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A representative from the Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD) has been elected to the steering committee of the İstanbul City Council of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

“Society is none other than ourselves. Turkey is ready for LGBTI+s. Turkey is ready for this,” says the Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD), launching a campaign for political participation.

LGBTI+s experience more violence during the pandemic as they return to families' homes, according to a new report.

SPoD LGBTI has announced that its office will remain closed for a while after its office was attacked and the police carried out a search in the office instead of intervening in the attackers.

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

In her message she has sent to the Pride Parade Committee, Sezen Aksu has noted “No kind of violence can ever separate anyone from their nature or beliefs. Sooner or later love wins”.