Gizem Beycan Ekitli is a Member of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Ege University, Turkey. She is also a certified CBT Therapist approved by The European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. She is working with non-governmental LGBTİQ+/families organizations as a volunteer activist and a therapist. She is the Secretary of the Women’s Mental Health and Gender Equality Commission of the Psychiatric Nursing Association in Turkey. She is professionally recognized for her continuous pursuit of occupational organization of nursing students. She is previous president and current Honorary Member of Turkey’s the first and only official nursing students’ association known as OHDER.