Hatred is a public service announcement once again!

Approved by the Radio and Television Supreme Council, the video calling for the hate rally planned to be held in İstanbul on September 17th, was broadcast as a public service announcement.

“We were detained under torture for saying that there cannot be such a ban”

Activists from Colours of Resistance İzmir, who gathered in order to protest against Radio Television Supreme Council’s announcement that hate rallies, planned to be held in September, would be broadcast as a public service announcement, were detained under torture.

Violation of rights against LGBTI+s in August: There is no limit to targeting

Targeting doctors, detention of OnlyFans users, house sealing, at least three murders, assault against a trans woman with a fire extinguisher…

Transphobic assault in the police report: “Female-looking male person!”

A trans woman, who was subjected to an assault by a couple in İstanbul was referred to as “a female-looking male person” in the police report.

Iraq: Scrap anti-LGBT bill

Death Penalty for Same-Sex Conduct; Imprisonment for Transgender Expression

Close all Removal Centers!

Open letter on deportation centers and a call to stand side by side with migrants!

Defense of those who gassed a trans woman with a fire extinguisher: “We did it for fun”

Seven people have been remanded in custody after they sprayed a trans woman with a fire extinguisher at a bus stop. The defendants said “We did it for fun” in their statement.

Kaos GL Editor-in-Chief Yıldız Tar nominated for Ireland’s LGBTQ+ awards

KaosGL.org Editor-in-Chief and Kaos GL Media and Communication Coordinator Yıldız Tar was shortlisted in the international category of GALAS 2023.

Violation of rights against LGBTI+s in July: Event bans, targeting, censorship

RTÜK censorship, hunt for rainbow at schools, concert bans and targeting LGBTI+ activists left its mark on July.

Green Left Party MP Çiçek: The main problem is our ideological decline

“In the June 7 elections, when we received the highest number of votes, we had nominated more LGBTI+ candidates, we had much more LGBTI+ executives and we had been working with more LGBTI+ activists than today.”

TTB complained to Press Council about the newspapers targeting medical doctors

TTB complained to the Press Council about Yeni Şafak, Akit and Aydınlık due to their news coverage targeting physicians.

“The actions of law enforcement officers to prevent the exercise of rights are unlawful”

From the Report on LGBTI+’s Freedom of Expression and Association in İzmir in Pride Month 2023: The police, who threaten LGBTI+s they kept in the detention vehicle by insulting, shut their eyes to hate actions outside.

The report on “Solidarity with LGBTI+s after the Earthquake” is out

According to the findings of the report published by Cultural Research Center for Peace, non-governmental organizations providing support to LGBTI+s after the earthquake, also had to struggle against state discrimination.

Ahmet Davutoğlu follows in the footsteps of Yeni Şafak

The Future Party (Gelecek Partisi) President Ahmet Davutoğlu followed in the footsteps of Yeni Şafak, targeting physicians through transphobic myths. Davutoğlu had been mentioning the LGBTI+ community by referring to “the tribe of Lot”, when he was the Prime Minister from Justice and Development Party (AKP).

“Our friends are ‘virtually’ being bounced around like human ping-pong balls between removal centers”

İstanbul LGBTİ+ Pride Week Committee shared the latest update on the removal centers (GGM) process of non-Turkish citizens who were detained during the İstanbul Pride March.