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“One of the problems I have found over the years of discussing this is an unwillingness on the part of many, including leaders in the transgender community, to acknowledge a fact: namely that there is more resistance to protection for people who are transgender than for people who are gay, lesbian, and bisexual,†Frank flatly stated at the time.
As the law’s advocate, Secretary of State George C. Marshall Jr., stated, the program reflected “a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast responsibilities which history has clearly placed upon our country.â€
He said the threats were "very serious", and while the court found "no intention on the part of this defendant to carry them out… nevertheless the injured parties were right to be worried".
Beneath the acrid smell of tear gas on the night air in Istanbul, there is a hint of something else - a whiff of panic on the part of Turkey's long-time leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The local Commission on Human Rights said nearly all cases it investigated uncovered mischief on the part of the police: covering up evidence, signs of torture.
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