17/10/2019 | Writer: Kaos GL
Kaos GL has provided counseling to 115 cases on various subjects, primarily on legal rights, health, military service, psychosocial assistance to refugee or Turkish citizen LGBTI+’s in September.

Kaos GL has provided
counseling to 115 cases on various subjects, primarily on legal rights, health,
military service, psychosocial assistance to refugee or Turkish citizen
LGBTI+’s.
Kaos GL Association is
continuing to provide consultancy; it has provided counseling for legal rights
and responsibilities, hormone treatment process, access to healthcare, access
to financial support, military service, coming out, academy on a total of 29
separate cases in September.
Consultancy service has been
provided to LGBTI+ refugees residing in different cities of Turkey through
phone and mail on 82 cases. 41 of these consultancy sessions were on cases of
legal issues while the other 41 were on social issues.
4 legal and social counseling
sessions have been provided via e-mail to LGBTI+’s who wish for taking refuge
in Turkey from outside of the country.
Consultancy via e-mail is
available from refugee@kaosgl.org address in both Turkish and English.
Consultancy provided to LGBTI+’s from
Turkey
29 counseling services were
provided to LGBTI+’s from Turkey in September. These services of which 27 were
provided via e-mail, 1 through telephone and 1 of them provided face to face
were about military service, psychosocial counseling, legal counseling and
possibilities of asylum in foreign countries.
LGBTI+’s from Turkey who wish
to receive counseling can contact Kaos GL via danisma@kaosgl.org.
*Kaos GL is providing general consultancy service
within the scope of “Gökkuşağı Projesi - Rainbow Project” which is supported by
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA); and providing
consultancy to refugees within the “Advancing the human rights of LGBTI
refugees in Turkey” project with UNHCR.
Tags: human rights, life