Last week, we were in Nicosia, Cyprus, holding a 3-day training, ‘Gender and Countering Youth Militarisation’, with activists from #Greece, #Turkey, #Russia, #Israel and #Palestine as well as #Cyprus. That was a fruitful long weekend for WRI with lots of enthusiasm and input from the participants. Together, we explored gendered dimensions of youth militarisation within our own societies as well as discussing how …
“Speak The Unspoken: Conference On LGBTI Equality And Countering Discrimination in Cyprus” organized within the framework of “Unspoken: Creating Dialogue on LGBTI Rights in the Turkish Cypriot Community” project is taking place on 20th and 21st of October at Bedesten, Nicosia.
On 29 November 2016, high school students organized a demonstration with the slogan “We can’t go to school in dark” to protest the implementations and negligence which led to a fatal car crash between a truck and a school bus. During the general strike and protest organized with the call of unions to support the …
Last year, we led the way and established the “17th May Organization Committee”. We worked, gathered and brainstormed together, and organized a week with great events and a pride walk full of rainbows. This year join us to organize the ’17th May International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia’! Let’s support each other and expand our …
Children are one of the top groups that are exploited and oppressed in the unfair world we live in. Children are not only objects that require protection but also subjects who have rights. This is also confirmed by the United Nations Convention on Children’s Rights which is a part of our domestic law with the …
ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABUSE ARE UNACCEPTABLE! Read More »
Articles which considered homosexual relations between men as a crime within Chapter 154 of the Penal Code were changed 3 years ago on January 27. The law was changed in a way which positioned hate, humiliation and insults towards an individual or group on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation and/or gender identity as an …
As Queer Cyprus Association, we believe that the manner used by multiple media organs in their reporting on recent violence, sexual abuse, sexual assault and rape cases is unacceptable and against journalism principles. If the press members desire to fulfil their promises of reporting in line with journalism principles and supporting LGBTI rights, they should …
(Nicosia, 14/11/16) The number of organizations condemning the attack towards awareness-raising billboards within the scope of Unspoken Project are increasing day by day. Umbrella organization ILGA-Europe gathered 490 organizations from 45 countries active in the field of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex (LGBTI+) issues and condemned the attacks towards billboards placed by Queer Cyprus …
Queer Cyprus’ Call for Solidarity Receives More Support Read More »
“Unspoken: Creating Dialogue on LGBTI Rights in the Turkish Cypriot Community” project recently unveiled billboards 5 cities in the north part of Cyprus to increase the public dialogue on LGBTI rights and increase the visibility of LGBTI individuals.
(Nicosia, 02/11/16) The attack to the “Aunt Mediha, I’m gay” and “Uncle Kamil, I’m a lesbian” billboards in Nicosia, Kyrenia, Famagusta, Iskele and Karpasia are unacceptable. In the scope of the 2014 dated changes to the Penal Code, it is illegal to psychologically or physically discriminate gay, bisexual and trans individuals in our country. …
