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Picture: “Bize Bir Yasa Lazım” / “We Need A Law”
Original article by Nagehan Akarsel, translation by Vildan Seçkiner

They identify themselves as the “marginal of the marginal” because of the pressure and discrimination that they suffer.

It is seen as a big problem by the society, the cohabitation of homosexuals, that are sometimes disclaimed even by their mothers, fathers and siblings; the victims of hate crimes, that the people can’t even stand seeing them walking on the street. Aras and Barış, who struggle to live in such a reality, are in preparation of leading the way in Turkey getting married to each other.

There are many identities in the world that are marginalized and unseen because of their races, religions and life styles. The top of the list is the homosexual identity that is discriminated in every field, and assumed as the “marginal of the marginal”. One of the biggest problems that the homosexuals encounter occurs in their need for cohabitation. Besides not getting accepted by the society in Turkey, this need is not legally secured by the government yet. Aras Güngör and Barış Sulu are in a preparation for leading the way to a homosexual marriage in such conditions in a country like Turkey. Right along with the problems that homosexuals suffer in Turkey, with Barış and Aras, we talked about their lives that brought them together.

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(Source: kaosgl.com)