Demet Demir
From QueerBio.com
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).
