2020 Media Monitoring Report: Hostility against LGBTI+s is not a coincidence, it is organized!

Kaos GL 2020 Media Monitoring Report is out: The rate of hate speech and discriminatory language is 61 percent, LGBTI+ enmity in the media goes hand in hand with politics, organized hate campaigns are on the rise!

Ban on 7th İzmir LGBTI+ Pride Parade has been annulled

İzmir Regional Administrative Court ruled the ban on the 7th İzmir Pride Parade (2019) as unlawful and annulled it definitively.

Young LGBTI+: “The Pride Parade is our right, it cannot be banned!”

The Young LGBTI + Association (Genç LGBTİ+ Derneği) regarding the final annulment of the ban in the 7th İzmir LGBTI+ Pride Parade (2019) trials which they appealed: “We are also pleased that the verdict was issued unanimously with a justification in line with the contemporary human rights standards”.

Ministry permitted the investigation against the executives of Istanbul and Ankara Bar Associations

The Ministry of Justice gave permission for the investigation against the executives of Ankara and Istanbul Bar Association after their criticisms on Diyanet's (Religious Affairs Administration of Turkey) discriminatory khutbah against LGBTI+'s and those living with HIV.

LGBTQ history groups in 22 countries support Paris Archives Collective

Forty-five LGBTQ and feminist archives, museums and public history institutions from 22 countries have endorsed an open letter that outlines the best practices developed by such organizations over the past 50 years.

I’m working in the field of mental health, why should I ask my clients about their preferred name?

Asking our clients about their preferred name can both reduce the likelihood of possible harm and have a positive effect on the trust relationship we are trying to establish.

“It is our commitment to eradicate the speciesist, racist, sexist, LGBTI+phobic discourses in our campuses”

Izmir University Solidarity, founded by university students, academicians and university staff, published its foundation statement.

All accused in the 2019 Izmir Pride Parade trials got acquitted

Everyone who was charged with the allegation that "acting against the prohibitions" and participation in the 7th Izmir LGBTI+ Pride Parade (2019) was acquitted.

ITU CinsArı: We don’t want homophobic Rector!

Istanbul Technical University Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Club (ITU Cins Arı) issued a statement against the trustee academic president and discriminative policies reigning in the Istanbul Technical University (ITU).

“Being gay is a way of life, an alternative way of existence”

We commemorate our friend Kürşad Kahramanoğlu on the anniversary of his death. Kahramanoğlu was a comrade who undertook responsibilities such as Executive Board Membership of our association Kaos GL and the General Secretariat of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).

Academic Presidency of Hacettepe, end your discriminatory and unlawful attitude against LGBTI+ students!

The joint statement with 50 signatories demands the end of discriminatory and unlawful attitude against LGBTI+ students from the Hacettepe University Presidency.

“LGBTI rights are human rights, it’s 2020 now, enough is enough!”

Cemre Öktem, the actor of the Turkish TV series Sefirin Kızı: “I cannot tolerate this mindset. Femicides, trans murders, fascist murders… LBGT rights are human rights, it’s 2020 now, enough is enough!"

The “L* Version of Love” book set is out!

A five-volume L* Version of Love book set, which includes the stories of the Women to Women Story Contest from 2006 to 2020, is on the shelves.

Threats of strip search and sexual violence against detained LGBTI+ activists!

LGBTI+ activist Havin, who was detained from their home after protesting the appointment of academic president at Boğaziçi University, was strip-searched, both Havin and Yıldız İdil Şen were threatened with sexual violence.

“An approach with no ifs and buts”

Our third guest is the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV-HRFT) Secretary General Metin Bakkalcı. We discussed torture and ill-treatment on account of sexual orientation and gender identity with Bakkalcı.