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Gay referee seeks compensation for outing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:00:08 +0000

(Istanbul) A former referee is seeking compensation from the Turkey Football Federation for allegedly outing him and dismissing him for being gay.

The Anatolia news agency says referee Halil(...)

Iranian homosexuals carve out a refuge in Turkey

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:00:19 +0000

(Kayseri, Turkey) The salmon-colored building has seen better days. Paint peels from the moldy facades. Pieces of cardboard, newspaper and plastic cover the many missing windows – not worth(...)

Gay rights activists protest Turkish minister

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:00:19 +0000

(Ankara, Turkey) Activists have protested a Turkish minister for her recent remark that homosexuality is a disease.

The small group of demonstrators interrupted a meeting about equal opportunity(...)

Censorship in Turkey

logointern2 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:07:44 +0000

Turkey’s English Daily Newspaper, the Hurriyet, reported earlier this week that two of the nation’s largest gay and lesbian internet communities, hadigayri.com and gabile.com, have been shut(...)

Turkish gay referee speaks out against firing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:37:17 +0000

(Turkey) A soccer referee has recently spoken out after he was fired for being gay and then outed to the press.

“They thought I was an ant that they could crush, they thought I would run away(...)

Police accused of ignoring transwoman’s pleas for help

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:14:41 +0000

(Istanbul, Turkey) Human rights groups say a Turkish transwoman would be alive today if police had taken seriously her pleas for help.

The body of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human (...)

Appeals court overturns order to close Turkish gay group

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:24 +0000

(Istanbul) Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the closure of the country’s largest LGBT civil rights group.

Homosexuality has been decriminalized(...)