On Saturday October 24th, Professor Matthew Green participated in a moderated panel discussion comparing LGBT political, legal  and cultural issues in the United States and Turkey.  Professor Green addressed these issues from the U.S. perspective and Evren Savci, an assistant professor of Women and  Gender Studies at San Francisco State University addressed them as they relate to Turkey.  David Barnett, senior reporter with Ideastream Cleveland, served as moderator.  The event was cosponsored by the LGBT Community Center of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Consortium of Middle Eastern Studies and was held at the Near West Theater in Cleveland.