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Leaflets titled “Homosexuality threat” have been dropped in mail boxes and streets in Osmaniye. In the previous days, leaflets including homophobic hate speech were distributed in Ankara and İzmir as well.

Leaflets reading “Homosexuality is despicableness and can be turned away by convincement”; leaflets reading “homosexuality is perversion” were dropped in mail boxes in Ankara.

Transgender woman inmate Buse has paused her hunger strike on its 38th day. Her attorney Eren Keskin has stated that Buse will continue her hunger strike if she is not moved to another prison and not referred to hospital for her gender transition surgery.

E-letter campaign has been launched for trans woman inmate Buse, who is kept in Tekirdağ Type F Closed Men’s Prison.

İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Parade hasn’t been allowed. Activists have met at Mis Street and issued a statement for the press. After that, another statement was issued at Odakule. 11 people have been taken into custody.

Trial of 24 people, who were detained during 15th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Parade planned to be organized as part of 25th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week last year, will resume on November 8.

16 MP candidates, who have signed the LGBTI+ Rights Contract prepared by the Young LGBTI+ Association, have qualified to serve as MPs.

Full program of 26th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week to be held from June 25 to July 1 has been announced.

LGBTIs from İzmir have said, “Even if we fall, we stand up and march. We march by holding each other’s hands, we march without ever leaving each other alone” at the Pride Parade.

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.

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.

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

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

In its decision of refusal, the courts have asserted that “the decision of banning will not cause unrecoverable consequence and it is not openly contravening law”.

HDP MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu has addressed Parliament about trans woman inmate Diren Coşkun’s death fast in prison on its 16th day.

7th Pink Life QueerFest will be organized in İstanbul on January 27-28.

Rights and LGBTI+ organizations have held a press conference in İstanbul branch building concerning ill-treatment against trans women prisoners Buse and Diren kept in Tekirdağ Type F Prison.

Alperen Movement İstanbul Provincial Chair Mican, who has been tried due to his threats against Pride Week attendees, has based its defense on Ankara Governorship banning LGBTI events.

Semih Özkarakaş from the Bursa Free Colors LGBTI+ Association, has explained the LGBTI bans spreading from Ankara to Bursa: “We are learning to struggle and develop new practices despite all bans”.

Yusuf Gülsevgi from Antep Zeugmadi LGBTI has said, “The governorship has given green light to homophobic and transphobic people. Two LGBTI activists were subjected to violence in Antep in the wake of the ban”.