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I was beaten up by Turkish police and jailed because I looked gay

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A Portuguese man claims he was arrested in Turkey and kept in a squalid prison for nearly three weeks because he ‘looked gay’.

Miguel Alvaro was solo holidaying in Istanbul last month when he went out to meet a friend for lunch and became lost.

He asked police for directions but unbeknownst to him there was a gay rights parade nearby, which was unsanctioned by authorities…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Miguel told Portuguese outlet P3 that one of the officers ordered him to be arrested immediately

Miguel told Portuguese outlet P3 that one of the officers ordered him to be arrested immediately and he was suddenly shoved in the back of a van.

He claims: ‘They grabbed my arms and I tried to free myself. One of them hit me in the ribs, they pushed me against a van, and they hit me on the shoulder, which started to bleed.

‘After five hours in the police van, in which I was only told to shut up and be quiet, one of them explained to me that he had been detained because of my appearance.

‘They thought I would participate in an unauthorised LGBTI+ march that was going to take place nearby because I looked gay. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.’

Miguel said he was so afraid of attacks from other inmates because of his sexuality that he barely slept, plus the bedsheets were crawling with maggots. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

A few weeks after his arrests he was allowed to make his first phone call. He chose to ring his dad, who then contacted the Portuguese embassy to secure his release.

Miguel says he has been left ‘in a horrible psychological state’, adding: ‘I’m very afraid of the consequences in the future. I can’t believe this happened to me. I pray for justice to be done.’

Homosexuality is legal in Turkey but many parts of the country are socially conservative and have become an increasingly hostile place for queer people.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vilified gay people during his re-election campaign, calling them a threat to society and rallying conservatives against them – saying gay people would never ‘infiltrate’ his governing party.

Pride events have also been systematically banned in Turkey since 2015.

‘L.G.B.T. is a poison injected into the institution of the family. It is not possible for us to accept that poison as a country whose people are 99 per cent Muslim’, President Erdogan told young people during a televised meeting in early May.

In April, his interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, also falsely claimed that gay rights would allow humans to marry animals.

 

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Rapist Allegedly Falls Asleep After Raping A 71-year-old Gogo In Limpopo, Check Out What Happened

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A 71-year-old woman narrowly escaped a terrifying ordeal after being attacked and raped at her home in Ga-Mashishi village, near Bugersfort. The incident occurred late at night when the elderly victim was asleep in her residence, which also serves as a consultation room.

According to reports, the victim was awakened by the sound of someone knocking on her window, asking for assistance. Despite informing the individual that it was too late, the suspect forcefully entered the house, accompanied by another unknown man. The two suspects threatened to kill the elderly woman and dragged her to another room in the yard…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>> READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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so a boy approached her and whispered 3 words that froze her in place

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Sexuality can be exciting and also embarrassing for teens. Even when they are curious to learn all there is to know about the subject, few really want to sit down and have this awkward conversation with their parents.

Girls have a greater concern about their period. Girls don’t want to be the first or last to receive it. And when they do, they’re usually scared that the bleeding will seep into their clothes, which will lead to everyone knowing that this time of the month has come…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Unfortunately, for one young girl, this is exactly what happened. While on her way home on the bus from school, a red stain appeared on her pants. Unfortunately, she was not the only one who noticed it.

Several children on the bus saw the stain and the young girl got extremely embarrassed.

As we all know, children and teenagers can be cruel and vicious in such situations, so when an older boy on the bus suddenly approached her, the girl was prepared for a joke or a disgusting remark.

But instead of laughing at her, he said something that led the girl’s mother to share the story on social media.

The boy saw what had happened and decided to approach the girl. But he was not there to embarrass her any further – quite the contrary. He offered her his shirt so she could tie it around her waist. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The girl’s mother praised the boy

The girl’s mother praised not only the boy for his wonderful gesture, but also his mother for raising and educating her son to be such a good person.

We hear a lot of negative stories about teens today so hearing something so positive is really wonderful.

After the mother posted

We can only agree. We think few teens would dare approach someone who was sitting and feeling embarrassed while others laughed and did nothing.

Feel free to share this story with your Facebook friends to make a tribute to this boy for the wonderful thing he did. There is no doubt that he will be even more of a gentleman as he grows and matures!

 

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Man Whispers To His Comatose Wife, But She Could Hear Every Word

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After being found unconscious in her home, a woman fell into a coma. As the plug was pulled on her life support, her husband leaned down and whispered the truth in her ear. Little did he know, she could hear every word and was about to fight back.

Lyndee Brown Pellettiere-Swapp was only 45 years old when her son Steven found her unconscious in their Arizona home. He immediately called 911, and Lyndee was rushed to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center. For five days, Lyndee suffered seizures and eventually fell into a coma, where she remained for 12 days, according to Mirror…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Lyndee’s husband Steve, daughter Amanda, and son Steven hoped for a miracle, but doctors said there was nothing more they could do and recommended taking Lyndee off life support. The tough decision was made to pull the plug, honoring what the family thought was Lyndee’s wishes. “My family knows I am an avid organ donor so when my organs started to fail, they made the decision — it was time to make that decision,” Lyndee would later explain.

As Lyndee’s family came to say their goodbyes, little did her family know, Lyndee heard every word. “I remember people talking to me,” Lyndee recalled. “I remember when people came to visit, my niece reading to me.” She also remembered the doctors talking about her impending demise, telling the family what to expect as she inevitably passed away.

“[Doctors] told [my family] that I would start to make noises when they turned off life support. It was very agitating. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t talk, couldn’t respond. I could just hear conversations around me and about me,” Lyndee said. “I remember a doctor opening my eyes, messing with me, and telling my family I was not reacting.”

Lyndee knew she had to speak up in order to save her own life, but she tried and failed. “In my head, it was very clear what I was saying, but it wasn’t to them,” she explained. Then, she found all the motivation she needed in the words her husband leaned down and whispered in her ear, thinking she was about to leave this life.

“They removed all tubes as he requested,” she recalled, adding that a doctor was waiting to “pronounce her dead” while an organ donation team was on standby, ready to take her organs. But, her husband Steve wasn’t ready for his wife to leave him. In a whisper, Steve pleaded with Lyndee, reminding her of a reality she was about to make everyone else aware of.

After 12 days in a coma, Lyndee woke up, uttering three words that surprised her entire family. “I’m a fighter,” she managed to respond after Steve had spoken that very truth in her ear. “I was finally able to get out ‘I’m a fighter,’ which is what my husband was whispering in my ear,” Lyndee said, recalling the moment she woke up from her coma after being taken off life support, according to Daily Mail. “[He kept saying] ‘I need you to fight.’” READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Stunned, Steve quickly went to get the doctor. “My husband said, ‘She is doing everything you said she wouldn’t do,’” Lyndee recalled. Indeed, against all odds and medical predictions, Lyndee was back, awake, and responding, AZ Family reported. But, not realizing what was happening, Amanda came to the hospital, thinking her mother was gone.

“I looked at her, and she just says, ‘Hi,’ and I just fell to my knees,” Amanda recalled tearfully, describing how she melted down after receiving the shock of her life. Lyndee eventually left the hospital, but she wasn’t out of the woods. Despite her amazing recovery, she suffered a number of health problems and complications.

Lyndee even had to learn to walk and feed herself again. “They released me with home healthcare to continue learning everything,” she said. She also required numerous follow-up surgeries and hospitalizations, and she suffered PTSD from the experience.

Almost two years later, Lyndee Brown Pellettiere-Swapp still had “no answers” as to why she first fell unconscious or how she made such a recovery. But, there was one thing she was certain of that she needed others to know too. “Just because you are not conscious does not mean you cannot hear,” she said. “So you should talk to your loved ones if you are in that situation. They hear you.”

The experience also left her family with an important message for others too. “Everything can be taken away. You can wake up one day and everything is fine, and then your life is a mess,” Lyndee’s son Steven said. “Keep your family close and don’t let them go,” he added.

“I don’t take for granted that I get to come home and kiss my mom,” Steven continued. “Every day I come home from work, seeing her and talking to her.” Go hug your loved ones, and remind others to do the same because you never know when it could be your last chance.

 

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