Miguel Alvaro claims he endured a horrifying ordeal when he was targeted and physically assaulted by Turkish police solely based on his appearance, being perceived as gay and suspected of planning to participate in the Pride march in Istanbul
  • @nac82@lemm.eeEnglish
    -1•2 years ago

    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

    • @barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      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.