(Sparkles) yk how much i hate posting about trpol but i need to ask for a solidarity call right now.

(citing
Kaos GL despite I fucking hate them for certain personal reasons because they explained the proposal better)

there is an unconfirmed new bill proposal that emerged on the Türkiye newspaper that proposes to:
- raise the age limit for gender affirming surgeries to 25 (despite the
de jure limit for it being 18 and the de facto limit being 22 - explained in the thread)
- and prosecute those who have gender affirming surgery through "unauthorized means" (i.e. abroad) with 3 to 7 years in prison, and if the gender affirming surgery is performed on a child or by an unauthorized person the penalties would be increased by one half
- any person who undergoes gender affirming surgery through unauthorized means will be sentenced to one to three years in prison
- a person who behaves in contrary to their "biological sex" or against "general morality" or publicly praises or promotes such behaviour, will be prosecuted with 1.5-3 years in prison


and i need to call people for solidarity in queer people of Turkey so that this bill shan't pass, please boost this

the "general morality" part of this bill is already being enforced
de facto against openly queer people despite not being de jure and failing to pass the Assembly with the 11th Judical Package
Pro-government newspaper claims: Provisions removed from the 11th Judicial Package are back on the agenda!

According to the provisions that were removed from the 11th Judicial Package and are now claimed to be back on the agenda, prison sentences would be introduced for LGBTI+ people, and the minimum age for gender affirming surgeries would be raised to 25.

Kaos GL - News Portal for LGBTI+
The de jure limit for gender affirming surgery is 18 as defined by the Turkish Civil Code, Article 40.

however back in late 2024 a directive from the Ministry of Health that happens to be
ultra vires was released that bans prescription of hormone replacement therapy medication to anyone under 21 and certain known medications used for DIY HRT were promoted to strictly enforced prescription from loosely enforced prescription. (this mainly affected testosterone)
(Sparkles) further update

as of 20 something minutes ago, prescribing hormones with F64.xx (gender dysphoria diagnostic codes) is not allowed as well

back in November 20, 2024; prescription requirement for certain HRT meds was brought.
(Sparkles) a trans woman killed herself 2 days ago because her psychiatrist told her that "these things are normal for puberty" (she held a gender dysphoria diagnosis)
(Sparkles) It arrives on the GNAT in the following days
@sparkles ...
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right as i discovered i'm trans...
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@sparkles wow thats dark. so theyr already at the point of sending trans people into concentration camps for existing
@sparkles let people will still insist that were being "hypobolic" when we say 'were being targeted for existing' .. they'll still ask 'what rights do you not have' while throwing you in prison for being trans, we're still "overreacting" .. right?
@Li ya apparently we still overreact