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Title: Turkey’s Transsexual Community: A Day in the Life
Post by: Shana A on June 10, 2010, 11:28:04 AM

Turkey's Transsexual Community: A Day in the Life ...
June 10, 2010

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We meet Sevval again the next morning at her morning job with Women's Door – it's a developement foundation that helps those in the sex industry with medical and legal aid.  The young lady we saw at the LGBTT headquarters with the bruised face drops by the office, and Sevval translates her story.

On June 5, this young woman was working on a street when 5 young guys approached her and began insulting her, when she told them to go away and stop bothering her, they attacked.  She almost reached the entrance of a shop to escape, but they dragged her back and started beating her.  When the police arrived they were not sympathetic, pulling her up by the hair and implying she deserved it.  Two of these young men were under 18.  Today Sevval is using a camcorder to record an interview with her, while Chad takes some pictures that she can provide her lawyer.