WHAT HAS KAOS GL DONE SO FAR? (2002)
The group has been publishing the journal KAOS GL.
We distributed free condoms in November 1994 issue of KAOS GL, the whole of which was spared for articles on AIDS.
Two KAOS GL members made speeches at the Homosexuality and Society conference at Hacettepe University, Ankara, on Dec. 7, 1994.
KAOS GL Special London Issue was prepared by a friend in London and distributed to gays and lesbians from Turkey in June-May, 1995.
Two KAOS GL members made speeches in Ankara University's Law Faculty in a conference held within the framework of the Human Rights Week in Dec. 1995.
We attended the meeting made for the World Women's Day in Ankara on March 8, 1996.
We held a meeting with our readers in Istanbul on Oct. 26, 1996.
We translated ILGA'S 1996 annual report and distributed it as a supplement of our magazine in Sept. 1996.
KAOS GL members attended and made speeches on AIDS with medical and ideological dimensions in the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP) Cankaya, Ankara branch on Dec. 7, 1996.
A KAOS GL member made a speech in the panel of Socialist Worker magazine in its bureau on March 8, 1997.
We attended May Day demonstration meeting in Ankara in 1997.
We presented the seminar ``KAOS GL and Homosexuality'' in ›stanbul Technical University (YT‹) on May 20, 1997.
We attended the program ``Fahrenheit 451'' on Cagdas Radio on December 1, 1994. We attended another program on Radio Arkada? on Feb. 3, 1996.
We prepared weekly Radio Kaos thirteen times between June 25, 1995 and September 3, 1996. After that, the radio was shut down for a while. We made two more programs on March 1997 and then the radio station we worked with was shut down again.
Our gay and lesbian friends in the Middle East Technical University (METU) held weekly meetings on the campus with around 20 members between 1996 and 1997. They organized many activities on the campus during this period.
The group members at METU held workshops on gay and lesbian themes such as gay identity, coming out and history of the gay and lesbian liberation movement.
At the same time, the group showed movies with gay themes such as Maurice by James Ivory, Edward II by Derek Jarman, and Law of Desire by Pedro Almodovar.
The Presidential Office of METU did not permit the lecture entitled ``Homosexuality as a Political Identity'' by the gay writer/journalist Y¨ld¨r¨m T¸rker on May 13, 1997 as part of the Spring Festival on the campus, due to the word homosexuality in the lecture title.
We, 76 gays, lesbians, transvestites, transsexuals and heterosexuals went to see the movie Hamam all together.
KAOS GL was invited to the panel ``How Can We Defeat Sexism'' by the Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party (DSYP) on Nov. 15, 1997.
KAOS GL Friendship and Solidarity Meal was held on Jan. 31, 1999.
We distributed leaflets and sold the journal KAOS GL at the Healthy Life Fair 99 at Hacettepe University held between March 17-21, 1999.
Hacettepe University's Struggle with AIDS Society invited KAOS GL to have a discussion on homosexuality on April 30, 1999.
Sexual Education, Treatment and Research Association and Cognitive and Behavioral Association held the Third Sexual Problems and Treatment Congress in Istanbul between Nov. 26-28, 1999. KAOS GL was also invited to the congress. A member from the group, psychologist Murat Yalcinkaya, made a speech in the ``Homosexuality'' session together with the noted psychiatrist Sinan Duzyurek, U.S. gay activist Allen Lawrence and psychologist Ayse Kayhan.
We organized an event ``KAOS GL Friendship and Solidarity Night'' at Ankara Art Theatre on June 17, 2000. The event included modern dance, music by Anatolian Peoples' Ballads, poetry reading by Yusuf Eradam and theatre performances.
We promoted our journal KAOS GL on a stand together with women organization Flying Broom in Ankara between Dec. 2-3, 2000 as part of the Second European Youth Festival.
We attended the May Day demonstrations in Ankara with our own banners and signs in 2001. The appearance of homosexuals at such a demonstration was the first of its kind in Turkey and it received great attention by the media. Almost every channel and daily newspaper spared time and space for the appearance of the KAOS GL members at the demonstration. We are proud to note that Labor organizations welcomed the participation of homosexuals in May Day demonstrations.
On the 8th anniversary of KAOS GL, a series of workshops are organized at the KAOS CULUTE CENTER in October 2001. Famous academics and feminist of Turkey has attended this occasion. It lasted 1 week.
We attended anti-globalisation meeting (November 9th, 2001) with our own slogans on hand, like: ``Compulsory heterosexuality is a crime against humanity'', ``Gay and Transgender murders are political murders. We know the murderer.'' etc.
Also in 2002, we attented the May Day demonstrations in Ankara with our own banners and signs. The participation of homosexuals with their own banners and signs in May Day demosntrations was expected, and it was seen as natural as if we had attended the occasion for years.
We distributed free condoms in November 1994 issue of KAOS GL, the whole of which was spared for articles on AIDS.
Two KAOS GL members made speeches at the Homosexuality and Society conference at Hacettepe University, Ankara, on Dec. 7, 1994.
KAOS GL Special London Issue was prepared by a friend in London and distributed to gays and lesbians from Turkey in June-May, 1995.
Two KAOS GL members made speeches in Ankara University's Law Faculty in a conference held within the framework of the Human Rights Week in Dec. 1995.
We attended the meeting made for the World Women's Day in Ankara on March 8, 1996.
We held a meeting with our readers in Istanbul on Oct. 26, 1996.
We translated ILGA'S 1996 annual report and distributed it as a supplement of our magazine in Sept. 1996.
KAOS GL members attended and made speeches on AIDS with medical and ideological dimensions in the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP) Cankaya, Ankara branch on Dec. 7, 1996.
A KAOS GL member made a speech in the panel of Socialist Worker magazine in its bureau on March 8, 1997.
We attended May Day demonstration meeting in Ankara in 1997.
We presented the seminar ``KAOS GL and Homosexuality'' in ›stanbul Technical University (YT‹) on May 20, 1997.
We attended the program ``Fahrenheit 451'' on Cagdas Radio on December 1, 1994. We attended another program on Radio Arkada? on Feb. 3, 1996.
We prepared weekly Radio Kaos thirteen times between June 25, 1995 and September 3, 1996. After that, the radio was shut down for a while. We made two more programs on March 1997 and then the radio station we worked with was shut down again.
Our gay and lesbian friends in the Middle East Technical University (METU) held weekly meetings on the campus with around 20 members between 1996 and 1997. They organized many activities on the campus during this period.
The group members at METU held workshops on gay and lesbian themes such as gay identity, coming out and history of the gay and lesbian liberation movement.
At the same time, the group showed movies with gay themes such as Maurice by James Ivory, Edward II by Derek Jarman, and Law of Desire by Pedro Almodovar.
The Presidential Office of METU did not permit the lecture entitled ``Homosexuality as a Political Identity'' by the gay writer/journalist Y¨ld¨r¨m T¸rker on May 13, 1997 as part of the Spring Festival on the campus, due to the word homosexuality in the lecture title.
We, 76 gays, lesbians, transvestites, transsexuals and heterosexuals went to see the movie Hamam all together.
KAOS GL was invited to the panel ``How Can We Defeat Sexism'' by the Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party (DSYP) on Nov. 15, 1997.
KAOS GL Friendship and Solidarity Meal was held on Jan. 31, 1999.
We distributed leaflets and sold the journal KAOS GL at the Healthy Life Fair 99 at Hacettepe University held between March 17-21, 1999.
Hacettepe University's Struggle with AIDS Society invited KAOS GL to have a discussion on homosexuality on April 30, 1999.
Sexual Education, Treatment and Research Association and Cognitive and Behavioral Association held the Third Sexual Problems and Treatment Congress in Istanbul between Nov. 26-28, 1999. KAOS GL was also invited to the congress. A member from the group, psychologist Murat Yalcinkaya, made a speech in the ``Homosexuality'' session together with the noted psychiatrist Sinan Duzyurek, U.S. gay activist Allen Lawrence and psychologist Ayse Kayhan.
We organized an event ``KAOS GL Friendship and Solidarity Night'' at Ankara Art Theatre on June 17, 2000. The event included modern dance, music by Anatolian Peoples' Ballads, poetry reading by Yusuf Eradam and theatre performances.
We promoted our journal KAOS GL on a stand together with women organization Flying Broom in Ankara between Dec. 2-3, 2000 as part of the Second European Youth Festival.
We attended the May Day demonstrations in Ankara with our own banners and signs in 2001. The appearance of homosexuals at such a demonstration was the first of its kind in Turkey and it received great attention by the media. Almost every channel and daily newspaper spared time and space for the appearance of the KAOS GL members at the demonstration. We are proud to note that Labor organizations welcomed the participation of homosexuals in May Day demonstrations.
On the 8th anniversary of KAOS GL, a series of workshops are organized at the KAOS CULUTE CENTER in October 2001. Famous academics and feminist of Turkey has attended this occasion. It lasted 1 week.
We attended anti-globalisation meeting (November 9th, 2001) with our own slogans on hand, like: ``Compulsory heterosexuality is a crime against humanity'', ``Gay and Transgender murders are political murders. We know the murderer.'' etc.
Also in 2002, we attented the May Day demonstrations in Ankara with our own banners and signs. The participation of homosexuals with their own banners and signs in May Day demosntrations was expected, and it was seen as natural as if we had attended the occasion for years.