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Her Demands Met, Vegan Trans Inmate Ends Hunger Strike

Her Demands Met, Vegan Trans Inmate Ends Hunger Strike

Having gone on a hunger strike because she was insistently given non-vegan food in prison, vegan trans inmate İda Koçak has ended her hunger strike on the ninth day as her demands have been met.

24 February 2020

Transgender Inmate Miray on Death Fast for Her Right to Stay in a Ward

Transgender Inmate Miray on Death Fast for Her Right to Stay in a Ward

Trans inmate Miray, who has been on a hunger strike for 99 days to be transferred from a prison cell to a ward, has gone on a death fast as her demand has not yet been met.

24 October 2019 Evrim Kepenek

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