Nocturnal queers: Rent boys’ masculinity in Istanbul

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“…A different reality is that of the "moneyboys" of China [2*]. Research in Istanbul has described "exaggerated masculine" behavior in the "varos-rent boys" to resolve the conflict between their sexual behavior with other men and hegemonic ideals of masculinity [25]. Furthermore, in countries where sexual tourism is common such as in the Dominican Republic, there are quite different profiles as in the case of the "sanky panky" (well-built Dominican men who make a modest living by hustling foreign men and women in touristoriented beach areas) and the case of the "bugarrón" (a man who engages in insertive anal sex with other men for money or other instrumental benefits but who in other domains of life may not be noticeably different from "normal men" [26].…”

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HIV Prevention Interventions for Young Male Commercial Sex Workers

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The sex industry, where men sell sexual services to other men or women, has grown in recent years. These men who offer sexual services are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection due to such factors as: frequency of risky sexual practices, number of sex partners, drug-taking, prevalence of sexually-transmitted infections (STI) and their specific situation of social exclusion which may hinder access shown by the health services. These multi-faceted realities faced by sex workers explain the burgeoning interest in new avenues of scientific research. There are too few preventive programs however aimed at this population group and the studies that evaluate their effectiveness are fewer still. In this article we survey more recent studies on the difficulties of implementing programs for HIV prevention in male sex workers (MSW), as well as the studies that have gauged the impact of preventive programs in this group.

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“…Literature on LGBT issues in Turkey is growing. Two major topics have dominated the literature so far: public attitudes towards LGBT individuals (Gelbal and Duyan, ; Oksal, ; Sakalli, ; Sakalli and Ugurlu, , ; Saraç, ) and debates on emerging gay identities (Bereket and Adam, , ; Cardoso, ; Gorkemli, ; Özbay, ; Ozyegin, ). In addition to these topics, there are individual studies on gay men in the military (Basaran, ) and strategies of LGBT individuals to manage heterosexism in everyday life (Bakacak and Öktem, ).…”

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“…Nevertheless, insufficient attention has been paid to the study of experiences of discrimination against LGBT individuals in Turkey in social policies including — but not limited to — employment, housing, health care, social work, care and education. Employment is the only area in which an insightful exploratory study on discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation at the workplace (Ozturk, ) and two case studies on specific sectors such as sex work (Özbay, ) and commercial divination (Korkman, ) have been carried out. In other areas of social policy, there is only one study on housing with a quite limited sample (Sapmaz, ) and one on health care that specifically addresses the experiences of trans individuals in pre‐gender reassignment psychotherapy (Zengin, ).…”

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Denied Citizens of Turkey: Experiences of Discrimination Among LGBT Individuals in Employment, Housing and Health Care

Yılmaz¹,

Göçmen²

2016

Gender Work & Organization

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The purpose of this article is to explore experiences of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) individuals in three domains of social policies: employment, housing and health care — domains in which LGBT individuals are not openly recognized as equal citizens and anti‐discrimination legislation is absent in Turkey. Drawing on qualitative content analysis of the data collected from 14 focus group interviews with 139 LGBT individuals conducted in ten provinces of Turkey in the first half of 2014, this article sheds light on diverse forms of discrimination facing LGBT individuals in employment, housing and health care in a largely under‐researched country. The article concludes that the contemporary understanding of Turkish citizenship and its practice are rooted in heterosexist universalism that does not recognize LGBTs as equal citizens, which, in turn, leads to systematic breaches of LGBTs' social rights in employment, housing and health care. The article shows that even strong and universalistic social policies fail to serve LGBTs on an equal footing with other citizens unless equal citizenship rights of LGBTs and anti‐discrimination principles are recognized and realized.

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“…Ancak çok az araştırma lezbiyen kadın-ların mekânlara olan bağlılıklarının ne anlama geldiğinin ve bu anlamların onların kimlikleri, görünebilirlikleri ve sosyal pozisyonları ile olan bağlantısının detaylarını ele almıştır (Fobear, 2012: 724).türkiye'de cinsiyet ve cinselliğin mekânla ilişkilerini ortaya koyan çok az çalışma vardır. bunlar ya toplumsal cinsiyeti erkek olan türkiye'nin erkekliği nasıl yeniden ürettiği-ni (Arık, 2009 gibi) ya da örnek mekânlar üzerinden Lgbtt bireylerin kendi aralarındaki kavram ve anlayış farklılıklarını (Özbay, 2010;ve Savcı, 2012 Kişi ve grup kimlikleri için mekânın olması ve bu mekânda gö-rünür olabilmek herkes kadar Lgbtt bireyler için de önem-lidir. Dolayısıyla görünürlük, "mekânların içinde ve ya dışında görgül (ampirik) tanınma", bu tanınmanın temeli olan "kişinin olması gereken bir yerde olduğunu bilme" inancı ve bunun sonucunda mekânlar üzerine iddiada bulunmaya dayandırılabilir (Skeggs, 1999: 220, 221).…”

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An Examination of Spaces Used as Meeting Points by Lgbtt Individuals in the Scope of City Planning

Güney¹

2016

Planning

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ÖZKimliğin (yeniden) oluşumu, günlük hayatın tüm mekânlarında gerçekleşmektedir. Dolayısıyla mekânlar sosyo-kültürel dinamiklerin sürekli olarak yeniden müzakere edilmesi ile yapılandırılmalıdır. Ancak türkiye'de bazı gruplar ötekileştirilmektedir. Ötekileştirilen gruplardan biri olarak Lgbtt (lezbiyen, gey, biseksüel, transeksüel ve travesti) bireylerin de mekânları planlı olarak üretilmemekte-dir. bu durumun nedeni, planlamanın kendisinin "heteroseksist bir proje" (Frisch, 2002: 254) olmasının yanı sıra türkiye'nin toplumsal cinsiyetinin erkek olmasıdır. türkiye'de toplumun sadece kadınlardan ve erkeklerden oluştuğunu görmek isteyen bir anlayış bulunduğundan, Lgbtt bireyleri de kapsayan ve onlara yö-nelik mekânları sunan bir kenti oluşturmak zor görünmektedir. bu nedenle, cinsiyet dinamikleri planlamanın veri alanına girememektedir. Oysaki mekânın ve kentin toplumsal süreçlerden ve beşeri pratiklerden bağımsız ele alınamayacak bir olgu olması onun cinsiyet ve cinsel kimlikler temelinde yeniden düşünülmesini ve tanımlanmasını zorunlu kılar. Makale, tamamlanmış bir projenin sonuçlarından birini yeni bir çalışma konusu olarak ele almıştır.1 bu kapsamda makale, İzmir'de Lgbtt bireylerin buluşma noktaları bilgisini temel veri alarak, bunların ortak ve ayrışan özellikleri üze-rinden Lgbtt bireylerin kent içerisinde dolaşırken ne tür yerleri seçtiğini ortaya koymakta ve dolayısıyla Lgbtt bireyleri de kapsayan kentin nasıl olması gerektiğini değerlendirmeye çalışmaktadır.Anahtar sözcükler: Kent; kentin ortaklığı; kimlik; Lgbtt, mekân; planlama. AbStRACt the (re)formation of identity takes place in all spaces used in daily life. Hence, spaces must be structured through continuous renegotiation of socio-cultural dynamics. However, in turkey, certain groups are marginalized. Spaces used by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transvestite (Lgbtt) individuals, as members of a marginalized group, are not created through planning, because planning itself is a 'heterosexist project' (Frisch, 2002: 254), and because turkey's social gender is male. Creating a city that provides spaces that include and are designed for Lgbtt individuals presents difficulties in turkey due to an attitude that views turkish society as composed only of men and women. For this reason, the dynamics of sexuality have not been incorporated into the data field of planning. Yet, as spaces and cities are inseparable from social processes and human practices, it is necessary that they be reconsidered and redefined from a basis of sexuality and sexual identity. In the present article, one result from a completed project is taken as a new working topic.1 In this context, the authors endeavor to reveal what kinds of places Lgbtt individuals choose as they move about cities, based on the common and distinguishing factors of the meeting points of Izmir's Lgbtt population, and evaluate how cities must be designed to include Lgbtt individuals.

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Nocturnal queers: Rent boys’ masculinity in Istanbul

Cited by 50 publications

References 36 publications

HIV Prevention Interventions for Young Male Commercial Sex Workers

HIV Prevention Interventions for Young Male Commercial Sex Workers

Denied Citizens of Turkey: Experiences of Discrimination Among LGBT Individuals in Employment, Housing and Health Care

An Examination of Spaces Used as Meeting Points by Lgbtt Individuals in the Scope of City Planning

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