The story of the trans woman who remains unclaimed at Papageorgiou Hospital five days after her death should have been made public in order to do the obvious.
As it became known by Facebook user Euthymio Savvakis, who has knowledge of the case, the woman's burial ceremony will finally take place on Wednesday at 16:30 at the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in Thessaloniki.
The Mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, has taken initiatives for this, according to the same information.
Melina, as Mr Savvakis concludes in his post, will be buried with every honour, as EVERY person who passes away deserves. Next to those who proved to be her real relatives.
The Vassilis and Fanis Baboulas took care of the arrangements for the ceremony.
The full post of Mr. Savvakis
For Melina from Thessaloniki
There is a very bitter story from Thessaloniki in the last (several) days. A trans woman lost her life and remained unclaimed in the Papageorgiou hospital because none of her relatives were interested in her burial. They would rather she stay in a refrigerator than have any involvement in her final journey. And it's not a rare thing. Unfortunately. You know in this country they hate you for how you choose to live even after you die. Shocking, huh?
And there, my dears, a great chain begins. The ladies Eleftheria Koufopoulou and Vanessa Veneti (whom I thank personally because she has been my source of information since Friday) make the story known on social media, the mobilization of the people is huge, they put their backs into helping the great Thessaloniki Pride, the Positive Voice of Thessaloniki that knows better than few what solidarity means, the good journalist Konstantinos Tsakiris, collectives and so many other ordinary people. The wave is growing and reaches the Mayor of Thessaloniki, who shows huge interest from the first moment and with his personal intervention (and bravo) helps significantly to solve all the bureaucratic procedures of the case that kept Melina for so long in a refrigerator, with dozens of unanswered calls to her surroundings.
So, I want to inform you that for some time now, after our morning consultation with Mr. Zervas, Vassilis and Fanis Baboulas have taken over all the arrangements for the ceremony and tomorrow at 16:30 at the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in Thessaloniki, Melina will be buried with every honour, as EVERY person who passes away deserves. Next to those who proved to be her real relatives.
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