Pink Life QueerFest explained
Pink Life QueerFest or Queer Fest is an international LGBT themed film festival held in various cities of Turkey.[2] The Queer Fest, held in 2011 for the first time, is the first LGBT themed film festival of Turkey. The festival, held in Ankara until 2013, is started to organized in Denizli and Mersin beginning from 2014.[3]
History
Pink Life QueerFest is started in 2011 by Pink Life LGBTİ+ Solidarity Association in Ankara. The festival had been held in Ankara until 2013. Beginning from 2014, the festival had been started to be organized also in İstanbul, Denizli and Mersin.[4] [5] [6]
Prohibition in Ankara
In 2017, the governorship of Ankara announced the prohibition of all LGBTİ+ activities indefinitely, including Pink Life QueerFest in Ankara on the grounds that "some groups of people can react these events based their social sensitivities".[7]
It is prohibited indefinitely by the Governorship of Ankara.[8] [9] [10]
Notes and References
- News: 7th Pink Life QueerFest to Start in İstanbul . 16 February 2020 . . 23 January 2018 . Turkish.
- News: Türkiye'nin ilk kuir festivali başlıyor . 16 February 2020 . . 11 November 2011. Turkish.
- News: İki kente yayılan "pembe" festival . 16 February 2020 . . 18 January 2015. Turkish.
- News: KuirFest Başlıyor . 16 February 2020 . Turkish.
- News: Madenciler ve LGBTİ dayanışması KuirFest'te . 16 February 2020 . . 15 January 2015 . Turkish.
- News: Gökkuşağının filmleri . 16 February 2020 . . 16 November 2011 . Turkish.
- News: LGBT-Festival verboten: Deutsche Botschaft in Ankara zeigt (bunte) Flagge . 16 February 2020 . . 16 November 2017 . German.
- News: LGBTİ Ankara'daki yasak kararına tepkili . 31 January 2020 . . 23 November 2017. Turkish.
- News: Ankara Governor's Office bans German LGBT film festival . 16 February 2020 . Hürriyet Daily News.
- News: Turkey: End Ankara Ban on LGBTI Events . 16 February 2020 . . 14 February 2019.
