Abused Trans Man Detained in Egyptian Women’s Prison Needs Your Help
The Node/Albawaba reports on the persecution of a transgender man in Egypt. Hossam Ahmad, detained in a women’s prison, is being tortured with vaginal tests.
In a Facebook post Egyptian LBGT activist Malak Elkashif writes:
//This is an invitation to show solidarity and to blog about Hossam Ahmad, a trans man who hasn’t finished all the needed procedures due to being in jail. Hossam and I were arrested on the basis of the same case (National security 1739). I wish that people who campaigned for my release do the same for him as he’s been in jail for more than 10 months and is in a dangerous situation. The LGBTQ+ community in Egypt should do everything in their capacity to help him, even if they only use social media to post about him. It only takes a minute but has such a great impact. It’s our duty to show solidarity even with people who don’t identify with our community. We should be writing about him each and every day because no one can imagine the nightmare he’s living. Please, do everything you can and write about him as much as possible. He needs us.//
Malak Elkashif is a trans woman who was detained in an all-male Egyptian detention center for about three months.
The banner above shows the photos of Hossam and Malak.
Joy TG gave the following response to Malak over at twitter:
which means:
“What do governments have to do with our bodies? Don’t we have full control of our bodies? Or maybe dictatorships consider everything as their own including people’s bodies and organs?“
