title: Exploring Perceived Discrimination Among LGBT Individuals in Turkey in Education, Employment, and Health Care: Results of an Online Survey.
abstract: This article explores the discrimination practices encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in education, income, employment, and health care in Turkey. Limited quantitative data on LGBT individuals are available in Turkey. This study collected data from 2,875 LGBT individuals through a Web-based survey. The findings suggest that LGBT individuals report perceived direct and indirect discrimination in accessing education, employment, and health care. In a country where LGBT rights are not yet recognized and antidiscrimination legislation covering sexual orientation and gender identity is still nonexistent, findings demonstrate perceived discrimination of LGBTs rarely turns into a legal complaint. Even when they do, most LGBTs in our sample report that they did not feel that the justice system addressed their grievances.
authors.affiliation: a Boğazici University Social Policy Forum , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: İpek
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Göçmen
authors.affiliation: b Graduate Program in Social Policy, Institute of Social Sciences , Boğaziçi University , İstanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004493:Education; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D063509:Homophobia; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Discrimination; LGBT; Turkey; education; employment; gender; health care; human rights; social citizenship; social policy