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Title: Jailed trans rights activist Janset Kalan: Remember trans prisoners
Post by: Sarah B on October 26, 2026, 10:14:50 PM
Post by: Sarah B on October 26, 2026, 10:14:50 PM
Title: Jailed trans rights activist Janset Kalan: Remember trans prisoners
Link To: Article (https://bianet.org/haber/jailed-trans-rights-activist-janset-kalan-remember-trans-prisoners-324004)
Author: Nalin Öztekin
Date: 2 October 2026
Trigger Warning: Imprisonment, isolation and deprivation
Brief summary of the article
Writing from prison, Kaos GL board member Janset Kalan urges people to remember trans prisoners and understand their circumstances. She describes prisoners lacking lawyers, visitors or money for basic necessities and says trans prisoners remain largely invisible within facilities shaped by male-dominated conditions; she calls for advocacy grounded in knowledge of prisoners' actual situations.
Main Points of the Article
"you can imagine for yourself the subjectivities and invisibility of trans prisoners, their needs, their poverty and deprivation"
"Many cannot afford a lawyer. Many also have no visitors and no one they can contact to let their families know where they are."
"By critically examining themselves, they can see how inadequate action and advocacy become when they are not grounded in knowledge of the situation."
Best Wishes Always
Sarah B[/size]
Global Moderator
@Jessica_Rose @Lori Dee
Link To: Article (https://bianet.org/haber/jailed-trans-rights-activist-janset-kalan-remember-trans-prisoners-324004)
Author: Nalin Öztekin
Date: 2 October 2026
Trigger Warning: Imprisonment, isolation and deprivation
Brief summary of the article
Writing from prison, Kaos GL board member Janset Kalan urges people to remember trans prisoners and understand their circumstances. She describes prisoners lacking lawyers, visitors or money for basic necessities and says trans prisoners remain largely invisible within facilities shaped by male-dominated conditions; she calls for advocacy grounded in knowledge of prisoners' actual situations.
Main Points of the Article
"you can imagine for yourself the subjectivities and invisibility of trans prisoners, their needs, their poverty and deprivation"
"Many cannot afford a lawyer. Many also have no visitors and no one they can contact to let their families know where they are."
"By critically examining themselves, they can see how inadequate action and advocacy become when they are not grounded in knowledge of the situation."
Best Wishes Always
Sarah B[/size]
Global Moderator
@Jessica_Rose @Lori Dee