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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
I already knew transphobic violence is all too common, but I still found these reports from Lambda Istanbul arresting.
From March 10:
Our Transsexual friend Ebru has been stabbed to death at her own apartment on March 10.
We; who have been saying that Transsexual and Transvestite murders are political murders, are going to protest the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual phobic system which does not define “Hate Crimes”, awards the Killers by reducing their prison sentences, does not provide any constitutional rights to Gay, Lesbian, Transsexual, bisexuals, and transvestite population, and makes these type of murders much easier.
To commemorate Ebru and many others like her, We will be having a press conference infront of Ebru’s house on Purtelas street. We are asking all to join us and support us on our cause for a just world for all.
And two days ago: (more…)
Tags: Europe, gender, Middle East, trans, Turkey
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Tags: Cambridge, cities, comedy, ecology, IRL, Joan Baez, MIT, movies, MST3K, music, sci-fi, video
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, Alice Temple, leather, music, prudence, shoe polish, shoes, Unkle, veganism, videos, winter
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Tags: A.C. Grayling, advertising, Ariane Sherine, atheism, design, epistemology, London, photos, Polly Toynbee, publicity, relativism, religion, Richard Dawkins, UK, Zoe Margolis
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Tags: André Comte-Sponville, Council for Secular Humanism, humanism, Quakerism, religion, spirituality
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