Janset Kalan: I wish people would listen to trans people, try to understand and accept them
Human rights activist and trans woman discusses fundamental freedoms and transgender discrimination in Turkey.
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"There wasn't a consciousness about transgender identity and about specific problems faced by trans people. People didn't even know about trans men back then."
"We have to cooperate with each other, we have to develop a new wave of activism."
"These eight boys just came and beat the hell out of me — my friends were able to escape, luckily."
Dafina Halili
Dafina Halili is a senior journalist at K2.0, covering mainly human rights and social justice issues. Dafina has a master’s degree in diversity and the media from the University of Westminster in London, U.K..
This story was originally written in English.