Alara Wolf

Netherlands

+31 61 959 47 02

Contact

Amsterdam

Head Office

Working Hours

10 am – 5 pm (Last order 5 pm)

Activist, Model, Performance Artist

our story

About Alara

Hello, I’m Alara Wolf, was born in 1991 in Istanbul. I am a transgender photo
model and human rights activist, I am part of LGBTI+ freedom and equality struggle since I was
16, since the day I met Lambdaistanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association. In the
following years, 1 actively participated to the activism projects in Istanbul
LGBTI Solidarity Association, Red Umbrella Association and Istanbul
Kadikoy Municipality City Council LGBTI + Assembly, I participated in
gatherings for rights advocacy and peaceful rallies in many cities of
Turkey. I came out as a trans woman at a very young age and started my
gender adjustment process. In Turkey, the public health security does
not cover the gender afirming surgery process which is very expensive.
For this reason, I worked as a drag artist, dancer and showgirl in LCBTI+
friendly businesses for many years in order to finance my gender affirming
surgery and continued my activism+

after I completed the adjustment process I won the Trans Beauty Contest held in Istanbul for the first rime in 201+ and represented Turkey in the Miss International Queen Beauty Contest in Thailand the same year. I managed to get into the top 10 among 30 girls from different countries My aim in all these activities was to set a good example for LGBTI+ youth who are younger than me and who are exposed to transphobia and homophobia by both. the state and the society- In 2015, I was invited as a speaker to the European Women: Forum held in Gariantep, and with this process, l realized that advocacy does nor only cover LGETI-s and that activism should be handled as a whole and intersectional, thus t expanded my field of struggle. I started modeling and also contributed to difterent social responsibility projects by taking stage at the solidarity night held to cover the education.