From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life
and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of …

In Queer in Translation, Evren Savcı analyzes the travel and translation of Western LGBT
political terminology to Turkey in order to illuminate how sexual politics have unfolded under …

Cenk Özbay∗∗ 2008'den beri İstanbul'daki dört farklı üniversitede verdiğim “Sosyolojiye
Giriş” ve “Erkeklik Sosyolojisi” derslerinin bir noktasında mutlaka öğrencilerle birlikte …

This article explores the discrimination practices encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) individuals in education, income, employment, and health care in …

While LGBT studies have been problematizing normative categories of sexuality primarily in
Western cultures, the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in …

As Turkey pushes for its place in the global pecking order and embraces neoliberal
capitalism, the nation has seen a period of unprecedented shifts in political, religious, and …

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 …

Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of
masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field …

This article is about how sex, gender, and sexuality are governed in Turkey at the
intersection of intimate contact and mandated encounters with medicolegal institutions and …

Focusing on the case of young socialist vigilantes who were arrested and imprisoned as
'terrorists' in 2007, this article illustrates how vigilantism in working‐class neighbourhoods of …