This site is dedicated to compiling reports from international news sources documenting the struggles of gender variant folks that avoid sensationalizing our lives, posting reports that respectfully address the issues which affect our health and access to institutional support. I define gender variant as anyone who identifies with a gender other than that to which they were assigned at birth.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Laos tackles transgender taboos
A new drive to contain the spread of HIV/Aids in Laos is forcing officials to recognise a marginalised group - transgender men known as "katheoy". The BBC's Jill McGivering went to meet some of them in the capital, Vientiane.
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