11 COUNTRIES, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, WE RAISE OUR VOICE ALL TOGETHER: “Sexual Rights are a Human Rights Issue!”   Globalize Liberation! A Common Struggle – Together!  We do not accept the fact that the British Colonial legacy Penal Code, threatening the lives of all, keeping rape and sexual harassment unpunished, and defining and penalizing homosexuality […]

Initiative Against Homophobia is saddened by the murders of seven transsexuals and five gay men in the past seven months in Turkey. People who commit hate murders base their motivation on a person’s race, colour, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. We condemn these murders and want precautions to be taken before any

Initiative Against Homophobia has been working towards the goal of creating a new world in which patriarchy is demolished and nobody is discriminated based on their gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.   Initiative Against Homophobia which bases its work on feminist theory and challenges patriarchy, heterosexism and all forms of gender-based discrimination, aims to

On 24 December 2008, Kibris Newspaper published the message of Pope Benedict XVI with an article entitled “Gays will get mad at the Pope”. The news on page 32, accompanied with images that can be found easily by typing “pride/parade” on the Internet, was written with circulation concerns. The news story continues: ”According to the

We condemn the discrimination created by the work under the charge of Oya Talat on establishing the Gender Equality Organization which aims to prevent gender-based discrimination in social and political life of Turkish Cypriots. The terminology used by the Gender Equality Organization is not up-to-date and does not include all segments of the society. The

The III. International Meeting Against Homophobia organized by Kaos GL was held in Ankara between 12–19 May. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Human Rights and Discrimination”. LGBT individuals participated in the III. International Meeting Against Homophobia between 12-19 May to discuss their issues and homophobia.   The free activities took place at Hacettepe University,

Initiative Against Homophobia, which has been working since October 2007, has taken its first steps towards becoming an association. In order to raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in North Cyprus, as part of the 17th May International Day Against Homophobia, the Initiative Against Homophobia took the required initiatives at the Nicosia

Chapter 154 of the Penal Code, which has been in effect since the British administration, has lost its currency and applicability on many levels. Considering the improved and modernized understanding of law and human rights, altering the Penal Code is inevitable. On 25 April 2008, the Initiative Against Homophobia presented their proposal on changing the

Gender identity is among the fundamental human rights and liberties that are inviolable, inalienable and essential and it is important to note that each should have the right to disposition and use such liberties. The existing laws in the northern part of Cyprus ([1]), the unfair treatment and discrimination experienced by homosexuals in everyday life