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Title: Turkish transsexuals take to the stage to demand rights
Post by: Shana A on January 24, 2008, 08:11:42 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 24, 2008, 08:11:42 AM
Turkish transsexuals take to the stage to demand rights
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=88230 (http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=88230)
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sibel Utku Bila
Agence France Presse
ANKARA: A unique play in an Ankara theater ended with a standing ovation last week as the little-known actors - transsexuals and gays raising their voice against discrimination - fought back their tears on stage. The play, "Pink and Grey," put the spotlight on the plight of transsexuals in mainly Muslim Turkey, in the latest initiative of a fledgling but increasingly vocal movement for rights by a community long ostracized and often harassed.
also
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080126-114972/Turk-transsexuals-take-to-the-stage-to-defend-their-rights (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080126-114972/Turk-transsexuals-take-to-the-stage-to-defend-their-rights)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=88230 (http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=88230)
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sibel Utku Bila
Agence France Presse
ANKARA: A unique play in an Ankara theater ended with a standing ovation last week as the little-known actors - transsexuals and gays raising their voice against discrimination - fought back their tears on stage. The play, "Pink and Grey," put the spotlight on the plight of transsexuals in mainly Muslim Turkey, in the latest initiative of a fledgling but increasingly vocal movement for rights by a community long ostracized and often harassed.
also
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080126-114972/Turk-transsexuals-take-to-the-stage-to-defend-their-rights (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080126-114972/Turk-transsexuals-take-to-the-stage-to-defend-their-rights)