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Title: Turkey: IWD for those on the margins of society
Post by: Shana A on March 08, 2010, 11:28:13 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 08, 2010, 11:28:13 AM
Turkey: IWD for those on the margins of society
March 8, 2010
http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/turkey-iwd-for-those-on-the-margins-of-society/ (http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/turkey-iwd-for-those-on-the-margins-of-society/)
The Istanbul-based Hürriyet Daily News carries a short piece containing interviews with three women who live, as the newspaper puts it, on the margins of society. Interviewed are Ecem Dalga (a lesbian woman who works for Lambdaİstanbul), Nevin Öztop (a bisexual woman who works for KaosGL) and Esmeray, a transsexual woman feminist from Istanbul.
Esmeray's interview highlights the way her life is affected by the intersections of being a woman, being transsexual and being a woman who is transsexual.
March 8, 2010
http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/turkey-iwd-for-those-on-the-margins-of-society/ (http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/turkey-iwd-for-those-on-the-margins-of-society/)
The Istanbul-based Hürriyet Daily News carries a short piece containing interviews with three women who live, as the newspaper puts it, on the margins of society. Interviewed are Ecem Dalga (a lesbian woman who works for Lambdaİstanbul), Nevin Öztop (a bisexual woman who works for KaosGL) and Esmeray, a transsexual woman feminist from Istanbul.
Esmeray's interview highlights the way her life is affected by the intersections of being a woman, being transsexual and being a woman who is transsexual.
Title: Re: Turkey: IWD for those on the margins of society
Post by: Suzy on March 08, 2010, 02:06:53 PM
Post by: Suzy on March 08, 2010, 02:06:53 PM
QuoteAs a transsexual, if I walk in Beyoğlu at night, a man can easily come and ask me, 'How much?' because all transsexuals are prostitutes in the eyes of wider society
This is just amazing. I have never been to Turkey, but this just seems hard to believe.
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