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Showing posts with label Lambda Istanbul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lambda Istanbul. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Turkey: prosecutor considers lesbian love to be obscene

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* Bianet The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation on the book "The 'L' State of Love...
Monday, 17 August 2009

Turkey: LGBT rights report, novel about transsexual, gay referee scandal, homophobic media, and gay pride in Istanbul

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Over the last couple of months, some important developments happened in Turkey related to LGBT rights in the country. Below is a selection o...
Friday, 10 April 2009

Turkey: LGBT Pride week and march, Pink Istanbul, homophobia and transphobia

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1. LGBT Pride Week in Turkey in June The 17th Gay Pride Week will take place in Turkey from 22 to 28 June. The Hormone Tomatoes anti-homoph...
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Friday, 13 March 2009

Turkey: Transgender Activist Murdered (Human Rights Watch)

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Human Rights Watch : The killing of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human rights activist, on March 10, 2009, shows a continuing climat...
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Sunday, 28 December 2008

Turkey LGBT news update: Bülent Ersoy, Lambda Istanbul, EU report, UN statement, PEN Turkey

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1. Famous transsexual Turkish singer Bülent Ersoy (I wrote about her case in one of my earlier posts ) has been acquitted of charges of crit...
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Turkey: Transexuals and transvestites under police pressure

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Police are putting increasing pressure on transsexuals and transvestites, a prominent human rights organization complained at a recent press...
Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Court orders closure of gay rights group in Turkey

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) The only gay rights association in Istanbul has been ordered to close by a Turkish court, after a prosecutor claimed tha...
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Thursday, 22 May 2008

Turkey: Homophobic Violence Points to Rights Crisis (Human Rights Watch)

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"Democracy means defending all people’s basic rights against the dictatorship of custom and the tyranny of hate." Scott Long Direc...
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Turkey: End Harassment of Gay Rights Groups

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Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, April 16, 2008) – A police raid on a Turkish human rights organization is the latest incident in an escalating...
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Friday, 13 July 2007

Turkish LGBTT Group Faces Closure in Istanbul

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Below is a press statement about attempts to close one of the leading Turkish LGBTT groups (Lambda Istanbul) in Istanbul. This petition is s...
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