International Meeting Against Homophobia From May 1st to May 17th International Day against Homophobia from May 1st to May 17th is nearing. The 7th Meeting which will end with “Anti-homophobia and Anti-transphobia Demonstration” is going to make its central activities in Ankara in May. Kaos GL which fights against…

Proving you're gay to the Turkish army By Emre Azizlerli BBC World Service Military service is mandatory for all Turkish men - they can only escape it if they are ill, disabled or homosexual. But proving homosexuality is a humiliating ordeal. ''They asked me…

An extremist Turkish Nationalist hacking group called “Ayyıldız Tim” hacked this weekend the Facebook user of Hebûn, the Kurdish LGBT Association based in Dyarbakir.  Members of Hebûn are extremely concerned about sensitive information that was stored on their account and the fact that Kurdish LGBT people have been outed via…

As a groundbreaking film launches, Turkish attitudes to gay and transgender people are slowly improving – in the media at least. Last week was tumultuous for Turkey's gay and transsexual people. A groundbreaking indie movie, Zenne Dancer, finally hit the screens, after winning five major awards at the country's foremost film…

Justice for Referee Dinçdağ has been postponed to 2012 The third trial of the case which Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, a referee who has been stripped of his job because of being gay, sued against the Turkish Football Federation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages was sat on 20 October 2011…