27th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week to be Held Between June 24-30

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The İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week, organized by volunteers, will be held between June 24 and June 30 this year.

The Committee for the 27th LGBTI+ Pride Week said that it expects contribution to the events such as workshops, movie screenings, presentations, panel discussions, the Kaos GL reported.

About İstanbul Pride Parade

Organized for the first time in 1993 under the name of "Sexual Freedom", the week, its events and Pride Parade were banned by the governorship; activists were detained and the guest from abroad were deported. The pride week has confronted prohibitions in the later years as well but events have continued to be organized.

First İstanbul Pride Parade was held in 2003, which is 10 years after when the Pride Week started to be organized. The first parade held with 20-30 people has grown in time. In 2013, as many as 100,000 people joined the march on İstiklal Street.

Since 2015, the Pride Parades have met with police interventions. However, being persistent, the LGBTI+ movement "dispersed" to first whole İstiklal Street and then to various places in İstanbul. (EMK/VK)