Istanbul (AFP) – “Their games are costing our lives,” says Florence Konstantina Delight, a DJ and drag queen at the forefront of Turkey’s embattled LGBTQ scene. In addition to the closure of friendly venues, a new draft law from the country’s conservative government threatens to criminalise behaviour deemed “contrary to biological sex.” Rights groups have warned this could allow the prosecution of anyone identifying as gay, bisexual or transgender. “There has been a wave of hatred rising,” says Ogulcan Yediveren, director of an NGO offering support to LGBTQ people.
