content tagged with LGBTI bans

Transgender Women Left in Remote, Desolate Places in Ankara by Police Cars

Transgender Women Left in Remote, Desolate Places in Ankara by Police Cars

The Pembe Hayat LGBTT association has announced that police officers have forced transgender sex workers to get in police cars in the capital city of Ankara and left the women in remote, desolate places of the city.

18 October 2018

Ankara Governorship’s LGBTI Ban Taken to ECtHR

Ankara Governorship’s LGBTI Ban Taken to ECtHR

Kaos GL has taken Ankara Governorship’s indefinite ban of LGBTI events to the ECtHR. Stating that European Convention on Human Rights has been violet, the association demands that the court issue injunction.

Bar Association’s LGBTI Film Screening Banned, Lawyers Watch Movie on Phone

Bar Association’s LGBTI Film Screening Banned, Lawyers Watch Movie on Phone

Ankara Governorship has banned Ankara Bar Association Human Rights Center’s LGBTI+ short film screening due to “social sensitivities”. Lawyers have protested the ban by watching the movies on their cell phones.

‘Biggest Campus-Centered Pride Parade of Middle East and Balkans’ by METU Students

‘Biggest Campus-Centered Pride Parade of Middle East and Balkans’ by METU Students

54 student organizations from the METU have denounced university presidency’s ban of Pride Parade. LGBTIs from the METU have called on everybody to join the Pride Parade for tomorrow.

Courts Approve Bans of LGBTI Events

Courts Approve Bans of LGBTI Events

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”.

22 February 2018

We’ve Asked Bursa Free Colors About LGBTI Bans: We’ve Learned to Develop New Practices

We’ve Asked Bursa Free Colors About LGBTI Bans: We’ve Learned to Develop New Practices

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”.

12 December 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

We’ve Asked Antep Zeugmadi About LGBTI Bans: Bans have Increased Prejudices

We’ve Asked Antep Zeugmadi About LGBTI Bans: Bans have Increased Prejudices

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”.

7 December 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

We’ve Asked SPoD About LGBTI Bans: Bans are Against LGBTI Movement Growing

We’ve Asked SPoD About LGBTI Bans: Bans are Against LGBTI Movement Growing

Serdar Ocaksönmez from the SPoD has stated the bans criminalize LGBTIs and make them feel under threat.

6 December 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

We Asked Young LGBTI About Bans on LGBTI: LGBTI Individuals are Worried Everywhere

We Asked Young LGBTI About Bans on LGBTI: LGBTI Individuals are Worried Everywhere

Barış Azar from the Young LGBTI Association has stressed that LGBTI activists are worried even in the cities where the LGBTI events haven’t been directly banned: “We work on increasing safety of the events”.

5 December 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

LGBTI Organizations Sue ‘LGBTI Ban’ Imposed by Governorship

LGBTI Organizations Sue ‘LGBTI Ban’ Imposed by Governorship

The LGBTI organizations Kaos GL and Pembe Hayat in Ankara have separately filed lawsuits against Ankara Governorship banning all LGBTI events indefinitely for the decision to be revoked and the execution to be suspended.

30 November 2017