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Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Rainbow flags and banners supporting peace in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian and Arabic were displayed. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Participants wave a huge rainbow duiring their march through the iconic avenue. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Some of the banners criticized the comparison of homosexuality with a disease, as described by former Family Minister Aliye Kavaf. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (LGBT) community and activists march during gay pride parade in Istanbul's İstiklal Avenue June 30. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
The march was joined by protesters who have held forums in small neighborhood parks across Istanbul after the evacuation of Gezi Park. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Crowds were stopped by riot police from entering Taksim, the centre of previous protests, but the atmosphere was exuberant and joyful. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
LGBT rights groups have been very active during the protests against the demolition of Istanbul's Gezi Park that have spread across the country. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
The demonstrators also chanted the name of Medeni Yıldırım, who was killed in Diyarbakır's Lice district after being shot by soldiers during a protest denouncing the construction of a gendarmerie outpost. REUTERS photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
A woman sands in Taksim square during 11th Gay Pride March. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Although homosexuality and sex change operations are not illegal in Turkey, homosexuals and transsexuals face widespread social and economic discrimination and are often the target of subject of hate speech. AA photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Activists open a banner reading "'that form of resistance' referring to assuming their sexual orientation. AA photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
A banner read opened during the march read, 'I asked Zeki Müren, who told me to resist,' in memory of the legendary and flamboyant Turkish singer who became famous during the ‘50s and, although he never admitted to being homosexual, changed perceptions across Turkey by openly wearing women’s clothing and make-up. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Deputies from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), including Binnaz Toprak, who was the architect of an inquiry proposal on the discrimination faced by the LGBT community at the Turkish Parliament, Şafak Pavey, Melda Onur and Hüseyin Aygün participated in the event. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
The initiative was welcomed by the LGBT community but the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) slammed it, accusing the opposition of 'defending immorality.' AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
The transsexual Pride March was held last week also in the İstiklal Avenue. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
A man, wearing a wig and glasses, poses during a gay parade on Istiklal Street, the main shopping corridor on June 30, 2013 in Istanbul during the fourth Trans Pride Parade as part of the Trans Pride Week 2013, which is organized by Istanbul's 'Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals' (LGBTT) solidarity organization. AFP PHOTO/GURCAN OZTURK
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
A man, wearing a hat bearing a flower, poses during the pride march in Istanbul. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
People hold a giant rainbow flag during in İstiklal Avenue. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
German Greens co-chair Claudia Roth was also among the participants, according to daily Hürriyet. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Activists called on the government to fight against homophobia. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
The public gathered on İstiklal Avenue at the time also showed support for the march. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
People march and chant slogans during a gay parade on İstiklal Avenue. AFP photo
Gezi protesters join LGBT community in exuberant and joyful gay pride march
Although homosexuality and sex change operations are not illegal in Turkey, homosexuals and transsexuals face widespread social and economic discrimination and are often the target of subject of hate speech. AFP photo
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