content tagged with gender transition surgery

Trans Inmate Buse on Parliamentary Agenda

Trans Inmate Buse on Parliamentary Agenda

Submitting a Parliamentary question to be responded by Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm has asked why the gender transition surgery of transgender inmate Buse is being prevented.

30 September 2019

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Speaking to bianet about the rejection of the Ministry of Health, lawyer Eren Keskin says, “That the Ministry considers an issue forming the gender identity of a person to be ‘for purposes of aesthetics’ is tragicomic”.

26 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Hear the Voice of Trans Inmate Buse: ‘I Have No Staying Power, I Want to Undergo Surgery’

LETTER FROM PRISON

Hear the Voice of Trans Inmate Buse: ‘I Have No Staying Power, I Want to Undergo Surgery’

Prevented from having gender transition surgery, transgender inmate Buse has sent a letter and a photograph of hers from prison to bianet.

25 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Transgender Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike: ‘I Want to Break Free from Prison in My Body’

Transgender Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike: ‘I Want to Break Free from Prison in My Body’

Transgender inmate Buse, who has not been permitted to undergo gender transition surgery despite the related court ruling and medical report, has been on hunger strike. Her friends and attorney have made a call and said, “Give a voice to Buse.”

5 July 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu