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Turkish LGBTQ Community Remembers Murdered Activist Hande Kader

HeadlineAug 22, 2016

Also in Turkey, members of the LGBTQ community demonstrated peacefully on Sunday to mark the murder of transgender rights activist and sex worker Hande Kader. Kader’s body was found on August 12 in Istanbul. Discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community is common in Turkey. More than 40 transgender people have been killed in Turkey since 2008. Vice President Joe Biden will be visiting Turkey later this week.

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