“I grew up in Morocco in the 1990s. Boys and girls played together when we were alone. But if our families were around, I had to ‘behave’ – which meant ‘behave like a boy’, at the risk of being beaten.” This was life for Laila as a young trans woman. But with help from Trans […]
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Layla, From My Perspective
Jenny List Our passengers usually travel alone, faceless beings in the global air transit system. That anonymity is their shield, because they warrant only brief inspection among the crowds hurrying for their flights. As a blind passenger Layla wasn’t so lucky, as at each step her accessibility needs had to be met. Her itinerary touched […]
Women Attacked in Bundibugyo, Uganda
Bundibugyo, Uganda In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022, the house where five trans women lived together in Bundibugyo Uganda was raided by police. Three of the women managed to flee, but two others were beaten by police and local people, screaming “Are you men or women?” The two women were arrested […]