Turkey orders schools to stop letting kids draw rainbows because it's a "plot to turn children gay"

[Behind the Aegis]

While governments around the world focus on finding a cure and preventing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Turkey’s government is warning about a different ridiculous danger.

Children worldwide have been drawing rainbows and hanging them in windows to comfort others during the coronavirus pandemic. The Turkish government has ordered schools to stop participating because it is an international “plot to turn children gay.”

Egitim-Sen, a teachers’ trade union, confirmed administrators were being instructed to end any participation in the project. The art museum Istanbul Modern has been promoting the effort to comfort neighbors and children during the pandemic lockdowns, but has also come under fire for displaying the drawings on their website.

Local activists say the government has been amping up attacks on the LGBTQ community and the pandemic has only increased the danger.

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Sometimes, I really just wonder about the state of the world.

[riversedge]

1. Living in the new Turkey is horrible........

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[Vogon_Glory]

2. It's nice to know that the US isn't the only place for nutty ideas

Still, it could be worse. The Turkish government could have decided that drawing rainbows promoted the religion of the defunct Incan Empire (Their symbol was also a rainbow).