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Demet Demir

Country

Turkey

Birth - Death

1961 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender. Established the first sexual minorities’ commission within the (Turkish) Human Rights Organization. was the first trans woman and the first person considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International because of “sexual orientation”. She completed transition in 1996. Recipient of the Felipa de Souza Award (2007) from International Lesbian & Gay Human Rights Commission (ILGA).

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