Last issue, Ethan Watters described Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ decades-long efforts to expose a hidden global market for human organs. In July, the Council of Europe, an international cooperative that sets human rights standards for its members to adopt as law, declared organ trafficking a criminal offense, expanding enforcement and requirements for victim compensation.
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![A posed portrait of lesbian couple O (27, right) and D (23, left): "After [men attacked us for being lesbians], I felt even more strongly how dear D is to me, and how scary the thought that I could lose her. The worst thing that I felt was an absolute inability to protect the one I loved, or even myself. Yes, now I look back on the street and look at every passing male as a possible source of danger. I realized that there are defective people who can pounce on us just because we are lesbians. But every time, now when I'm in the street, when I take her by the hand, I do it consciously, it is my choice. D, hold my hand, this is my reward for your courage."](https://psmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/har2015002p0130-0036.jpg?w=380&h=250&crop=1)