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Grumpy Virgin bows out as drag becomes a political act in Turkey
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For decades in Turkey, there was no higher honour than being made fun of by Huysuz Virjin (Grumpy Virgin), the country’s first drag queen, beloved for her glamorous outfits and outrageous sense of humour.Two days after the then Turkish president, Turgut Özal, appeared as a guest at her Istanbul show in the early 1990s, she was joined by Rauf Denktaş, the leader at the time of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.“Will all presidents be short and stocky?
Are there any thinner and leaner ones?” she asked with a coy smile, drawing howls of laughter from both the politician and the audience.It is hard to imagine any entertainer making President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the butt of a dirty joke today, which is perhaps why Huysuz Virjin’s death last.
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10.02 / 18:11
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Prince Harry vows to continue Diana’s HIV work
30-minute video chat with gay, former rugby player Gareth Thomas.The Welsh sporting legend publicly revealed he was living with HIV in 2019 after tabloid newspapers threatened to out him.During the video chat, the Prince urged people to “go and get a test” and to “know your status”Prince Harry described himself as “a typical guy” who just wants to “fix things”, and said he feels an “obligation” to try to continue his late mother’s bid to remove stigma surrounding the virusRelated: Gay former British soldier says Prince Harry protected him from homophobic abuseHis mom, the late Princess Diana, famously visited AIDS wards in the 1980s and made headlines for holding the hands of gay men who were ill with the virus. At the time, this simple gesture helped tackle some of the stigma faced by those living with HIV.“I could never fill her shoes, especially in this particular space,” Harry said, “but because of what she did and what she stood for and how vocal she was about this issue… it’s a converging of all these different pieces.”“There’s a way out of it, and if there’s a way out of it and we know there’s a solution, I’m like a typical guy.
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