Odusei@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPortuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay"www.gerceknews.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down120
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minus-squarenac82@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThat 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
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoJust 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.
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
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.