LGBTI +

Sibel Yükler's article on the process before the withdrawal of the Istanbul Convention and how LGBTI+s were systematically criminalized...

What happened since January 2, 2021 at Boğaziçi University, one of Turkey’s most prominent university, in which students exercised plurality...

A rebellion against the system designed to induce shame, a rebellion against violence, hate murders, exiles, and a rebellion against all odds! The History of the Pride March in Turkey...

Die Digital Rights Foundation, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, führte eine Reihe von Fokusgruppendiskussionen mit Forscher*innen aus der ganzen Welt durch, um „geschlechtsspezifische Desinformation“ zu dekonstruieren, bestehende Arbeiten zu diesem Thema zu verstehen und Bereiche für zukünftige Interventionen zu identifizieren. Unter Anwendung feministischer Methoden, die sich auf gelebte Erfahrungen stützen, nehmen die daraus resultierenden Policy Papers diese Erfahrungen auf, um von Grund auf Definitionen, Theorien und politische Empfehlungen aufzubauen.

The Hungarian government has received international criticism over a new law that bans the depiction or promotion of homosexuality to those under the age of 18. Andrea Pető argues that the law may well prove to be a miscalculation by the country’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

Queer feminism allows us to understand that patriarchy harms all of us and only an intersectional approach enables collective liberation and working together in solidarity. Queer resistance can also be fun - and sometimes a dandy outfit is enough to make patriarchy shake. We talked to Yvee Oduor about activism and mobilization of genderqueer people in Kenya.

International treaties also give certain leverage to civic actors and women’s movement in Turkey in their efforts to overcome entrenched resistance to policy and practice changes. Since the Convention’s inception, women’s organisations in Turkey have been actively struggling for effective implementation and pushing public authorities to adopt women-friendly policies by making direct references to the Convention’s provisions.

COVID-19 uniquely affects women. Here are many of the ways it does.

Covid-19 in Turkey and the implications for LGBTI+ people who are among the most vulnerable groups in the country and who had already been struggling with challenges in accessing rights and facing systematic rights violations, including those related to the right to life. In addition to inequalities in enjoying the right to health and the right to employment, as well as soaring reports of domestic violence under isolation, the LGBTI+ community has been targeted by a recent wave of hate-motivated campaigns.