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25th İstanbul Pride Week Begins

25th İstanbul Pride Week Begins

25th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week has taken start with the “#AramızdeNeVar” theme. On the first day of the week, the court has ordered acquittal of the activists who were detained in last year’s Pride Parade.

Disabled LGBTI Days to Begin

Disabled LGBTI Days to Begin

Organized by the SPoD, the Disabled LGBTI Days are beginning. The events that will combine Disability Week and May 17 International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia will be held from May 17-19 and 20.

Pride March Banned at İstanbul Technical University

Pride March Banned at İstanbul Technical University

The Pride March has been banned by the İstanbul Technical University presidency. Cins Arı has said “Neither State of Emergency, nor the university presidency can prevent one from being proud of being LGBTI+. We have existed in this or that way and will continue to exist”.

8 May 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Database of LGBI Rights to be Prepared

Database of LGBI Rights to be Prepared

Kaos GL will establish a database to make the human rights monitoring and reporting activities of LGBTI individuals more user friendly and systematic.

Guide Against Homophobia for Teachers

Guide Against Homophobia for Teachers

The applied program carried through by Dr. Ummak to diminish homophobia in the area of education has been published into a book titled “Empirically Tested Group Guidance for Dealing with Homophobia”.

LGBTI Dating Website Blocked 5th Time

LGBTI Dating Website Blocked 5th Time

SheMaleTurk.com, an LGBTI dating website with 400,000 members has been blocked for the fifth time. Officials of the website stated: “They block it and say each time ‘Sorry, there has been a mistake’”.

Lambdaistanbul Calls for First Gathering After Moving to its New Location

Lambdaistanbul Calls for First Gathering After Moving to its New Location

Lambdaistanbul has moved to Impact Hub İstanbul, a member-based co-working space and event venue, and invites everybody to the first gathering after moving in tomorrow.

‘LGBTI Health’ Goes Online

‘LGBTI Health’ Goes Online

Providing information particular to LGBTI individuals on sexual health, lgbtisagligi.org has gone online.

15 February 2017

Municipal Equality Index Is in Turkey For More LGBTI Friendly Municipalities

Municipal Equality Index Is in Turkey For More LGBTI Friendly Municipalities

SPoD LGBTI transfers Municipal Equality Index Project to Turkey. The index serves as a roadmap for municipal services to include LGBTIs.

7 February 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Trans Woman Attacked, Forced to Leave İstanbul Neighborhood

Trans Woman Attacked, Forced to Leave İstanbul Neighborhood

Kıvılcım Arat, LGBTI activist, was forced to leave her home of five years due to continuous attacks from a group of young men living in her neighborhood.

23 September 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Trans Beauty Contest Tomorrow

Trans Beauty Contest Tomorrow

Angel of Turkey Trans Beauty Contest to be held tomorrow aims to “show transsexuality being constantly excluded from the society is actually no different from the rest of the society”.

Governorship Disallows LGBTI Parade: Some Circles Might React Against

Governorship Disallows LGBTI Parade: Some Circles Might React Against

Ankara Governorship hasn’t found appropriate the Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Parade to be held in Ankara on May 22 alleging that “some circles might react against it and lead to provocations”.

Application to Pride Week Exhibition Begins

Application to Pride Week Exhibition Begins

The exhibition “Who would have thought” (nerdeen nereye) to be held within the scope of the 24th İstanbul LGBTI Pride Week, will take place at home of LGBTI activist Boysan Yakar who lost his life last summer.

#GayTurtle’s Adventures from Amnesty International

#GayTurtle’s Adventures from Amnesty International

Amnesty International has underlined the absurd extent homophobia and transphobia has reached in Turkey through the video #GayTurtle.

#LGBTİleriçinÖzgürİnternet* Campaign

#LGBTİleriçinÖzgürİnternet* Campaign

Kaos GL has called for a protest to be held on social media on November 27 against censorship on LGBTI.

26 November 2015

Another LGBT Website Banned, TİB Says “by Mistake”

Another LGBT Website Banned, TİB Says “by Mistake”

Access to LGBT dating website of 400,000 members, SheMaleTurk.com has been blocked for a short time.

18 November 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Lesbian Dating Site Banned Over “Obscenity” Back Online

Lesbian Dating Site Banned Over “Obscenity” Back Online

Administrative measure on lesbian dating site, www.lezce.com blocked over “obscenity” has been lifted.

17 November 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Lesbian Website Blocked over "Obscenity"

Lesbian Website Blocked over "Obscenity"

Access to lesbian dating website lezce.com has been blocked due to “obscenity”, website administrator has stated the decision is homophobic.

17 November 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

How Obscene am I TİB*?

YILDIZ TAR PENNED

How Obscene am I TİB*?

One day we all are going to be “obscene” and get drawn in a virtual world adventure far from everything that makes Internet what it is…

6 October 2015 Yıldız Tar

LGBTI Peace Initiative Established: ‘We Reject Manhood’s War’

LGBTI Peace Initiative Established: ‘We Reject Manhood’s War’

LGBTI Peace Initiative said, “If there is no peace, it will not be possible to talk about an equal and free coexistence.” Besides associations and independent activists, LGBTI members of the CHP and HDP also take part in the Initiative.

27 August 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Activists Attacked by Unknown Perpetrators after Pride Parade

Activists Attacked by Unknown Perpetrators after Pride Parade

After attending Pride Parade, activists were attacked by unidentified persons in Tophane district of Istanbul. Four protesters were taken to hospital while an activist’s nose was broken. Witnesses said attackers shouted “You can’t escape, traitors!”

29 June 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Police Claims Following Principle of Proportionality

Police Claims Following Principle of Proportionality

Governorship of İstanbul defended the police intervention during Pride Parade and accepted the attack as “proportional force” and claimed parade was provocative.

Gay Couple Files a Criminal Complaint against İHA for Targeting Them

Gay Couple Files a Criminal Complaint against İHA for Targeting Them

Turkey’s first gay couple made a wedding ceremony Ekin Keser and Emrullah Tüzün will file a criminal complaint against İHA for targeting them and Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and making news with their images.

12 May 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Erdoğan Finds Fine Too Little in “Faggot” Case, Gets 10 Thousand Liras Extra

Erdoğan Finds Fine Too Little in “Faggot” Case, Gets 10 Thousand Liras Extra

LGBTI activist and lawyer Levent Pişkin was sentenced to 10 thousand liras more in fines because of his “fag” tweet. Lacking the means to pay the fine, Pişkin plans to start a solidarity campaign.

16 April 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“I am in Politics With My Open LGBTI Identity in Turkey“

SEDEF ÇAKMAK FROM BEŞİKTAŞ MUNICIPALITY

“I am in Politics With My Open LGBTI Identity in Turkey“

bianet interview Turkey’s first openly-declared LGBTI politician Sedef Çakmak prior to June 7 Elections. We talked about her worries prior to being elected as well as the current outcome.

25 March 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

LGBTI Meet Up Event in Mosque Postponed After Coverage

LGBTI Meet Up Event in Mosque Postponed After Coverage

Pledging to open its doors to LGBTI people around a project called “Meet Up to Respect”, a Turkish mosque located in Berlin had to postpone the event due to homophobic media coverage on the topic.

17 November 2014

LGBTIs Aim to Cleanse Bookstores From Homophobia

LGBTIs Aim to Cleanse Bookstores From Homophobia

The mental health commission of Lambdaistanbul, an LGBTI organization, has launched a campaign to convince bookstore owners to remove books referring homosexuality as a disease.

21 October 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Municipality Now Provides Free Healthcare For LGBTIs

Municipality Now Provides Free Healthcare For LGBTIs

Istanbul’s Şişli district municipality started to provide free healthcare for LGBTI people, allowing patients to get tested on STDs anonymously.

20 October 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Trans Activist Figen Commemorated in Mersin

Trans Activist Figen Commemorated in Mersin

Figen, a trans activist who committed suicide, has been remembered in Mersin with carnations and wish lanterns.

Figen, Trans Activist, Dies

Figen, Trans Activist, Dies

Trans activist Figen, also member of Mersin 7Renk LGBT Organization, committed suicide. LGBTI organizations departed for Mersin to take over the funeral in case that her family don’t accept the funeral.

25 August 2014 Yıldız Tar

LambdaIstanbul Office Closed, Association to Meet on the Street

LambdaIstanbul Office Closed, Association to Meet on the Street

Lambdaistanbul could not find an office due to discrimination and increasing rents. The association calls everybody to their coordination meeting to be held in Mis Street.

Turkey Now Has 4 LGBTI-Friendly Municipalities

Turkey Now Has 4 LGBTI-Friendly Municipalities

4 mayor candidates who have previously signed the LBGTI-friendly Municipality Protocol have unofficially won the elections.

31 March 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

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