Indonesia Opens First Home for Transgender Elders

Being transgender can be dangerous in Indonesia, a country which only recently stopped considering transgender people mentally ill. Especially for trans women, coming out can mean living in exile, being beaten or abused by family members, and enduring threats from the society around you. Many women are pushed into sex work or begging on the streets, which puts them in even further danger.

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