Doctor refuses to perform surgery on patient simply because she’s trans: ‘He said his hands got dirty’

A bigoted doctor bluntly refused to perform minor surgery on a patient in Istanbul, Turkey, just because she is trans. Pelin, a 32-year-old sex worker based in the eastern Beyoğlu district, visited the Taksim Training and Research Hospital for a small operation on 25 May. But her doctor launched into a transphobic tirade...