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Initiative Against Homophobia (HOKI) was established in 2007 as the first LGBTQ organisation in Cyprus north aimed to deal with criminal law amendments of TRNC which criminalises same-sex relationships.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:xnUJcN69D2kJ:www.ilga-europe.org/content/download/23132/144966/file/Cyprus.pdf+%22queer+cyprus+association%22&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShxCWR9t2YrNcDG7w05q-86erVwbitXVt1JxxR9rq2fHeeBn6uJFCX-G_Z1opqVHxyJ7-bHTUPaawhUkXELHMs0_OeSZ2d1PZVULsqTyQeBNuZYjq-rD3o6W1J3UKVjzq0xIm_z&sig=AHIEtbSHDfsz7mx8nGlE-pkMzqSPsNfSZQ&pli=1 )〕 They seek equal human rights including to "fully decriminalize homosexuality, equalize the age of consent and better protect LGBTQ people under the law.”〔 In March 2012, Initiative Against Homophobia has gone through a constitutional amendment and continues its work under its new name Queer Cyprus Association (Kuir Kıbrıs Derneği). ==Background== HOKI was established in Northern Cyprus to deal with the rights of LGBT people. In April 2008, the initiative presented a proposal regarding the repeal of criminal law to the president of Parliament Fatma Ekenoglu. The Criminal laws in Cyprus north still have articles from British Colonial period where homosexual activities are defined as Crimes Against Nature and are penalised. Cyprus north is the last territory in European Council where homosexuality is a crime. British Colonial Laws, Articles 171, 172 and 173 of Chapter 154 of the penal code, "punishes 'unnatural sex' with five years jail and gives three years imprisonment for attempts to commit such acts."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/cyprus/press_release_by_hoki_regarding_last_court_case_crimes_against_nature )〕 As of 2011 Cyprus is seen as the least gay-friendly EU country followed by Italy, Latvia and Malta. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queer Cyprus Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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