Lezbiyen, Gay, Biseksüel, Trans ve İnterseks, Eşcsel Toplul, Türkiye LGBTİ Birliği

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• ‘WE’RE AGAST LGBT’: ERDOğAN TARGETS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE AHEAD OF CRIL TURKISH ELECTN
• DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST ACTIVISTS WHO ATTEND THE BANNED PRI PARA ISTANBUL MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE TAED AT THE LGBTQ PRI PARA TRKIYE'S LARGT CY ON SUNDAY, ISTANBUL GOVERNOR DAVUT GUL SAID. ACTIVISTS TOOK TO THE STREETS SPE THE BAN ON THE EVENT."OUR NATNAL FUTURE PENDS ON KEEPG THE STUTN OF FAY ALIVE WH OUR NATNAL AND MORAL VALU," GUL WROTE ON TWTER, VOWG NOT TO ALLOW "ANY ACTIVY THAT WILL WEAKEN THE STUTN OF FAY." "THE 113 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WH THE GOAL OF SPREADG [LGBTQ] PROPAGANDA HAVE BEEN TAED," THE ERNOR ADD.ON SUNDAY, POLICE BLOCKED ALL STREETS LEADG TO ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO TAKSIM SQUARE. THE TRAFFIC ALONG SEVERAL L OF ISTANBUL METRO WAS SPEND FOR HOURS, ACRDG TO NEWSPAPER CUMHURIYET.  READ MORE: GAYS NOT WELE - ERDOGAN THE ANIZERS OF THE PRI EVENT NMNED THE CRACKDOWN. "WE REJECT THIS POLICS OF HATRED AND NIAL. DPE ALL THE PROHIBNS, CRIMALIZATNS, PRSUR, AND ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRS , WE WILL NTUE TO ADVOTE FOR A HUMANE LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND PERSIST MOCRATIC LIVG," THE ISTANBUL PRI PARA COMMTEE SAID A STATEMENT.TURKISH PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, WHO WAS RE-ELECTED LAST MONTH, HAS CHAMPNED SOCIAL NSERVATISM AND SCRIBED HIS MA RIVAL KEMAL KILICDAROGLU AS "AN LGBT PERSON." IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, ERDOGAN BLASTED THOSE SEEKG TO "NORMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY." !FUNCTN(D,I){IF(!D.GETELEMENTBYID(I)){VAR J=D.CREATEELEMENT("SCRIPT");;";VAR W=D.GETELEMENTBYID(I);(J);}}(DOCUMENT,"POCKET-BTN-JS");DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST ACTIVISTS WHO ATTEND THE BANNED PRI PARA ISTANBUL MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE TAED AT THE LGBTQ PRI PARA TRKIYE'S LARGT CY ON SUNDAY, ISTANBUL GOVERNOR DAVUT GUL SAID. ACTIVISTS TOOK TO THE STREETS SPE THE BAN ON THE EVENT."OUR NATNAL FUTURE PENDS ON KEEPG THE STUTN OF FAY ALIVE WH OUR NATNAL AND MORAL VALU," GUL WROTE ON TWTER, VOWG NOT TO ALLOW "ANY ACTIVY THAT WILL WEAKEN THE STUTN OF FAY." "THE 113 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WH THE GOAL OF SPREADG [LGBTQ] PROPAGANDA HAVE BEEN TAED," THE ERNOR ADD.ON SUNDAY, POLICE BLOCKED ALL STREETS LEADG TO ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO TAKSIM SQUARE. THE TRAFFIC ALONG SEVERAL L OF ISTANBUL METRO WAS SPEND FOR HOURS, ACRDG TO NEWSPAPER CUMHURIYET.  READ MORE: GAYS NOT WELE - ERDOGAN THE ANIZERS OF THE PRI EVENT NMNED THE CRACKDOWN. "WE REJECT THIS POLICS OF HATRED AND NIAL. DPE ALL THE PROHIBNS, CRIMALIZATNS, PRSUR, AND ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRS , WE WILL NTUE TO ADVOTE FOR A HUMANE LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND PERSIST MOCRATIC LIVG," THE ISTANBUL PRI PARA COMMTEE SAID A STATEMENT.TURKISH PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, WHO WAS RE-ELECTED LAST MONTH, HAS CHAMPNED SOCIAL NSERVATISM AND SCRIBED HIS MA RIVAL KEMAL KILICDAROGLU AS "AN LGBT PERSON." IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, ERDOGAN BLASTED THOSE SEEKG TO "NORMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY." !FUNCTN(D,I){IF(!D.GETELEMENTBYID(I)){VAR J=D.CREATEELEMENT("SCRIPT");;";VAR W=D.GETELEMENTBYID(I);(J);}}(DOCUMENT,"POCKET-BTN-JS");DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE

‘WE’RE AGAST LGBT’: ERDOğAN TARGETS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE AHEAD OF CRIL TURKISH ELECTN

Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ State-enforcedChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✖ Sexual orientatn onlyHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnViews on same-sex marriage or other legal regnnViews on same-sex upl' right to adoptAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors?

8%) Mentned homosexualsDid not mentn homosexuals (20.

DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST ACTIVISTS WHO ATTEND THE BANNED PRI PARA ISTANBUL MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE TAED AT THE LGBTQ PRI PARA TRKIYE'S LARGT CY ON SUNDAY, ISTANBUL GOVERNOR DAVUT GUL SAID. ACTIVISTS TOOK TO THE STREETS SPE THE BAN ON THE EVENT."OUR NATNAL FUTURE PENDS ON KEEPG THE STUTN OF FAY ALIVE WH OUR NATNAL AND MORAL VALU," GUL WROTE ON TWTER, VOWG NOT TO ALLOW "ANY ACTIVY THAT WILL WEAKEN THE STUTN OF FAY." "THE 113 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WH THE GOAL OF SPREADG [LGBTQ] PROPAGANDA HAVE BEEN TAED," THE ERNOR ADD.ON SUNDAY, POLICE BLOCKED ALL STREETS LEADG TO ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO TAKSIM SQUARE. THE TRAFFIC ALONG SEVERAL L OF ISTANBUL METRO WAS SPEND FOR HOURS, ACRDG TO NEWSPAPER CUMHURIYET.  READ MORE: GAYS NOT WELE - ERDOGAN THE ANIZERS OF THE PRI EVENT NMNED THE CRACKDOWN. "WE REJECT THIS POLICS OF HATRED AND NIAL. DPE ALL THE PROHIBNS, CRIMALIZATNS, PRSUR, AND ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRS , WE WILL NTUE TO ADVOTE FOR A HUMANE LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND PERSIST MOCRATIC LIVG," THE ISTANBUL PRI PARA COMMTEE SAID A STATEMENT.TURKISH PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, WHO WAS RE-ELECTED LAST MONTH, HAS CHAMPNED SOCIAL NSERVATISM AND SCRIBED HIS MA RIVAL KEMAL KILICDAROGLU AS "AN LGBT PERSON." IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, ERDOGAN BLASTED THOSE SEEKG TO "NORMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY." !FUNCTN(D,I){IF(!D.GETELEMENTBYID(I)){VAR J=D.CREATEELEMENT("SCRIPT");;";VAR W=D.GETELEMENTBYID(I);(J);}}(DOCUMENT,"POCKET-BTN-JS");DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE

7%)Jtifiabily of homosexualy? "Should society accept homosexualy? Perceived Acceptance of Gay People?

2% of Turkish people thk homosexualy should not be a crimal act84% of Turkish people do not want to live wh LGBT neighborsHistoryHomosexual activy Turkey? Homosexual activy Turkey is legal. Olst fdg about banng homosexualty Ottoman Empire were om 1515.

The Constutnal Court stated that llg homosexuals "viants" or "perverts" nstut hate protectnsIn Turkey, there are currently no laws place to prevent discrimatn agast LGBT dividuals the areas of work, tn, hog, health re, and public protectnsThere are not any protectns for LGBT Turks.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Illegal Milary personnel found to be homosexual are dismissed unr laws that classify homosexualy as a "psychosexual disorr/illns".

DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST ACTIVISTS WHO ATTEND THE BANNED PRI PARA ISTANBUL MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE TAED AT THE LGBTQ PRI PARA TRKIYE'S LARGT CY ON SUNDAY, ISTANBUL GOVERNOR DAVUT GUL SAID. ACTIVISTS TOOK TO THE STREETS SPE THE BAN ON THE EVENT."OUR NATNAL FUTURE PENDS ON KEEPG THE STUTN OF FAY ALIVE WH OUR NATNAL AND MORAL VALU," GUL WROTE ON TWTER, VOWG NOT TO ALLOW "ANY ACTIVY THAT WILL WEAKEN THE STUTN OF FAY." "THE 113 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WH THE GOAL OF SPREADG [LGBTQ] PROPAGANDA HAVE BEEN TAED," THE ERNOR ADD.ON SUNDAY, POLICE BLOCKED ALL STREETS LEADG TO ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO TAKSIM SQUARE. THE TRAFFIC ALONG SEVERAL L OF ISTANBUL METRO WAS SPEND FOR HOURS, ACRDG TO NEWSPAPER CUMHURIYET.  READ MORE: GAYS NOT WELE - ERDOGAN THE ANIZERS OF THE PRI EVENT NMNED THE CRACKDOWN. "WE REJECT THIS POLICS OF HATRED AND NIAL. DPE ALL THE PROHIBNS, CRIMALIZATNS, PRSUR, AND ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRS , WE WILL NTUE TO ADVOTE FOR A HUMANE LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND PERSIST MOCRATIC LIVG," THE ISTANBUL PRI PARA COMMTEE SAID A STATEMENT.TURKISH PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, WHO WAS RE-ELECTED LAST MONTH, HAS CHAMPNED SOCIAL NSERVATISM AND SCRIBED HIS MA RIVAL KEMAL KILICDAROGLU AS "AN LGBT PERSON." IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, ERDOGAN BLASTED THOSE SEEKG TO "NORMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY." !FUNCTN(D,I){IF(!D.GETELEMENTBYID(I)){VAR J=D.CREATEELEMENT("SCRIPT");;";VAR W=D.GETELEMENTBYID(I);(J);}}(DOCUMENT,"POCKET-BTN-JS");DOZENS TAED AT LGBTQ EVENT TRKIYE

In orr to be exempt, gay men mt prove homosexualy by providg photographic evince of them beg on the receivg end of anal donatns by MSMs Turkey? Blood donatns by MSMs Turkey is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Homosexual men Turkey nnot donate blood. The Turkish Red Crcent nsirs homosexualy to be a risk factor for HIV/AIDS.

This is a siar suatn to gay right Indonia and Malaysia and shows no signs of lettg up.

Unfortunately, this is havg a very real and visible effect on LGBT rights Turkey that gay travelers to the area should take to acunt when planng a trip. The Legal Suatn In Gay Turkey. Unlike many Mlim untri, Turkey do not technilly outlaw homosexualy.

In fact, same-sex sexual activy was legalized the Ottoman Empire 1858 and homosexualy has been legal sce 1923 when morn Turkey was found.

Addnally, homosexuals are banned om ary service.

This is spe the efforts of some opposn parti who have attempted to troduce bills that would allow gay and transgenr people legal protectn.

Although homosexualy is technilly legal, life as a member of the LGBT muny Turkey n be extremely challengg. A report published by Human Rights Watch 2008 showed how gay and transgenr muni face a threat of vlence and discrimatn on a daily basis.

No person thory wish to speak out support of the gay muny.