only march of its kind in a majority-Muslim country. Several thousand supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights carried signs and rainbow flags as they made their way down one of Istanbul's busiest pedestrian thoroughfares.
Participants chanted slogans against harassment and blew whistles, waved large rainbow flags and carried signs in Turkish and English that sported messages like "We're everywhere, get used to it" and "Dance, dance, against homophobia, dance."

More at: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/26/turkey.gay.pride/