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May 17, 2013
All around Asia, LGBT people are calling for equal rights

Events in Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore Vietnam and India for IDAHO

In Burma gay men are asking to be decriminalized, in Thailand transgender women want to be spared military service and in the Philippines LGBT rights activists are pushing for an anti-discrimination law.

Events are being held across Asia today to bring attention to various anti-LGBT aspects of society for IDAHO (International Day of Homophobia and Transphobia).

February 27, 2013
Turkish colonel attacked and kidnapped his son for being gay

A colonel kidnapped his son from his boyfriends flat, in Ankara, Turkey, after attacking and threatening him with death

Ramazan Kalkan, a member of Pink Life LGBTT Solidarity Association based in Ankara, says that the his 21 year-old boyfriend, Umut Göktuğ Söyler, was kidnapped by Söyler’s father and uncles.

Kalkan attested that during the kidnapping on 23 February he was attacked and threatened with death.

There is still no information on the whereabouts of Söyler.

January 10, 2013
Turkish nationalist tabloid attacks gays as ‘dirty’ ‘deviants’

A nationalist pro government paper from Turkey spreads hate speech against students and LGBT people

Yeni Akit, a pro government paper known for its nationalist and homophobic views branded gays and students as being ‘dirty’ ‘deviants’.

The paper published the article after students from Turkey’s Middle East Technical University (METU) protested against a visit by the country’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

As Erdoğan attended METU for a launch of a Turkish satellite called Göktürk-2, hundreds of students protested against his conservative and militarist policies.

December 28, 2012
Celebrity gay fashion designer brutally attacked in Turkey

One of Turkey's most celebrated fashion designers and a gay activist was brutally attacked in Istanbul

Celebrity Turkish gay fashion designer, Barbaros Şansal, was seriously beaten last night (27 December) in İstanbul, Turkey.

Şansal is well known in Turkey for being an outspoken gay activist and for his use of witty language.

According to daily Hurriyet, the attack, which took place in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, had a political motive.

November 29, 2012
Turkish gay activist wins Kato Vision and Voice Award

The 2013 David Kato Vision and Voice Award has been awarded to Ali Erol, a leading LGBT activist in Turkey

The 2013 David Kato Vision & Voice Award has been awarded to Ali Erol, a leading LGBT activist in Turkey.

Inspired by David Kato's work, the award recognizes those who strive to uphold sexual rights for LGBTI people. It is named after human rights activist David Kato, who was murdered in his home in Kampala, Uganda on 26 January 2011.

The award was presented to Erol today 29 November at Pan-African Parliament in South Africa.

November 29, 2012
Turkish gay activist wins Kato Vision and Voice Award

The 2013 David Kato Vision and Voice Award has been awarded to Ali Erol, a leading LGBT activist in Turkey

The 2013 David Kato Vision & Voice Award has been awarded to Ali Erol, a leading LGBT activist in Turkey.

Inspired by David Kato's work, the award recognizes those who strive to uphold sexual rights for LGBTI people. It is named after human rights activist David Kato, who was murdered in his home in Kampala, Uganda on 26 January 2011.

The award was presented to Erol today 29 November at Pan-African Parliament in South Africa.

May 16, 2012
Prayer vigils and parties around the world for IDAHO

From United States to the Fiji Islands and Italy, LGBT associations unite against gay hate and discrimination

Three Italian Catholic cardinals have agreed to prayer vigils held by the religious group Gionata for the victims of gay hate and discrimination for the first time.

LGBT groups will pray for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Milan, Florence and Palermo, in Sicily as part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) to be celebrated tomorrow (17 May) in an estimated 100 countries around the world.

January 13, 2012
Gay honour killing inspires new Turkish movie

Zenne Dancer reveals the 'violence and discrimination faced by Turkey’s LGBT community'

Sexual identity and homophobia in modern-day Turkey are brought to the fore in ZENNE Dancer, a new film directed by Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay.

Drawing inspiration from the 2008 killing of Abmet Yildiz, the film is representative of 'the systematic violence and discrimination faced by Turkey’s LGBT community'.

January 9, 2012
Turkish court fines gay insult paper

KAOS GL wins legal case over ‘perverts’ insult article by Yeni Akit paper

Turkey's High Court of Appeals has ordered Turkish daily paper Yeni Akit (now changed its name to Vakit) to pay compensation for insulting gay people in a headline it printed in 2008, according to a report published by Hürriyet.