AKOE: Liberation Movement of Greek Homosexuals
email manthosp -AT- netscape.net
Currently a very small group, but co-operating with some other lgbt groups and activists

fyi: currently not-exactly existent since they haven't had elections for goddess knows how many years, though they kept mock-accepting applications from new members in mock-sessions where the "old" members played accepted the new, and actually believed they were, during last spring and early summer (2003), and everyone seemed anxious to proceed to the new charter and to elections that would legaly re-instate the society as a new non-profit union after the legal problems became known in the summer and fall.. but somehow nobody dared call a meeting since the "big man" didn't. Then in December the x-president states that there's no member but him and the x-vice-president, which he forced to resign a couple of days later. He's still playing "president" to outsiders that think it's still a valid commumity representing some members, but won't even talk to the falsely-named "new" but actually non-members. He claims he's got the legal right to represent the ex-society, and maybe he does, but I don't think he's got any right to pretend he represents non-existent members. So if you care to communicate with what's left from the EOK, you'd better call mr Gianellos. Any other communication through any avenue named after EOK will get to him and nobody else.. like it has been happening for a few years now - unless of cource he realy wants to share the info with someone else.
But don't believe the above just because we say so. Don't forget you always have to double-check your sources !!! - Late December 2003, & I'll try & update the info asap when we hear of any relevant news.
If you got some proof this is a valid NGO, please inform us & we'll move to the greek ngo's section.

Greek A.I. - LGTB comittee
Looks like there's needs for a lot of work to earn the local lgbt people trust and support to build a real greek lgbt-chapter. Presently communication seems to be at cross-purposes.. the Whereas people are realy sick and tired of all greek orgs misdemeanours, distrust everyone on principle, are scared to death to reveal their ID's, and mostly on the lookout on what's in everything for their private purposes - mostly for romantic and material gains. And the AI people don't seem able to understand the difference between personal data and anonymous email addresses, nor the average greek lesbian need for anonymity, nor anything that's been publickly stated on the AI-lgbt site about lesbians some years now, for that matter. So actually in order to be an AI-lgbt chapter member in Greece, you got to be out first. But if it was safe to be out in the first place, we would not need AI-support so much now, would we? It's just another vicious circle. Actually there's no law against lesbians, we just have to keep hiding and keep silent about our existence and there's no law to support us against all kinds of constitutional and social discrimination either. This is not exactly a serious torture, we just have to play we're somebody else all throughout our lives and everything else will be just fine.
Yes, this is a tough one, and I'm not so optimistic about the Greek AI-lgbt chapter.. or at least about the lesbian and the bisexual parts of it.