KAOS GL
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KAOS GL is a Turkish
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights organisation founded in 1994. The organisation has been publishing the journal KAOS GL (now a quarterly publication) since its founding. The group operates the KAOS Cultural Center, which hosts cultural activities, meetings, and showings of films. The center also houses a LGBT history
library.
KAOS GL applied for non-government organisation (NGO) status with the Ministry of the Interior in July 2005 under the name of Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization. Although the deputy governor of the capital, Ankara, had petitioned a court to rule that Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization is breaking the nation's immorality laws, in October 2005 the Prosecutor decided not to proceed with the case. KAOS GL has been a legally registered non-government organisation (NGO) since October 2005.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2005/10/2/what-is-kaos-gl-s-history
Kaos GL organized the first annual LGBT march in the capital of Turkey, Ankara on May 2008. Over 100 gay men and women, bisexuals and transgender people assembled in front of the human rights monument in Yuksel Street. Then they marched to Parliament on International Day Against Homophobia jointly organized by Kaos Gay and Lesbian Association and Pink Life LGBTT Association.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2008/5/26/first-ever-gay-march-held-in-ankara-turkey
On May 2009, Kaos GL organized the second annual march against homophobia and transphobia. Around 300 people took part in a Rally against homophobia and transphobia organised by the LGBT rights group Kaos GL. The crowd marched from Kurtulus Park to the Human Rights Monument in Yuksel Street in Ankara. The demonstration ended with a press statement, which called for the acknowledgement of lebians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals (LGBTT).http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2009/5/22/march-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-ankara
Kaos GL has been organizing international anti-homophobia meetings since May 2006. Anti-Homophobia Meeting was first held as a four-days hall event in May 2006. In 2007, together with the central events, “Campus Meetings Against Homophobia” were realized in the three biggest university campuses of the capital, Ankara. 4th annual meetings took place in six cities, from May 1 to May 17., 2009. 4th International Anti-Homophobia Meeting, started with the May 1 March in Ankara; and ended with May 17 Anti-Homophobia March again in Ankara. Various meeting took place also in the cities of Izmir, Eskisehir, Van, Diyarbakir and Istanbul together with Ankara.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2009/4/10/we-are-meeting-against-homophobia
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LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights organisation founded in 1994. The organisation has been publishing the journal KAOS GL (now a quarterly publication) since its founding. The group operates the KAOS Cultural Center, which hosts cultural activities, meetings, and showings of films. The center also houses a LGBT history
LGBT history
LGBT history refers to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peoples and cultures around the world, dating back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love and sexuality of ancient civilizations. What survives of many centuries' persecution– resulting in shame, suppression,...
library.
KAOS GL applied for non-government organisation (NGO) status with the Ministry of the Interior in July 2005 under the name of Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization. Although the deputy governor of the capital, Ankara, had petitioned a court to rule that Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization is breaking the nation's immorality laws, in October 2005 the Prosecutor decided not to proceed with the case. KAOS GL has been a legally registered non-government organisation (NGO) since October 2005.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2005/10/2/what-is-kaos-gl-s-history
Kaos GL organized the first annual LGBT march in the capital of Turkey, Ankara on May 2008. Over 100 gay men and women, bisexuals and transgender people assembled in front of the human rights monument in Yuksel Street. Then they marched to Parliament on International Day Against Homophobia jointly organized by Kaos Gay and Lesbian Association and Pink Life LGBTT Association.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2008/5/26/first-ever-gay-march-held-in-ankara-turkey
On May 2009, Kaos GL organized the second annual march against homophobia and transphobia. Around 300 people took part in a Rally against homophobia and transphobia organised by the LGBT rights group Kaos GL. The crowd marched from Kurtulus Park to the Human Rights Monument in Yuksel Street in Ankara. The demonstration ended with a press statement, which called for the acknowledgement of lebians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals (LGBTT).http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2009/5/22/march-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-ankara
Kaos GL has been organizing international anti-homophobia meetings since May 2006. Anti-Homophobia Meeting was first held as a four-days hall event in May 2006. In 2007, together with the central events, “Campus Meetings Against Homophobia” were realized in the three biggest university campuses of the capital, Ankara. 4th annual meetings took place in six cities, from May 1 to May 17., 2009. 4th International Anti-Homophobia Meeting, started with the May 1 March in Ankara; and ended with May 17 Anti-Homophobia March again in Ankara. Various meeting took place also in the cities of Izmir, Eskisehir, Van, Diyarbakir and Istanbul together with Ankara.http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2009/4/10/we-are-meeting-against-homophobia
See also
- LGBT rights in Turkey
- LEGATOLegatoIn musical notation the Italian word legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence...
- List of LGBT rights by region
- LGBT community
- Category:LGBT museums and archives