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Deputy Brings LGBTI Issues to Parliament

Deputy Brings LGBTI Issues to Parliament

Republican People’s Party deputy Mahmut Tanal held a press conference at the parliament including representatives from LGBTI organizations Pembe Hayat and KaosGL. He also submitted 5 parliamentarian inquiries and 1 law proposal on the topic.

20 November 2014

TİB Censors Gay.com

TİB Censors Gay.com

Turkey’s Telecommunication Authority (TİB) blocked gay.com, a popular LGBTI social networking website.

29 October 2014 Elif Akgül

Newly-Elected President Sues LGBTI Activist

Newly-Elected President Sues LGBTI Activist

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed against LGBTI activist Levent Pişkin for non-pecuniary damages of 50,000 liras for his tweet “queer”. The complaint statement said that “Levent Pişkin tries to validate every action he made in order to justify himself”.

29 August 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“LGBTI Prisons Cause Institutional Discrimination”

“LGBTI Prisons Cause Institutional Discrimination”

People working with LGBTI prisoners are opposing to “Special Prisons for LGBTI inmates”: “Homophobia, transphobia and abuses to LGBTIs should end immediately at current institutions. Building a new prison is neglecting this situation.”

16 April 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Meet Istanbul’s LGBTI Candidates

Meet Istanbul’s LGBTI Candidates

bianet is releasing the list of candidates who will be running for the upcoming municipal assembly elections on March 30.

21 February 2014

Is the Public Ready for LGBTI People?

LGBTIs IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Is the Public Ready for LGBTI People?

“Sooner or later a homosexual will rule the country. We have to stop resisting against this progress”, “We are asking everyone: What happened when the public was ready for heterosexual politicians?”, “There is no division between homosexuals and society”.

16 January 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu