An LGBTQ pride march in Turkey went horribly awry over the weekend when police there began firing rubber bullets and tear gas on the peaceful marchers.UK magazine Attitude reports that the march happened on Saturday, June 26.
Video of the event shows the march dissolving into chaos as police began to fire on the crowd. Website Euronews also reports that police made about 20 arrests during the event.Homosexuality is legal in Turkey, though the queer community in the nation has become the brunt of much repression under the regime of current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The Governor of Istanbul had refused to authorize the march under the guise of “protection of public peace and security, general health and morality.”Related: 17 beautiful.