LISTAG (Families and Friends of LGBTIs in Turkey)

LİSTAG (Families of LGBTs in İstanbul) is a voluntary suppport and solidarity group for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people in Istanbul since January 2008.

In general, we organize

* Meetings at Amargi Cafe in Beyoglu, every Saturday afternoon, where we meet new additions to our group and plan our forthcoming activities.

* Monthly dinner parties at a group member’s residence where LGBT persons may attend with members of their families whom they are out to.

* Informative debates on the first Thursday of every month, organised by volunteer psychiatrists (Dr. Nesrin Yetkin, Dr. Seven Kaptan and Dr. Arzu Onal) at the offices of the Society for Sexual Education Treatment and Research (CETAD), for members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, on subjects like biological gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, sexual roles and behaviour, and gender.

* Special meetings with family members who need to meet our parents in private.

* Discussion panels in cooperation with other NGO’s or univeristies in Turkey

* A blog site that advertises our activities, and where interviews and radio programmes featuring members of our group are collected alongside essays written by LISTAG members: www.listag.wordpress.com

* Interviews with newspapers, magazines and TV and radio channels
* Booklets for family members of LGBT people

Location: Turkey

Founded: 2008

Official Website: listag.org