EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE AIMS AND THE CONTEXT OF LGBTI+ ORGANISING: THE CASE OF LGBTI+ ORGANISATIONS IN TURKEY AND THE UK
EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE AIMS AND THE CONTEXT OF LGBTI+ ORGANISING: THE CASE OF LGBTI+ ORGANISATIONS IN TURKEY AND THE UK

Author(s): Erhan Aydin, Mustafa F. Özbilgin
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; UK; gender; LGBTI; organisations; rights; education; work;
Summary/Abstract: Studies on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and other sexuality (LGBTI+) issues mostly adopt an individual level of analysis that covers discrimination, violence, voice and visibility (Rumens, 2016; McPhail et al., 2016; Yılmaz and Gocmen, 2016; Wright, 2015; Ozturk, 2011; Colgan et al., 2007). For this reason, mainstream research focuses on reporting individual experiences, through a critical and emancipatory paradigm. Yet the mainstream research surprisingly neglects the role of LGBTI+ organisations in protecting and fighting against the individual challenges that LGBTI+ individuals face in both organisations and society. In this chapter, we fill this void by exploring the often underplayed meso level of LGBTI+ issues, i.e. LGBTI+ organisations in their international, national and institutional settings. In particular, we examine the aims of the LGBTI+ organisations, in their particular context.

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