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Title: Turkish Transgender Activist Could Have Been Saved
Post by: Hazumu on March 15, 2009, 12:28:34 AM
Post by: Hazumu on March 15, 2009, 12:28:34 AM
By Lara Loewenstein • on March 14, 2009
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QuoteThe killing highlighted the need for transgender specific hate crime laws not only in Turkey, but also in the US. Thankfully, the Senate recently added gender expression to our hate crime law, protecting transgender people in an area they had previously been excluded. Now it just needs to pass the House...