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Danish Aid Funded Documentary and Drag Queen Party Honoring Turkish Queer Activists

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Danish development aid funded a documentary about the Turkish queer collective Sirän and a Copenhagen event featuring a panel debate and a large party with a drag queen performance.
  • Sirän works to create safer spaces in Istanbul’s nightlife for women, queer people and transgender people.
  • The use of development funds has drawn criticism in Denmark.

Danish taxpayers paid for a documentary about Turkish queer activists, as well as the Copenhagen celebration that followed it. The event included a panel discussion and a large party with a drag queen performance.

The film focused on Sirän, a Turkish queer collective working to create spaces in Istanbul’s nightlife. In its funding application, the group described its goal as turning club spaces into safe spaces for women, queer people and transgender people.

The project and its celebration received money from Danish development aid. That decision has prompted sharp criticism, with one critic saying, “It screams to heaven.”

It screams to heaven.

· CriticThe criticism concerned the use of Danish development aid for the documentary and its Copenhagen celebration.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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