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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: Turkey�s first gay and lesbians students club established at |
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Turkey�s first gay and lesbians students club established at Bilgi University
Thursday, March 29, 2007
ŞAFAK TİMUR
ISTANBUL
�In order to block homophobia and liberalize lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) by setting a wider area for them within campus borders,� around 15 students came together and founded Bilgi G�kkuşağı Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students club in Istanbul's Bilgi University a couple of weeks ago. They Applied to the university administration officially and were approved. Still giving interviews to mainstream media, the Bilgi G�kkuşağı LGBT Club, Turkey's first official students club on LGBTs, prefers to take a formal identity rather than moving unofficially, aiming to make LGBTs more visible.
�Friends found [other] friends. � We asked ourselves: why don't we found a club?� Bilgi G�kkuşağı volunteer İzlem Aybastı said. �There were people conscious of organized struggle.�
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=69244 |
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