DailyStar.com.lb – By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Ankara: A unique play in an Ankara theater ended with a standing ovation last week as the little-known actors – transsexuals and gays raising their voice against discrimination – fought back their tears on stage. The play, “Pink and Grey,” put the spotlight on the plight of transsexuals in mainly Muslim Turkey, in the latest initiative of a fledgling but increasingly vocal movement for rights by a community long ostracized and often harassed.
Beaming with pride and excitement, the amateur stars, male-to-female transsexuals Derya Tunc and Sera Can, received congratulations in the boisterous backstage area, taking a welcome respite from their actual jobs as sex workers.