Tatchell calls on Cyprus to scrap anti gay law

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http://famagusta-gazette.com/tatchell-calls-on-cyprus-to-scrap-anti-gay-law-p13273-69.htm

Turkish controlled northern Cyprus, where homosexual acts are illegal, is facing increased pressure to scrap antiquated laws which discriminate against the gay and lesbian community.

Commentators and activists say the laws banning gay relationships are an affront to human dignity.

Speaking to the Famagusta Gazette, the international gay and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called for its immediate abolition.

"This Turkish Cypriot law is a hang-over from the period of colonialism. It was imposed by Britain in the nineteenth century when the island was a British colony. A relic of imperialism, it is out of step with Greek and Turkish law, which no longer criminalise homosexuality.”

The law has been spotlighted since the arrest of the former Greek Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris in connection with alleged “sexual offences”.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Be even better if Turkey got the hell out of Cyprus

Their presence is much less defensible than Israel in Gaza