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Report on Human Rights of LGBTI+s: ‘2019 Saw an Increase in Torture, Maltreatment’

Report on Human Rights of LGBTI+s: ‘2019 Saw an Increase in Torture, Maltreatment’

“While the legal system of Turkey has no legislation protecting LGBTI+s, the policy makers and implementers themselves can increasingly become the actors of rights violations in that respect,” the Kaos GL association has noted in a recent report.

At Home with Family as an LGBTI+ in Covid-19 Quarantine: Can Life Really Fit into Home?

MAY 17 INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST LGBTI-PHOBIA

At Home with Family as an LGBTI+ in Covid-19 Quarantine: Can Life Really Fit into Home?

How do the LGBTI+s staying home with their families experience coronavirus lockdown? More importantly, can they really fit their lives into their homes? Three LGBTI+ individuals have shared their experiences with bianet.

17 May 2020 Zeynep Çelik

Happy May 17, Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia

Happy May 17, Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia

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.

People March with Rainbow Flags in Ankara against Homophobia and Transphobia

People March with Rainbow Flags in Ankara against Homophobia and Transphobia

Thousands of people in Ankara marched against homophobia and transphobia and for love and freedom in Ankara: “Make love not war till the end of time!”

18 May 2015 Ömer Akpınar