content tagged with sexual orientation

Spiritual Counsellors Recommended to be ‘Sensitive to Sexual Orientation, Identity’

Spiritual Counsellors Recommended to be ‘Sensitive to Sexual Orientation, Identity’

“Being sensitive to sexual orientations and sexual identities” has been listed among the National Occupational Standards for Spiritual Counsellors issued by the Presidency of Religious Affairs.

13 September 2018

Sexual Orientation Addressed as ‘Cultural Diversity’ on Ministry of Education’s Counseling Manual

Sexual Orientation Addressed as ‘Cultural Diversity’ on Ministry of Education’s Counseling Manual

“Sexual orientation” could find a place for itself under the chapter “Rights Advocacy” of the psychological counseling and guidance handbook prepared by the Ministry of Education.

Gay Police Case Opens

Gay Police Case Opens

The case of Osman, a former police officer who has been dismissed due to his sexual orientation, has opened this afternoon. The hearing was observed by Human Rights Watch, SPoD LGBTI and Lamdaistanbul.

8 May 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Homosexuality Not An Obstacle, Expert Says

GAY REFEREE CASE

Homosexuality Not An Obstacle, Expert Says

The hearing of Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ - Turkey’s first openly declared gay referee who was restrained from his profession - continued yesterday with a designated expert report saying that homosexuality was quite common among athletes and referees.

AKP Politician Unconcerned with Constitutional Equality for Gays

In the following article, a member of the publishing team of KAOS LG takes issue with an AKP MP's discriminatory attitude towards homosexuals and transsexuals as expressed on television.

26 February 2009 Umut Güner