https://youtu.be/e8x4TF66Yw4 A couple in Turkey, who describe themselves as the first gay vloggers in that country have released a new video. In the video Alican and Behçet discuss homophobia and how it affects the lives of LGBTQ people in Turkey. “I and my boyfriend, as a couple, made a new YouTube video on which we…
Thanksgiving is almost over, but as it is too soon for the religious elves and snowman, I’ll tell you of the Thanksgiving dinner I gave in my first year of teaching. Deciding to duplicate the happy ambiance of the famous Norman Rockwell tribute to Thanksgiving, I invited three equally new, young teachers and, in a…
Compared to its Muslim neighbors, Turkey can seem like an oasis of tolerance. While legal protections for members of the LGBT community are virtually non-existent, Turkey also has a firmly established history of individual liberties that prevents, say, public hangings and other acts of barbarism to be directed toward members of the sexual minority. But…
TURKEY — A new umbrella organization has been established to fight homophobia and transphobia in Turkey, the Islamic country that straddles Europe and Asia, reports GayAsiaNews.com In existence less than two months, Turkey LGBTI Union was created in order to ensure unity and solidarity among LGBTI groups, LGBTI Web sites and LGBTI organizations, Burçin Bordanacı…
TURKEY — Despite what critics call his authoritarian streak, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan coasted to the presidency after winning 52 percent of the Turkish vote Aug. 10 making him the first popularly elected president in Turkey’s history. What has gone largely unnoticed in the Western press is that his Justice and Development Party (AKP)…
To the dismay of LGBT organizations, the Turkish government has announced it will move forward with its plan to build separate prisons for self-declared gay, bisexual and transgender inmates. The goal, officials argue, is to protect those in the sexual minority. “Convicts who stated that they are gay will not mix with other convicts in…
San Diego Coastkeeper, an organization that protects and restores swimmable, fishable and drinkable waters around San Diego County is reminding people this Thanksgiving to dispose of their cooking oil correctly. According to Coastkeeper, this year alone cooking grease has led to 40,040 gallons of sewage to spill into local waters just in the City of…
Hello everyone, it’s that time of year again! When we put away the bright bold prints and cool colors of the summer months and drag out those drab solid jewel tones of fall. I don’t know about you, but the only jewel tones I wanna see are in the family jewels that I keep nicely…
ANKARA, Turkey – Last month, in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır a gay teenager was allegedly killed by his father and uncle because the boy was gay. According to local members of the LGBT community the powerful tribal family later sought to cover up the whole affair. The Hürriyet Daily News reported that, “R.A.,…
