When hundreds of LGBT campaigners tried to march through the city, heavily armed police used teargas and rubber bullets to break the event up after 40 minutes. “While it is really positive that big brands are getting behind and supporting Pride it should not be at the expense of LGBTQ people abroad who are making clothing for us in the UK but are unable to wear it themselves without fear of violence or persecution.”Ī Pride event in Istanbul was suppressed this year, following similar actions in previous years. “A few days ago I decided to go buy a T-shirt to wear during the parade and discovered a dark side to the rainbow flag merchandise sold across high street stores,” he said.
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Isaac Jordan, an amateur photographer, has made a photo series which he hopes to exhibit on the fringes of Brighton Pride, which starts on Friday, to publicise what he says is an unethical relationship between Stonewall, Primark and Turkey. The issue for me is where the message on the T-shirt is printed, in this case it is in Turkey so that for me is fundamentally unethical.“It is unfair to ask people to do the messages in countries where LGBT rights are a pipe dream and we must not do it.”
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Steve Taylor, the co-founder of the UK Pride Network and the communications director at EuroPride, said: “The Primark T-shirts are printed in Turkey where Pride is illegal so that is deeply unethical.