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Turkey's transgender community find new voice

Jody Sabral 1010
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Published on Apr 4, 2014

Turkey is experiencing a record level of state-led censorship. But while Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to crackdown on press freedoms and civil liberties, Istanbul's transgender community is finding a new voice.

During one of my recent return trips, I tracked down Michelle, who I had met the night of a hate crime murder in Istanbul in 2009. Since the anti-government protests erupted last summer over plans to redevelop a park, she has secured her dream job. Working for the liberal pro-Kurdish private channel IMC, Michelle has become Turkey's first transgender TV reporter.

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