Campaign speeches targeting Turkey's LGBT community during last month's election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country.
Ahead of the first vote and runoff, which President Tayyip Erdogan won, he repeatedly attacked "perverse" LGBT groups and vowed to strengthen and protect traditional family values.
During the campaign, Erdogan's Islamic-rooted AK Party accused the opposition alliance, which pollsters had tipped to win, of being"The opposition lost and our fears came true. Fleeing looks like the only solution, which is so upsetting," said Bekir, who declined to give a full name. "Turkey has never been the perfect country for the LGBT community but now people feel insecure," Seren said.Community members and activists who Reuters spoke to said discrimination had never been so intense and open.
The film, he told Reuters, "is a hymn to courage, compassion, and tolerance. My message to those opposed to it being viewed is simply 'There is nothing to fear except fear itself'".
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