<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2025/2/1/1741614484589.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.54" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The anti-LGBTI+ tactic of populist regimes </h2>In recent years, right-wing populist governments, which also feed on religious elements to consolidate their supporters, have preferred to antagonize and oppress LGBTI+ persons. Russia is one of these countries. If the legal amendment proposal whose details have been leaked in fact is being prepared, it means that the AK Party has decided to board the train of Russia and join LGBTI+'s further marginalization and antagonization.Written by: Serkan KöybaşıThe declaration of 2025 as the “year of the family” in Turkey was not good news for women and LGBTI+ individuals from the very beginning. Because the concept of “family” has become a code word for conservative moralist governments to increase the pressure on women and LGBTI+ individuals almost everywhere in the world today.There has already been incredible pressure on these two groups for years. As a matter of fact, an environment of conservative, moralist oppression has been going on de facto for years with the overnight and unlawful withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the inability to prevent violence against women but violently preventing March 8 marches every year, the banning of the LGBTI+ Pride March every year in complete violation of the constitution, the punishment of TV series and movies with LGBTI+ content by the broadcast oversight board RTÜK without any legal basis, and other unlawful restrictions that cannot be counted.The new law proposal uncovered by <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-write-biological-sex-law-and-criminalise-promotion-lgbtq" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">KaosGL</a> seems to have been prepared to put this de facto oppressive environment into legal cover against LGBTI+ individuals.<p contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-wrapper fr-deletable" fr-original-style="text-align:center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><a bgcolor="#ffe144" color="#090909" contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-link" fr-original-style="background-color:#ffe144 !important;color:#090909 !important" href="https://aposto.com/s/the-anti-lgbti-tactic-of-populist-regimes?a=customButton" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(255, 225, 68) !important; color: rgb(9, 9, 9) !important; text-decoration: none; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">CONTINUE READING</a>

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