Istanbul Pride 2019 Banned in My Country (Turkey)

I am the boy who never finished high school because I got called a fag everyday.

I am the girl who was kicked out of her 집 because I confided in my mother I was a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because no one will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who held her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled night.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in a hospital because they would not let my partner of 27 years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away...