First hearing of the lawsuit, which has been brought by Pink Life Association concerning the Ankara Governorship’s decision to ban all LGBTI events, was held yesterday.

It would do all men some good to watch documentaries about primates that become violent due to testosterone. Perhaps, we can then think that being a human should have a difference and say, “Evolution is a must!”.

931 of 4,200 candidates, marking 22 percent, of the seven parties to enter the election are women. Women have been nominated on first place only in 49 cities.

LGBTI activist Kıvılcam Arat has been assaulted in her garden with shotgun by her neighbor living in the building across. The assailant has been tried without arrest.

Today is May 17, Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia. Kaos GL has placed an ad on two newspapers, reading “Hope to see equal and liberated days”. LGBTIs will meet with the title “Alliances will meet for solidarity” tonight in İstanbul.

Michelle became the first transwoman TV reporter in Turkey. Most television viewers probably met her for the first time that day when she was subjected to bodyguard violence as she attempted to ask a question to Sümeyye Erdoğan, the daughter of the then-prime minister Erdoğan.

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Anna-Klara Bratt from feministperspectiv.se from Sweden and Prof. Dr. Alankuş have attended the final conference of “Gender Based Journalism” project as speaker. The session has been moderated by Yıldız Tar from Kaos GL.

Hundreds of students have come together at the 8th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade with the slogan, “Ban all the bans.”

A shopping mall, which is promoted as “the first conservative and women-oriented shopping mall of the world,” has been opened in the district of Zeytinburnu in İstanbul.

For some reason it was always a woman who was desired. Then again groups of men would beat each other up in front of schools. Because someone looked at his “cause”, and the other talked with his “cause”, etc.

Feminist Forum’18 will discuss “consequence of sexuality” from May 11 to May 13.

At the opening night of the 21st Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, the Cycling Women platform will pedal in the name of hope and women solidarity.

Men have killed 20 women, two children and five men in April. 40 percent of the women were killed for attempting to divorce/break up or rejecting their proposal to commence/recommence a romantic relationship.

What is my responsibility in a social network where all sorts of violence and incidents of harassment against women are considered normal? How significant is it that I am not a direct subject of this issue?

According to the narrative of all three holy books, “women, who are prone to sin, are to blame for the miserable lives that we lead”. Even this narrative in itself can give an idea about the role played by religion in violence against women.

In fact, violence does nothing other than strengthening the feeling of impotence and the negative self-image. As a result, the fragility of manhood increases, its artificiality becomes all the more manifest and the feeling of insecurity becomes stronger and stronger.

The LGBTI association Kaos GL has brought Ankara Governorship’s decision to indefinitely ban the LGBTI events to the Constitutional Court.

Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation has celebrated its 28th anniversary with a festival where Neveser Kökdeş Songs concert and Etnik 34 Flamenco Dance Group performance took place.

Anatolia 4th Heavy Penal Court has ruled acquittal of E.Y. (35), who killed her father-in-law who raped her.