1. Kaos GL is at LGBT Youth and Social Inclusion Conference

    Kaos GL’s Executive Board member Nevin Öztop will be tackling the work with LGBT students, teachers and the most recent unrest of Turkey’s youth.

  2. Anti-Pinkwash Protest at Tel Aviv Pride

    Demonstrations drew attention to pinkwash, occupation and unspoken LGBT issues in Israel.

  3. To Resist or Not To Resist

    How could the idea of a single park being demolished get a nation so angry?

  1. Athens Pride 2013 said “Occup Fear”

    Athens Pride as well as LGBT society in Albania and Macedonia showed solidarity with the demonstrators in Turkey.

  2. Today, in fact, I protested for...Albania!

    How many things we could change in Albania, only if the youth of this country had the nerve and the courage that we have seen these days in Istanbul?

  3. Marriage For All: France restoring its prestige abroad

    This is France. Not the bunch of extremist individuals that were in the street on Sunday, marching in the Esplanade des Invalides, turning it into a battlefield.

MULTIMEDIA

LGBT

Police Homophobia Against Gezi Park LGBT Protesters

Over the last week four LGBT activists were detained in Istanbul, with one physically attacked by police and another three subjected to homophobic slurs.

Human Rights

LGBT Refugee Workshop Held in Ankara

Kaos GL and Amnesty International recently collaborated in a workshop, held May 11 at the Amnesty International Ankara branch, about the problems facing LGBT refugees.

Education

Melek Göregenli says Discrimination is a Privilege for Those in Power!

The Queer Studies Class of Ankara University continued on Tuesday with a presentation from Melek Göregenli, entitled “Homophobia as an Ideology of Inter-groups Relations.”

Labour

Yes, Indeed, Turkey Does Discriminate at Workplace

European Social Charter submission in relation to discrimination in employment on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity has been concluded.

Family

No Place for LGBTs in Government’s Family Portrait

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan yesterday promoted his government’s ‘Being a Family Project’, which will be administered by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies.

Military

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Arrangement for Gay Soldiers in Turkish Armed Forces?

The Turkish Armed Forces is set for a new health regulation saying to gay soldiers “If you don’t reveal that you are gay, I won’t investigate it”. The new health regulation was published in the Official Gazette on 5 February.

Women

Feminism and Sexual Diversity panels at the World Social Forum

The last day of the World Social Forum, March 26, hosted the Feminist and Sexual Diversity Forums on El Manar University campus.

Health

Albanian Socialist Party Brings Forward the Issue of LGBT’s Right to Health

Albanian Socalist Party raised for the first time the issue of discrimination LGBT community faces in the field of health in the Parliamentary Commission for Social Issues and Health.

Arts and Culture

"Mrs. His Name" Screened at International Feminist Forum

"Mrs. His Name", a documentary by Hande Çayýr was screened within the scope of the 2nd International Feminist Forum on March 17, Sunday.

Media

Turkish National TV Will Not Broadcast Eurovision 2013

Turkish National TV channel TRT has taken the decision not to broadcast the semi-final and final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

Life

Intellectuals Call on the Turkish Government to Stop Police Violence

International intellectuals made a call on the Turkish government to stop the police violence on Gezi Park protestors.