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21.11.13 Russian Top-Lawyer and human rights defender Masha Bast called transgender people to defend their rights

Posted Thu, 11/21/2013 - 09:59 by admin

Russian Top-Lawyer and human rights defender Masha Bast issued the photo of performance "From Day of Remembrance to Day of Defense " dedicated  Transgender Day of Remembrance.

As Mahsa Bast said, the aim of the performance is draw attention to the problem of transphobic crimes in Russia and problem of the suicide of transgender people. Also Masha Bast stressed, that transgender people have to leave the position of the victim and consistently and clearly defend transgender rights and freedoms.

As  Masha Bast reported, she chose nudity for the creative act - her body, symbolizing both the vulnerability of transgender people, and the necessity consistently and clearly defend transgender rights and freedoms. The letters "FSB " on naked body is a protest against the hushing up of the statistic of murders against transgender people, the official statistics in Russia is not committed crimes covered up and the information about victims of transphobia are not reflected in Russian mass media.

Remind,  first Transgender Day of Remembrance was held November 20, 1999 in San Francisco , a year after the murder of MtF- transsexual Rita Hester.
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