Turkey's transsexuals face increasing violence
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Belgin still vividly remembers the night, more than a quarter of a century ago, when police herded her and dozens of other transsexuals and transvestites on to a train as part of a campaign to clean up Istanbul.
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Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out. London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning on Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here.
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This modest documentary examines the lives of a group of transsexual Philippine immigrants who work as home attendants for elderly Israelis and also perform in Tel Aviv nightclubs.
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Turkey has declared several areas near the border with Iraq to be "temporary security zones" in a sign of increasing activity by the military in its campaign against Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey said Sunday that it was weighing an escalation of its fight against Kurdish rebels after the guerillas killed seven Turkish soldiers and a village guard.
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It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate.
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Indonesia&#39;s gay film festival faced  violent opposition in its early years.
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Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey's secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer's elections.
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As the number of leftist activists murdered in the Philippines rises, Bishop Eliezer Pascua points to a constant among people speaking out on political matters in his country: No one feels safe.
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As the violence continues, more and more Sudanese are arming themselves for protection.
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NEW YORK  - New research involving  male-to-female transsexuals lends further credence to the  theory that sex hormones are involved in migraine generation,  physicians report in the medical journal Neurology.
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Circumcision, as supporters call it, or female genital mutilation, as opponents refer to it, was suddenly a ferocious focus of debate in Egypt this summer.
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Spain allows transsexuals who have not had a sex change to alter their gender on their official documents.
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Discrimination is being blamed for high rates of mental health problems amongst gay men and lesbians.
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Suffering years of violence and harassment as a transsexual in Mexico, Mayra Soto sought asylum in what she hoped would be a more tolerant U.S.
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Two transvestites were shot dead in broad daylight on Wednesday, their bodies riddled with bullets in the latest in a wave of suspected hate crimes in Guatemala.
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Dozens of transsexuals gathered in Nepal&#39;s capital Tuesday to push for official recognition as a minority ahead of crucial polls planned for November to decide the country&#39;s political future.