Hello guys! My name is Mert i'm 18 years old, i live in Turkey and i'm closeted because in Turkey most of the society is hateful and disrespectful. So i'm in the closet now. I was searching sites to find people like me so i joined here.
You're right. Haters are everywhere but in here even the president is openly homophobic and homophobes are not only religious people. A LOT of non-religious people are homophobic too ((
Sounds like it's pretty rough for ya. Joining a place like Empty Closets is a great way to escape it all and express yourself without those horrible concerns. Welcome
Salam. Welcome. Yeah I heard that about people being violent, etc there, despite a non-religious system. Your country has a secular system but it doesn't help that much. And you have that creature called Erdogan too.
Welcome, Mert! I'm sorry you live in such an intolerant area. I hope having somewhere like EC to chat will help put you more at ease.
Yes Erdogan and the rest of the government are the biggest threat for our country right now. I hope we can vote him out in 2023 election
Agree. Islamists ruin countries so easily if they get the power. But Erdogan can't destroy all of the secular establishments of Turkey. What do others say about LGBT people? I mean, other prominent people in Turkey. Like opposition parties, journalists, celebrities, etc. PS And I also hope we can vote Khamenei out in 2024 election.
You are absouletly right. I don't have anything against religious people but when they start to use their religion as a weapon to attack to marginalized groups i hate them . Main opposition party supports lgbtq+ community but not every supporter of opposition party are lgbtq+ ally a lot of them are homophobic too they're voting for oppsition party because erdogan literally ruined our economy. a lot of journalists are in prison because of Erdogan most of the population is homophobic. I hope you guys can vote Khamenei out ❤
Yeah, It is as if Erdogan has imprisoned half of Turkey. Feel free to participate in other areas of the site...
Mert.....Hello and a great big welcome to Empty Closets! Check out all of the forums here and feel free to jump into the conversations. We're glad that you found us here on EC. .....David