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Is the patriarchal hierarchy in Turkey a threat for transgenders?

PD August 3, 2017; MD October 30, 2024 by Meltem Başoğlu

Tagged activism, hate crimes, human rights

Turkey provides only 4 out of 22 criteria according to the Trans-Rights European Index 2016 prepared by Transgender Europe (TGEU). TGEU also prepared a report about Trans Murders Monitoring, Turkey is the 8th country with the highest number of trans crimes in the world.

Being 17

PD February 1, 2017; MD December 9, 2024 by Pierre Scordia

Tagged film review, LGBTQ, race issues

The film’s central characters, Damien and Tom are both secondary school misfits, living with their respective families in a sleepy, isolated town located at the foot of the Hautes-Pyrénées mountains.

A Day For Women

PD November 5, 2016; MD November 2, 2024 by Pierre Scordia

Tagged culture, Egypt, Islam

“A Day for Women” from Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s feature film “Barakah Meets Barakah” are both refreshing and enchanting with startlingly original perspectives of a world we think we know but one which in reality we don’t really know at all. Both films go a long way in challenging our entrenched prejudices.