LGBTI Rights in Turkey

Sexuality and the State in the Middle East

Bibliographic Data

ID6563489
AuthorsFait Muedini (Butler University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLGBTI Rights in Turkey (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781108265133
OpenAlexW4211249184
Open LibraryOL34734156M
ISBN9781108265133
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited42

The LGBTI community in Turkey face real dangers. In 2015, the Turkish police interrupted the LGBTI Pride march in Istanbul, using tear gas and rubber bullets against the marchers. This marked the first attempt by the authorities to stop the parade by force, and similar actions occurred the following year. Here, Fait Muedini examines these levels of discrimination in Turkey, as well as exploring how activists are working to improve human rights for LGBTI individuals living in this hostile environment. Muedini bases his analysis on interviews taken with a number of NGO leaders and activists of leading LGBTI organisations in the region, including Lambda Istanbul, Kaos GL, Pembe Hayat, Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD), and Families of LGBT's in Istanbul (LİSTAG). The original information provided by these interviews illuminate the challenges facing the LGBTI community, and the brave actions taken by activists in their attempts to challenge the state and secure sexual equality

Art · Criminology · Gays · Human rights · Legal status · Lesbians · Parade · Political science · Pride · Sexual minorities · Sexual orientation · Social science · Sociology · Transgender people · Turkey · Turkish · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Turkey's Politics and Society · Civil rights · Gays, legal status, laws, etc · Legal status, laws · Middle east

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