By Jana Nakhal Taştan, Lebanese feminist academic and urban researcher.
Solidarity guide for immigrant LGBTQI+’s
Our editor Fulden prepared a guide of organizations catering to LGBTQI+ immigrants’ needs around the world.
The waves splashing the shores of Berlin: Elections in Turkey, queer migration and memorised repetition
By Yener Bayramoğlu, an academic working on queer migration.
Velvele & Harem of No One IG Live: The Cypriot diaspora experience and the Cyprus Pride
Harem of No One artists Aphrodite and Tahini Molasses and Velvele editör İlker Hepkaner talk about the Cypriot diaspora experience in the UK and the Cyprus Pride.
Insisting on Turkey
Returning from abroad is a sign of failure for many. While those who are able to go and those who go are praised, those who don’t/can’t go or those who go and decide to come back are seen as “failures”, “cowards” or “those who can’t hold on”. Hazan Özturan, as a departure and returner, has an objection to this prejudiced and competitive approach.
Immigrants: Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire in Turkey
By Meriç Çağlar, who works as a researcher and consultant on Turkey’s refugee policies, forced migration, and gender.
Breaking the invisible wall between the LGBTQI+ community and queer refugees
Interview with the Istanbul-based HEVI association working on LGBTI+ refugees living or forced to live in Turkey.
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Velvele Pride Playlist: You Can’t Knock Us Down!
This year, we asked our readers to choose the songs. As we need to look each other, and see each other more than ever, we asked our social media accounts: What is your Pride Month song?
A brief history of the Istanbul Pride March (1993-2022)
This is a chronology of not only the LGBTIQA+ Pride marches in Istanbul, but also the preventive efforts of state authorities in the city to ban the march.