Yasemin Smallens notes that the repression of LGBT people and solidarity by the Turkish state fits into a wider crackdown on all dissent and freedom of speech as the government attempts to distract from its numerous political issues.
Hairstyle choices are used by armed groups in Iraq to justify violent targeting. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are ‘punished’ for disrupting gender norms and therefore threatening the social order, writes Yasemin Smallens.
