Information about gay life in Turkey
An average, typical Turkish family's first encounter with queerness is usually through Turkish mass media. Media coverage of queerness usually takes two forms. Ordinary LGBT people, mainly transgenders appear on the news with sensational and derogatory headlines. Ironically Turkish media is very liberal when it comes to famous LGBT figures and entertainment shows on national Televisions feature many queer celebrities and entertainers. The very famous celebrities in Turkey appearing on TV screens such as transsexual singer Bulent Ersoy, drag-queen Huysuz Virjin (Seyfi Dursunolglu), other queer entertainment singers Fatih Urek and Aydin who all had their own TV shows, besides numerous gay male entertainers working in chic nightclubs in bigger cities who also appear on TV programs and they are welcomed by the majority of the general population
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