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Turkey's gay magazine Kaos GL has been continually published since 1994, but the government has recently shut them down in the name of "general morality" after they included an article entitled "Visuality of Sexuality, Sexuality of Visuality: Pornography" in the latest issue.
The article discusses the relationship between homosexuality and pornography, and such a topic has apparently offended those in the Turkish government. Three quarters of all Turks disapprove of homos, so it's not surprising those same bigots are very well-represented in the capital.
Turkey is applying to join the European Union, which has a more progressive stance on civil rights for gays as well as freedom of the press, so it will be interesting to see if anyone in Brussels has a problem with this most recent act of censorship.
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Perhaps Europe needs to rethink admitting Turkey to the EU. Clearly they are not ready to join the progressive and human-rights-embracing European Union. Banning the magazine is an act of an authoritarian society, not a free democracy. So what if a majority of Turks oppose homosexuals? Screw them! They don't read the magazine, so why should their ignorant opinion matter? If there are sufficient subscribers to keep the magazine afloat for over 10 years then clearly they have a market; on the other hand, this senseless act by the Turkish government may prompt a more active gay rights movement there. We can only hope.
What the hell is going on? Things have always been tough for the GLBT community world wide. But lately, it seems like anyone and everyone is gunning for us--and getting away with it.
Is it because the net has made these offences more visible? Is it because of right-wing governments? Or is it because too many people actually believe the Great Occultist Delusion says it's a "sin"?