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TIL that Turkey asks gay people to provide explicit photos of them to be exempt from military service

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https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17474967

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    • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      My Turkish friend says there’s a running joke of “The Turkish military has the largest gay porn collection in the world”

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
          28 minutes

          it reflects that on the online porn sites

        • baeb66@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3 hours

          The 301st Power Bottom Division was a decorated outfit before the Turkish military instituted this policy.

          • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todayEnglish
            4 hours

            Of course the clerical class wants gay porn “for research purposes”.

            The all-holy ones, who only do holy things to their altar boys.

              • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3 hours

                hey now, this is Turkey, not the Vatican.

              • aurelar@lemmy.mlEnglish
                5 hours

                So apparently tops aren’t gay?

                  • cheers_queers@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    1 hour

                    apparently it is a whole cultural thing. it ties in to why male homosexuality is talked about in the bible and lesbians were not. without an obvious “top” it wasnt worth discussing.

                    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      3 hours

                      iirc greeks like Spartans looked at it this way. funny how people feel the need to make distinctions, we’re a strange species.

                      • Xenny@lemmy.worldEnglish
                        3 hours

                        No no no no you misunderstand

                        Bottoms are women

                        • MML@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                          3 hours

                          It’s only gay if the penises touch.

                          • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
                            4 hours

                            Yeah this is what really stood out to me! Like wtf??

                          • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            3 hours

                            https://youtu.be/1CWZbUst85o

                            • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
                              5 hours

                              Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish recruitment office?

                                • qbus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                  59 minutes

                                  Your Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

                                • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                  7 hours

                                  Sounds like Turkish military recruiters have a bit of a fetish …

                                  • freely1333@reddthat.comEnglish
                                    6 hours

                                    Boner spurs

                                    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
                                      8 hours

                                      What if you’re not gay just a guy who likes having sex with men

                                        • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                          8 hours

                                          you get news (ur gay)

                                            • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                                              7 hours

                                              It’s not gay if the balls aren’t touching

                                                • Lain@leminal.spaceEnglish
                                                  3 hours

                                                  It’s not gay if you say “no homo” first

                                            • Jankatarch@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                              9 hours

                                              What kind of tax is this??

                                                • NannerBanner@literature.cafeEnglish
                                                  4 hours

                                                  Blackmail tax, or ‘we’ll prosecute you under anti-gay laws or something later’ tax.

                                                • aheartoffire1996@thelemmy.clubEnglish
                                                  6 hours

                                                  WTF y’all be fucking creeps!

                                                  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                    8 hours

                                                    Somewhere there is some prevented genius Turrk just getting away with it.

                                                    • Kaput@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                      8 hours

                                                      Turkish oïl wrestling…

                                                      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
                                                        14 hours

                                                        Finally an ethical application for generative AI

                                                        • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                          15 hours

                                                          And the photos must show you as the passive partner

                                                          So I guess you and your partner have to switch positions and each have a photo to get out of it. No two for one!

                                                            • frostysauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                              7 hours

                                                              So I can’t be gay if I’m the one sucking dick?

                                                                • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                  5 hours

                                                                  Not according to them!

                                                                • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                  15 hours

                                                                  You hear that?! It’s only gay if your recieve so you can pound as many man-ass’s your dick can handle!

                                                                    • Poojabber@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                      6 hours

                                                                      Historically speaking, this isnt wrong… Im not a historian, but I think its recorded that alexander the great and Julius Ceasar were known to bang dudes, but it wasnt considered gay back then because giving dick wasnt gay, only receiving was…

                                                                        • NannerBanner@literature.cafeEnglish
                                                                          4 hours

                                                                          Throw in that athenian politician who has a name I never remember… One of the ‘charges’ against him was that he was acting as a bottom despite being older. The athenian pederasty had the older man taking a younger man as ‘appropriate,’ while the reverse was viewed as scandalous.

                                                                        • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                          8 hours

                                                                          Alternative explanation - the Turkish army is okay with gays as long as they are dominant.

                                                                          Which… strangely makes sense.

                                                                            • nullify3112@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                              2 hours

                                                                              I mean we’re not going to explain bottom shaming to the Turkish military but the bottom does not have to be sub. Dom bottom is absolutely a thing.

                                                                              • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                                                8 hours

                                                                                even between heteronormative gays that logic is normal and that’s why i despise them any time they belittle bottoms

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